Geohot (of iPhone jailbreaking fame) stated that he has hacked the PS3

i would tell him not to release any info until its all said and done.

 

Well I for one am happy for this I mean this is a ps3 were talking about here not just a wii or even a xbox 360 we're talking about ( no offense) I mean llok at the psp when it was hacked it unleashed so much potential from using it as a universal remote to playing backups to homebrew games the possibilities were limitless not were talking about a ps3 with its cpu and everything else this is what I see in about 2 years ( or at least I wish)

I ps3 with 2 terabyte drive able to run every game console games (besides xbox 360 and wii) able to run windows 7 linux and mac (really wishing there) able to run GREAT homebrew apps.


The way I see it sure this will eventually bring piracy ( I am afraid I might sub come tp it a little at least) but the good will out way the bad in the end and I cant wait to fully unleash my ps3 potential and I congratulate geo with his success.

 

Well, I can download any 2Gb files under an hour (about 50 minutes normally). Even if a BD is full, I can get it in much less than a day. Don't mind waiting.
And I consider my connection "modest".
Some neighbors of mine have FTTH - they might get a full BD under 5H (depending on hardware specs, especially hard drive write speed).
So download time won't really be an issue IMO.

Don't beleive that mambo jambo crap that if someone hacks the PS3 then game quality will suffer and "poor" Sony will ache for that. I'm still buying my GOWIII box, with or without hack!! I neeeeeeed it!

As for GeoHot himself I think he deserves my applause if he really did it. In a theoretical point of view he's doing us all a favour by showing the perfect secure system is yet to be found.
GeoHot is an example of what hacking is suppose to be - educational, rewarding and usefull!!! He's not doing it to get ritcher (or steal your visa).
When guys like him vanish, those will be the days people will start crying about someone stealing money from their accounts (PSN also deals with money) and not having a clue how they do it!!

Thank you for showing there are vulnerabilitys in the system. Future ones will have to be redesigned. PS3 was almost perfect, but "apparently" it has flaws. Next generation devices will be more secure I'm sure.

 

Cause i dont believe him.
Especially after reading that "5 weeks" that he posted i believe that he just cocking around to get donations and advertise he's self.

But, even if it is true do you honestly believe that Sony will let this?
Especially this year that Sony is about to release 1st line, 1st Party titles?
As i said in the news sections, the only thing that a PS3 hack will do, is to give us more often FW updates, and for sure will make some games to need the latest official FW to even play.
MO is that Sony already knows about that and by putting all this effort behind PS3 lock, all this years, is already prepared.

That is just MO my friend, nothing more.

 

But look at the state piracy has got the games on the PSP into...

No developers want to invest in producing good new games for the system because they know every little kid with a net connection will be ripping them off and stealing their work. You can't blame the developers for that, so the wreckage of the console has to be blamed on the pirates.

Back on topic, Im sure GeoHot will release the hack, once he has programmed the software to actually do something, and tidied up the hardware a little. Im not sure if any of you guys are familiar with the iPhone scene, but if he says he will do something, he will.

 

full read/write access to the entire system memory and complete control over the processor -- all without a mod chip!

So It's going to be a softmod?

There will be no online access so It's pointless!

 

Well any firmware softmodding would automatically mean that you shouldnt use it online. See hoe M$ banned so many consoles without warning using a simple check. Sony can do the same pretty quickly and ban any modified console.

But I happen to have 2 consoles just for this purpose

 

downloading games is not for me,,dont trust them,,ripping it straight from the disc you know you got a got everything,,

 

^^ Good call.

Personally, I hope that the hack doesn't allow pirated games. I'm hoping the discs are pressed in such a way that back-ups cannot be made properly, however im pretty sure that will not be the case.

Sony being able to detect the hack and ban people is our best chance for keeping the console piracy free, and therefore maintaining the quality of the games.

 

Doesnt matter what people do with the modding, even if its to make the PS3 into a complete media centre like it should have been, being able to play all common codecs, and not to pirate games, Sony will still ban that console since it's firmware would be different.

 

I'm not condoning piracy in anyway but it's 2010. Moving 25GBs of data isn't that big a deal anymore. For the non-savages on usenet at least. Even Megaupload gets you 1.5Mbps+, provided you have a fast enough connection. It's not exactly going to be an overnight process but still less than 24 hours.

 

Well if its about time then people used to leave their PCs on all night with dial-up speeds to download a 700MB movie. It's not really much of a change downloading 25GB on an 8mb connection, in fact it's faster, so if people were willing to wait for a movie, they will definitely wait for a game.

 

Sorry, I was excited

 

By the way, Geohot just gave us a little peek into how much control he has with PS3 communication on his blog, check it out. Really exciting stuff...

 

Okay why do people think this is Something Sony can Patch with a FW....What he is doing is much deeper than that...He cracked thur the Hypervisor, Which mean he has control of the Hypervisor CPU he can tell it what to do & not what to do or simply reverse anything Sony throw at the system...People this Hack can't be Patched, He even stated that if you read his blog.

 

My only question now is whether the exploit will work on the newer slim models or if it's restricted to the old "fat" ones. I doubt it will matter as it's a FW issue, but last I checked the new PSPs were unhackable so here's hoping...

 

Im sure sony is on top of his blog watching him he needs to watch himself.

(I like emulators but the Roms are slow and Shaky)

From what I see there is work arounds But your talking about Alot of work.

It maybe even possible to have a program like Cydia on there.

LOL@ maintaining the quality of the games.(what games are you playing?)When you can beat a $60 game on hard in 2 hours something is wrong!
(I have Nintendo games I paid $5 for and still can't beat them)

Most games are about 15GB and if you chop out the movies there less.

And playing off the hard drive There is always going to be problems they never got it working perfect on PS2 so PS3 don't look good.
(Right now it's slow 1.1 USB Not all games work etc)