Friday, January 14, 2011

PlayStation 3 at the mercy of hackers

According to the co-founder of Massive Entertainment, Martin Walfisz to GamesIndustry. biz, due to the nature of the violation of PlayStation 3, Sony will hardly be able to identify the console that are running pirated software. "If the solution works as a hacker was reported, I do not think that Sony is able to regain control of the platform," said Walfisz.

"They might try using a system similar to that adopted by Microsoft with Xbox Live, so as to prevent access to the NDP to people who use systems' pirated '. As long as the consoles are not connected to the network, Sony can not prevent' running pirated software. " "Because apparently did not require the use of mod-chip to run pirated games, I do not think that Sony is able to locate users to be expelled from the PSN.

At the moment, PlayStation 3 is fully open. Hackers can create pirate copies of games PS3 with the same digital signature used by Sony. There is no need to use mod-chip, so it is very easy to use pirated copies of games. " "The pirated games can be saved on hard disk and in time I believe that piracy of PS3 could exceed that of PSP." The only solution, said Walfisz, is in fact impractical to launch new hardware.

"Once the console has been violated, the hardware manufacturer can not do anything. Could enter the market new hardware investing significant resources, but still could not prevent the use of pirated software on existing models. A hardware upgrade should ensure that the holders of the versions in circulation are able to use the same software, I do not think that this is possible.

"A few days ago, Sony announced plans to combat piracy on the PlayStation 3 with a series of patches to be distributed via PlayStation Network. Hackers, however, sing victory and claim that the situation is irreversible.
Posted by Camilla C. at 2:51 PM
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