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Ajescent on 03 January 2012
spurgeonryan said:
Has sony made any comments on this yet?


Sadly, they tend not to comment, they just issue firmwares and sue people O.o



PS One/2/p/3slim/Vita owner. I survived the Apocalyps3/Collaps3 and all I got was this lousy signature.


Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?

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Izo on 03 January 2012
Silver-Tiger said:
Ajescent said:
Silver-Tiger said:
Ajescent said:
Silver-Tiger said:

To clarify people: This is code running in the PSP mode, meaning it will only have the power and the usefullness of such. This means we can't access any software or games from Vita.

This is exactly the same situation as with the 3DS, where DS games and homebrew could be played via Flashcard.

 

 

Sony. Providing the best hardware with the worst security since 1994.

In their defence, the ps3 lasted a while


Yeah, because nobody bothered to hack it, because hackers could already install Linux. When Sony removed Linux, it only took them a few weeks. Additionally, Sony made a HUGE mistake in their security, making a security check which was supposed to be randomly generated, always the same number. 

This is the part I'm not convinced about. The 3DS and PSV now have means to emulate  previous consoles but I bet there most will still be trying to get at the whole system.

You can only Emulators which the PSP could already do, because the CPU is limited to 333 MHz. Surely you would like have the full power of the Vita? What's the point of buying a Vita if you can only have the power of a PSP? What if you want to run N64 on Vita (PSP mode is too weak for that). Hell, what if you want to run GBA emu on 3DS? In DS mode, it's too weak for that.

The PS3 hackscene had the means to hack the PS3 for years. I've been in there for years, too, and I followed every developments they did. The PS3 Security was flawed from the very beginning, the possibility to run Linux was the only thing that kept them from going further. That the PS3 hack came a few weeks after the update (3.21 it was, I think) was no coincidence.

Then why did Hottz announce he had almost found a way through linux? Which is what caused Sony to remove it in the first place.  I know the hackers want to say they could hack the ps3 but they didn't.  Every system this gen was hacked but the ps3 lasted. I don't care what they say, hackers brag and brag but if they can't do something they make excuses. Like now they will try to break new firmwares on ps3 and untill they do it will be "were not trying".

If it was flawed it wouldn't have lasted 5 years. The psp, DS, wii, xbox 360 all say hi. They didn't have linux taken away but still hacked.



h2o1977 on 04 January 2012

With Sony's sale dropping drastically of the PSVita in its second week, and if they successfully hack the hack the hardware to play backup games, its not good news for Sony's hand held division.