This story about the Playstation Network being hacked is huge. Just trying to draw a chalk outline around the thing is a major undertaking. The degree to which this will impact the behavior and attitudes of the rest of the industry is hard to judge. But you can bet the people in Redmond are letting out a slow breath and saying, “Thank God this didn’t happen to us.” And then they laugh and go back to brainstorming new ways to make Games for Windows LIVE even more horrible.
