Not sure about online play but I have full access to iTunes and the app store. I might be "banned" from Online because I havne't updated to the latest iOS (waiting on jailbreak) but that'd be something new, where being on the same iOS blocks you from Apple services.
Business ramifications of piracy *spawn
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Not sure about online play but I have full access to iTunes and the app store. I might be "banned" from Online because I havne't updated to the latest iOS (waiting on jailbreak) but that'd be something new, where being on the same iOS blocks you from Apple services.
Silent_Buddha
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I was thinking if the law suit gets decided against Sony, then like the Iphone jailbreak ruling, what if all consoles are thrown open to homebrew by a ruling? Wouldn't that be great to legally have homebrew apps for my PS3!
Like a proper implementation of the Move controller as a mouse in the internet explorer. Complete Flash support for the browser. A screenshot tool for games(Like press L3 and R3 togethe to save a screenshot anytime in a game).If a parallel of PSN happens with great apps like video calling to PC and other stuff, I'll install CFW and stop online play on PSN. My family really doesn't like grouping together in front of the PC in my bedroom for skype calls. if that gets implemented on the PS3 , on the TV in my living room, I can see my family happily calling away and enjoying it too !
Homebrew on its own has never been illegal on consoles. It's only when homebrew leverages code by or uses the tools provided by the console maker where things start to move into potentially unlawful territory. This was seen in the Xbox homebrew scene, PSP homebrew scene, and even with the X360 flash scene. Anything that is clean and free of anything related to the console owner can and is hosted in the open on legitimate sites. Anything that may contain code or used official tools by the console maker had to be found "on your own."
Using one popular legitimate site, xbox scene. It's why certain homebrew items could be hosted by them and certain homebrew items couldn't be hosted by them.
Regards,
SB
Do you really think Skype would make a version for CFW PS3?
RenegadeRocks
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I am not asking for skype on CFW. There's already a video chat option on the PS3, I was wishing If somebody could modify that to communicate with PCs too. That way we can have family video calls from our TV.
How? Do you mean some open chat protocol?
RenegadeRocks
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Thats the biggest problem if Sony doesn't ban everyone with CFW. Stuff goes haywire even for people who have not chosen to go rogue ! Broken games is bad for everyone and bad for even pirates as it breaks the feasibility of the platform.
! Broken games is bad for everyone and bad for even pirates as it breaks the feasibility of the platform.Sigfried1977
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The security breach sure is a really convenient scapegoat. What he failed to mention is that both MW games were hacked within days after release anyway. (and IW didn't do a goddamn thing about it)
Surely that sort of cheating is achieved by sitting PCs between the connection and screwing around with it. Is there a jailbroken MW hack for cheating?
The network traffic is encrypted, so a proxy wouldn't normally work. With the PS3 compromised the unencrypted game binaries can be read and the encryptiong keys used for network traffic extracted. Cheat proxies abound.
One of the great attractions of console gaming is that it is cheat free. IMHO, this is as damaging as outright piracy. Multiplatform multiplayer games is going to take a hit on the PS3.
Cheers
Have such tricks made it into the wild then? Also I know some tricks don't change the data directly but screw with lag, buffering actions before sending updates and stuff. I've seen that sort of thing on KZ2, long before PS3 FW was open to absolute chear codes. I guess the question is what sort of problems are present in MW2, and are they unique to PS3/PC or does XB360 suffer too?
Gears 2 also had crazy exploits. You could mess with the online mode to always gain hosting which gives you an advantage, you could make the opposing team have crazy lag, or unable to move, you could make then unable to have guns in their hands, etc etc.
I am not sure if these have been ironed out but the were there for more than a year when I used to play it online
Not true anymore. Itunes and the App store generated net sales of 4-5 billion dollars in 2010 and accounts for 8% of Apples total net sales including software and hardware. Its also one of the fastest growing segments of their business. The App store is now available on Mac, I doubt its presence on Snow Leopard is meant to drive hardware sales. The App store is a honey pot in and of itself.
Apple makes jailbreaking inconvenient enough to keep it out of mainstream use. The average consumer is not saavy enough to jailbreak. Even if they use someone else to jailbreak for them, it still means someone else managing the jailbreak with each OS upgrade to stay up to date.
All Sony has to is make the process of hacking and maintenance of the hack a bit of above the average gamers head to keep it out of the hands of majority of users.
The latest in the Sony vs Hackers lawsuit...
Sony Files Exhibits Trying to Link Hotz to California.
For the full details checkout the Groklaw coverage.
Sony Files Exhibits Trying to Link Hotz to California.
For the full details checkout the Groklaw coverage.
Silent_Buddha
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AFAIK, none of the previous exploits allowed another user to maliciously overwrite YOUR saves or gamedata which is what the new hack is purported to do.
At a very basic level this could be considered the first proof of concept for a virus like activity on the PS3. While it doesn't grant full control of your system it is allowing it to modify data on a remote PS3.
Regards,
SB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdkQzduWA0
Its not exacly same hack thats used on PSN, but shows how much games was and is hacked on other networks.
This one is from PSN - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDA0BZ-95_4
Well then, would you look at this ?
Stuff like these have existed for years, COD4 on PS3 was hacked in a similar manner in COD4 (players going below map, God mode etc etc), and Xbox 360 well....it has always had these stuff. As for Rank rest its completely normal, and I've experienced this multiple times since past 3 years over a wide range of games.
Stuff like these have existed for years, COD4 on PS3 was hacked in a similar manner in COD4 (players going below map, God mode etc etc), and Xbox 360 well....it has always had these stuff. As for Rank rest its completely normal, and I've experienced this multiple times since past 3 years over a wide range of games.
from another forum I read where people have been enjoying MW2 just fine online until this new development.
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