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Sony Taking Control – DMCA Takes Down PS3 Keys From GitHub

Well even after releasing a 3.56 firmware update Sony still aren’t happy. It seems they have taken of all the code regarding ps3 keys that is appldr metldr etc of off developers githubs and websites it seems Sony have started raging war against any of the known developers out there especially geohot(George Hotz),Kakroto Kmeaw,Graf_Chokolo. SONY has sent out DMCA demands that any code be taken of the developers website regarding the PS3 system security.

Warprincess1164837d ago

Lol i like how the last sentence is "COULD SONY BE THE NEW HITLER OF OUR TIME BANNING FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO OUR CONSOLE" You could do whatever you want with the PS3 hardware but when you mess with the software. Then there a problem. Im glad sony taking control and i hope they get rid of this stupid hack.

Peppino74836d ago

Although this is really good.news for sony, those keys can be found other places. Plus they've been on the internet for a while now, so I'm sure its not to hard to find a hacker that would be more than willing to give you the keys. Sony probably just slowed down the process a little.

thereapersson4836d ago

Comparing the ps3 hacks to the holocaust? That's just immature, and very poor taste.

Next thing you know, we'll be comparing the evils of big, bad Sony to the rape of Nan-King.

I can't believe they let some of these people on the internet.

Anon19744836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

Indeed, this is a new low for game journalism. No matter what side of the fence you're on, how can you compare Sony trying to protect it's product from criminals to Hitler? It's ridiculous. I imagine if someone hacked my machine, stole my passwords and credit card information and spewed it all over the net, I'd be no better than Hitler myself for taking the criminals responsible to court. See the comparison?

I don't. Report this article. The people the approved it should have their approval rights revoked. Godwin's Law indeed....

Baka-akaB4836d ago

Uh ?

I agree with the point made by a few posts , mind you . And indeed journalism is a joke when it comes to videogames ....

But since when is ps3hax a site with journalism ? It's a piracy friendly site , that's all , nothing quite related to game journalism

UnwanteDreamz4836d ago

This is stupid on a whole new level.

Sony would have to round up millions of hackers and put them in gas chambers then plunge the world into WWIII to be compared to Hitler.

I think the intelligence of this writer can be compared to that of a saftey pin.

kneon4836d ago

@UnwanteDreamz

I think you're being a bit unfair to the safety pin :)

UnwanteDreamz4836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

@kneon

lol Agreed

ComboBreaker4836d ago

and gased them in a chamber.

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mac_sparrow4836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

"COULD SONY BE THE NEW HITLER OF OUR TIME BANNING FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO OUR CONSOLE"

ps3hax.net, validating Godwin's Law so you don't have to.

lelo2play4836d ago

Sony's pissed!!!... I've never seen any company go after hackers as Sony's doing now. Not even when the PSP was hacked.

I'm curious to see what's going to happen next.

*Grabs popcorn*

badz1494835d ago

it was the loop hole in the system and security and the hackers went on rampage using their own code. the PS3's case on the other hand, uses the exact key which is the property of Sony thus based on copyright infringement, Sony actually have the right on the key. Failoverflow used their own code to extract those keys from the PS3 but using it is another matter. homebrew is 100% legal but only if you use your own properties/code for it. using other's such as Sony's key in this case is ILLEGAL and Sony has every right to force them to pull it down!

dragonelite4836d ago

Stupid sony never heard of the barbara streisand effect.
Take it away and more people will look for it.

m23454836d ago

journalism never really had a high level to begin with. lol @ these people claiming they'll never buy sony products again. do what you want with your console but don't jeopardize software that the company owns. simple as that.

Spitfire_Riggz4836d ago

Yeah I was on one of their websites and this isnt helping at all. They just mirrored them to a different site. Isnt that illegal? I think Sony can bust some balls if you disobey a court order I think

antihiroprotagonist4836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

Warprincess116

I hate your username and your userpic; I also hate your opinions.

Finally, comparing anything related to this situation to the Holocaust is patently ridiculous. I am wondering where all the hate for these hackers is coming from through.

Silly gameAr4836d ago (Edited 4836d ago )

I'm wondering where all the love for these hackers is coming from. It can't be from the gaming community.

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Octo14837d ago

*Grabs more popcorn*

This is getting good.

yewles14837d ago

"COULD SONY BE THE NEW HITLER OF OUR TIME BANNING FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO OUR CONSOLE"

Hackers = Nüremburg Nazis shifting blame to jews.

blackburn54836d ago

People are so stupid. I can't wait for when future hackers on future consoles find ways to steal our credit card numbers when we purchase things,find ways to ban people themselves or steal PSN or Xbox live cash from accounts and everything else in between.The hackers break the security that is supposed to keep the dishonest people out and the hackers break it open and they pour in.I am sure we won't be congratulating them if the bad geniuses find a way to manipulate you accounts to benefit themselves

karl4836d ago

i dont understand how anyone can disagree with u...

everything u said is exactly whats going to happen...

yet some idiots keep their focus on some liberal thought that have no business in this...

hope things turn ok for SONY... they are getting themself into a fight we all know they cant win...

but still.. i hope they can secure the ps3 as much as possible and take down a many bastards as they can

gorebago4836d ago

Actually it would be a conservative, tea party-michele bachmann-esque, 'government is too big' way of looking at it. Sony being the gov't.

Darrius Cole4836d ago

Indeed, it seems Karl doesn't know what liberal means. It appears that he has adopted the Rush Limbaugh definition of liberal that simply says that everything bad is liberal.

Hackers already steal our credit card numbers, bank info, credit etc.

It looks to me that Sony is simply trying to buy time by tying this up in court. This is not difficult logic. I own a PS3, if I want to hack it I can. If I do hack it that is not violation Sony's rights or anybody else's rights.

But regardless of how the legal battle plays out this fight is over once any machine get hacked once, it is never un-hacked. The hackers are at least as smart as the people making their firmware and the hackers have to do less work.

But unless hackers start to get 40 million budgets and making AAA games, it doesn't matter. Some people will pirate games but not enough people to be significant.

monkpunk14836d ago

you are so right....we all know piracy funds criminals and i'm sure these criminals would love to get hold of your credit card details. lets see how happy these morons are then.

Have a bub

dragonelite4836d ago

Then microsoft and sony have some major ass problem and you as a consumer should tell them that. And if you know about it and still put info on the net then blame sony and microsoft first and then yourself.

HurstDarkStar4836d ago

HACKERS SAY WHAT!?
hacker:WHA.......*BANHAMMER*

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers1d 10h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken21h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g1d 6h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing1d 6h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H91d 6h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola1d 2h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn6691d 5h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle1d 5h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg1d 22h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos1d 21h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion1d 21h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola1d 17h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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Sony Taps Bungie's Head of Revenue to Lead Live-Service Games

Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.

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ChasterMies22d ago

Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.

just_looken22d ago

The new temp boss is the sony cfo bean counter so i can see this being a thing get every penny.

Cacabunga22d ago

PlayStation officially losing it.. fans will never support gaas games

just_looken22d ago

@car

The new boss did a interview in japan he wants to tap into the mobile market like nintendio so he give 0 fucks about gamers/fans

https://www.pushsquare.com/...

Redemption-6421d ago

@Cacabunga
You only speak for you and those who think like you, but most fans will support what they want. Playstation and PC fans are literally supporting Helldivers 2 and that is a gaas. Maybe you wouldn't, but many more would if they like it.

Huey_My_D_Long21d ago

@Redemption-64
Look, Im not making any judgement calls about this guy, but I will say that Helldivers 2 GaaS model is unique to Helldivers, and legit the only other game I can think of thats similiar was the Avengers game except HD2 pass is still better.
The fact that you can earn in game currency in a way that doesnt make you feel like you have to grind forever, as well you being able work on that pass that you bought...on your own time without a time limit...that right there is fucking huge to me, and I can't name any game other than avengers that avoided trapping players with FOMO logic...I think GaaS on HD2 shouldn't be compared to the rest of the industry...it should be copied.

Einhander197221d ago

Cacabunga

Helldivers 2...

Redemption-64

In Europe it's a 60 40 split favoring PC.
In the US its a 60 40 split favoring PS5.

So PlayStation owners supported the game just fine, it's not getting carried by PC or anything like that.

FinalFantasyFanatic21d ago

@just_looken,
I'm perfectly fine with the way Nintendo entered the mobile market, I never touched their mobile games, meanwhile, the console/handheld stayed the way it is. As for being a bean counter, he's probably going to reel in these massive budgets that Sony's studios have had lately, I haven't played Spiderman 2, but I cannot see how they almost tripled the budget for that game.

@Redemption-64,
That's an exception to the rule, I'm expecting a lot of these GAAS games from Sony to fail, to be fair, they only need a few to succeed, but I would have preferred that they put more of their resources into other types of games.

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DivineHand12522d ago

True their monetization is driving players away and at the same time, their decision to chop out content and convoluted systems is keeping new players away from the game.

Joe91322d ago

I don't think that will happen based on how things worked out at Naughty Dog now that we know what we do, seems they had the option to fully commit to live service games or stay making single player experences so they gave up on their live service game. We are not sure how things came about with Bend making a live service game but I hope that was not a forced situation. Sony doesnt seem like they are forcing studios to switch up but we will see, Sony's bread and butter is single player games it is how they dominated the console market.

Obscure_Observer21d ago

Yeah, I though Sony learned something from all their failures in the LS segment under Bungie´s disastrous leadership and supervision which led to games been cancelled, studios closed and all the people laid off.

Looks like Bungie still plays a major role in Sony´s LS initiative and Sony is not backtracking on their GaaS plans.

S2Killinit21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Are we forgetting that Destiny is also a highly successful franchise? I feel like that definitely deserves mention here.

Besides, there is no reason why a person cant learn from past experiences.

Joe91321d ago

I agree, people act as if Destiny flopped when it came out lol it took 9 to 10 years for the numbers to fall yet people are still playing it add the success of Helldivers 2 no wonder Sony is going forward down this path.

S2Killinit21d ago

Personally, I see no problem with Sony also having service games as long as they make good ones, and more importantly they deliver the AAA story driven games that they are known for. So yeah, I agree 100% with you.

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Christopher22d ago

I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.

CrimsonWing6921d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Honestly, what’s to learn from? How to make people happily continuously dump money into a single game over its life-time? Buy season passes continuously for several years with a smile on our faces?

GaaS is a design decision that is everything wrong with this industry. The fact that Helldivers 2 did so well and people defend the monetization because it was $40 and is a fun game, scares the sh*t out of me to see that the door is open and all shift will probably be to replicate that in future games. We already know the ROI for traditional game dev cost isn’t doing it for them.

I thought with Jimbo leaving we’d see a change for the better… I’m not so sure now.

S2Killinit21d ago

Service games are being offered by everyone. Sony cannot afford to only create single player AAA games. No one can. They already said they will be doing both.

Abnor_Mal22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.

Christopher22d ago

They play long-time existing live service games like CoD, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, and the like. Mass majority of new live service games are considered failures and aren't moving gamers away from older games.

just_looken22d ago

Yep the huge issue with live service is they need paid players along with a reason to play them.

You forgot mobile market that also taps into that player base as well as the eve online style games there is only a certain amount of krakens/whales blind supporters compared to the amount of live service games we have its not sustainable math wise.

700 restaurants making food for every seat for 1000-3000 eaters just does not work out

Einhander197221d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Christopher

I am not a big live service fan and literally own zero of the games you listed, but that is not true, unless you call games that aren't the top games to be failures.

There are tons of live service games that are profitable.

Games don't have to be the biggest game ever they just need to make more than they cost.

I challenge you to show professionally prepared data that shows that more live service games fail than make enough to keep going.

Because all the data that I have seen shows that live service is less of a gamble than making a big AAA budget game which needs to survive off retail sales.

FinalFantasyFanatic21d ago

I sometimes wonder if we're at saturation point, where it's hard for a new game to join those ranks unless it's particularly exceptional, people only have so much time and money to devote to these types of games.

romulus2322d ago

Correction, they have no issue playing good live service games

shinoff218321d ago

Lol it's not even a quarter of the ps5s sold. Helldivers may have been a hit but let's not say most are enjoying it because truth is most(the real most ) don't care about it.

S2Killinit21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

I play what is fun. If a live service game is good I’ll play it as long as its not a money scheme which Helldivers is not.

And Im a single player gamer.

mastershredder22d ago

How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.

crazyCoconuts22d ago

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