Sony Can Detect PS3 Hackers; Ban Their Punk Asses
Pirates to get hammered if found using new illegal device.
Published: 12:35, 23/08/2010 by Kovacs.
24Forewarning potential digital pirates of possible repercussions from using the new PSJailbreak dongle as a way to illegally back-up PS3 games, hacking website PS3Hax.net are claiming that Sony will be able to dish out PSN bannings to those who choose to steal games. The site states:
“The Backup manager game ID could be logged/recorded by Sony when logged into PSN (when online). This would obviously allow Sony to see who would be using the illegal PSjb/clone and we could very well see ban waves similar to the Xbox 360.”
The news hardly comes as a shock, with Sony sure to be working around the clock on a response to combat what is viewed as the biggest threat to their previously impervious PS3 software library. The tit-for-tat dance between Sony and hackers is sure to continue, however, with likely future firmware updates and possible banhammers on the horizon as both camps attempt to best one another.
We abhor piracy here at TheSixthAxis and highlight such potential bannings as a warning to those who may be contemplating using the device. Don’t. If not for your own enjoyment of games, then for the wider gaming industry which undoubtedly suffers from piracy.
Source: MCV
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23/08/2010 at 17:25
Member since: Dec 2009
Proper order really.
23/08/2010 at 18:31
Member since: Jul 2010
and it starts.
I’m still finding it utterly ridiculous that we’re facing this, after losing linux for precisely “security reasons”.
23/08/2010 at 18:38
Member since: Jun 2009
Good on you Sony. We need to be paying for the hard work the developers put into some of the awesome PS3 games around. Personally I am the type of gamer that rents his games. I don’t hoard them. So I never really thought about pirate games.
Now that Blu-ray discs (25GB) are down to around £1.25 each I am guessing Piracy is going to become a lot more common. Glad to haer Sony is gonna be doing something about that :D
23/08/2010 at 18:41
Member since: Aug 2010
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23/08/2010 at 21:29
Member since: Jul 2009
Good to see Sony counter attacking the pirates. Hope they find a way to completely abolish the problem.
23/08/2010 at 23:30
Member since: Aug 2009
Good news :)
24/08/2010 at 13:01
Member since: Feb 2009
While I also hate piracy, I seriously doubt SONY can tell who’s a cheater. The PSN is incredibly basic, so i doubt they gatherer the statistics/data to judge who is a cheater.
24/08/2010 at 14:32
Member since: Aug 2010
Well if Sony release a major update which allows us to install games to our harddrive but we still need our discs to boot it (i.e xbox >.<) then us legal gamers wont get caught in any of this piracy and those who have purchased the dongle will get banned o.O?
24/08/2010 at 20:16
Member since: Aug 2010
i think sony should ban your PSNID and IP address, that way they cant set up new ones at that address
26/08/2010 at 09:56
Member since: Jan 2010
bit harsh but far.
26/08/2010 at 10:38
Member since: Aug 2010
ok, if that is harsh, then we should have a 3 strike system,
where you get a warning for the first one, one weeks ban for the second, and a total ban for the third