here comes trouble [Archive]

haxxej

14-07-2003, 07:34

i was surfing d net and came across this bit of news..

It appears some of $ony's BIG developers have now focused anti-piracy efforts on both USB and Memory Card dongle protection for titles scheduled to be released as early as Fall 2003. This means PPF's will likely be necessary to 'crack' the affected games prior to doing 1:1 back-ups, as EVERY chip owner and swapper will be unable to play these back-ups without any ISO modification. Simply put- Every time the disc reads, the dongle will be checked... and the bytes to patch will likely differ with each game/developer.

what do u guys and gals think about it?>

bighap

14-07-2003, 10:18

Ehhh, anything can be cracked.:D

Jay boy

14-07-2003, 13:17

What Bighap said, if it's made by humans, it can be cracked by humans.

Arcainus

14-07-2003, 16:08

I read this somewhere else as well and am a bit confused, by dongle they mean Gameshark and AR correct? Also I dont understand the USB Protection either...

Sorry,
Just a Bit confused is all

14-07-2003, 16:53

Personally...

I DOUBT it.....

The reason is, that NOT everyone has a memory card and the game manufacturers are not going to want to supply one in EVERY game they sell....

If they do go this way, they are going to LOOSE ALOT of sales due to the increase in price....

Regardless, if it DOES happen IT WILL BE CRACKED.......

A human invents it, a human WILL CRACK IT.....

Jay boy

14-07-2003, 17:08

I blame the piraters for this, they give people like us a bad name.

haxxej

14-07-2003, 19:06

yep that's d good thing...there is always someone capable to crack any kind of protection they invent :)

snake2

14-07-2003, 19:45

Originally posted by Jay boy
What Bighap said, if it's made by humans, it can be cracked by humans. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE i heard it was made by a machine and only a machine can crack it:eek:

LOL NOT:D

but really tho i dont think they will put this in i mean mem card protection yeah right just take out the card and reinsert it when you want to save and if that dont work im sure there would be a way to modify the mem card

lufcfan

15-07-2003, 15:09

Personally, I can't see it happening as it will only cause problems with software / hardware combinations and cost. For example, the Safedisc v4 protection was an idol threat as the PS2 Console wouldn't understand the protection anyway would it??? So personally, I can't see this happening, and even if it does, it will be cracked!!!

bobfffg

16-07-2003, 03:22

it was only a matter of time before we saw a new generation of protection like this on a console really

...it may take 10 humans to build the protection, but it will take many many more to crack it...:(