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Blu-ray BD+ Copy Protection Cracked, Disc Burning App Out by Year's End

SlySoft (the makers of AnyDVD, CloneDVD, and many other disc-copying software apps) has just cracked the Blu-ray BD+ copy protection. SlySoft CEO Giancarlo Bettini said his company will release commercial software to copy Blu-ray movies and games by the end of the year. Sony had said its copy protection would be good for ten years.

However, Blu-ray blank discs are still very expensive right now ($40+ for a writable,) so it is not yet financially feasible for consumers to be burning their own Blu-ray discs.

(via Gizmodo and The Inquirer on October 30, 2007)

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SmokeyMcBear6029d ago

I see your transformers hd dvd being hacked.. and raise you a bluray + crack

mighty_douche6029d ago

ill be one of the ones doing it :)

ruibing6029d ago

BD-R discs are going to get cheaper soon since TDK (I believe) just started finalizing organic dye for those discs.

razer6029d ago

Or News 4 Hackers and Crackers??

This is like the 3rd piracy related article on this site in the last 4 hours.

Azures6029d ago

All useless w/o the burners :p

Lex Luthor6029d ago

So Inevitable.
Same goes for hd-dvd.

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Keoken Interactive lays off majority of team after failing to find funding at GDC

Deliver Us Mars developer Keoken Interactive has laid off the majority of its staff after struggling to secure funding …

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mastershredder1d 13h ago

The industry model and standards and who's in place to approve/disapprove have changed ^ what Keoken is feeling now is much like the Mobile burst 15 years ago. Expect more to come out of your own finances. Investors are treating games like movies and now (thank$ a lot for involving yourself hollywood) only the big (and money blind) investors get involved, effectively killing a lot of content that would come out with proper non-gate-kept and/or with incentivized funding.

Markdn1d 12h ago

And when you only make a fraction of your games worth on gamepass you suffer

Tacoboto1d 9h ago

Palworld and Manor Lords are so suffering.

RiseNShine1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Sorry but i couldn't care less, Deliver us Mars was as woke game as they come, climate change disaster, all female cast plus only a comic relief indian guy (it takes only 5 minutes into the game for the main female character to say how smart she is compared to the guy), evil white guys, ugly females, then add generic gameplay and puzzles (how many times do you have to cut things with a laser for gods sake), you can't change anything in how the events develop so 0 agency in the story, sub par graphics even while using UE4. So well, go woke go broke, that's how it works.

Miacosa21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

That stinks but with a 68 average critic rating on their games probably made it difficult for people to invest considering there is a bloat of games getting made these days.

ROCKY2817h ago

You guys will be back with team strength and funding !

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PS5 Was The Market Leader In Unit & Dollar Sales For Q1 2024 And March In US

Mat Piscatella of analyst firm Circana has revealed that the PS5 was the market leader in North America for both unit and dollar sales during not only March 2024, but the first quarter of the year as a whole.

Writing on Twitter, Piscatella revealed that spending for video game hardware in February 2024 dropped 32% in comparison to the same period last year, totalling $391 million. In addition, spending for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch each fell a minimum of 30% year-on-year.

S2Killinit1d 16h ago

This is North America only.

Cacabunga1d 15h ago

What will happen when Sony announce a new Uncharted, Killzone, Tsushima or Horizon ..

ChronoJoe1d 15h ago

Ah yes, Killzone that'll light the world on fire.

I'm joking but I do wish it were likely or more popular.

shinoff21831d 10h ago

I'd rather an upgrade over some fps personally. Like a true rpg not some action game with a couple of rpg lite mechanics in it.

Jingsing1d 6h ago

To be fair Sony usually know when to let a franchise go dormant, They gave Killzone over 6 different games and it never reached that summit. You end up in a situation like Microsoft if you just keep hammering out Halo and Gears and Forza etc. Microsoft should be smart enough to let them games go.

Demetrius1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

I thoroughly enjoy my open world games, but highest interest will always be the shooter genre lol it's just something about a good well crafted shooter with lore to it something like the Max payne series

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TheColbertinator1d 16h ago

Somehow I doubt all of that spiel.

ravens5217h ago

Lmao. Perfect example of the denial.

Hofstaderman1d 15h ago

But PS5 and Switch still outsells XBOX embarrassingly even with overall consoles sales decline.

Giga_Gaia1d 15h ago

At this point, I think PS5 and Switch sell more in one month than Xbox does in an entire quarter...

Ironmike1d 8h ago

Stop being sad mt just enjoy ur console of choice and just accept there's not only ps5 in the world

1d 12h ago
Elda1d 15h ago

This is not surprising in the slightest. The song will continue to remain the same.

romulus231d 13h ago

And in other news wet is water.

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