Breaking serve.

 Oh Sony, you really did ask for it.

 I've spread it to as many people as possible once I realized it had happened: the PS3 is hacked. Sure, it's old news, but not by much. Sony's response was characteristically quick, patching PS3's across the board with 3.42 to plug the leak. Normally, I wouldn't mind so much. I have a useless PSP and I haven't complained much since the Half Byte Loader project has allowed me to run what I'd like to run while avoiding ISO dumps of new PSP games. I still have my complaints, but that's only due to the fact that the PSP is generally useless as a piece of hardware.

 While I understand that software companies have a legitimate stake in what happens with this exploit, I find it hard to put my backing behind them, and when it comes to Sony, all I can do is laugh. This was deserved. Sony was asking for it. Slap around a fanbase long enough and they will, rightfully, be pissed off. Why should a consumer like myself defend Sony? If you're out there, please answer this for me. You've done everything in your power to make the PS3 just as useless as the PSP. You've done everything in your power to avoid responsibility in stealing features that you promised. You have treated your fan base like they are all pirates. I said this before, and I'll say it again...Sony themselves have asked me to back the pirates.

 So naturally, I am laughing at Sony for this one. Sign me up for a used, second-hand PS3 that offers no profit to Sony in any way just so that I may hack it and use it for my own purposes. They begged me to do it, and I will do just that.

 As far as the software makers of the world, I would like to turn my attention to EA, Ubisoft, and Activision. If you honestly think that people should feel sorry for you in any way when you decide to bitch about pirates cutting into your profits, then please feel free to learn along with Sony about how not to treat your customers. Maybe when the PS4 gets hacked, we can fight this war again. Together, even, as allies.

 Let's just get one rule out of the way before we have to do this again someday:

 If you treat us like the enemy, if you act like we're the enemy, if you punish us because your enemy is beating you, and if you gouge us to fight the enemy...then we're clearly the enemy. It might actually be the better side to be on, because at least we know we'll be your top priority, for once.

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