I think he hopes that. The problem with the PSN hack was they had to get outside help. You hope if you pay for Live that these investigations are done quicker because you pay for it (dedicated teams). I agree with you. Everything is hackable. Just look at the Pentagon (regarded as the highest level of security) and one autistic person from the UK got in. If this does happen to live I anticipate a much larger backlash because you pay for it. You assume you get more security for what you pay for and I think this is what Sessler is on about. But what he actually said is wrong. The reason for the PSN hack has nothing to do with money and Live is still likely to be hacked.

Bear in mind that G4TV did an interview with Geohot and were pretty much putting him up on a peddle stool instead of drilling him which what good journalist would do

I don't even know why it's news but you guys keep posting sh*t about it.

I should care,
But Sessler and the rest of G4 has been irrelevent to me since 2008(except for Layla Kaleigh when she was still working there)because of the stupid shit that is said daily.

Like EPMD said:

"Nobody's Safe, Chump"

I thought the exact same thing when Sessler said that (lately he's said a lot of questionable stuff). It's far too simple-minded. As somebody pointed out above, Sony does make a lot of money off PSN. And as OP says, there are many other variables to consider here.

I would expect such statements from IGN or Kotaku people, but not Sessler,

Sessler is too biased, always has been, I started watching G4 in 06, I stopped like in 2008. Now I just stick to GTTV.

"Just because you pay money for a service doesn't mean you get more or less security."

LOL.. how old is this guy??? More money, means more money to spend on security. Less money means less money to spend on security. So yes, a paid service does make something more or less secured. Geezus

Didn't Xboxlive go down for a couple of weeks a few years ago, I think is was for Christmas too. Maybe I'm wrong.

I'm confused as to what the quote from Adam Sessler actually means, I guess i'll have to listen to the podcast for some context.

This is one of the worst "articles" I've ever read on N4G and that's saying something.

As much as you haters love to hate on Microsoft, the fact of the matter is PSN is shit, has always been shit and will continue to be shit. MS sucks at hardware and it shows. Software is their strong point.

XBL is better than PSN in every way shape and form. It always has and always will be. Stop with the bs already.

you seem to mistakenly think that having an xbox live ACCOUNT get hacked is the same as the actual NETWORK getting hacked lol.

hacking a single account only requires you to get their email address and password. if you know their password, you can often just get their password by guessing (if you know the person) or by the 'brute force' method. that doesnt mean the NETWORK has been compromised, just that account.

Sonys entire PS network was compromised. a single xbox live account was compromised. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference.

I can sum up Adam's point:

Sony Dev: "We need a couple million dollars to upgrade the security on our free online service"
Sony Exec: "No"

MS Dev: "We need a couple million dollars to upgrade the security on our online service that makes us a LOT of money"
MS Exec: "Do it"

" Remember this headline Larry Hryb, Director of Programming for Microsoft's Xbox LIVE online gaming network, has had his Xbox LIVE profile hacked. "

This hack occuried through other SOCIAL NETWORKS and was not a hack over XBL. When will people understand this? The hack against Sony was THROUGH THEIR OWN NETWORK. If you have personal info out there on the web, then people can use that to try and hack your XBL account through other social network sources. However the hack that occurred with Larry Hryb XBL account was NOT DONE THROUGH XBL.

What you fail to understand is with XBL a few people accounts where hacked.. not the entire service which was then brought to screeching halt.. not to mention your XBL account is tied to your windows account directly, it has the same password and everything emails get hacked everyday.

PSN shouldn't have been hacked plain and simple. XBL hasn't been and I honestly doubt it ever will be.

Are you kidding? XBL is more secure for one reason: It hasn't been hacked like this yet. Well, maybe not a reason, but it should be taken as proof positive that, whether or not money from XBL is reinvested in the service... which it is... XBL is more secure.

Do you really think there aren't more hackers who have targeted Microsoft over the years? How about the linux loving script-kiddies who were raised sucking on the teat of socialism. I know, a gross generalization, but you know they do exist and in larger numbers than you care to admit. If they could, why wouldn't they.

Because they can't.

I've said this before but here goes:

There is a big double standard in the gaming world. It's almost a triple standard, but I think Nintendo and Microsoft are almost the same, so basically a double standard. Here it is: Nintendo and MS can get away with ANYTHING. Sony can get away with NOTHING. And before anything thinks I'm bashing anyone in this article, I'm not, I'm just stating it the way I see it. I have all 3 systems and I play them all (not so much on the Wii though).

It's strange, and laughable at times, but it's true. Whenever MS does something bad or doesn't cater to their core audience like they should, people don't really care. When Nintendo does ANYTHING, people are all over it like they're Apple (seriously, Nintendo has done almost nothing in the last 2 years and they are still there in everyone's mind as the "leader" in the gaming world; is nostalgia really *THAT* strong?). People will bash the ps3 exclusives so bad some times (other times people will be fanboys as well though) even though the other guys don't really have any new ones.

Back on topic ... yeah, I heard him say that on Feedback too, and I'm starting to be more weary of what they say on that podcast. They make jokes about them being in MS's pocket, to give the impression that it's BS and they are in fact impartial. However, I think more and more that they don't even care about the ps3 and only talk about it when: (A) they HAVE to, because the ps3 is in the news alot; (B) they are talking about a ps3 exclusive and can't play an xbox version, or (C) they are going to compare something to the xbox version so they can show the ps3 version is inferior.

You have to wonder when you listen to that ... do some of these people even OWN a ps3? I don't think they all do. Sessler has mentioned many times that that's what why you're paying for xbox live, so you can have more features and security. But that's not really true, is it. People still hack on the 360 (maybe more than the ps3); you still see people cheating, accounts getting hacked. The only reason the 360 hasn't had a big hack like the psn has seen is because no one has targeted them [yet]. Because of this double standard (and you all know it's there; if you read any gaming website, you can see this for yourself), people like MS blindly. I don't know if it's because MS is American, and Sony is Japanese, or what. I like MS myself, but I like Sony too, so I can see when people are being unreasonably hateful towards one of them.

When you see xbox live come down for service because this rash of hacks turns to them, then you will see what you're actually paying for (hint: not for additional security).