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Come on guys, give Sony a break

Opinion: Let the wounded giant lick its hacker wounds

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antboltonboy4729d ago

in all seriousness what has sony done wrong, and dont give me that crap about removing other OS because about only 1% of ps3 owners used it

movements4729d ago

Agreed. Why not attack another company...without Sony this industry would be rubbish.

M-Easy4729d ago

I said it b4 and I'll say it again. If Sony leaves gaming, I'll be following right behind them.

I_find_it_funny4729d ago

All Sony did is opposing piracy

SuperLupe4729d ago (Edited 4729d ago )

If Sony leaves the industry I'll play exclusively on MS and Nintendo platforms as well as the platform of the company who will see the opportunity to fill the void.

Dont know about you guys but I love gaming for gaming...not for Sony, MS or Nintendo.

Thats like the stupidest thing Ive heard in a while. If you're a real gamer why stop gaming just because Sony stops it... o_O

kharma454729d ago

Your loss then.

Whilst they've contributed significantly, Sony are not the be-all an end-all of the gaming industry.

Enate4729d ago

M-Easy I feel you, I may play the occasional PC game there after. Though the majority of my time will be spent doing something else. Sony's presence in the industry brings more then great games. It also brings balance and competition like no other. High quality exclusive after high quality exclusive forces everyone to step their game up.

Sony is the one company that has not forgotten the hardcore for a second. As far as games are concerned.

MintBerryCrunch4729d ago (Edited 4729d ago )

remember when this 1st happened...the group that discovered the flaw in the PS3's security never released the keys...their goal was to get OtherOS back, even though many believe that this argument is weak...im pretty sure that when these guys went into this...they werent thinking that EGOhotz would take the algorithm/equation, solve it and then post the keys for the world to see...the dumbass gets sued...the hacking scene gets its feelings hurt by how Sony is handling this...so their response is to keep doing the same thing as EGOhotz, which is continually be a painful sore in Sony's ass

im just glad we have PSN and the store back...all of this will only give sony experience in future dealings and encounters with other hackers who WILL be stupid enough to do something crazy and then publicize it

koh4729d ago

If Sony were to disappear, it would certainly be a loss to the gaming industry, but I played video games before them and would transition to playing after them. What blind faith must you have in a company to dismiss anything a competitor will do in the FUTURE? Hypothetically, if another Playstation game was never produced again, you would just keep buying old games and completely ignore any game put out by MS, Nintendo or any other company that comes to the foreground in the next 50 years? That takes fanboyism to a new level in my book. That said, I hope Sony continues to make systems and games for a long long time.

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FACTUAL evidence4729d ago

I would give them a break if they give us Voice messaging/Psn ID change feature. ^.^

Max_Dissatisfaction4729d ago

1% of 50 million is 500 K people, thats 500 000 people that were cheesed of. The hacker community were probably part of that 500k people, take otheros away and you've got 500k pissed off people who also happen to have hackers amongst them.

Shadow Flare4729d ago

You realise 1% was number he made up right? I'd be surprised if 50 people used other OS. And to try to stop piracy and hackers ruining online gaming, I'd back Sony to get rid of OtherOS for the sake of so few people.

People buy ps3 to play games. When something threatens to ruin that experience, get rid of it.

mac_sparrow4729d ago

Given that when I worked in a GAME store about 80% of our customers hadn't read the folded piece of paper pretending to be a manual; and subsequently did not know that you could upgrade your hard drive so wanted to trade-in to a bigger model (yes, we told them, but only if they weren't dicks); I would be surprised if the amount of people even aware that they could use Linux was 1%.

JD_Shadow4729d ago (Edited 4729d ago )

I'm surprised they knew what the PS3 WAS back then due to how incredibly non-existent Sony's adverting of the system itself (not to mention the features in it).

And giving Sony a break? Isn't that what most people on N4G have been doing throughout this whole ordeal?

Wizziokid4729d ago

sadly hackers have nothing better to do, they don't have social life and don't even know what life outside their moms house is like. they wont stop until they can't hack any more.

GrandTheftZamboni4729d ago (Edited 4729d ago )

It could be that Sony anti-piracy measures are working, so pirates vent their anger by attacking Sony web sites.

Falaut4729d ago

now an apologist spin... doesn't stop.

Kemicalbeliefs4729d ago

I'd love to know how people would feel if it was Microsoft and the Live network being constantly attacked?

dazzalfc4729d ago

Hopefully the same. I think the hackers forget that targeting Sony/MS/Ninty doesn't just harm those companies, but developers, contractors and us.

Look at the recent Sony Pictures hack. Thousands of peoples details leaked all over the net. In what way did those people deserve to have their details spread across the internet like that?

GusBricker4729d ago (Edited 4729d ago )

I think the better question is, why doesn't it? Other than people complaining that it cost money.

And thus, why it isn't a problem. It's a paid service. MS probably employees the best hackers in the world to fight fire with fire. As they should.

Sony should follow suit.

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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

ApocalypseShadow4d 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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