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Siggy @ Apr 01, 2008 09:40 | 52 comments

More than a year has passed since PlayStation 3 was released. The whole time hackers have been busy trying to break into the system and run Homebrew, without any luck -- until now. First homebrew software was run on a Firmware 2.20 PS3 yesterday. A simple "Hello World"-program was created by a known PSP hacker Dragula96 and run through a vulnerability in the system architecture.

Dragula96 claims that this is no April Fools joke and that it works on both 40GB and 60GB models with firmware 2.20. There has been no details yet on how he managed to do the trick. For the next step Dragula96 will try to run a pong game successfully on a PS3.

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Comment by: david89 (Apr 01, 2008 23:50)

i bet it fake but if it's real it would be great the ps3 hardware ten times more powerful then the xbox1 could you just see what type of emulators could be made for it that would be sweet.

Comment by: david89 (Apr 01, 2008 23:50)

sorry lagging double post

Comment by: isonewbi (Apr 02, 2008 00:26)

whats the pointof having to show that, impress us when u actually get the real homebrew

Comment by: DXR88 (Apr 02, 2008 01:22)

You know Dragula96. i think the word unsigned Code might Have missed the ears on this thread.

and if this is your work keep it up. dont let AD discurage you

Comment by: locobrown (Apr 02, 2008 21:01)

The thing I really hate about Sony, is their use of firmwares and upgrades they input in the PS3 and PSP. That's their failed attempt to protect their gaming systems behavior protections. Make it nice and easy like the Xbox 1 was. Nothing in this world will prevent this; Microsoft knew about their security flaws within their first console and did not pursue to correct it because it was only going to be a wasted effort and money.

Comment by: goodswipe (Apr 02, 2008 21:11)

Quote:
That's their failed attempt to protect their gaming systems behavior protections.

Or their attempt to better the console, like with added features such as Profile 2.0 for Blu-ray or Divx playback functionality.

"look honey, it said goodswipe! oh wow, that's amazing."

Comment by: NexGen76 (Apr 02, 2008 21:32)

Originally posted by locobrown:
The thing I really hate about Sony, is their use of firmwares and upgrades they input in the PS3 and PSP. That's their failed attempt to protect their gaming systems behavior protections. Make it nice and easy like the Xbox 1 was. Nothing in this world will prevent this; Microsoft knew about their security flaws within their first console and did not pursue to correct it because it was only going to be a wasted effort and money.

How can anyone hate firmware updates when that give Sony a chance(or any console company)to improve on your system.So far i wouldn't call firmware a fail attempt when Sony has learned a lesson from the PSP & have Hackers scratching there heads & at a lost of words that they can't crack the PS3.

Comment by: DXR88 (Apr 03, 2008 02:07)

I dont hate it but nor do i like it, the Firmware updates that is.

Firmware updates,there in lies my problim with it firmware is a Major Operator of PS3 (tells it what to do),but it has major space issues. look at the psp they have updated it so much they had to make another PSP with more ram, that left me and many other's with a bitter taste in there mouth. i Dont like being cheated.
the new question how many updates before your PS3 gets left out of the Major update loop, huh i wonder.

But i like it for the fact that it doesnt sugar coat the updates. as all updates are tied to the hardware. no third party Interpetor.
such as the Xbox Dashboard.

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 03, 2008 02:10)

Originally posted by DXR88:
I dont hate it but nor do i like it, the Firmware updates that is.

Firmware updates,there in lies my problim with it firmware is a Major Operator of PS3 (tells it what to do),but it has major space issues. look at the psp they have updated it so much they had to make another PSP with more ram, that left me and many other's with a bitter taste in there mouth. i Dont like being cheated.
the new question how many updates before your PS3 gets left out of the Major update loop, huh i wonder.

But i like it for the fact that it doesnt sugar coat the updates. as all updates are tied to the hardware. no third party Interpetor.
such as the Xbox Dashboard.

I doubt the PS3 will run out of memory for firmware. With memory so cheap now, it would have been retarded for Sony not to put in around 1GB. 1GB DDR2 RAM for example is $15 or so. a 1GB Flash Drive runs $5-10. Im sure everyone here would have been willing to spend that extra $ so they wouldn't be left behind when with an old revision.

Comment by: DXR88 (Apr 03, 2008 02:23)

ha, we will see give 2 years, and you will Question Sony's Bussiness Ethics.

they said the same about the PSP and then Wham.No Skype for you.

Time Will Tell All It Always Has.

Comment by: canuckerz (Apr 03, 2008 04:21)

I HIGHLY doubt that that's the real dragula96, and if it is god help us all. Besides its fake, or at least not doing what it was suppose to do.

Originally posted by DXR88:
ha, we will see give 2 years, and you will Question Sony's Bussiness Ethics.

they said the same about the PSP and then Wham.No Skype for you.

Time Will Tell All It Always Has.

Well I suppose its better than them making a PSP2, or discontinuing support for the PSP altogether. In fact id go as far as saying f*** skype and all its pansy tassels and frills; go messenger is more than fine for me and my phat psp.

Comment by: DXR88 (Apr 03, 2008 14:27)

i want to see furikup(is a Freeware Skype deal Made by the Noobz team)as far as it can go its really Neat'o Matic.

I still hold behind my statement about PS3.

Comment by: psplvanub (Apr 04, 2008 10:06)

dragula96 dont listen to the smart asses who say,

Quote:
Hello, PS3 world! This Hack Is SOOOOOOO Fake

I like you have stickittodaman syndrome
sony shud be grateful. hacks have made their sales of psp gone up 3fold (or more)
keep up the good work i am gonna make a support site about u ill pm u wen its done

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 04, 2008 14:02)

Quote:

sony shud be grateful. hacks have made their sales of psp gone up 3fold (or more)

True but the sales of games fell greatly.

Comment by: Jugulator (Apr 08, 2008 15:46)

In the video you can clearly see that it is a 80GB PS3... However the article states it has been tested on 40Gb and 60Gb?!

No credibility!

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 08, 2008 22:23)

How can you tell it's an 80GB?

Comment by: DXR88 (Apr 08, 2008 23:55)

Originally posted by Jugulator:
In the video you can clearly see that it is a 80GB PS3... However the article states it has been tested on 40Gb and 60Gb?!

No credibility!

Its a 60 gig,. watch the vidio at exactly 1:19 he even zooms in on it. PS3 says it has 55gigs of space and 24 left.

Your post Zero Cedibility

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 08, 2008 23:57)

Quote:
Originally posted by Jugulator:
In the video you can clearly see that it is a 80GB PS3... However the article states it has been tested on 40Gb and 60Gb?!

No credibility!

Its a 60 gig,. watch the vidio at exactly 1:19 he even zooms in on it. PS3 says it has 55gigs of space and 24 left.

Your post Zero Cedibility

Yea, I see that but he possibly has 20GB allocated for Linux.

Comment by: culade (Apr 09, 2008 00:35)

Originally posted by locobrown:
Microsoft knew about their security flaws within their first console and did not pursue to correct it because it was only going to be a wasted effort and money.

i disagree, i think M$ effectively discouraged most people from modding the 360 by having all xbox 360s be defective, forcing users to rely on their warranties. why else would the RRoD problem still be around after an adequate 3 years to fix it?

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 09, 2008 00:55)

Originally posted by culade:

Originally posted by locobrown:
Microsoft knew about their security flaws within their first console and did not pursue to correct it because it was only going to be a wasted effort and money.
i disagree, i think M$ effectively discouraged most people from modding the 360 by having all xbox 360s be defective, forcing users to rely on their warranties. why else would the RRoD problem still be around after an adequate 3 years to fix it?

What do you mean? They did fix it. You can't just softmod a 360 with a game and a modified game save. You need to flash the firmware on the drive. Any PC DVD ROM drive can have their firmware upgraded, firmware upgrading will always be around as a type of modding. You don't see firmware modding on Sony or Nintendo drives because they don't use normal PC drives. About the RROD, I think it's impossible to prevent. The console is physically too small to handle so much power.

Comment by: varnull (Apr 09, 2008 01:10)

Originally posted by hoddey:
So it’s real after all; sort of… If you have Unreal Tournament 3 and the skills to compile UnrealScript, you too can do this –

* place the USERDATA.JAM file on the root directory of a usb memory stick
* then add mod via UT3 on ps3 the normal way you would any other mod
* start up an instant match, set opponents to 0, select mutator option
* go down the list select Hello World, run game.
* hud will be replaced by hello world screen.

There you have the explanation of how this was done..

Now how do you know that what this video shows isn't just some carefully scripted video running from a dvd on a ps3? No proof at all.

Until somebody publishes openly exact instructions to run unsigned code using the ps3 game engines I will not believe a word of it.

It takes about 2 years for a full console to get hacked (if ever). So far all I have heard from the ps3 breakers is.. errrmmm.. nothing.. except some battering on and on about isoloaders. They need to get with it. I will guarantee sony have fixed that hole.

Now about homebrew.. Seriously, most homebrew games are only of interest to the writers themselves. Linux will do everything any homebrew writers could think of.

I hope people do crack this machine wide open.. I really do, so that people can save a fortune by burning these rip off 8 gig games to normal dvd. (not that there is any content worth pirating anyway)

Free open source software = made by end users who want an application to work....

Comment by: core2kid (Apr 09, 2008 02:04)

2 years to hack? PSP was like 2 days!

Comment by: blueroad (Jun 15, 2008 22:01)

again noobish question and all but why is it takin so long to crack?

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 15, 2008 22:12)

Originally posted by blueroad:
again noobish question and all but why is it takin so long to crack?

Incredibly complected system its not like a MS made console thats an overpriced PC for its power....

Comment by: core2kid (Jun 16, 2008 02:54)

Quote:
Originally posted by blueroad:
again noobish question and all but why is it takin so long to crack?
Incredibly complected system its not like a MS made console thats an overpriced PC for its power....

Because Sony is the RIAA, MPAA and the leader of every anti-piracy program out there. Half your money towards PS3 accessories, software (Sony only) and other peripherals go to making sure the system is uncrackable.