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    ps3 Sony Planning Serial Keys For PS3 Games?

    Rumor has it that Sony is looking to the PC games market to help solve its growing piracy problem on the PlayStation 3 — with the introduction of serial keys to its games. According to 'a very reliable source' quoted by PS3-Sense, Sony is attempting to address the recent revelation that it failed to properly secure the private signing key for its flagship console — leading to clever tinkerers producing third-party firmware that allows unofficial software and illegitimately downloaded games to run on unmodified hardware — by looking to the PC retail market for solutions. Unlike the PS3, the PC doesn't have a hardware DRM system built in to it — despite attempts by groups like the Trusted Computing Group, formerly the Trusted Computer Platform Alliance, to introduce such a thing — relying instead on software-based DRM and a surprisingly old-fashioned guarantee of a game's uniqueness: a serial key.

    http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/0...-For-PS3-Games

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    How many kids you know looks after the box and instructions? Or even remember to copy down the game's serial number? This is just gonna be yet another thing that backfires badly on Sony because of bad decisions even though that crappy security means this is the only option left.

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    I can only imagine how Sony's people are anxious about recent hacks, and actually they can't do a thing about it. That is mostly all what they can now do.

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    Mostly all pc games can be cracked even with a serial number! The only solution would be activate online in order to play!

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    Serial numbers for PS3 games? Hah, that'll fail if they even think if going ahead with it. It won't go down well especially for folks that don't know about homebrew, they expect put in the disk and start playing the game they bought without going through a bunch of hoops. When Sony comes up with the Playstation 4, they'd better do well and come up with a better crypto engine. Best they pay out for a solution from a company that specialises in that then do it themselves. (Remember Microsoft and their self-made Xbox 360 GPUs? Tried to save money but backfired real bad).

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    I prefer serials to banning!!!

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    Serials?? They're kidding aren't they!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by drock82 View Post
    Mostly all pc games can be cracked even with a serial number! The only solution would be activate online in order to play!
    That wouldnt be any good if you did'nt have an internet connection.....

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