I am not surprised either but I don't think Sony can be compared with Streisand. From Sony's perspective this makes perfect sense and isn't some emotional over reaction, Someone has gotten around their security and if they don't pursue this it will be seen as an open invitation to hackers on all of Sony's platforms. As a platform company and a content company they're doubly incentivised to pursue these sorts of actions in the courts.

Even the OtherOS debacle makes sense from their perspective. They make a loss on each console they sell[1] and rely on strong games sales to make up the difference. At launch they had a horrible attach rate (games sold per console sold) and much was made of its use as a cheap computing cloud platform. So removing the ability for new consoles[2] to act as a platform apart from its primary gaming role helps Sony's bottom line.

[1] They certainly did at launch not sure if that is the case any longer, historically consoles are sold at a profit once they reach middle age and production costs come down. The Wii was an exception and was sold at a profit from day one, but that is a souped up Gamecube so the factories didn't need much updating.

[2] I haven't updated my console so it can still run Linux for example.

It took me a little while to accept that my problems were far from unique, and once I got over that and reached out (as a lurker - I only read through archives, didn't post anything), I'd go so far as to say that MeFi saved my life from a downward spiral.

I love the Internet.

In all seriousness, its a huge marketing backfire for Sony to act in this manner, and a huge plus for Microsoft in it's respective choice. I understand the "magic black box" theory of product development as it referes to the 99% of the population that doesn't mod, but that 1% is a vital asset who's influence far exceeds their numbers.

These two populations are inherently different, and should be treated as such. It would be a bad marketing move in this day and age to force typical users to hack, and its an equally bad move to force hacker users to follow suit.

I can't imagine Sony being concerned about someone hacking the Move.

Here is the facts. I bought a PS3 4 years ago for gaming. It has done that purpose very well, but the games currently coming out are lackluster (except the Drake series). I'm moving on from platform gaming because I'm paying more and getting less, each year.

Sony has gotten all the money out of the PS3 I'm going to give them. If I can keep my $600 shiny, black brick from collecting dust than I should be within my rights to do so.