Comments on: Will E3 team defeat True Blue?

By: fartalis

fartalis — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:45:20 +0000

Hey wololo, try to put up a team and bring these thieves down. These f* thieves bought bad name to the developers/hackers. I think you have a lot of talent people here.

By: shawn

shawn — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:46:30 +0000

well its just a matter of time and someone will release a free solution …i mean you really cant fault someone from trying to make a buck but i guess its kind of frowned upon when your trying to get something for free!!! Let the people wait or pay either way its their choice..I personally think there is nothing wrong with E3 selling their product I wont buy it but i was one of the first to buy the first JB somewhere around $100 or something only to find out in just months after i should not have and that will happen again just wait and give it time if you can not wait then pay its on the consumer not the producer.

By: Cercata

Cercata — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:02:16 +0000

Yeah, it’s awfull to pay to a bunch of thieves … they should use their talents to develop some other thing.

By: Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:16:48 +0000

i read that article a while ago, you make a very good point. copyright infringment is everywhere i mean if you were in a band and were playing a gig and you played a few cover songs you are committing copyright infringement by not paying the record label royalties, people don’t see any harm in that but its still copyright infringement. I just don’t like it when I see people giving video game pirates shit when they probably pirate stuff themself, just because you don’t pirate your games doesn’t mean your not a pirate. I hope video games go down the same route as music and movies have with the introduction of services like Netflix and spotify where you pay a reasonable subscription fee and can play as many games as you wish. services like onlive would be good if you only paid one fee but it gave you access to a big selection of games. i do not own a hacked ps3 or anything(I actually use lovefilm and rent games that way) but I’m not against people who do hack it for piracy. I used to have a hacked PSP and I downloaded games alot, none of them were good as it was early stages of the PSP but I would have been angry if I’d paid for any of those games as they were all rubbish. some games don’t have demos so its good as a try before you buy sort of thing but then again your not gonna want to go out and buy the game if you like it if you already have it. its a touchy subject and there’s always gonna be 2 sides of the argumrnt. I think overall if games were a more reasonable price then piracy would decline. I pesonaly don’t pirate movies as much since I got Netflix and lovefilm. paying £10 for a DVD is far to much and its the same with paying £40 for games.

By: wololo

wololo — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:04:46 +0000

I 100% agree with the idea that people without a decent income should be able to get cultural products for free. Sadly, I’ve seen people with lots of money pirate games and movies as well, just because they can. I also don’t think there are lots of video game companies that make millions. Just the big producers.

So, theoretically I agree with what you said, but practically I don’t think it works out “that well”.

I also agree with your statement that everybody’s been a pirate at least once in their life, I actually blogged about that once:
http://wololo.net/2012/03/28/its-not-copyright-infringement-as-long-as-its-not-a-videogame/

By: Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:00:00 +0000

you know what, piracy isn’t wrong if your poor. these company’s are not going out of business cos of piracy, they make millions and most people who pirate are usually poor people who can’t really afford games at the price they sell them so what’s the problem?! the company still wins cos thwy make loads of money off people who pau for the game and alot people are happy cos they get to play the games. its a win win situation. if a company goes out of business and the main reason they went out of business is because they couldn’t make enough money from selling their product cos everyone pirated then I’d change my opinion but pirates espicially in the gaming world is a small group so what damage are they actually doing to the industry none, only stopping a few rich people becoming that little bit richer.

By: Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:43:28 +0000

you sat that its wrong and I suppose it is, but we’re all supporting piracy in some way. you might not have a hacked ps3 and download games or anything but I bet you’ve downloaded a song off the internet before or a movie or even a program for the PC, don’t tell me you haven’t cos everyone has been a pirate in some way in their life. video games are far to expensive especially PS Vita games. if they were a fairer price then I wouldn’t be as sympathetic to pirates but as the way it stands it doesn’t bother me, there will always be more people that pay for the game anyway so the companies still make money. arggg, all hands on deck lol

By: svenn.dhert

svenn.dhert — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:07:54 +0000

Generally this is a cross-platform issue, people wane pay for content, just not as much as company’s want. If you could buy PS3 games for 5-10 € would you even care to get a true dongle ?

Just look at the amount of money spend in sharing services. (megaupload anyone)

By: lostarot

lostarot — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:51:52 +0000

Asking money adds insult to injury for hackers. But Sony would maybe prefer to have them charge people. Atleast it is not as publicly available as a free CFW.

A free CFW is the last thing sony would want.

By: gamerb0y

gamerb0y — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:04:14 +0000

I wont buy DRM dongles!!! I rather buy the game itself…
go WOLOLO!!! please join the PS3scene =P

By: svenn.dhert

svenn.dhert — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:25:23 +0000

I think its kinda wrong, then again, giving it away for free is wrong to. Its selling a gun to a criminal insane, selling it or giving it, both ways its immoral.

The fact that they sell hardware is prolly cause legally that’s a complete different story then supply software , but that’s just a guess.

By: John

John — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:15:54 +0000

that’s it? it only allows you to run back-ups?

how about plugins just like in the PSP?

no development or is it in making?

By: wololo

wololo — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:29:02 +0000

That is a good point. This could explain why Sony is not taking any dramatic action against those.

By: Xianten

Xianten — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:21:56 +0000

well…. believe it or not they are probably cutting down on the amount of piracy by selling the dongle. I have a psp and a DS. both can be hacked to play “backups” but im WAY to lazy to go online and research flash carts and crap for a DS when i can just put a few folders on my psp and click an icon and BAM…. free video games and whatnot….plugins and shit….

By: wololo

wololo — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:41:09 +0000

Definitely. I am not saying people should not be paid for their hard work. But paying for a dongle that only allows you to do illegal stuff (let’s forget the “it’s only for backup purposes” minority of users) is really crossing the line to me.
I make a big difference between a service that can be used for legal purposes as well as illegal ones, and one that is only here for illegal purposes. In addition, the dongles here are useless, just here to guarantee a revenue stream to their creators. They could instead sell the patches, but that would be illegal. They are just “shifting” where you spend the money in order to make it look “better” legally