Hints of “PSN Pass” have been spotted on the German Resistance 3 bundle, leading to speculation that Sony will launch its new online initiative later this year. With a disclaimer that says, “PSN pass network features only available in countries that have PlayStation Store,” the service is all but confirmed. Will the PSN Pass kill off the second-hand game market for future PlayStation 3 titles?
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As the PSN outage continues and emails are sent out warning users their personal information has been compromised, the legal battle against Sony is just beginning. A class action lawsuit has been filed in a California court, alleging the company “failed to take reasonable care to protect, encrypt and secure the private and sensitive data.”
The legal battle between notorious PS3 jailbreaker George “geohot” Hotz and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has finally come to a close. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction and vowed to “never purchase another Sony product” — he encourages you to do the same. Apparently his message hasn’t affected PSP sales in Japan.
The PSP Go leaks that preceded this year’s big E3 announcement have displeased SCEA president, Jack Tretton, who says that he finds such partial leaks “frustrating.” Find out what else the Sony bigwig has to say here…
Sony’s PSP console has long suffered from the effects of piracy, thanks to loopholes in the console’s security and teams of dedicated hackers ready to exploit them. Sony’s Peter Dille has described how this has affected the PSP software business, calling the levels of piracy “frankly sickening” and admitted that the number of PSP games being distributed on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks has had a devastating effect on the development community.
Sony is worried about PSP piracy. Justifiably so since the handheld’s games are among the most heavily pirated of all the platforms. There’s good news though: PSP piracy is experiencing a slowdown. The bad news? Well, the sad fact is there really hasn’t been any noteworthy PSP for several months.