Sony Offline Entertainment (Hacking of PSN and SOE)

[Mizango]

My sources confirm that you are white. And there are multiple.

Wigga plz

[Cephius]

I came here expecting news on the Customer Appreciation Program going live, and I get 2 pages of trolling. STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY

(seriously go to the console wars thread if you want to keep bitching)

[*Shinzon*]

Or you can just hack the console, and not use a disk at all, except to rip it to your hdd.

protip: hacking consoles is not just for piracy.

You're missing the point. Certain newer games still require the physical disc to be in the system and being read in order to play as an antipiracy countermeasure. Without the disc in there it wont play off the HD meaning the disc is still being used. Meaning it cant be played right off the HD.

P.S you can do whatever you want with your consoles but more and more devs are requiring you to log onto the network first before the game to be used which you can't do when you're console is hacked because you have to update the firmware.

Kinda on topic, I just got my new ps3 from Sony after the firmware bricked my shit, is LA Noire worth the price tag rather than a rental?

[Tyche]

I don't know of any games that require you to log into the network to use them (as they shouldn't because a large number of PS3s aren't connected to a network), but most of the new ones require the newer firmware, which isn't hackable.

[*Shinzon*]

Activision has said they planned to use that system of logging into network awhile back, has that not happened yet? I know a few other devs were planning it. LA Noire rental or buy? Hmmm.

[Yabby]

is LA Noire worth the price tag rather than a rental?

All about taste, personally i played about 2 hours and put it down. If i wanted to watch a movie i would. But i have friends that say its was one of the best games ever. So to each their own. If you liked heavy rain you should like LA

[Tyche]

Activision has said they planned to use that system of logging into network awhile back, has that not happened yet? I know a few other devs were planning it. LA Noire rental or buy? Hmmm.

No one has that I'm aware of. I seen a stat on Kotaku or something awhile ago saying that 20% or something weren't connected. So I can't see any developer doing it.

[*Shinzon*]

No one has that I'm aware of. I seen a stat on Kotaku or something awhile ago saying that 20% or something weren't connected. So I can't see any developer doing it.

Ah, maybe that's why it's taken so long then. I could see why they wouldn't if that's the case.

[Tyrath]

All about taste, personally i played about 2 hours and put it down. If i wanted to watch a movie i would. But i have friends that say its was one of the best games ever. So to each their own. If you liked heavy rain you should like LA

So it is a lot like heavy rain then huh? I'll be passing on this one then. Unless I borrow it from a friend like I did heavy rain.

[hey]

You're missing the point. Certain newer games still require the physical disc to be in the system and being read in order to play as an antipiracy countermeasure. Without the disc in there it wont play off the HD meaning the disc is still being used. Meaning it cant be played right off the HD.

Not true for either the ps2 or ps3, for any game. On the ps3 you may need a gamein the drive, but it can be any game, it won't be read, and depending on the game, and how you run it, you may not even need a bd drive in the system.

[Headspace]

So it is a lot like heavy rain then huh? I'll be passing on this one then. Unless I borrow it from a friend like I did heavy rain.

Story wise yeah. More traditional gameplay in this one. But it is story and dialogue heavy

K-ROLD

[aurik]

Is the store back yet? I want my free shit.

[*Shinzon*]

Is the store back yet? I want my free shit.

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think it is yet.

[Haiko]

Not true for either the ps2 or ps3, for any game. On the ps3 you may need a gamein the drive, but it can be any game, it won't be read, and depending on the game, and how you run it, you may not even need a bd drive in the system.

Are you having a hard time reading? Shinzon is pretty much saying the new games being release which has HD installation will be asking for the latest firmware which isn't hackable so you will actually need the disc to play

[hey]

Are you having a hard time reading? Shinzon is pretty much saying the new games being release which has HD installation will be asking for the latest firmware which isn't hackable so you will actually need the disc to play

That is not at all what he said. He said certain games require the disk to be in the drive, which is completely false. No such game exists. Some newer games are encrypted for 3.6, and thus cannot be played at this time (with or without the disk) on 3.41/3.55, but that is not what he said, and those games do not require a disk, they require the encryption keys (and some of them can even be played now with a patch that was signed for 3.5).

[Tyche]

That is not at all what he said. He said certain games require the disk to be in the drive, which is completely false. No such game exists. Some newer games are encrypted for 3.6, and thus cannot be played at this time (with or without the disk) on 3.41/3.55, but that is not what he said, and those games do not require a disk, they require the encryption keys (and some of them can even be played now with a patch that was signed for 3.5).gl

This is pretty much correct. With games that require a disk in the drive to play, it can be any BR disk. A lot of games will run strait off the HD with no disk in at all. I ran LBP2 off the HD with no disk (until my 4 year old tried to update it and ruined it).

With LA Noire, it was released for exclusive use with 3.6+ use, like Portal 2. However, Rockstar rolled it back via a patch to play on 3.55 when people were having issues with the 3.6 firmware.

[Brill Weave]

Go to sleep Tyche we don't care what you think

[Zeb]

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/daily...ares_micro.php

What's the best way to land a programmer's job at Microsoft? Well, there's the standard method of going to school for computer science, succeeding admirably, creating programs of your own and then applying and hoping you get the nod.


Then there's the slightly less orthodox method employed occasionally by young and ambitious hackers.

In this case, a 14-year-old Irish hacker managed to break into the online servers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last month and start a phishing scam that tried to get other players to divulge personal information.

The hack came right in the middle of the crippling hack attack that took down the entire Playstation Network, and it scared Microsoft enough to issue worldwide alter for the scam.

So now that the perpetrator has been outed as a 14-year-old geek living with his parents, what's Microsoft's response?


[Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland Paul] Rellis revealed that Microsoft planned to work with the Dublin teenager to develop his talent for legitimate purposes.

So let that be a lesson, hackers. If you start young enough and hack with enough skill, you can trade "being sued in court" for "getting a sweet job."

[Souj]

Isn't that common knowledge that's what happens to a lot of hackers?

[Saga]

Isn't that common knowledge that's what happens to a lot of hackers?

I thought it was. Same with forgers. Catch Me If You Can was a great movie.