PS3 Jailbreak - Bad or Good? (poll)

I can see how people can pirate a game or two on the pc but on a console is just so.. "meh" or something. Just buy the game. :\

PetJel

To the 30+ people who voted "good". I hope you go to jail!

What a spoiled generation, really...

[QUOTE="PetJel"]

I can see how people can pirate a game or two on the pc but on a console is just so.. "meh" or something. Just buy the game. :\

JohnF111

It's good and I think whoever is upset about it doesn't understand the first thing about piracy. If you buy used games from GameSpot or eBay, you might as well be pirating because the publisher sees the same amount of money in either case (zero). Also a downloaded game does not usually equal a lost sale, like some believe seem to believe.

Finally I gotta say I'm surprised at how big a deal people are making out of this device. It's expensive and completely unnecessary at this point in the region-free PS3's lifecycle. For that price you might as well buy whatever you wanted to play used, without any of the hassle or uncertainty. When people figure out how to softmod the PS3 for free, call me :D

it's not good.. it means people will steal games and then sony will try more and more to go the digital download route which will make it worse for players in the long run (see PSP GO). gamers should just pay developers for the games they love... they'll actually enjoy them more than just downloading a ton of stuff for no reason and then not playing any of it.

[QUOTE="pooyanh"]It's not even discussable. It's just wrong. I hope all those who make/use this jailbreak rot in hell.Venom_Raptor

Totally agree

it's not good.. it means people will steal games and then sony will try more and more to go the digital download route which will make it worse for players in the long run (see PSP GO). gamers should just pay developers for the games they love... they'll actually enjoy them more than just downloading a ton of stuff for no reason and then not playing any of it.

just_nonplussed

People will always try to find ways of screwing the system.

I agree that piracy is wrong, and that it affects devs etc.

But I also agree that the games are way too expensive on launch, and now devs are complaining that they can't get full price for preowned and trade in games.

I don't mind paying full price for a game providing it's a quality product, but I'd never pay full price for something thats preowned.

Or am I going off topic a bit?

[QUOTE="dantesergei"][QUOTE="Dahaka-UK"]

All really poor excuses to open the gateway to piracy and no people DON'T have the right to do whatever they want with their ps3s. They have the right to do what Sony allowed them to do.

Wild_Card

I could be wrong here but...

I think that in order to copy PS3 games you'll not only have to get blu-ray disks but also a blu-ray burner, which adds up to more that a thousand bucks.

Mix that money with all the work it takes to set it all up and the time it takes to download each gigantic file from the web...

If anybody do all that and is willing to risk their PS3's and their accounts for the "project" then...

I think these people have earned the right to download, its more of a rebel thing than a pirate thing.

aGOODdude

1000 bucks for a burner!?!?! No way you can buy them in UK for like £120 and that's everything you need.... Im not suggesting anything just the facts that it does not cost 1000 bucks.

2x - Black 50Gb disc - under £10 about $18....

Blu-Ray writer - under £90 about $150

A thousand bucks HAHAHA!!!

(...)Piracy doesn't have nearly the impact most think.(...)i5750at4Ghz

It's bad... bad for us established PS3 gamers, our systems and for the gaming industry.

you can download any ps3 game and download it for free :) sony should patch it soon.

you can download any ps3 game and download it for free :) sony should patch it soon.

bike749

IT is good, why not, i want to keep my blueray drive in a good condition. why not?

Bad. They are not supposed to hack/modify the PS3.

Outlaws need to follow the rules.

IT is good, why not, i want to keep my blueray drive in a good condition. why not?

rickliao

Piracy diminishes the ability to make profit for everyone involved in the production process. This in turn drives up the cost of games, as the developer/Sony/whoever needs to compensate for all the money lost to pirates, who pirated because the product costs too much. What came first, the chicken or the egg?jakecufc8888

For those who say that the above statement is false:

No matter how negligable you believe piracy to be on the market, it's one of the main reasons companies use to raise prices on the rest of the community. It's how they justify price hikes, and re-sale licenses, etc.

The only people who think piracy is alright have never had something they created stolen from them. They're brain-dead bottom-feeders, and they can **** a **** from my ***.

[QUOTE="jakecufc8888"]Piracy diminishes the ability to make profit for everyone involved in the production process. This in turn drives up the cost of games, as the developer/Sony/whoever needs to compensate for all the money lost to pirates, who pirated because the product costs too much. What came first, the chicken or the egg?MonkeySpot

For those who say that the above statement is false:

No matter how negligable you believe piracy to be on the market, it's one of the main reasons companies use to raise prices on the rest of the community. It's how they justify price hikes, and re-sale licenses, etc.

The only people who think piracy.....

To be honest, they aren't doing nothing wrong while doing something wrong. I mean, they find a way to JB the PS3. They aren't forcing anyone to do it. Personally I wouldn't crack my playstation, I'd keep it original. You just have a choice. Just imagine how the console would sell if they can crack it and run downloaded games on it, wii style. It's quite hard to download a blu ray game though.

[QUOTE="aGOODdude"]

I could be wrong here but...

I think that in order to copy PS3 games you'll not only have to get blu-ray disks but also a blu-ray burner, which adds up to more that a thousand bucks.

Mix that money with all the work it takes to set it all up and the time it takes to download each gigantic file from the web...

If anybody do all that and is willing to risk their PS3's and their accounts for the "project" then...

I think these people have earned the right to download, its more of a rebel thing than a pirate thing.

JohnF111

1000 bucks for a burner!?!?! No way you can buy them in UK for like £120 and that's everything you need.... Im not suggesting anything just the facts that it does not cost 1000 bucks.

2x - Black 50Gb disc - under £10 about $18....

Blu-Ray writer - under £90 about $150

A thousand bucks HAHAHA!!!

Wow, I was way off... Then to hell with the pirate bastards

Back in the day when I was too poor to afford games I had to resort to piracy for my gaming needs. Now that I can afford games I'm actually buying back the games I used to download off the internet. So I guess in my case it's a win-win situation for the devs.

Bad Jailbreaking a console and doing stuff like pirating games is just wrong.