Firmware 2.82 Released!

[blackrave]

If this can be decrypted like 2.8(1), then I don't see why Sony release this now.. They should be working harder on 3.00 instead.

Let's just wait and see what happens next.
I bet Booster is waiting for a big game release like GTA: VCS to release his next version, so we might get it next week, maybe?

[crypysmoker]

Sony is a ****ing joke plain and simple.
Lets make them so paranoid they cant stand it.
We need some peopel to start some good rumors for a change... like that everythign is possible on 2.8/2.81..
OR someone needs to fake an exploit for 2.82 that makes sony sweat.

[splodger15]

There would be no point starting a rumor nor faking a exploit it best to actually have it instead of faking it

[YourStillWithMe]

Monkeyboy1916-I like your dtermination and thinking. You checked to see if it was decrypted ASAP, good man. Get crackin Booster and Dark Alex and stop with the SE material that is not nessecary at all. Sure it's "Cool" and saves us time but its not what we need to keep from updating. either that or run a version changer on it then maybe i'll update to it

[Veskgar]

some 2.80/2.81 games can be played on devhooked 2.71...apparantly.

All 2.80/2.81 games can be played using DevHook & 2.71 emulation except for 1 so far. The one that doesn't work is Cabelas African Safari. Ace Combat, Medal of Honor, Snoopy vs. Red Baron, & more all work even though they are 2.80/2.81 games.

Why wouldn't Sony force GTA VCS to be programmed to use only a specific firmware, 2.82 for example, that is then released at exactly the same time as GTA? Is Sony that clever?

Well simply because it takes more than a week or 2 to mass manufacture hundreds of thousands of GTA UMD's to be shipped in time for the release date. SONY provided game developers with the 2.80 & 2.81 files and updates back in August.

GTA: VCS will NOT be 2.82 and will most likely run with the current DevHook.

Also, SONY did not take down Booster. He is not sitting in some SONY prison or anything like that. There has not been any major need for a new DevHook. Especially with all of the DevHook Launcher MOD's and stuff. And I always say this as it should be common sense...... Booster is likely waiting for SONY's BIG firmware 3.00 to be released before he lets any new DevHook developments be made public. And for that very reason, one reason for the 2.82 release might be to try and bait the homebrew community. Basically if they release 2.82 and it is found "unsecured" they can modify 3.00 to be that much more difficult to crack, emulate, etc.

We should not fall into that sort of trap by SONY due to impatience. Force SONY to release 3.00 blindly and then the homebrew community can have its fun.....

::Evil Laugh::

[splodger15]

GTA: VCS will NOT be 2.82

But it will be a 2.81


Here are some of 2.82s features


Ability to play Flash content in the Internet Browser (Connection to internet required for license)

Connection Settings added under Settings in Internet Browser

Ability to save content added in RSS to Memory Stick

Automatic has been added under Rate in Location Free Player

UMD Video L/R button added under Video Settings in Settings

Ability to disable Chapter Skip feature of the L/R Buttons (UMD Video)

New playable extension - AAC

Simplified Chinese, Tradition Chinese added as new languages

RSS channel Settings added in Settings

Demos can now be downloaded from Browser and saved on Memory Stick

Video output can now be displayed correctly when an external tuner is selected in Location Free Player

Ability to download Video and Image content under RSS Channel

Ability to register devices via a wireless LAN access
point under Location Free Player

Ability to play AAC files with .3gp extension under Music

Ability to play content saved in MUSIC, PICTURE and VIDEO folders on a Memory Stick

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

$ony can stick it !!! 2.71 Se-b and very happy thankyou !!!

[S34MU5]

BRRRT?!!?!? (gas)

interesting.

QUICK someone FIND THE WEAKNESS AND EXPLIOT 2.81!!!



No, sorry, GTA VCS is way too close to being shipped for them to have you require any newer firmware. They'd have to scrap the whole batch and remake all the UMD's and frankly, realistically, there's no time for that and it would cost mucha $.

They may have sent this to Rockstar or whoever, Before the released it.

I guess we just have to wait and see..

[Rocksil]

this surely sucks because i really want to start playing it as soon as gta vsc comes out but as s34mu5 said

I guess we just have to wait and see..

[Shrygue]

New firmware version 2.82? It looks no different than 2.81 to me. Why 2.82 anyway? Did bad old Sony find a flaw in 2.81? If so, it's not been discovered by anyone in the homebrew scene yet, as far as I know.

It's something like firmware version 1.51 - 1.52 came out purely as a security patch and no one really know what it flaw it fixed. I wonder what's going on at Sony Computer Entertainment...