Just when you think Sony can't stoop any lower.

[Melf]

Sony won't do shit to your console except ban you from PSN. The same rumors about potential hardware nuking went around when people started modding Xbox consoles, and none of it was true.

[jerry coeurl]

I guess my question was, do they really have the tech to be able to tell if your controller (or power cable, as Da Shocker mentioned) is third party through the internet?

[Chilly Willy]

I guess my question was, do they really have the tech to be able to tell if your controller (or power cable, as Da Shocker mentioned) is third party through the internet?

It's DAMN easy to tell what kinds of devices are attached to USB/Blue Tooth. It's part of the spec that those devices ID themselves so you can select the proper driver for the OS. I wouldn't expect Sony NOT to be able to ID the devices and upload the info back home.

The only issue there is if someone hacked the firmware to insert phony info over the device IDs.

[jerry coeurl]

Ah. Well surely there'd be no way for them to tell what kind of power supply you were using, would there? Unless those are USB based these days, too.

[Zoltor]

Ah. Well surely there'd be no way for them to tell what kind of power supply you were using, would there? Unless those are USB based these days, too.

Any USB stuff(and even the HD) they should beable to sadly enforce, but yea, I have no idea how they would know what power supply you are using or why they ******* care to beginwith(does Sony even sell separate power supplies).

[Vyse of Arcadia]

Any USB stuff(and even the HD) they should beable to sadly enforce, but yea, I have no idea how they would know what power supply you are using or why they ******* care to beginwith(does Sony even sell separate power supplies).

Yeah, I don't think they can. I think they're just covering all the hardware bases.

One of the most screwed up things about law is how the spirit of the law isn't enough. Heaven help you if you leave room for even the tiniest loophole.

[Zoltor]

Yeah, I don't think they can. I think they're just covering all the hardware bases.

One of the most screwed up things about law is how the spirit of the law isn't enough. Heaven help you if you leave room for even the tiniest loophole.

Yea, but this is over the top, notice how they didn't even mention Hard Drives (something they could actually detect), why would they even list power supply to beginwith.

The whole for example only, covers everthing(boy whoever wrote that should be shot, they should've put it down as "Not limited to, but including the following: ").

Lol you would think with all the money Sony has, they could afford someone who knew how to write these things.

[Da_Shocker]

Yea, but this is over the top, notice how they didn't even mention Hard Drives (something they could actually detect), why would they even list power supply to beginwith.
The whole for example only, covers everthing(boy whoever wrote that should be shot, they should've put it down as "Not limited to, but including the following: ").

Lol you would think with all the money Sony has, they could afford someone who knew how to write these things.

Because there is no official Sony brand HD. You can use ANY 2.5 sata drive that's not the same case with the 360 as you have to use soem skull duggery to do that.

[morcar]

Its times like this when you should not buy the console or dont go online with it just to piss sony off.

[GriskaGyoran]

Any USB stuff(and even the HD) they should beable to sadly enforce, but yea, I have no idea how they would know what power supply you are using or why they ******* care to beginwith(does Sony even sell separate power supplies).

Problem is that once it is sold to you it becomes YOUR property to do with as you wish. If you want to mod it out then its your own damn choice. However when your hardware interferes with the online service (Sony's property) then it becomes an issue. However, the issue at hand is software piracy, that should be worthy of a Sony intervention and respective development properties. But it would be like if I bought a 1875 parchment laced with gold and soaked it in gasoline and used it as a torch, I bought it I can do as I wish with it, I wouldn't be an ass like that but in theory I could do it because it is MINE. But for Sony to put outstanding hardware limitations on something YOU own is legal bullshit. PSN ban that's fine so long as the modifications don't interfere with Sony's end of the product ie: servers, other PS3s, game coding/interference with software that is being used by more than 1 person at a time.

[Leathco]

I have RARELY used my ps3 over the past 8 months. I said screw it and installed custom firmware last week. Not to pirate games, but to use it for big-screen emulation, replacing my X-Box for that purpose. Better controller and faster emulation once they get around to N64 and whatnot. Can't wait to see the new developments for indie software and emus on the ps3.

For new games, I still got my 360 I recently got for free in a contest (the 4gb one with Kinect bundled) so I'll just be using it a lot more.

[Zoltor]

I have RARELY used my ps3 over the past 8 months. I said screw it and installed custom firmware last week. Not to pirate games, but to use it for big-screen emulation, replacing my X-Box for that purpose. Better controller and faster emulation once they get around to N64 and whatnot. Can't wait to see the new developments for indie software and emus on the ps3.

For new games, I still got my 360 I recently got for free in a contest (the 4gb one with Kinect bundled) so I'll just be using it a lot more.

Lol yea, my friend's PS3 basically just sits there as well(It's only used to play SC 4, and MvC3). Infact the friend in question moved, and he leaves it at his mother's house, so yea it rarely gets played, since It's not worthy to bring with him(and 10 bucks says after breaking in MvC3, we'll be going back to playing MvC2 on the PS2 due to the dumbed down controls of MvC3. Capcom, did you really think screwing with the controls was a good move, shame on you).

[Obviously]

So what to the third party peripheral manufacturers have to say about this? I can't imagine they're going to just let this slide.

[Zoltor]

So what to the third party peripheral manufacturers have to say about this? I can't imagine they're going to just let this slide.

I doubt they're happy about this, however I haven't heard of anything yet.

[Havok]

Sony is satan? Yes sony is satan!