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YoungHav said:
For their lack of fixing the YLOD problem, and giving only a 90month warranty for $150, fuck Sony and I'm glad they are being hacked.
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Your first mistake is trying to fix a electronic out of warranty with the manufacturer.
 
Cruzader said:
Whoever says otherwise is just hiding the fact they cant wait to pirate all PS3/PSN titles.

Fuck the idea that every console needs to get hacked so you can play your roms and run XBMC.
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Be careful dude, there's been a few folks banned in the PSP Homebrew thread for suggesting us homebrew folks are just pirates and you are suggesting something similar here.

Homebrew has enabled functionality on the PSP that has allowed me to use far more than ever intended. The Bookr reader is simply the best piece of software I have ever used and I would gladly pay for it, but it's free homebrew.

Who are you to say that potential PS3 homebrew may not have a similar effect with folks in future?

And homebrew capabilities may not equal game piracy. Sony have stepped up the game on the PSP and practically removed most online features for homebrew users and pirates. I imagine they would go to greater lengths for the PS3.
 
The only functionality I wish the ps3 had was the ability to rip ps3/ps2/ps1 games to the hdd and play without the disc in the drive, and to play any region ps2/ps1 games on it. Then it would truly be the ultimate console. I don't care for all this media streaming bs. The ps3 does just fine as it is.
 
Dani said:
Be careful dude, there's been a few folks banned in the PSP Homebrew thread for suggesting us homebrew folks are just pirates and you are suggesting something similar here.

Homebrew has enabled functionality on the PSP that has allowed me to use far more than ever intended. The Bookr reader is simply the best piece of software I have ever used and I would gladly pay for it, but it's free homebrew.

Who are you to say that potential PS3 homebrew may not have a similar effect with folks in future?

And homebrew capabilities may not equal game piracy. Sony have stepped up the game on the PSP and practically removed most online features for homebrew users and pirates. I imagine they would go to greater lengths for the PS3.
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I guess it's cos of the people that abuse the situation that polarize opinions so strongly. And let's face it... there are lots of cheap, thieving skanks out there.

Having said that this is an interesting development. I've stuck to the offical FW updates on my PSP. I but a product knowing it's limits and the fact that it may not improve at all. I'm a bit of a square like that.
 
Since we're probably can have some dangerous mods later in the thread and I dont want my morning to be plagued by a certain page staring back at me first thing :lol , so: I don't believe "anyone homebrew = piracy" thats dumbshit as I have several homebrewed devices, I am simply arguing that for really so little gain is it worth the inevitable cost, especially when the opinion of the hacker himself is "lulz free games"?
 
Cruzader said:
yes there is and wait for it....PCs!!! Which we all in GAF own and dont need to hack the fucking PS3 to play SNES!

Some of the ppls celebrating this shit need to get real. Oh you wanna play your MKVs? Use PS3MediaCenter on your PC. Runs flawless. Whoever says otherwise is just hiding the fact they cant wait to pirate all PS3/PSN titles. Yes PSN titles will be hacked too and are small in size. Indie/small/PSN devs will be hit hard if this shit happens. As a gamer this fucking sucks.

Yes it would be cool to store your games on the console via some hacking but I will always give up some of those features for better software developers support and great games. Fuck the idea that every console needs to get hacked so you can play your roms and run XBMC.
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As someone else has said, tread carefully with saying people who want this hacked is due to them wanting to pirate. People have been banned in mass for this.
 
Wow, am excited.

I hope this will work with the PS3 Slim. I want to buy a used Phat because of Other OS, but if they can hack the ability to install another OS into the Slim, then that'd be nice.
 
SuperSpy said:
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Are you... holy shit, are you... him?
 
MikeE21286 said:
that doesn't mean you'll connect at 10mb/s over torrents and what-not
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the dedicated pirates will connect at 10MB/s or whatever their max speed is from a variety of sources such as ftp/usenet/private torrents and even those filesharing sites like rapidshare and megaupload. the casuals will use public torrents.
 
devilhawk said:
I hope he does it just to spite the whiners in this thread. And for XBMC.
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No matter the consequences? That's hardcore. To the max.

I'm not convinced that the pros outweigh the cons when considering the ramifications of a hacked PS3 system. Homebrew is cool and XBMC functionality wouldn't hurt, but (along with piracy) you'll eventually get a compromised online community--cheaters, hacked leaderboards, etc. It can be combated, but it's annoying as fuck.

The leaderboards on most 360 games are pointless. Wii games are also rampant with cheaters.
 
I NEED SCISSORS said:
A couple of movies I downloaded off "the world's best porn site" (hint :D) were in ASF and didn't play right on PS3. The PS3 said one was corrupt, while the other worked but didn't have audio.. both playback fine in Windows Media Player.
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if you mean RK, then they have WMV and MP4 encodes of the full video, as well as mpeg clips.

I know, but I always think MP4 has too much macroblocking compared to WMV. The most recent example is the Red Dead Redemption trailer on XBLM versus the PSN's MP4 version - the XBLM version wins. But maybe i'm just being picky.
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the mp4's on gamersyde don't suck.
 
UltimateIke said:
Along with piracy, you'll eventually get a compromised online community (cheaters, hacked leaderboards, etc.). It can be combated, but it's annoying as fuck.

The leaderboards on most 360 games are pointless. Wii games are also rampant with cheaters.
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With regard to your spoiler... I think you misunderstand how the 360 has been "hacked" for most people. There is a hack like this in existence on the 360, but it requires an old firmware and is detectable by XBL.

Strangely enough, you see glitched leaderboards more often on PS3 games... even though it's not hacked. See the MW2 boards recently: http://www.modernwarfail2.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/leaderboard-hack-mw2-ps2.png
 
Tiduz said:
couldnt a fw patch this out? or is this a hw hack that cant be detected or patched
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He claims isn't not really patchable, just can be made more difficult to do.

Anyway, looking at Wii homebrew, I can get behind this. XBMC for PS3 would be neat as well. A lot of horsepowah.
 
LovingSteam said:
As someone else has said, tread carefully with saying people who want this hacked is due to them wanting to pirate. People have been banned in mass for this.
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Yea I reread my post and I guess my RAGE blinded me. I DO NOT think all hackers are pirates, hell that guy that made PSN PSP titles playable on a PSP w/CFW made it solely to transfer your own activations to a modded console or something for proper use but it was then spread on the net as a way to pirate software so yes, I apologize.

Again, not everyone modding their console such as a PSP is a pirate as some due it to change the XMB and change speed of the processor and such and buy retail games. Again, sorry to be an ass about it. Its just I dont want to see the same thing that happened to PSP, happen to PS3.

I hope I dont get banned.
 
A 25-GB file would realistically take about a week to download. I doubt that would deter many would-be pirates, since they're already going to get the big games a week early. To them, they would get the games for free and be able to play on launch day like everybody else. No need to go buy the game if you're already able to get it at the earliest possible time and without paying.
 
MikeE21286 said:
that doesn't mean you'll connect at 10mb/s over torrents and what-not
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Have you heard of Usenet? Speeds are unmatched through newsgroups and this is where a huge part of the piracy scene has nestled safely for so many years. Downloading 25GB is nothing, even on a ~@ 2MB/s connection. As said, it would take around 6 hours. It would be done by the time you get home from work.

Personally, I'm not cool with this quest to hack the PS3. Especially after reading his comments on piracy. Yes, under DMCA it may be legal to unlock cellphones, but this is completely different territory. Promoting yourself across the internet just seems foolish. Clearly the work of a young kid. The media attention, this strange glorification of this kid has gone to his head if you ask me. But hey, what the fuck do I know. Clearly not as much as him. This just rubs me the wrong way for some reason.

I also agree that it is just a fruitless effort, and the opinion of the hacker that anyone who is capable of soldering, switching wires, etc, is entitled to free games is both juvenile and fucking laughable at best. I appreciate various homebrew scenes, and realize a lot of time and dedication goes into them. I just really don't see something similar on the PS3.


richisawesome said:
I wouldn't pirate regardless.

SNES roms are my limit, thanks - and that's only because my trusty Super Famicom has imploded on itself.
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uh uh no way said:
and modern TV shows.
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LOL, smooth!

Investigation Team Go! said:
A 25-GB file would realistically take about a week to download. I doubt that would deter many would-be pirates, since they're already going to get the big games a week early. To them, they would get the games for free and be able to play on launch day like everybody else. No need to go buy the game if you're already able to get it at the earliest possible time and without paying.
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No it wouldn't, realistically. Unless your ISP really sucks balls.
 
Psychotext said:
With regard to your spoiler... I think you misunderstand how the 360 has been "hacked" for most people. There is a hack like this in existence on the 360, but it requires an old firmware and is detectable by XBL.

Strangely enough, you see glitched leaderboards more often on PS3 games... even though it's not hacked. See the MW2 boards recently: http://www.modernwarfail2.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/leaderboard-hack-mw2-ps2.png
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I wish they'd remove the fake scores then. Off the top of my head I know stuff like CoD4, Castle Crashers, and Tales of Vesperia have fake scores at the top. And the people with the scores usually aren't banned.
 
kassatsu said:
lol @ this guys reasons for piracy being "okay". I hope Sony can patch this shit.
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Same here, don't like it on any platform. The people who actually use it properly are in the huge minority.
 
Investigation Team Go! said:
A 25-GB file would realistically take about a week to download. I doubt that would deter many would-be pirates, since they're already going to get the big games a week early. To them, they would get the games for free and be able to play on launch day like everybody else. No need to go buy the game if you're already able to get it at the earliest possible time and without paying.
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PSN titles are for the most part under a gig. I am sure all the devs that makes those games would be thrilled if this does open up piracy.
 
Proc said:
That makes me want to take apart mine...

I hope something cool comes out of this, I'd rip mine apart on a rainy sunday.
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this makes me not want to rip mine apart....seems hardly worth the hassle....ps3ms serves my needs in place of xbmc right now that's for sure.

And we all know that what the world needs is another snes emulator.
 
Cruzader said:
Some of the ppls celebrating this shit need to get real. Oh you wanna play your MKVs? Use PS3MediaCenter on your PC. Runs flawless. Whoever says otherwise is just hiding the fact they cant wait to hax all PS3/PSN titles. Yes PSN titles will be hacked too if this goes through. Indie/small/PSN devs will be hit hard if this shit happens. As a gamer this fucking sucks. Dont you all agree?
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Oh, sweet, will PS3mediaserver stream my MKVs instantly over my wireless network in 100% full quality with full ff/rew/nav capability? Those things seem like flaws to me, otherwise, but what do I know, I must be a pirate, right?

Is the value of homebrew really that hard to grasp to that many of you? Or are we just that far gone on our Sony cheerleading crusade?
 
SecretBonusPoint said:
Oh come on now. Thats what would make you buy a PS3? Really? Not the games themselves or the fact Blu-Rays are incredibly resilient discs. I call pure bullshit there.
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I'm not an early adopter of hardware, I always wait for price drops/improvments before I buy, but I eventually buy most of consoles and the PS3 is no different as there are a couple of RPGs that I will want to play someday. Something like this may make me buy before I normally would though as it did with the PSP and the Wii. I've never been a fan of usage restrictions on any of the hardware/software I buy though so the lack of restrictions of the ability to use the hardware the way I want via homebrew does factor into my purchase decisions. I.e. given the same game on Steam/GoG I would buy on GoG all the time unless the price was significantly higher.
 
dogmaan said:
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did anyone else think this guy ^ was "That old banned anarchist" at first?
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I wish. GAF would be a funnier place. Forget the PS3 getting hacked, the fake ... is the actual news of this thread.
 
godhandiscen said:
I wish. GAF would be a funnier place. Forget the PS3 getting hacked, the fake ... is the actual news of this thread.
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are we allowed to say his name?

I thought it was like saying Voldemort
 
A Twisty Fluken said:
Oh, sweet, will PS3mediaserver stream my MKVs instantly over my wireless network in 100% full quality with full ff/rew/nav capability? Those things seem like flaws to me, otherwise, but what do I know, I must be a pirate, right?

Is the value of homebrew really that hard to grasp to that many of you? Or are we just that far gone on our Sony cheerleading crusade?
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read my edit please, like I said, I didnt mean to sound like everyone who wants to hack their console is a pirate. In your case, I agree that in a wireless network, PS3mediaserver stutters, atleast for me, so yes its flawed but some members make it sound like MKVs cant be played at all. Honestly how would this hack improve your situation? Wireless networks are never perfect. Again I didnt meant to assume anything.
 
jett said:
I'd really like to know what content do these gaffers watch on their MKV files. :P
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I make my own rips for playback on my HTPC (one in the living room, one in the bedroom) Media server in office with 6 terabytes of storage. AnyDVD HD + megui.
 
oh boy i hope this is real...i still have the hdd (with all my ps1,ps2 and ps3 savefiles) of my ylod ps3...so now i have a chance to finally get my data back ;_;

fu sony
 
I'm not really sure what to think of this, I already have a media (home theater) PC in my room, which I can do most things I want. Therefore, home-brew doesn't interest me.

Schrade said:
This isn't 2005, dude.
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That may be true, but it would still take most people a few days (if they turn off their PC) to download such a large amount. Oo
 
Investigation Team Go! said:
A 25-GB file would realistically take about a week to download. I doubt that would deter many would-be pirates, since they're already going to get the big games a week early. To them, they would get the games for free and be able to play on launch day like everybody else. No need to go buy the game if you're already able to get it at the earliest possible time and without paying.
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:lol
 
I just wish that the ps3 had a better media server interface. Something like XBMC would be awesome. Using the PS3 as my media player is one of the main reasons I bought it. Plus all its sweet exclusives (..hugs Uncharted 2..)
 
For anyone claiming that the ps3 media interface is just fine, go download a copy of XBMC for the PC and try it out.

Also the people claiming that ps3mediaserver doesn't have to transcode are probably watching x264 files that have been created with certain profile limitations in minds... by the "scene". If you're ripping your own blu-rays and are trying to get the most quality per byte out of your own encodes you're most likely not creating PS3 compatible encodes.
 
dogmaan said:
http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/6f/6f7cde77d46dc6f8ad4ad2fed70942621a6e6f86_full.jpg

did anyone else think this guy ^ was "That old banned anarchist" at first?

or is it?
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:lol wtf?

ahh good times, neogaf rules!
 
Psychotext said:
He'd have the MKVs local to his PS3.
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Ok thats something I would agree is great and would be a welcome feature to have if this thing does go through but I just hope things dont get out of control. Dont get me wrong. I'd like all media to be region-free. Some users have issues with that, but fear what the hack might lead to, thats all.
 
SuperSpy said:
:lol :lol

ahh good times
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hmm......


be careful, If you are him don't get banned again

if you aren't him, you may get banned anyway, as a mod might mistake you for him.

good luck
 
causan said:
I just wish that the ps3 had a better media server interface. Something like XBMC would be awesome. Using the PS3 as my media player is one of the main reasons I bought it. Plus all its sweet exclusives (..hugs Uncharted 2..)
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:lol

I'm not implying anything, I PROMISE, but it's just funny to see such an avatar in this thread.


EDIT: I may be wrong, but your avatar's file size might be too large. Check and make sure so you don't get in trouble!
 
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