Sony Introduces New Terms of Service and User Agreement

They should add an option which it states that we don't accept these kind of terms in the near future because this is not acceptable at all.

How could you do that?! The console is not going forward, your firmwares upgrades making the console even cheaper!!!

Hmmm... is Sony taking hints from Apple?

Aside from that, there will be no class action lawsuit. A corporation that size does very careful research before taking any action due to the simple fact that a tiny mistake would cause MILLIONS in losses. No body likes losing money.

The other part is that you are not forced in any way to agree to these terms of service. You don't agree? Don't pay, buy a 360, or PC, and accept those ToS. If you do want to play, and the key word here is WANT, then accept it. If everyone had it their own way, the ToS wouldn't mean shit since just buy picking up the controller or clicking a button you'd be infringing on some quota. Sony hasn't infringed on any personal rights. It's just the same when you buy a PC, you accept the risk that something may happen and all your data would be erased, but you don't flip out and sue over it. (Disclaimer: AFAIK )

I don't support Sony's decisions in any way, but they have been playing it extremely smart with these moves, as ridiculous as they have been. I will be curious to see exactly what their next move will be once the actual CFW comes out. I think the main issue is that while everyone here thinks this only refers to the PS3, there are supposed plans to reuse the architecture for the next gen console. This is why they are hell bent on keeping the system locked. A breach would mean the next system would have to be completely resealed from step one. A company is after profits, and these kinds of profits that they stand to lose lie in the hundreds of millions. My 2 cents.

Totally agree with CJPC on this, and it's basically the same thing I've been trying to tell other people. There's really not much you can do about it. Even if you managed to take it to court, and win, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

Well, as others have said, its one of those things - for example, if you go in for surgery. They always make you sign a waver stating that if anything goes wrong, you can't sue them. On its face, that's how it is - you are out of luck. But, of course, you can still sue and win.

Same thing really applies to these terms of service - you are agreeing to it, and short of having a boatload of cash to go up against Sony lawyers for perhaps years (which, I'm sure just about nobody in their audience has), we are all essentially out of luck.

Are they serious? How can thes AO's say something like this? If i upgrade i can lose my data? Is this legal?

WTF?!