jalaneme said:
doyama said:
2) The hack cannot be 'patched' by any means by firmware updates
are you 100% of that statement, you should know what sony is like with their firmware updates, it's a cat and mouse game for them!
Yes it is 100% true. It is impossible for Sony to change their private key, it would render every piece of software to date useless. They could add a second key I guess, but to maintain support for current software, they would have to retain the ability to run code signed with the old key, and therefore homebrew could still be signed with the old key, and this would be entirely pointless. They can NOT stop code signed with the current key from running, that would break everything currently in existence for the PS3. There is no way for them to patch it. If they could, of course they would, and it'd be cat and mouse until the PS4 is out, but they can't. Especially this late in the PS3's life. If it were a few months after its release, perhaps they could try and recall all units and software, but even then, it'd be a complete pain in the ass. Now, there is no chance.
My guess is that decent games for the PS3 will sadly trail off now. Considering it will most likely be SO easy to pirate games from now on, in a way that cannot be prevented with updates, why would companies keep developing games? At least with the Wii, Nintendo can
try to prevent piracy with each update, blocking exploits etc., but in this case there is no exploit as such, nothing to block.