What is the cause of piracy on PS3?

[TnA]

Probably an old topic, but what is the cause of it?

Why is pirating on PS3 relative easy and why are there so many backup-manager available,...

I'm interested in the cause,... What do you think of it?



My meaning: Sony shouldn't have stolen an open-source OS for their hardware, thus it wouldn't be that easy to simply re-direct the location, where the files are loaded from...

[phlak]

Easy.....hahaha I dont think so, it took years to hack compared to 360. And I think piracy stems from the need for homebrew. I love emulators and other OS on my devices. I think once coders find a way to get homebrew on the system piracy follows at that point.

[TnA]

Easy.....hahaha I dont think so,

I don't talk about 'how long it took to hack the PS3', but why it is so easy for the end-user, why so many backup-managers followed in such a short time and so on... (once it/the PS3 was partially opened).

it took years to hack compared to 360.

Wow,... You mean, just because backups were possible on the 360 (after a week), that it was hacked? Homebrew/JTAG took years on it to come out and it's still not close to be fully hacked...
Else we'd be able to hack every 360.

The same applies to the PS3,... It is far away from being fully hacked...

And I think piracy stems from the need for homebrew. I love emulators and other OS on my devices. I think once coders find a way to get homebrew on the system piracy follows at that point.

Yes, probably...
But I think in most cases it is the homebrew-stuff, which follows the backups (and in most cases it is not even because backups were possible in the first place...).

[Grey_Wolf]

There is an old saying in my culture;"free vinegar is sweeter than honey".

[psnplay]

Why is pirating on PS3 relative easy

Because of the way the system was designed.

and why are there so many backup-manager available,...

Because people have different tastes and needs and one solution doesn't always work for some and thus they need another.

I'm interested in the cause,... What do you think of it?

You should really think harder about what you really want to ask. Your questions are simply way too vague and broad to convey any meaningful discussion. Be more specific, narrow the field a little, perhaps even throw in some examples or your own arguments in an effort to give some fuel for discussion.

[E.coli]

Probably an old topic, but what is the cause of it?

Why is pirating on PS3 relative easy and why are there so many backup-manager available,...

I'm interested in the cause,... What do you think of it?



My meaning: Sony shouldn't have stolen an open-source OS for their hardware, thus it wouldn't be that easy to simply re-direct the location, where the files are loaded from...

it started back on firmware 3.41 and the original PSjailbreak which served only for piracy (backups)

way before this geohot,fai0verflow,graf_chokolo stuff came around

[TnA]

Because of the way the system was designed.

True!

Because people have different tastes and needs and one solution doesn't always work for some and thus they need another.

Are there any big differences between them, beside the GUI and maybe NTFS-Support in one or another? ...and maybe a few use a different sys-call, or whatever...

But in the end,... They all just redirect the file-path...

You should really think harder about what you really want to ask.

Well, maybe I should think harder how to pronounce my questions... (not what I want to ask...)

Your questions are simply way too vague and broad to convey any meaningful discussion. Be more specific, narrow the field a little, perhaps even throw in some examples or your own arguments in an effort to give some fuel for discussion.

That's what I intended with my last 'text-block'.

In my meaning, Sony themself are the cause for the piracy on PS3.
Wouldn't they have stolen an open-source OS (which they keep closed), there wouldn't be such a fast-groing piracy-scene on there (PS3).

It would have token a lot longer to write a game-loader, if it were a custom OS.

[b3nji]

Yes a ps3 is expensive. And new games are as well. 60 bucks usually.

People pirate because there poor/or it's exciting/ and or there just too lAzy to to rent or buy the game.

Homebrew is people opening the door to play with there toys, pirates are like house flys buzzing around flying through the cracked door.

Can't beat piracy just have to embrace it, accept it and buy more fly tape.

[bitsbubba]

Easy.....hahaha I dont think so, it took years to hack compared to 360. And I think piracy stems from the need for homebrew. I love emulators and other OS on my devices. I think once coders find a way to get homebrew on the system piracy follows at that point.

actually hacker never really tried until OtherOS was removed

[JNABK]

Why is pirating on PS3 relative easy and why are there so many backup-manager available,...

Piracy is a much more interesting method for people who like to hack a system and give the "masses" the ability to do something they wouldnt other wise be able to do. Those "devs" like the attention they get from so many people and piracy is in such demand, its hard for them to ignore the "followers".

The difference is some hack to play their own retail games easier, while others just see that as a way to get attention from the masses. You wont know who' who unless they come right out and admit it enables using pirated games.

It doesnt really matter what OS Sony chose to use, as it was easier to use an existing one and modify it, rather than create a whole new one. Any electronic device that has an OS is not ever 'completely' unhackable, just harder to crack and may wait until someone smart/dedicated enough to crack it comes along.