another system update for sony only

get ready to update your system in order to sign on psn. it wont help you or add anything you might of wanted. instead it is to stop the trick people found to play ps2 games with a usb doogle. which also let you download and play ps3 games from your hdwith out discs. and let you play pirate discs.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1118695p1.html

makes you wonder why sony doesnt make one that lets ps3 users to buy a legit one so they can at least play ps2 games.

there was another news story on ign saying more about it. but seems they were forced to remove it and replace it with this news thread instead.

The banhammer is almost ready.

I have a feeling we're going to get about 100 more firmware updates trying to stop this piracy until Sony just give up. YayAnjunaddict

Why do you think they'll fail?

I have a feeling we're going to get about 100 more firmware updates trying to stop this piracy until Sony just give up. YayAnjunaddict

Rite?

From what I hear, they succeeded in stomping out the jailbreak..... for now.

All they really need to do is make it detectable so they can ban people from PSN.

The banhammer will come down extremely hard come release of CoD: BO.

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"]I have a feeling we're going to get about 100 more firmware updates trying to stop this piracy until Sony just give up. Yayblitzcloud

Rite?

[QUOTE="J-WOW"]its back to the drawing board for the pirates, I wonder what they (the pirates) would come up with nextwaltefmoney

What makes you think they'll succeed?

Hackers have a jailbreak to work off of now. Theyll make it better.

Hacking is a relentless scene and the PS3 one is quickly opening up.

Not sure why this is posted in System Wars? It's about the 3.42 PS3 update. What exactly does this have to do with System Wars? Honest question.

This has nothing to do with PS2 games. Nor is it anything to do with System Wars.

And good, if it stomps out piracy on the system, then I'm all for it.

If people are looking to blame someone for some reason they should direct their attention to the l33t h4x0rz.

Not sure why this is posted in System Wars? It's about the 3.42 PS3 update. What exactly does this have to do with System Wars? Honest question.

VladJasonDrac

Sony has really gone bat **** with all these constant system updates.

Jeez now i have to update my ps3 for 20 minutes and nothing in it benefits me. Were gonna be getting alot of these i hate these updates because there extremely slow. Sony needs to just add ps2 bcbigboss5ak

good for sony,the update took less than 30 seconds for me

[QUOTE="bigboss5ak"]Jeez now i have to update my ps3 for 20 minutes and nothing in it benefits me. Were gonna be getting alot of these i hate these updates because there extremely slow. Sony needs to just add ps2 bcDilrod

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

the update took bout 2min for me and i got into mafia 2 since i just bought it today.Better having less piracy imo its a scourge on creative industries its like stealing from a store.

Really i prefer sony update and make it harder for them yeah its some inconvenience to us but ultimately it keeps the pirates on their toes.

[QUOTE="Dilrod"][QUOTE="bigboss5ak"]Jeez now i have to update my ps3 for 20 minutes and nothing in it benefits me. Were gonna be getting alot of these i hate these updates because there extremely slow. Sony needs to just add ps2 bcBigboi500

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

I have a feeling we're going to get about 100 more firmware updates trying to stop this piracy until Sony just give up. YayAnjunaddict

[QUOTE="blitzcloud"]

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"]I have a feeling we're going to get about 100 more firmware updates trying to stop this piracy until Sony just give up. YayAnjunaddict

Rite?

So how many ban waves has MS done by now,hell many of those pirates help the xbox 360 installed bases,since once they are ban they sell the unit cheap,and get a new 360 and hack it again with a new firmare,as of right now pirates are playing on live,just wait for the Halo Reach ban wave,and see how hardware sales rise,when pretty much any one who want to play Halo has a 360 by now.

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

Bigboi500

Makes you wonder why Sony removed OtherOS when that didn't stop anything. Now another update to try to stop something again. It's just a matter of time until someone figures a way around it. Expect more mandatory updates from Sony.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="Dilrod"] It took less than two minutes for this update. Chris_Williams

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

My internet is much slower, and it takes me between 12 and 24 hours to get these ridiculous updates. With my slow connection I don't play online multi-player games, but I do like being able to download PS one games from the PS store, but in order to do that I have to have the stupid updates. And before you suggest I upgrade to a faster internet, I can't where I live.

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"][QUOTE="blitzcloud"]Yeah because all the way since 2006 to late 2010 it just didn't get pirated because "no games".

Rite?

Eltormo

So how many ban waves has MS done by now,hell many of those pirates help the xbox 360 installed bases,since once they are ban they sell the unit cheap,and get a new 360 and hack it again with a new firmare,as of right now pirates are playing on live,just wait for the Halo Reach ban wave,and see how hardware sales rise,when pretty much any one who want to play Halo has a 360 by now.

What are you talking about? People with modded 360 don't use live, because once they get banned the console is practically useless - they can't sell it because not only it's not under warranty but it CANNOT BE USED. It's blocked. No one will buy a console like that.

Eh, Sony lost the battle as soon as the deeper levels of the system were opened up. they now have an army of hackers to defeat such a firmware update.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Yes that's a universal formula for all users right, because we all have blazing fast interent?

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

Bigboi500

My internet is much slower, and it takes me between 12 and 24 hours to get these ridiculous updates. With my slow connection I don't play online multi-player games, but I do like being able to download PS one games from the PS store, but in order to do that I have to have the stupid updates. And before you suggest I upgrade to a faster internet, I can't where I live.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] the internet in my dorm sucks and it took less than two minutes for me, you know you can just upgrade your hdd and not your console right?Chris_Williams

My internet is much slower, and it takes me between 12 and 24 hours to get these ridiculous updates. With my slow connection I don't play online multi-player games, but I do like being able to download PS one games from the PS store, but in order to do that I have to have the stupid updates. And before you suggest I upgrade to a faster internet, I can't where I live.

The 360 gets hacked only the hackers gets punished. The PS3 gets hacked and everyone gets punished, by these mandatory updates. Is that right?

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]If you would have read my comment correctly, you'd have seen that's what I said.

My internet is much slower, and it takes me between 12 and 24 hours to get these ridiculous updates. With my slow connection I don't play online multi-player games, but I do like being able to download PS one games from the PS store, but in order to do that I have to have the stupid updates. And before you suggest I upgrade to a faster internet, I can't where I live.

Bigboi500

In the last month or 2 I've already had to do 3 firmware updates with no real improvements...getting annoying.

Eh, Sony lost the battle as soon as the deeper levels of the system were opened up. they now have an army of hackers to defeat such a firmware update.

WilliamRLBaker

A Chinese company managed to get a hold of a USB dongle, from which they were able to determine an exploit that would allow them to force a debug mode and allow the running of unsigned code.

They used parts of a leaked older version of Sony's SDK to produce a "backup" manager (yeah right). This was reverse engineered and made publically available.

There's nothing to confirm that from the ability to run unsigned code the l33t h4x0rs will be able to generate custom firmware or anything of the like. And they've all been too busy it seems trying to put this exploit onto as many things as possible for some reason, from calculators to iPhones.

The 360 gets hacked only the hackers gets punished. The PS3 gets hacked and everyone gets punished, by these mandatory updates. Is that right?

gago-gago

The 360 gets hacked only the hackers gets punished. The PS3 gets hacked and everyone gets punished, by these mandatory updates. Is that right?

gago-gago

Good grief, System Wars is so utterly ridiculous sometimes.

[QUOTE="gago-gago"]

The 360 gets hacked only the hackers gets punished. The PS3 gets hacked and everyone gets punished, by these mandatory updates. Is that right?

shinrabanshou

But you're right, this is only about the PS3 and it's monthly or so updates and how they removed OS features and have mandatory updates for every single PS3 owner just to try to stop isolated hackers.

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"][QUOTE="blitzcloud"]Yeah because all the way since 2006 to late 2010 it just didn't get pirated because "no games".

Rite?

Eltormo

So how many ban waves has MS done by now,hell many of those pirates help the xbox 360 installed bases,since once they are ban they sell the unit cheap,and get a new 360 and hack it again with a new firmare,as of right now pirates are playing on live,just wait for the Halo Reach ban wave,and see how hardware sales rise,when pretty much any one who want to play Halo has a 360 by now.

What the hell has that got to do with anything I said? I never even mentioned Microsoft or the 360, nevermind banning consoles. I was talking about firmware updates, and how pirates have basically ruined it for us 'legal' gamers.

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"][QUOTE="blitzcloud"]Yeah because all the way since 2006 to late 2010 it just didn't get pirated because "no games".

Rite?

Eltormo

So how many ban waves has MS done by now,hell many of those pirates help the xbox 360 installed bases,since once they are ban they sell the unit cheap,and get a new 360 and hack it again with a new firmare,as of right now pirates are playing on live,just wait for the Halo Reach ban wave,and see how hardware sales rise,when pretty much any one who want to play Halo has a 360 by now.

get ready to update your system in order to sign on psn. it wont help you or add anything you might of wanted. instead it is to stop the trick people found to play ps2 games with a usb doogle. which also let you download and play ps3 games from your hdwith out discs. and let you play pirate discs.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1118695p1.html

makes you wonder why sony doesnt make one that lets ps3 users to buy a legit one so they can at least play ps2 games.

there was another news story on ign saying more about it. but seems they were forced to remove it and replace it with this news thread instead.

monson21502

PS2 games? Good luck emulation on Cell. If Sony wont do it, no annoying hackers will. I hope Sony stops these thieves. Ban everyone who ever uses that thing.

So how many ban waves has MS done by now,hell many of those pirates help the xbox 360 installed bases,since once they are ban they sell the unit cheap,and get a new 360 and hack it again with a new firmare,as of right now pirates are playing on live,just wait for the Halo Reach ban wave,and see how hardware sales rise,when pretty much any one who want to play Halo has a 360 by now.

Eltormo

i don't know, how many ban waves has MS done now? and since you've made this argument, do you have some numbers on hardware sales spikes after a ban wave? i'm curious if you have any evidence to back this idea.

PS3....it just does Updates.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Yes that's a universal formula for all users right, because we all have blazing fast interent?

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

Bigboi500

My internet is much slower, and it takes me between 12 and 24 hours to get these ridiculous updates. With my slow connection I don't play online multi-player games, but I do like being able to download PS one games from the PS store, but in order to do that I have to have the stupid updates. And before you suggest I upgrade to a faster internet, I can't where I live.

12-24 hours for an update? Downloading PS1 games must be a several day affair...

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Yes that's a universal formula for all users right, because we all have blazing fast interent?

All these updates really screw over the 20 GB PS3 users because the updates are always around 160+ MB. At this rate it's gonna force those PS3 owners to upgrade their HDDs. It's sad when a generation is FORCED to upgrade their CONSOLES just to get by these days.

Slashkice

Updating the firmware has been sped up though. I forget when they changed it, but they're doing patches now. It'll still vary depending on your internet connection, but you won't have to download 160+ MB files anymore - this particular update is just 33 MB.