▲ 574 ▼ Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos (thegamepost.com) submitted 9 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sony is begging you: please forget about concord
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 9 months ago (8 children) they don't even run their servers anymore, it's not like the fan servers are competing with them... is sony turning into another nintendo/disney? flexing their copyright muscle just because they can? permalink fedilink source hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 97 points 9 months ago (1 child) Turning into? They’ve always been this way. It’s been like 20 years since they decided it was ok to install rootkits on people’s PCs to protect their IP rights. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (2 children) Sony has been shit for much longer than 20 years, kiddo. It's interesting. I did a quick search, and couldn't quickly find many complaints about them before 2000, but technical people complained a lot about Sony products back then. The biggest complaint was that Sony did everything themselves. So, every component inside a piece of electronic equipment was made by Sony, and every time they could get away with it, it would have a custom footprint or custom specs, so that it was impossible to find replacement parts without getting them directly from Sony at huge markups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I said always, I just used an example from this century. Your comment does remind me of the UMD disks and their propriety sd cards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Ahh the memory stick. What a money grab that was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago I remember owning a Sony Powershot digital camera around the time when that tech first become consumer priced (around 2000 or so) and they had proprietary memory cards. I think it even had a custom USB cable with one end that wasn’t like anything else and one end regular USB permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 9 months ago (1 child) They've kinda always been shit to gamers, they just hid it from console gaming; PC gamers frequently got shafted by SOE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago I don’t even think they really hid it from the console space. Their entire PS3 launch was peak hubris. They just don’t step on rakes as much as Microsoft does, and Nintendo would shoot a litter of puppies if it helped them protect their IP rights, so they look better in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago They have always been this way: Although Sony ultimately did not win any of its lawsuits against them, Bleem! had to shut down when the huge court costs became too much for the small company to handle. Bleem! shut down in November 2001… Source permalink fedilink source parent [–] Glide@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago (1 child) Turning into? Sony has been worse than Nintendo or Disney for years. They're the OG "we're going to silently brick your machine to protect our digital assets." At least Nintendo had the decency to put in their EULA that they're going to fuck you for trying to pirate content on their proprietary hardware. Sony just bricked your personal PC because fuck you and then lied about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago It's funny - before I actually clicked that link, I assumed it was Sony bricking PSP devices with custom firmware. I'd entirely forgotten they put ROOT KITS on their music CDs. They didn't get in near enough trouble over that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 9 months ago Happiness is value, and value must only be captured by the IP holder. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) is sony turning into another nintendo/disney? A corporation founded during the Showa era will always be anal retentive about intellectual property. (Nintendo was and still a company making playing cards for decades before it found its bread and butter on handhelds then consoles; Disney was already in the marketing and merchandising game by the 1930s.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago The only reason you think Sony isn’t as bad as Nintendo is because they have better PR (and Nintendo is as bad as you think they are) permalink fedilink source parent [–] lath@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago I think it's more to do with its ongoing clash against Tencent. If they allow this to keep going, it may damage their chances on that side as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 97 points 9 months ago (1 child) Turning into? They’ve always been this way. It’s been like 20 years since they decided it was ok to install rootkits on people’s PCs to protect their IP rights. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (2 children) Sony has been shit for much longer than 20 years, kiddo. It's interesting. I did a quick search, and couldn't quickly find many complaints about them before 2000, but technical people complained a lot about Sony products back then. The biggest complaint was that Sony did everything themselves. So, every component inside a piece of electronic equipment was made by Sony, and every time they could get away with it, it would have a custom footprint or custom specs, so that it was impossible to find replacement parts without getting them directly from Sony at huge markups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I said always, I just used an example from this century. Your comment does remind me of the UMD disks and their propriety sd cards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Ahh the memory stick. What a money grab that was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago I remember owning a Sony Powershot digital camera around the time when that tech first become consumer priced (around 2000 or so) and they had proprietary memory cards. I think it even had a custom USB cable with one end that wasn’t like anything else and one end regular USB permalink fedilink source parent
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago (2 children) Sony has been shit for much longer than 20 years, kiddo. It's interesting. I did a quick search, and couldn't quickly find many complaints about them before 2000, but technical people complained a lot about Sony products back then. The biggest complaint was that Sony did everything themselves. So, every component inside a piece of electronic equipment was made by Sony, and every time they could get away with it, it would have a custom footprint or custom specs, so that it was impossible to find replacement parts without getting them directly from Sony at huge markups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I said always, I just used an example from this century. Your comment does remind me of the UMD disks and their propriety sd cards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Ahh the memory stick. What a money grab that was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago I remember owning a Sony Powershot digital camera around the time when that tech first become consumer priced (around 2000 or so) and they had proprietary memory cards. I think it even had a custom USB cable with one end that wasn’t like anything else and one end regular USB permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (1 child) I said always, I just used an example from this century. Your comment does remind me of the UMD disks and their propriety sd cards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Ahh the memory stick. What a money grab that was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Ahh the memory stick. What a money grab that was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago I remember owning a Sony Powershot digital camera around the time when that tech first become consumer priced (around 2000 or so) and they had proprietary memory cards. I think it even had a custom USB cable with one end that wasn’t like anything else and one end regular USB permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 9 months ago (1 child) They've kinda always been shit to gamers, they just hid it from console gaming; PC gamers frequently got shafted by SOE. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago I don’t even think they really hid it from the console space. Their entire PS3 launch was peak hubris. They just don’t step on rakes as much as Microsoft does, and Nintendo would shoot a litter of puppies if it helped them protect their IP rights, so they look better in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago I don’t even think they really hid it from the console space. Their entire PS3 launch was peak hubris. They just don’t step on rakes as much as Microsoft does, and Nintendo would shoot a litter of puppies if it helped them protect their IP rights, so they look better in comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago They have always been this way: Although Sony ultimately did not win any of its lawsuits against them, Bleem! had to shut down when the huge court costs became too much for the small company to handle. Bleem! shut down in November 2001… Source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago (1 child) Turning into? Sony has been worse than Nintendo or Disney for years. They're the OG "we're going to silently brick your machine to protect our digital assets." At least Nintendo had the decency to put in their EULA that they're going to fuck you for trying to pirate content on their proprietary hardware. Sony just bricked your personal PC because fuck you and then lied about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago It's funny - before I actually clicked that link, I assumed it was Sony bricking PSP devices with custom firmware. I'd entirely forgotten they put ROOT KITS on their music CDs. They didn't get in near enough trouble over that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago It's funny - before I actually clicked that link, I assumed it was Sony bricking PSP devices with custom firmware. I'd entirely forgotten they put ROOT KITS on their music CDs. They didn't get in near enough trouble over that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 9 months ago Happiness is value, and value must only be captured by the IP holder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) is sony turning into another nintendo/disney? A corporation founded during the Showa era will always be anal retentive about intellectual property. (Nintendo was and still a company making playing cards for decades before it found its bread and butter on handhelds then consoles; Disney was already in the marketing and merchandising game by the 1930s.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago The only reason you think Sony isn’t as bad as Nintendo is because they have better PR (and Nintendo is as bad as you think they are) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lath@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago I think it's more to do with its ongoing clash against Tencent. If they allow this to keep going, it may damage their chances on that side as well. permalink fedilink source parent