Sony at E3 2011

Typhoid · 05-08-2011, 05:35 PM

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They're probably going to tell how it wasn't all that bad, they handled it well and they're giving away free games as compensation. Oh and it will never happen again. Peace?

How should a massive multinational company handle sabotage in your eyes?
I think Sony handled it pretty perfectly. It's something that happened out of their control, despite whether or not they had sufficient precautions in place to protect themselves. Naturally, I assume they did have all the right precautions - being a massive corporation and all.

This sabotage-thing has just given life to the fanboys (not directed at you) who had quieted down in the past few years on the "Sony sucks, long live ____" bandwagon. I've noticed since this started there's been so much (not on this board) pointless negativity towards Sony from people without Playstations. Nobody I know with a Playstation has been saying burn it all - just everyone else.

Realistically, this type of thing could have happened to either of the 3 consoles. It would have just been pointless to do on the Wii, because it wouldn't effect anybody - and pointless on the 360 because the people/dude who did it probably has a 360, considering you wouldn't sabotage something you get enjoyment out of for absolutely no reason at all.

BreakABone · 05-08-2011, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

How should a massive multinational company handle sabotage in your eyes?
I think Sony handled it pretty perfectly. It's something that happened out of their control, despite whether or not they had sufficient precautions in place to protect themselves. Naturally, I assume they did have all the right precautions - being a massive corporation and all.

This sabotage-thing has just given life to the fanboys (not directed at you) who had quieted down in the past few years on the "Sony sucks, long live ____" bandwagon. I've noticed since this started there's been so much (not on this board) pointless negativity towards Sony from people without Playstations. Nobody I know with a Playstation has been saying burn it all - just everyone else.

Realistically, this type of thing could have happened to either of the 3 consoles. It would have just been pointless to do on the Wii, because it wouldn't effect anybody - and pointless on the 360 because the people/dude who did it probably has a 360, considering you wouldn't sabotage something you get enjoyment out of for absolutely no reason at all.

That's not entirely true actually...

Sony has admitted to knowing of a potential security flaw in PSN, but not everyone in upper management knew... or something akin to that.

And something about how they encrypted their data.

Blix · 05-09-2011, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

How should a massive multinational company handle sabotage in your eyes?
I think Sony handled it pretty perfectly. It's something that happened out of their control, despite whether or not they had sufficient precautions in place to protect themselves. Naturally, I assume they did have all the right precautions - being a massive corporation and all.

This sabotage-thing has just given life to the fanboys (not directed at you) who had quieted down in the past few years on the "Sony sucks, long live ____" bandwagon. I've noticed since this started there's been so much (not on this board) pointless negativity towards Sony from people without Playstations. Nobody I know with a Playstation has been saying burn it all - just everyone else.

Realistically, this type of thing could have happened to either of the 3 consoles. It would have just been pointless to do on the Wii, because it wouldn't effect anybody - and pointless on the 360 because the people/dude who did it probably has a 360, considering you wouldn't sabotage something you get enjoyment out of for absolutely no reason at all.

I agree that the people with a PS3 (myself included) are not too upset about this. The only thing that scares me is the personal info part. Thank God I never bought anything with my credit card there. I also agree that it could have happened to any of the other two consoles. I've learned no single system/platform/you-name-it is infallible. But the reasons you mention as to why it happened I don't agree with. The only reason it happened was because the people who attacked it had a vendetta against Sony for going after Geohotz. If Nintendo or MS give the hackers a reason to do it, they will. After all, there's always much to lose for a company when they have to admit that they lost people's personal information to some hacker attack. If MS goes after c4eva , they will be attacked too and are as probable to have a security breach. Every company has something to lose, they all sell software through their online systems.

gekko · 05-09-2011, 02:39 AM

It's truly pathetic how many people say this is Sony's fault for going after Hotz, as if the victim is somehow responsible for the attack.

Typhoid · 05-09-2011, 04:40 AM

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But the reasons you mention as to why it happened I don't agree with. The only reason it happened was because the people who attacked it had a vendetta against Sony for going after Geohotz.

I didn't know that.
I had no idea why it happened, all I knew is that it happened, and that it was 'sabotage' and not Sony's fault.

That's such a ridiculous reason, though.
Some fucking people.

Blix · 05-09-2011, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

It's truly pathetic how many people say this is Sony's fault for going after Hotz, as if the victim is somehow responsible for the attack.

Just to clarify, I never said it was Sony's fault, just the reason why it happened. And I agree with you. I mean, it's not like the dude found the cure for Cancer and Aids. He just put back a feature that Sony didn't want to take out but did because it could lead to piracy and they are the one company that cannot afford that. They give you a pricey system at a competitive price, free online gaming and only get money from the games and accessories. Plus they're at third place world wide. People have to realize that they only took the feature out to protect themselves. And yes, that's actually perfectly justified. 99% of the people who care about being able to boot up software from the HD only want to be able to pirate games. I'm a Linux enthusiast and linux on the PS3 wasn't really thrilling.

Professor S · 05-09-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Blix

The only reason it happened was because the people who attacked it had a vendetta against Sony for going after Geohotz.

No offense, bull I call bullshit on that. If they were a group of "altruistic" hackers they wouldn't have gone after member data and credit card info.

Typhoid · 05-09-2011, 04:57 PM

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No offense, bull I call bullshit on that. If they were a group of "altruistic" hackers they wouldn't have gone after member data and credit card info.

They didn't...I thought.
I thought they didn't know why the hackers did it, and Sony said it's a 'possibility' that credit cards got taken, but nobody has reported any type of activity yet.