Libtiff Exploit Found in Firmware 4.20 for PSP3000 Owners ?

[midnitdragoon]

Whoa, totally off topic guys, lets keep it to the topic.

Finally an exploit has come out, its time to put all those 3000 owners out of misery.

we should leave psp 3000 owners alone, seriously. Do we really need more people downloading isos? Its bad enough as it is already. I really really want to see the psp pick up already.

[watupgroupie]

Yea i read that on the PSPUPDATES.com webpage this morning. I immediately sent a email to sony to tell them about it and they should keep an eye on this new exploit. Really dont want to see the psp 3000 hacked leading to more piracy.

I hate you, sorry I just do. In my opinion the PSP is finished. Ready at Dawn packed up their bags and left and so are other developers. Only thing left for it is homebrew, so I'm glad people are finding more ways to use it. For people saying this is useless, it isn't. If you find something like this that crashes the system then you can code something to launch when it crashes, so this is very useful. I just don't know if this is legit or if that game exploit is.

[tinman]

Here it is "hello world" all thanks to freeplay's mod of MaTiAz exploit.





Sorry, my camera sucks

[madcat1990]

now this is something awesome

[midnitdragoon]

I hate you, sorry I just do. In my opinion the PSP is finished. Ready at Dawn packed up their bags and left and so are other developers. Only thing left for it is homebrew, so I'm glad people are finding more ways to use it. For people saying this is useless, it isn't. If you find something like this that crashes the system then you can code something to launch when it crashes, so this is very useful. I just don't know if this is legit or if that game exploit is.

The psp is tumbling over not because it is a bad system, but because a lot of people are using their psp for the wrong things. And by a lot....i mean go look up some numbers on the net and see how many times a certain game is downloaded..sickening. While home brew is ok, questionable, but ok.. having the ability to download psp isos isnt. This is a big reason why the system is heading in a bad direction and has been for the last couple years. So no, hombrew aint the last option for keeping the psp alive, that's stupid. I didnt pay 150, nor did thousands of other people, for a system that plays 10 year old games =/.... People actually want to play legit and good PSP games.

We need a psp that cant be hacked so that developers go "Hey...the new psps have sold well, and they cant be hacked....lets actually put time and love into a new game that people will ACTUALLY buy!". We already have a nice homebrew community as it is...lets leave it like that. Now we need a nice community of psp game developers that can happen if they see the psp progressing and not getting any CFW in new systems. Im looking at you PSP-3000.

[dejkirkby]

I hate you, sorry I just do. In my opinion the PSP is finished. Ready at Dawn packed up their bags and left and so are other developers. Only thing left for it is homebrew, so I'm glad people are finding more ways to use it. For people saying this is useless, it isn't. If you find something like this that crashes the system then you can code something to launch when it crashes, so this is very useful. I just don't know if this is legit or if that game exploit is.

Actually, Ready At Dawn have publicly stated that they believe they were too hasty in making this statement and may produce future PSP projects.

[IDidMyTime]

I will get a PSP 3000 tomorrow, its only a matter of time for homebrew. Let the good old days of cat and mouse with firmware and exploits begin.

"Hey...the new psps have sold well, and they cant be hacked....lets actually put time and love into a new game that people will ACTUALLY buy!".

How long would it take to make a decent game? 2 years? So if they decided to do that now it will be released in 2011? You honestly think PSP will still be going or there wont be a PSP2 by then?

The PSP is a wondeful machine for homebrew, but its run its course. I cant even think of the last time i actually played a PSP game in it.

[guymelef]

The Nintendo Ds home brew scene is in many ways just as piracy inviting. It cost a little more but in the end piracy is piracy and has been around since the days of the IIe and Amiga with kids swapping disks in the lunchroom, or downloading on private BBS's. Yes I am saying that piracy is a non issue.

Another point is that Sony obviously underestimated the capabilities of the PSP. I doesn't need to be a cell phone, but many of the homebrew products I subscribe to are PDA based as well as even the WiFi Furikup.

Games stopped coming out because Sony asked more of the developers in the way of content and quality.

For as good as the PSP is, Sony's failure to have a innovative gimmick is what is killing them.

Sony really needs to add a second analog as well as a keboard, maybe a touch screen, maybe an even larger screen that can be divided into two normal aspect screens. Something anything.

[Balthasar00]

I will get a PSP 3000 tomorrow, its only a matter of time for homebrew. Let the good old days of cat and mouse with firmware and exploits begin.



How long would it take to make a decent game? 2 years? So if they decided to do that now it will be released in 2011? You honestly think PSP will still be going or there wont be a PSP2 by then?

Like a movie, a good game doesn't need that much time to be made. You simply need a good idea and a good team to work around it. There are cult movies that have been shoot in a weekend and crappy ones in years.

The PSP is a wondeful machine for homebrew, but its run its course. I cant even think of the last time i actually played a PSP game in it.

Then the pandora will arrive and beat the psp in every aspect of this, retro-gaming.. How it has come to this ? The homebrew scene killed none directly the psp. Iso playback shouldn't have been able trough custom firmware from the beginning. Honestly, how many use it legally? How many use iso's of UMD games that they own? They are marginal, negligible.

[bagmouse7]

It is hard for me to buy the argument that pirates are killing the PSP. I think it is because of weak support from Sony North America.
I say this because of 2 main reasons.
1. The piracy scene on the NDS is WAY worse than on the PSP. There is a whole industry build around the DS "flash cards". While piracy is never good for any platform, I don't see people saying it is killing the DS.

2. PSP games CAN sell games in the millions in both the US and Japan.
Japan:
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/...les-top-1.html
North America:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=21247

In Japan, games like Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Monster Hunter 2 sell almost 500K copies the first week they are out! Now that is excitement!
What do we get over here in the US? A small handful of weak games released for the 2008 Christmas season and no excitement.

So, what do I think needs to be done?
Well, the old saying "content is king" is of course correct. We need more good games and steady stream of games released during the year. Sony needs to help the developers in order to get them to invest in the platform. Once again, I scratch my head here. I mean, they have all the pieces to distribute the software completely online through the PlayStation Store online. It can't be hard for a developer to build for the PSP.
Here is the fix that I wish they would do. Build cross platform development tools for the PS3 and the PSP. Make it easy to build images for either platform from a common code base. Dollars invested here will pay off big time in the long run. Go ahead and give the PSP tools away to anyone that wants to develop for the PS3. Build your game for the PS3, and the hard work is done, and since distribution could (but does not have to be) done online, you would not have huge costs getting the game out.
I am still trying to understand why Sony released the 3000, unless it costs much less for them to produce than the 2000. I don’t think your normal consumer cares one way or the other about which platform they bought. In fact, all of the PSP displays I have seen in stores still use PSP-1000s as the actual PSPs that you can hold in your hands and play.

I love the PSP and I want to see it do well. The hardware is still super, even 3 years after its release. And to be honest, I find that I still play the PSP more than I play my PS3 or 360. The consoles are great, but it is nice to be able to play a game while I watch the football game on the TV!