New Xbox "slim" already hacked.

Linky

MS is starting to loose huge ammounts of $$ with all the hacked consoles.

Some of you might have noticed that some of the most popular Torrent sites have many new 360 releases in their top 100 popular torrents.

Same goes for the Wii.

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

Chris_Williams

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

ferret-gamer

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

markinthedark

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

wii is also hacked and wii games can be played on PC it's just a matter to time everything will get hacked and piratedbadtaker

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

Chris_Williams

The PS3 pirate hacks dont take off because of the hassle.

Even with linux still available it wouldnt be problem, pirating is simply to complicated on the PS3.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

ferret-gamer

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

Sky-

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

Shirokishi_

The PS3 pirate hacks dont take off because of the hassle.

Even with linux still available it wouldnt be problem, pirating is simply to complicated on the PS3.

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

A lot of theoretically lost revenue. There is no actual way of knowing how many of those people who illegality downloaded a game would have otherwise purchased it. And you certainly can't assume that they all would.

Linky

MS is starting to loose huge ammounts of $$ with all the hacked consoles.

lucky_star

[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] they still faced no real threat if it was hacked. The majority of pirates generally wouldnt want to dl 30+gb files for each game then by an extremely expensive blu ray burner and discs just to burn it.ThePlothole

A lot of theoretically lost revenue. There is no actual way of knowing how many of those people who illegality downloaded a game would have otherwise purchased it. And you certainly can't assume that they all would.

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

J-WOW

smart thing to do would be to wait a month, getting people hooked on the game... then banning em and hoping they go out and buy everything legit.

[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] they still faced no real threat if it was hacked. The majority of pirates generally wouldnt want to dl 30+gb files for each game then by an extremely expensive blu ray burner and discs just to burn it.ThePlothole

A lot of theoretically lost revenue. There is no actual way of knowing how many of those people who illegality downloaded a game would have otherwise purchased it. And you certainly can't assume that they all would.

[QUOTE="markinthedark"]

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

Chris_Williams

you see what piracy did to the PS2

:o

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="markinthedark"]

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

partyboy219

you see what piracy did to the PS2

:o

Surely MS would have spent a large amount of time making the slim hack free, it not only means less money but also less dev support.gamebreakerz__

[QUOTE="gamebreakerz__"]Surely MS would have spent a large amount of time making the slim hack free, it not only means less money but also less dev support.imprezawrx500

[QUOTE="Shirokishi_"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

Chris_Williams

The PS3 pirate hacks dont take off because of the hassle.

Even with linux still available it wouldnt be problem, pirating is simply to complicated on the PS3.

it is no less impossible without Linux. It is just even more of a pain...

And the cost associated with trying to even pirate Blu-Ray discs is kind of absurd. $200 RW double layer drives, $7-10 per disc, and HDD space associated with storing 30-50 GB files. The cost just isn't worth it when you can just go with DVDs(and things associated with that) for 1/50th the cost. PC piracy is even higher than Xbox 360 piracy because there isn't even a cost of making discs, all you need is download and then find a crack for the game.

A lot of effort did went into hacking PS3, hacker's pride comes from breaking something first, BR wasn't what's stopping the hackers.mystervj

No. There was effort into hacking the PS3 but it wasn't even remotely close to being "a lot of effort." There were some groups, but most didn't even bother.

I don't get it. Would a 360 s be different to hack than an older 360? Aren't they the same parts, more or less, and the same software (and isn't the software what gets hacked)?

Unless the s model came with a massive firmware update that tightened up the operating system, I don't see why it wouldn't be expected to be hacked.

Yeah this isn't special.

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

Sky-

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

Meh, 360 titles continues to sell in the millions so not a major issuebigboss5ak

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

Sky-

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

and people wonder why sony took out linux which was a exploitation risk

ferret-gamer

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

markinthedark

Which would lose them money. Console manufacturers make the consoles at a loss and then recoup the money from software and accessory sales

Linky

MS is starting to loose huge ammounts of $$ with all the hacked consoles.

Some of you might have noticed that some of the most popular Torrent sites have many new 360 releases in their top 100 popular torrents.

Same goes for the Wii.

lucky_star

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O

clone01

[QUOTE="markinthedark"]

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

markop2003

Which would lose them money. Console manufacturers make the consoles at a loss and then recoup the money from software and accessory sales

i dont think MS has been selling consoles at a loss for a long time now... but i could be wrong.

[QUOTE="markop2003"]

[QUOTE="markinthedark"]

generally speaking doesnt piracy help sell consoles?

markinthedark

Which would lose them money. Console manufacturers make the consoles at a loss and then recoup the money from software and accessory sales

i dont think MS has been selling consoles at a loss for a long time now... but i could be wrong.

What makes the slim less hackable than a regular 360?

[QUOTE="lucky_star"]

Linky

MS is starting to loose huge ammounts of $$ with all the hacked consoles.

Some of you might have noticed that some of the most popular Torrent sites have many new 360 releases in their top 100 popular torrents.

Same goes for the Wii.

WilliamRLBaker

I proved you wrong once, do i have to do it again? It did it in 2009, WW.

Here you go http://www.playstationuniversity.com/ps3-software-sales-outstrip-xbox-360s-ps3-attach-rate-up-to-8-1-3807/ PWNED

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft had another mass banning/bricking scheduled when Reach gets released. =O