Boss of UK Kinectimals and Elite studio Frontier, David Braben, has hit out at PS3's hacking community - arguing that a purchase of a console does not bring "unrestricted ownership".
Speaking in his blog over on
respected industry site Develop, Braben admitted that he is "really annoyed" with hackers who claim they can do what they wish with hardware they have purchased.
The development veteran called on fellow studios to help Sony strategise against those who are keen to jailbreak the console, warning that "tomorrow, it will affect all of us".
"Buying a PlayStation 3... does not give me unrestricted ownership of it," argued Braben. "If I 'dig' into it, I can't just sell or even give away all the information I find.
"It really annoys me when hackers claim they can do what they like with what they find, especially when it is destructive to the security of all the other PS3 machines."
He added: "There have been suggestions that releasing hacking information is an issue of freedom of speech. That is such rubbish. Some freedoms of speech are also curtailed for sensible reasons.
"Broadcasting easy ways of breaking into cars is bad for everyone affected, as is the freedom of speech cliché that is always wheeled out - shouting 'Fire' in a cinema, which creates a real risk of harm to others. It is common sense not to do it."
Braben claimed that there is a growing "failure to acknowledge intellectual property rights" - from retail as well as jailbreak perpetrators.
He commented: "A game is an item and a service too, except there are people out there trying to prevent publishers and developers detecting whether a game is new or has been sold again.
"The equivalent is adjusting the paperwork and registration number on your second hand car to get a new warranty and free maintenance out of your garage.
"We see shops using polishing machines on used game discs, and even replacing the outer sleeve to make a scratched game look new. With a game, the service is a combination of the single player game and online support."
