Where are all the PS3 hackers?
As the title eloquently states... Where are all the PS3 hackers? Granted the PS3 is pretty solid, but nonetheless.
What we do know about the PS3 hacking scene:
- An individual named HanSooloo is working on some various HDD analyses. He may be able to find a way to decrypt the data, but this may never happen, or may not happen for a long time.
- Paradox team has supposedly gotten Blu-Ray ISOs to load on 1.31 and under PS3s. "When its done" has been the slated 'release date'.
- The Ferrox loader was supposedly being worked on by naoneo (if my memory serves me). Considering how this person has shafted the PSP scene with PSix, its no surprise to me if this was an elaborate hoax.
What is involved with hacking the PS3?
Well from my understanding, first and foremost would be gaining access to the PS3 partition of the HDD. That is, at least, the bare minimum requirement for anything XMB related (ie copying PSP PSOne games to the HDD. Whether they work or not depends on how much DA changed Sony's original emulator for the PSP)
Secondly, knowledge of how to write Cell programs. IBM is not withholding any information in this department, as they have released many tutorials and primers for writing for the Cell.
Thirdly, what of the bootloader? Sony has given us the option of using Linux on our PS3s (or any PPE capable OS). As is evident, writing 'homebrew' that loads through the bootloader is possible. This would be, perhaps, the easiest way to exploit the system, depending on how much of the original PS3 system is accessible through the bootloader.
But nonetheless, where are the hackers? The PSP was hacked within a few months of its launch. The PS3 is significantly more advanced than the PSP and costs alot more money, thus Sony would be willing to pump more money into protecting it. But then one must consider how PSP was Sony's first venture into handhelds. Something worth more to protect (and well, we all know how 'tight' the PSP was).
