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Originally Posted by PFC5
I know there are hackers out there that can find a way to do just about anything, but what percentage of people with this future 720 console would actually jump through all the hoops necessary to do that if they esed a HD DVD drive?
It is never about impossible to hack, but so damn time consuming that most won't bother.
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Originally Posted by DonnyDC
99% of the people that play pirated Xbox 360 etc. games arent hackers. You just have to know somebody who knows somebody.. and you might have to take a trip to china town to get your system modified.
And for obtaining games all you need is internet access to your favourite bittorrent site. Or.. once again, a trip to china town.
You got to remember that up until the CD, every system used a propriety format. And that never stopped pirates. Even after the CD there was still systems like the Dreamcast and Gamecube that used propriety disc formats. Its nothing new and HDDVD wont be any different if its used.
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But that isn't very true either. Dile DonnyDC said, sometimes all it takes is a friend or a trip to a specialty shop.
I didn't know about the PS2 memory card tricks until today, and after spending about 20-30minutes reading a few tutorials I'm pretty confident I can start doing it. Before it was more of a hassle due to requiring a third party adapter to read your PS1/PS2 memory cards on your PC, but now Sony released an adapter for the PS3 that indirectly made this form of "modding/piracy" extremely easy.
Old cartridges have ROMs on the Internet, people didn't need to make a cartridge adapter for their PCs. And you can play emulators on pretty much any console (even PS1) with some software, no real hardware mods needed.
The people who pirate (or break systems for fun) are the ones that jump through all the hoops. They post their findings, tutorials, files, etc on the internet and then underground websites can pop up as databases with forums (like this) with people helping each other.
I can post a link, I won't, that can have everyone here with a PS3 playing pirated games before the end of the day (and please don't PM me I won't share it either.) It is just that simple.
A future system could be harder, and using a properietary drive won't necessarily make it harder. Again, you don't need to burn BDs to play pirated games on the PS3, odds are you won't for a system based on HD DVD either especially if it uses an HDD.
And, I don't pirate. But I do fool around with custom code for my PSP/PS3/Xbox1/PS2. I've come across a lot of different ways to "beat" the system. Some are extensive that require soldering mod chips, others are simple swap tricks that require you to build a "hatch" into your console. I remember the first PS3 swap tricks people were voiding their warranty on a $500/600 system and cutting off the top to make a flip door so they can swap discs when required.
And now almost 2 years later, you can do it with a few software apps. Amazing I say, amazing how these people (hackers) work.