New PS3 Firmware Hacked Within 24Hrs

keep up the good work hackers

Sony, I'm getting tired of updating my PS3's firmware. Either stop the mods or roll with it. Possibly you could just let me use Netflix with out of date firmware. I know that your crusade against firmware hacks is only serving to irritate me, someone who wouldn't chop up their firmware. Meanwhile, you're just giving people a challenge. And pissing me off. How about spending more of your time and effort on first party games that are worth the price of admission? Is that too much to ask?

Why do you assume that everyone that's trying to hack the console, or would like to be able to hack the console, is trying to do so to pirate games? Plenty of people want to be able to use their PS3s for the reason they bought it in the first place - as a console that could run Linux.

Alas, no - what they're doing causes an inconvenience to you, so their motivations must be improper and ill-founded, right? Right.

Good good work hackers, get ready for the NGP.

I think it's funny when Sony goes after these "hackers"; it increases the awareness that the PS3 has been cracked, more people want "hacked consoles.

I'm still upset that Sony pull the plug on letting me run Linux on a a PS3 as they oringinally advertised, if anything these "hackers" are just trying to recover a feature that was illegally taken away.

Sony can't beat the hackers, they can release as many updates as they want but no matter what there's always going to be a exploit of some kind, Sony will never be able to make software (well firmware in this case) that is 100% exploit free.

Give it up Sony, you're just chasing your own tail here.

I too am also sick of sitting down to watch a Netflix movie just to have to wait for an update to install

Sony pokes the people who put Linux on the XBox with a stick and doesn't expect this?
This was one of those "obvious to the casual observer" sort of scenarios they created themselves.

Sony is fighting a losing war here. Every device will have exploits, and hackers will always find them.

sony! you suck. you will never win!! its a battle no one company can win. face it, your multimillion dollar investment; the investment you spent so much money on to protect has had its egg shell cracked wide open. so why continue prosecuting geo hot? even if he wanted to, no one can stop the inevitable. you are just spending money on something that can be crack and released in a day, so why go against them? why not hire them, they seem to be smarter then your dumb-ass crew.

Cracking the PS3 is okay... it's the inevitable piracy and loss of sales for companies that isn't cool..

I think people are forgetting this is Sony not Microsoft. lets give them the challenge and see how good their OS does.

Illegally taken away? If you think Sony removing Linux support was illegal, why haven't you filed a class action law suit?

Because people who said "I want Linux back" is nothing but full of shit.

I can go get a 500 bux PC right now and it can outperform the PS3. without the restrictions.

those who cry day n night just want to bootleg games, admit it.

those "hackers" are not smart at all, give it enough time anybody can find any system's bug. While I do admit that the way Sony code their master key is kind of stupid, or should I say they just "overlooked" it ? but at least they can create something from scratch. GeoHotz? nothing.

He can go ahead and try to code his own OS from scratch, but he won't cuz he knows nothing is unhackable, it will be sad if someone can break his shit in the matter of days if not hours.

"It has been brought to my attention that some citizens have discovered ways to... hack the vending machines. I should not need to remind each and every citizen of Rapture that free enterprise is the foundation upon which our society has been established. Parasites will be punished."

Why doesn't Sony just go old school one way or the other
Either pay to have the guyt whacked
Or give him a job

Epic pwn!....

The hackers will never stop, you must give in Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sony, instead of concentrating on firmware updates to stop hackers, why not make firmware updates to get more out of the machine?

In my country, they don't cost 60$, they cost 80$, and the avarage person makes 350$ / month. Also, even as games get old, they NEVER get to your 15$ mark. Romanian stores have 3-4 year old games for the PS2 and PS3 that still cost 80$!!! They would rather trash them and give old electronics to recycling centers than sell them at a 80% discount.

so since Lamborghini's are over $250k here, and I only make $50k a year, that means I should be allowed to steal one and no one should question me on this. Dont hate the player (sony) hate the game (capitalism).

As someone mentioned, there is no legit reason to need to hack your PS3 other than running pirated software, or hacks in multiplayer games.

90% of what I did on my old modded xbox had nothing to do with pirating.

Anyways, I find it funny that firmware hacking got big when Sony dropped Linux support last year.

lol this is funny, when i heard what they did to george hotz, i told my friend that doing this will only make the world of hackers mad and drive them to hack more

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with what the hackers do, but this statement about them being the reason Linux support is gone is completely false. The reason Sony removed the Linux option is because they were losing money from people just using PS3s as computers and clusters. They sell the PS3s for less than they cost to make, to get you to use the platform, then make up the money in games. Kinda like a subsidized cell phone. So when people use the PS3s to make clusters or use as computers they lose money since they don't buy games.
Just keeping the facts straight.

Time to hire the Yakuza and get it over with....

Just wanted to say, there are really good arguments here on both sides of the issue. Frankly I think u should be able to hack your PS3 all you want since you paid for it. But with that being said, if Sony denies you use of their online service or other extra features as a result of your hacking; they should have that right too. Also I was wondering is this really "hacking" or would this be considered "modding" since they are usually adding extra features.

Yes and as these consoles get hacked and able to play pirated games, sony loses money. They bleed enough money and they will drop from the console business. Does that sound like a comforting thought of it being just microsoft and nintendo?

Back when the PS3 came out, it's Cell BE liteally kicked the crap out of same-range computers of the time in raw compute power. The playing field is narrowing now but a $500 PC will still not PS3's compute performance in scientific applications.

WARNING 3.56 PATCH DISABLES HARD DRIVE UPGRADES IN OLDER PS3 MODELS. HOLD OFF ON UPGRADING UNTIL SONY ISSUES A FIXED VERSION!
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news [...] ssible.ars

They didn't intend to have it screw up the Hard drive upgrades, they just didn't catch it during testing (probably because they were rushing this to counter the hackers)

> They sell the PS3s for less than they cost to make, to get you to use the platform, then make up the money in games.

Its their problem, not mine. I would rather see real price of console and lower prices of games. Its bullshit IMHO, that if I want to sell game on platform I need to pay "ransom" to manufacturer. I know that this is how this business is runnng for years, but it is still wrong. So what next? If I wan't to fuel my car I need to do it on station that pays royalities to Toyota?

> Yes and as these consoles get hacked and able to play pirated games, sony loses money. They bleed enough money and they will drop from the console business. Does that sound like a comforting thought of it being just microsoft and nintendo?

Yeah, right. Xbox and Wii was hacked long time ago, and have comparable selling results as PS3, so where is that "piracy killing business" now?