Playstation 3 fully hacked.

Luke · 05-01-2011, 10:23 PM

They've finally done it, the Private (or is it Public, I forget) key, a key which is meant to be locked down in vaults etcetc has been found. Finally cracked open the most secure games console.

Apparently it was an exploit with the code, which allowed geohot (the original iPhone jailbreaker) and some German hackers extract it.

It literally means, that people can now sign their homebrew apps, as official using the key, so they'll run on any PS3. The hackers say they don't support piracy and that it they just want homebrew apps to be run, but we all know that ain't gonna happen.

And it can't be fixed either, the key is a hardware thing, so can't be patched. Someone at Sony must be getting their arse kicked right now..

More info and details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12116051

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Super Moderator): Thread moved from "Technology Discussion" as I feel it's more suited here.

Conservative, · 05-01-2011, 10:30 PM

Ouch, just when I bought a PS3. Big blow for Sony. I don't use these things but I guess it's useful in some ways.

**dbgtz** · 06-01-2011, 03:51 PM

This is perfect timing really, it's probably about now where they are at least thinking about the next PS.

Jordy · 06-01-2011, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by dbgtz

This is perfect timing really, it's probably about now where they are at least thinking about the next PS.

Doubt it, the Playstation 3 is fairly future proof hence why it was originally so expensive. The Xbox 360 and Wii have been "maxed out" by games a few years ago so they could do with replacements but I don't see the Playstation 3 being replaced in the next 2 years at the bare minimum.

**dbgtz** · 06-01-2011, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Jordy

Doubt it, the Playstation 3 is fairly future proof hence why it was originally so expensive. The Xbox 360 and Wii have been "maxed out" by games a few years ago so they could do with replacements but I don't see the Playstation 3 being replaced in the next 2 years at the bare minimum.

R&D will take ages, then they will want to probably wait until E3 to unveil and then it would only be released in Japan a few months later then the rest of the world in the new year.

The original price isn't futureproofing, it was for blu-ray and teh cell. This will most likely be used in the next PS. OK yes it is quite future proof, but just because the next one is out doesn't mean the PS3 will be out of the picture, it will just do a PS2 and be outshadowed and go to other countries.