Unlike cellphone companies game-console makers subsidize their products to later make money by selling game-copies earning huge-margins, and this exact reason seems to be the motive why Sony Corporationhas taken the legal-route filing an lawsuit against Geohot and the fail0verflow team for developingPlayStation 3 exploits and jailbreak tools releasing them in public which could potentially lead to Pirated PS3 Games hurting Sony's revenue stream.
GeoHot Website Informing About The Lawsuit
All information related to the lawsuit can be found at - http://geohot.com/