i would just love to play off the harddrive,,save the bluray laser,,since M$ lets you do that,,the drive last longer,,the laser is about $100-$150 bucks,,got a 500gig harddrive in my ps3 so space is no problem,,i also heard that sony is thinking about putting out a firmware to finally play all ps2 games,,that would be nice,,
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I wonder if someone in china has already figured something out. I'm not convinced it's impossible and good luck to the person that figures it out. My hope is that the rest of us with 40 gigs will get a chance to have our ps3 play ps2 games.
40 gigs.. gotta upgrade the HDD man. I ha like 6 games from PSN and it filled my 40 gig. Drop something bigger in, its not very expensive. And just to stay on topic, even if it does get hacked Sony will find a way to ban anyone playing backup games, I rather keep paying $60 a pop and play online.
If there was a HDD backup method I say yes, Keep working on a hack to back up games. BluRay media is very expensive right now. It's not really worth the price.
With the constant updates and the need to play online I guess even if it got hacked it wouldn't be much of a benefit. Upgrading the HDD is unnecessary since I don't download much anyway. And yes i've heard people say if I want to play ps2 games just buy one, but it sure would be nice if I could play them on my PS3. Hey that's just me. Besides, it would nice if we could play old sega or n64 games on it.
Well GeoHot is currently working on hacking the ps3 view his blog ,,,,,,I know it will be done this year
Even if they hacked or did not hack. I dont mind realy. I payed for the whole Call Of Duty range out of my own pocket, Im a big fan of COD Money well spent. If they keep making games of that quality and graphics and "fun" ill keep paying. The money I spent on the COD range you could not have more fun anywhere else for that price, even if the man pockets the money , its cool with me, the big man can buy better hardware and make better games. long story short- "dont hack the PS3 make them pay to bring out better games"
The only series I am a fan of is the legacy of kain series. the games are spread over all 3 PS consoles. Now do I want to have my PS1 PS3 and PS3 all jammed under my TV or do I just want my PS3 which can play all of them (PS2 BC hoefully comming this spring to all models)? At lot of people simply do not have enough space to hose all the consoles under the TV at the same time. BC is a space saver and I am sure most player would have paid the extra $30 to have an emotion chip rather than software emulation on their PS3s.
lol real or first fake of 2010, it seems the devs are saying its fake, but they have always been great at doing that, even on genuine stuff. http://www.ps3news.com/PS3-Hacks/video-zpack-for-ps3-the-first-playstation-3-backup-system/
does stealing games make you a "pirate" and a theif? yeah of course it does. Do i want to pay 63 dollars a game(with tax) to play a game ill not pick up again in 3 weeks? no. I have well over 150 xbox 360 games. Some were mine I backed up, some were rented and backed up. The ps3 being hacked. I mean come on we already know you can back up the games and blu ray dvd using the swiss army knife tool. Is it that hard to believe with steady patience and determination for a good solid couple of months that a hack can be made? have faith.
I personally don't agree that $2-3 dollars a piece for a 25gb BD-R is not expensive for what you are doing/getting.
and i found a place around where i live that sells DLRW bluray for $17,,its slowly coming down in price,,also bought an LG bluray burner for $150,,that burns DL bluray,,
Well my bro got a an xbox and a 360 from Asia. They were all hacked. This time he wants to get a PS3 and he claims it's probably hacked there. I've tried to convince him it's not possible yet but he claims the store he got his 360 from probably has it hacked. Oh and as for that Geo guy, are you guys sure he can do this. I mean if he hacked the iphone that fast, he should be able to hack the PS3 but he seems to be having trouble. Just hope he doesn't lose interest or comes out saying it's impossible.
Geohot will never get it hacked. He's trying some crude methods of finding a hardware exploit. For those interested his first attempt to get to the flash memory involved putting a semiconductor inbetween two of the chips on the motherboard and unsurprisingly it didn't work. Hardware hacks won't work this time around as sony specifically designed it to prevent that. Software hacks are a possibility but even at that, all it takes is a firmware update and its gone.
he wil defenitly be wrong.. cuz nothing in hte whole world is impossible! the ps3 gets his firmware update by checking online if there is a newer version, the psn doesnt check that, you own machine does check it. so if the ps3 gets a custom firmware, there would defenitly be a change in it that dont let ur ps3 check for a newer version.. we can easily presume geohot or another hacker is that smart. and if not they will get a msg for a newer version the 1st time they test their custom firmware, thus make a change in custom firmware again..
Why is it everywhere all over the internet everyone keeps saying bluray media is so expensive? Is everyone blind, death, dumb, or stupid? Bluray media can be had for anywhere in the range of $2-$4 per disc. That is very expensive? I'm confused, because this isn't the first place I've seen RECENTLY about people saying bluray media is oh so expensive. It's ridiculous, people should start doing a little research before just programming themselves to continue to say bluray media is so outrageously priced.
The answer to both your questions should be obvious. Yes, $2 is very expensive when you can get the same game for: Free (Wii and PC) A one-time fee, if that (Xbox, PS2) Pocket change And when you're already capable of limiting costs so drastically, why would you ever even give thought to spending a whopping two hundred pennies on a game, much less four hundred?