Geohot - PS3 Hacking News - PS3 Exploit Released

[wilcofalco]

sony cant fix this its in the hardware we need dark-alex back now!

[Insomniac-Evolution]

sony cant fix this its in the hardware we need dark-alex back now!

LOL there is good developers out there besides DA, he may even had his time and had enough. I sure wouldn't like the responsibility to millions of people expecting more, who knows? he may pop up in the ps3 scene...

[phsychokill]

this hack is all good and well but reading the info it requires a certain speed pulse on one of the via's making it very in accessible to the public (shoving a chip in would be easier for the majority of people who do this type of thing) what you have to hope is some1 can take this and find some way to make a software option (by finding out the encryptions or a flaw in the system that wasn't seen before)

as I said before I wouldn't be doing back flips and partying just yet, as it is still a hardware hack and needs electrical equipment to achieve it making it inaccessible to the standard user (at least for now) looking at how it works the only way Sony can really block it is with a hardware revision with a defence added against the pulse.

[jamotto]

looking at how it works the only way Sony can really block it is with a hardware revision with a defense added against the pulse.

Which will no doubt be arriving soon.

[DPyro]

Which will no doubt be arriving soon.

Doesn't matter, there are already 32+ million PS3's out in the wild with this 'bug'.

[phsychokill]

the only way sony can fix this in all the PS3's that are already out (in houses) is to literally come knock on your door with a legal document allowing them to take the hardware from you. (and that would cost them way too much and would never issued due to certain laws)

as for stock in shops, yes Sony could recall it all, but do you really think they want to take the PS3 off the market for however long it takes them to fix the bug (since it is related to a chip and they cant just take the connections out) and however long it takes them to produce enough of the new hardware to meet market demand for the entire world?

this bug is going to be in PS3's for a while and eventually will slowly die out as newer models come down the line, they did it with the PS1, they did it with the PS2 and they did it with the PSP, it's not a fault they can magically click their fingers and make it vanish. it is going to be months before Sony get to the point were they have the fix (if they even can without radically changing the hardware) and have the new hardware selling as a majority.

so basically unless you think Sony are going to sneak into your room one night and swap your PS3 for a new one there is no way they can do a hardware modification on the existing PS3's (unless you send it back for repair)

[wilcofalco]

the only way sony can fix this in all the PS3's that are already out (in houses) is to literally come knock on your door with a legal document allowing them to take the hardware from you. (and that would cost them way too much and would never issued due to certain laws)

as for stock in shops, yes Sony could recall it all, but do you really think they want to take the PS3 off the market for however long it takes them to fix the bug (since it is related to a chip and they cant just take the connections out) and however long it takes them to produce enough of the new hardware to meet market demand for the entire world?

this bug is going to be in PS3's for a while and eventually will slowly die out as newer models come down the line, they did it with the PS1, they did it with the PS2 and they did it with the PSP, it's not a fault they can magically click their fingers and make it vanish. it is going to be months before Sony get to the point were they have the fix (if they even can without radically changing the hardware) and have the new hardware selling as a majority.

so basically unless you think Sony are going to sneak into your room one night and swap your PS3 for a new one there is no way they can do a hardware modification on the existing PS3's (unless you send it back for repair)

well said

[Spotfist]

sony better fix this fast! we all know what happen to the psp

if u imply that homebrew killed the psp I would think again, the handheld market was gona be hard anyways, look at the game gear... nintendo did something better than anyone else had done and made it mor fun than just putting a console in ur hands, the psp was more of a console in ur hands and it showed!

its a real shame we cant get homebrew without the piracy, every1 likes free stuff but at the expense of any future stuff... thats just dumb!

not sure i would hack my ps3 to be honest, i play waaaaaay too much on-line so would miss out on that sega roms would be great though, last weekened my bro and would have killed for a game of streets of rage!!!

[darkriku2000]

probably won't be working on a slim

[feddon]

if this ends up with a otherOS that has full power (say windows 95 or whatever or a good linux build) well whatever will allow some decent emus and better video support (subtitles and mkv im thinking) this will probably end up the best thing about my ps3.