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Trophy hacks are all over the PlayStation Network

We can't get enough of it, all those trophy hacks on the PlayStation Network. We've seen several trophy hacks for the PlayStation 3. Modern Warfare 2 had lots of trophy hacks like the 69 spec ops stars, the veteran trophy hack and the intel hack.

Not only Modern Warfare 2 has to deal with these hacks because several other games on the PlayStation Network are victim of these hacks. Games like Socom: Confrontation, FUEL, Prototype , FIFA 10 also have to deal with these hacks. With these hacks it just takes about 2 minutes and you got a platinum trophy. Sony didn't respond on these hacks (yet) and apparently doesn't care about it.

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Elven65232d ago

It's like that on PC as well with games that use GFWL.

The lengths some people go to...

PirateThom5232d ago

Seriously.

The point of these things is to extend play, not boost a score (although the boost is a nice bonus).

My copy of Buzz had a glitch where all the trophies unlocked and I felt hard done by on it, because I hadn't done anything to earn them nor had I intended it.

Hellsvacancy5232d ago

Fuels an aweful game man, it would say alot about ya taste in tings if i ever saw sum-1 wid the Plat 4 Fuel

Bungie5232d ago

just be a gamer not a cheater

hopefully $ony catch those cheaters

Blaze9295232d ago (Edited 5232d ago )

So how does Sony's PSN policy team handle stuff like this? Microsoft's Stephen Toulouse is and has been very public in the past about how he and his team handle cheaters etc. etc. on Xbox LIVE. In regards to gamerscore boosting, they simply reset and tag those who are caught if not ban:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/s...

Examples:

http://media.arstechnica.co...

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/...

http://live.xbox.com/en-US/...

But who is Sony's "enforcer" so to speak? Is there even one or these cheaters just can do whatever the hell they want on PSN?

I don't see the reason why people cheat at these things. That just takes all the fun out of it in the first place. Secondly, they are completely useless. I just don't get it.

ProA0075232d ago

That's not the only thing all over PSN, what is WITH all those damn chain/fwd messages that keep going around? It's really annoying and so stupid people actually believe and pass them on.

2cents5232d ago

legitimacy is everything.

Persistantthug5232d ago

eventually someone will figure it out.

I honestly don't even care about trophies.

gaffyh5232d ago

Haven't seen many trophy hacks personally, but I agree with 1.5, those chain messages are so annoying. And it's ridiculous that people are THAT stupid to pass it on, makes you want to delete people off your friends list.

presto7175232d ago

I understand disagreeing with some of his fanboy comments or the sarcastic puns, but people disagree with EVERYTHING he seems to say, good or bad.

Am I missing something?

-Alpha5232d ago (Edited 5232d ago )

@guy above

He brought it on himself, though I don't really disagree with everything he says. Still, he manages to troll on each and every comment hence the "$" when writing "Sony". Of course, a lot of PS3 fans here also write "M$".

@blaze

Sony's support online is a bit weak. Considering the fact that people pay for XBL I would say I would EXPECT MS to deal with cheaters. That's the problem with PSN, things like trophies are half-a**ed. Not every game has it, they clearly inputted it because MS had achievements and Sony fans demanded it (which I'm fine with), and though the system is a little more pleasing than collecting numbers, it's also exploited.

I don't expect Sony to do anything with the cheaters, but at the same time I don't really care because trophies are more personal. Trophies SHOULD be about showing off to your friends and adding that competitive aspect too, but that would make the cheaters on PSN look even worse.

Also, let's not solely blame Sony. Trophy cheating is not the biggest issue right now, and to be perfectly honest it's not Sony's faults developers can't make a game hack-proof. I look squarely at IW's MW2, which is by far the most laziest game I have ever seen this gen.

Elven65232d ago

Why did I get 4 disagrees for speaking the truth? :(

Bungie constantly gets disagrees because he or she has been classified by the community as a "extreme case", Bungie isn't the only one, users like Saaking and Darkride are in a similar boat. Despite the three of them claiming to have changed their ways it takes a while for the "taint" to be removed.

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rockleex5232d ago

To encrypt, lock, or have protection on their save files.

Do you know how easy Infinity Ward made it to hack their save files?

These are not Trophy hacks, they're actually save file hacks.

CWMR5232d ago

@jmare

-I don't think he is an asshat 90% of the time. I think you just get more annoyed with him because he is a 360 fan and you are a PS3 fan. I can tell you that from my perspective he is no worse than about 85% of the PS3 fanbase here on this site. Singling him out is stupid.

Moving on now...yes, using hacks just ruins the fun. Why do that? Another thing that seems kind of pointless is all the people using second accounts on Uncharted 2 multiplayer right now. I mean, what is the use of a ranking system if everybody is just going to use a second or third account. You look at somebody with a 6 rank, for instance, and you have no idea if they are really a beginner or an experienced player with a second account. And it seems to mess up the matchmaking system as well. You will often have completely unbalanced teams and one team will just slaughter the other.-

FACTUAL evidence5232d ago

i like the trophy that said "obsessional collector".

Prototype5232d ago

Why cheat for bragging rights?

Outside Uncharted 2 and maybe a couple of other games that require a plat for unlockables why cheat just to have a higher score?

vhero5232d ago

2 things.
1. this is happening on the 360 and
2. MS didn't do anything for over a year until it was really bad I remember some gamers had gamerscores of over 100k in less than 6 months.

It's just not that easy to go banning/wiping everybody who does these hacks no doubt Sony would have to update their servers to detect these accounts and that would involve a massive undertaking. Also though who really cares about this?? If my friends want to do it and makes them feel better so be it. You can always remove them from your friends list.

Marquis_de_Sade5231d ago

Vhero, this is about PS3 trophy hacks, not 360 gamerscore boosters, why are you so insecure?

DaTruth5231d ago (Edited 5231d ago )

Ya, but there are no PS3 fanboys making sure to be first to comment on every article on a console they hate, just to troll.

That makes him the worst!

You make your way to the comments section to discuss the topic and in every article, the first thing you have to read is this dude trolling again!

Attention whore much?

Marquis_de_Sade5231d ago

Da Truth, there may not be PS3 fanboys in 360 threads first, but the resulting flood more than makes up for it.

NewNameNow5231d ago

They could have said hacks a few more times in the article I don't think everyone got it.

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WildArmed5232d ago

Exactly.
And it's very easy to figure out who boosted all his trophies..
the time stamps say alot more than some people hoped for lol

Luckily some games are using encrypted save data so you cannot hack em for trophies..

But I dont think this is ruining anything for me per se.
Just like i dont give a crap about boosting stats (unless they are in the same game as me and are taking the team down)

-Alpha5232d ago

Trophies are something I compare with my friends for fun.

Now, if trophies had leaderboards then it would be make things more competitive but I collect trophies for myself, not to beat anybody.

mac4u105232d ago

Hey you stole my avatar :/

EpicGamerSwordsman5232d ago

You wouldnt be the 1st person to have the Nate Drake Avatar.. Theres ALOT of other ppl with the Nathan Drake avatar, it gets annoying & mix's you up with other uses who share the same avatar.

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TOO PAWNED5232d ago

I would never do this, what's the point? You are lying only yourself. Still this hurts trophies and their value. Sony should do something about this before it gets out of hand and makes trophies pointless.

kratos1235232d ago

let them do what they want there the guys that are missing out.they dont have a life just like bungie trying to troll everywhere he goes

iceman065231d ago

with the point about making trophies pointless. In away, they already are...and so is the gamerscore. If you collect these as a symbol of gaming prowess, then the value of trophies should NOT be that you have this many trophies or this high or a score. It should be in the challenge that you had in doing said accomplishments to get the trophy. I never understood why people would rent, borrow, or buy the latest Barbie Super Teen Horse Adventure just to get a platinum. I guaranty you that it wasn't fun...and the only thing that you get is a "ping" sound signifying that you have just wasted an hour of your life (not to mention money) to prove something to somebody else...that probably doesn't care anyway. The point of these things was to get more out of the games that you buy. Not to farm the hell out of titles that suck (although that has become an unexpected benefit) just to get more platinum trophies (higher gamerscore) than the next person.

Bungie5232d ago

lol PlayStation Network lol

shutupandplay5232d ago

Yeah, I know. There certainly isn`t much to it.

Cyrax_875232d ago

you can do the exact same thing to LIVE. Not to mention the whole 360 can be pirated.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5232d ago

PSN is like that free dial up internet that came out a few years ago, NetZero.

EpicGamerSwordsman5232d ago

You stupid tards get what you pay for

OmarJA-N4G5232d ago

Cry more bots Live is still lagging behind PSN, ROFL! :D

How's Glitches of War 2 patches are coming? :D

Karooo5232d ago

attack psn because its free? how pathetic can you be man, 360 doesnt even have any good MP game anymore.

General Jewels5231d ago

Yep PSN is light years behind Xbox Live. And who cares about trophies? It was a failed copy and paste of achievements. Achievements were very innovative and changed the way people play games, and trophies...meh lame. This way trophies are garbage, you can cheat..don't believe me go to gamefaqs you will find saves for 90% of ps3 games, you can't do this on xbox 360 because of preventing unlocking achievements , only way special equipment.

MGOelite5231d ago

you have no clue what you just said general... when you copy a gamesave that voids you from earning any trophies whatsoever, it comes up and says "you did not earn a trophy", any this hack will be sorted with the next patch, no biggie, and another thing what makes achievements so much better than trophies??

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EpicGamerSwordsman5232d ago

I mean considering its free & Runs on PAR WITH A SH!TTY SERVICE YOU PAY FOR!!! Hahaha you stupid tool. XBL is FU(KEN GARBAGE for a Charged online service, I mean theres RARELY any games on x360 that even run on Dedicated servers compared to PSN, have fun paying for a p2p sh#tty network known as CrapBox LIVE while we get Both Dedicated Servers & p2p free.

CWMR5232d ago

-Unless you have an actual list of games on both platforms that run on dedicated servers, please kindly shut up. Otherwise you are just repeating typical fanboy talking points without any merit.

Also, I haven't noticed any difference in reliability between games with dedicated servers on the PS3 and supposed P2P on the 360. For instance I haven't noticed Killzone 2 or Uncharted 2 being any more reliable or having less lag than Halo 3 or Gears 2. I get disconnected in games on Uncharted 2 all the time, but I never have problems with Halo 3. All in all Xbox Live feels a little more stable to me, regardless of whether you want to say one has more dedicated servers or whatever. I am simply going off my own experience with both services.-

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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