Comment on PS5 ROM Keys Leaked: Sony’s Unpatchable Security Nightmare (2026) | The CyberSec Guru
Kushan@lemmy.world 5 days agoIt’s really not. Literally the same thing happened with the PS3, arguably that was much worse and it didn’t cook Sony at all.
pory@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Piracy never ever actually hurts big companies. Game consoles make their entire business on selling “just plug it in and click the prompts and play the game, ezpz” as a lifestyle. It doesn’t matter how fully hacked a console is or how easy it is to hack them, the percentage of users that’ll mod and pirate is always miniscule.
Look at sales numbers for Pokemon X and Y, which released when the 3DS was ironclad. Compare them to Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, which released when 3DS piracy required a $100 flashcart and an ancient system firmware with no downgrade route. Compare those to Pokémon Sun and Moon, which released when five minutes with an SD card and a magnet would let you pirate the game directly from Nintendo’s own fucking server. Notice a pattern? No you don’t, they all sold like hotcakes.
hystericallymad@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
My dude, have you seen outside recently?
Kushan@lemmy.world 4 days ago
My dude, have you tried not being a cunt for no reason lately?