**PS3 Backups as of 05/09 cannot be played yet**

Well, contrary to what marcusita said, I think $60 is quite a bit for a game, but I also understand the reasoning behind it. That said, wanting a hack for the PS3 just because you can't afford a game is just plain idiotic. First of all, that begs the question of why you bought the PS3 in the first place. Secondly, it also makes some folks wonder if you really just stole the PS3 instead of buying it, because you could apply the same reasoning to that - you "hacked" someone's front door lock to get their PS3 because you couldn't afford your own PS3. Thirdly, that same reasoning could then be applied to anything in life - you stole someone's wallet because you couldn't afford to get a job and get your own money.

...but I digress.

I'm wondering if that PS3 ECC thing will be any good, because it'd be cool to finally be able to play my PS1 backups. That's where I could see homebrew being effective, because... y'know, those games ARE pretty old, and it'd be disheartening to see them all go through even more wear and tear. Most PS2 games I'm sure would still work pretty well, but a ten-year old CD would undoubtedly be destroyed.

 

It wont lead to anything,devs at ps3news and ps3hax are great but theses finds are just small and wont really lead anywhere.

 

Just face it, PS3 WILL NOT GET HACKED, and if it does, it wont make a difference, because required Firmware updates will always win.

 

The PS3 at some stage will be hacked and firmware updates wont make one bit of difference once it has been hacked.

Also loads of people dont update their firmware,they can do what they want with PS3 proxy.

 

Well I got both my PS3 and 360 for free of the internet. Second, there are so many good PS3 games coming out it's not even funny and I also want to sell my Xbox 360. I personally loved homebrew on PS2 and I think it'd be great considering the amount of potential for possibilities there are with the system's abilities.

 

godam how did you get your consoles for free? is it one of them refferal sites , do they actually work

 

Couple of ways you can get a "free" PS3.

One these referral sites. I've decded to try one out, got my last referral a couple weeks ago, placed my order and it says delivery will take place next business day; it's been over a week now So either they have run out of stock or trying to hold out. Already knew these sites will do anything to try to prove you broke their rules etc so they dont need to give you one.

Second and what works, but you get a refurbised console, is to take out a phone contract where they give you a PS3 etc instead of cashback. I did this thinking it'd be easier selling the PS3 then claiming or even forgetting to send for the cashback. I got my PS3 1 month after I receved my phone, it's refurbished but it works. (i decided to keep it than sell it )

So if you need to renew your mobile contract soon, try looking for one that gives you a PS3 with it.

 

thx,

if you search on youtube for referral ps3 s or gifts you see loads of people saying it works and showing you their stuff.

i duno it probably does work but i find it impossible to do, any help would be gr8

 

$60 isnt a great amount of money.
Where i live they are $80 and there are countries where the games are $160,simply if you cant afford the games dont buy the console,you also have to consider that Sony makes nothing on the sale of the console,all their profits are tied to the sale of games.

I do want a modded/hacked PS3 and not for piracy but for homebrew.[/quote]

I agree that $60 isn't alot of money these days, but when so many great games come out so often the money can add up fast. I'v bought 5 games in the last month, do the math. Also I think companies like sony rarly lose money. If they say the lost money this year it just means they didn't make a much as the reports said they would at the begining of the year said they would. Also what if you buy a game at full price and you don't like it, and what about so many many game that are ok but not quite worth $60 but maybe still worth buying at a lower price. But I supose that you can't realy sell games with the price based on how good they are because everybody has differen taste. Maybe lower all game prise just a little or start a frequent buyers club; i.e. buy x amount, get X amount free.

Just sharing my thoughts,
John

 

I agree that $60 isn't alot of money these days, but when so many great games come out so often the money can add up fast. I'v bought 5 games in the last month, do the math. Also I think companies like sony rarly lose money. If they say the lost money this year it just means they didn't make a much as the reports said they would at the begining of the year said they would. Also what if you buy a game at full price and you don't like it, and what about so many many game that are ok but not quite worth $60 but maybe still worth buying at a lower price. But I supose that you can't realy sell games with the price based on how good they are because everybody has differen taste. Maybe lower all game prise just a little or start a frequent buyers club; i.e. buy x amount, get X amount free.

Just sharing my thoughts,
John[/quote]Yeah, I agree. If Sony put out 1 game a year that was worth it, $60 would be nothing. But This Fall's lineup has me finding where I can cut back. I've only purchased Burnout at full price. I've bought shooters/fighting games used on Amazon, played the heck out of them for a few monhts and then re-sold them again, losing only $10. $10 for a 4-month rental is pretty good IMO. Sports games, well, I get those used also, like 6 months later when you can find them for $30 cheaper. And there are games that my friends and I swap back and forth. But I recently put LBP on pre-order (my second game at full price). And there are a few more coming out that I may not have the patience to wait for. It adds up fast. $300 for 5 games....lol. Not gonna happen. After LBP, I'm done for the year paying $60/game. Come January/February, I'll start looking on Amazon for used Fall 08 releases.

Way off topic....

Back on topic....WE NEED HOMEBREW!!! We need independant 3rd parties developing software for the PS3.

 

Not being able to afford all of the games you would like is not a reason to steal them.
In life, you will always find that there are things you want that you cannot afford. You just have to chose to buy the things you want/need most with the money you have, and forget about the others.
No matter how rich you become, there will always be something you want but can't have

To put it in another sense, if you decided you would like some new furniture for your house; a new bed, and a new sofa. However you realise that you dont have have enough money to buy them both. You then have to decide which one you need (or want) more

You wouldnt think that it was ok to buy the bed, then just steal the sofa from the shop because you didnt have enough money to buy it.

Just because its easier to steal games than it is a sofa doesn't make it any more right to do so.

If the PS3 is hacked, it will probably kill it off completely. The developers can make games with less effort and cost for the 360 than they can for the PS3. If the PS3 was hacked, then we would have to put up with endless crappy ports from the 360 (even more than we do now). The PS3 is also (alot) cheaper to buy than the PS3. The only reason people buy it now is because of the good games we have designed for the PS3...if these were no longer being made, why would people buy the PS3 anymore?

 

So true....deciding on how many games for some is like deciding between how many Mercedes for others.

 

It's a very dangerous statement you are making here. If you say that hacking it will completely kill it, means PS3 is surviving because "fooled" customers who paid 600$ for a gaming station, are doomed to buy (low quality games) not because of their quality but for the gamers' inability to play "backups". It's so sad to see, sony that made the extremely successful PS2, is striving to make quality games.

 

Its not the making of quality games that has hindered the PS3 but rather the selling off of the exclusives like FF that has made the PS3 less attractive especially when people can already play copied games on XBox!

 

After almost 2 years now, how valid is the argument that PS3 games are harder to develop? It was the case initially and may still be true, but this is sure to change (or is changing), right? Hacking the PS3 may be great for a handful of pirates, just as flashing the 360 is great for a handful of pirates. My buddy has a 360 and is tech savy, but has no interest in flashing his 360 to play copied games or pirate games.

I also don't buy into the PS3 becoming less attractive due to loss of exclusives to a console that can be modded to play pirated versions. Console modding is not mainstream and never has been. Loss of exclusives - probably in time. Piracy - no. Just my opinion. The PS3 is a solid system regardless

 

who cares? the best games are on ps3. so please stop complaining that its harder to program but better games come from it.

 

very debatable

 

Sorry to change the subject but I don't think the PS3 can or will be hacked because unlike the psp the ps3 is always connected to sony. The playstation network is a direct link to sony. Also the only way we can play games online. The psp isnt connected to sony even if you go online thats why if you have isos and play online you never got banned. With the psp sony doesnt know. The Ps3 sony basically knows everything you do with it. Whether it be games or using the browser, sony knows. Im not sure if I was the only one who read the terms of agreement but it (more or less) shows them everything you use your ps3 for. Like with the invitations to the home beta, it wasnt a random selection but they looked to see who was using the PSN like how they wanted. Whether it be downloading (IMO) boring games like High Velocity Bowling or Pain. If something was to come out. You will be banned before u can even enjoy it.

 

Thats total bullcrap, your talking about hacking the PS3 to be able to play online. This thread is about hacking the PS3 to play backup games!.

Whats seems to be the problem with hacking it anyway?, it cant be the firmware being updated all the time because they got round that problem with the Wii, which also has firmware updates. Is it possibly because the damn Blue-Ray disks are to expensive to buy right now and not worth it or something?. I think theres something were not being told...

Everything is vulnerable to hacking.

 

Which is why I have managed to get my hands on 2 PS3s! One I'll use as legit and play online and the second one i'll hack when CFW comes out to play copied games Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha