Why doesn't sony realize that one of the main reasons ps1 & ps2 sold insane amount of consoles (unbelievable numbers), was purely due to how easy and affordable it was to get a mod-chipped fully functional PS2 without any hassles that allowed you to play backup or non-original games you could get off the internet or buy for $5. There is no puzzle that sony must figure out as to why ps3 isn't selling much, this is the ONLY reason.
Allowing hackers to hack ps3, will boost ps3 sales significantly and make tons of money for Sony on the long run. Releasing updates to kill jailbreak or other modchips will only kill ps3 sales. They don't have to acknowledge it, just keep silent and let the hacking happen without resistance.
The same people who can afford originals now will continue to do so, no big loss in that department.
I do not support piracy, but Unfortunately, Piracy is the key to success of any console, it has been part of the gaming culture across its history.
What do you think ?
Lazy_Marine
Dude don't be so **** ignorant. Videogames are not about how many consoles you sold. Consoles are sold at the price almost the price they cost the company, games are software that takes 2 and 3 years to develop with groups of 200 plus people working hard everyday and on top of that cost millions of dollars. The money is in the games, dlc and accessories. The PS2 sold a lot but the majority of the owners were paying for the games and piracy was not through the roof like today. Remember the Dreamcast, one of the reasons sega retired the thing was because people discover they can pirate games easily and games the only thing left for them to recuperate money stopped selling.
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