Sony Planning Serial Keys For PS3 Games? 283
Stoobalou writes "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."
Re:Rentals? (Score:2, Funny)
Get a PC in a console form factor.
Sincerely,
The Last Remaining PC Gamer
Re:Real Old School (Score:2, Funny)
I liked the combination wheels. Monkey Island had 3 different sized circles on top of each other, rotate each one to replicate the picture on the screen.
Test Drive 3 had something similar as well....
Re:Rentals? (Score:0, Funny)
You, sir, are nincompoop.
Re:Rentals? (Score:3, Funny)
I concur, Sandra Bullocks!!