The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken - Custom Packages Can Now Be Installed

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So many "but why?" comments. I weep for people who can't possibly imagine ever doing anything with hardware they own that its manufacturer doesn't give them permission to do. It's your fault (collectively) that so many companies actively combat all efforts by consumers to repair their own electronics without manufacturer consent after buying them.

Why hack the PS5? Because you can. "This officially licensed Sony product only runs Sony-approved software?" Nah, this thing you made that I bought from you and is now mine will run whatever I tell it to. I don't need your consent. Go away.

Christ. It's like there's nobody left who can appreciate the fun of tinkering with things just to see what kind of stupid shit you can make them do. Or who understands one of the best ways to learn how something works is to break it first (by accident or on purpose; doesn't matter which) then fix the damned thing until it either works, melts, rapes your cat or burns down your house. The fun is in the process, and getting a video game console to dance to your own tunes when you're done is just an added bonus.

"Why not just buy a PC?" Because that's the soft and easy (read: "pussy" or "bitch") option, and because that doesn't involve tinkering with a PS5 and provides no educational benefit concerning the workings of the PS5. If nobody ever takes the hard road, nobody ever learns anything new.

Puzzle pieces welcome. Hacking is often an autistic endeavor and -- in a rare example of the meme actually being right -- there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
 
Why would I need a PS5? I can pirate any game on PC right now if I really wanted to. (And no games anyway)
ZMOT said:
buckbroken you mean

>ps5 piracy
the ps5 has games to pirate?
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I’m sure the furries will be real excited about playing ratchet and clank for free.
 
guys this matter was resolved in the long long ago, study your sacred texts

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It's also just the early stages and it'll be a different thing if it turns into a full custom firmware or whatever that's relatively safe. Having the full library available for free increases its utility regardless of the dwindling number of exclusives, it just becomes a convenience thing then. YMMV, but like some of us sometimes use our computers to compute stuff for example. Then there's back compatibility and homebrew; people are always raving about emulation on Switch... which I prefer to do on PC anyway, but I get it.

These points should be obvious (in particular the fact that exploits don't just appear fully-formed) but don't let that stop you emptyposting "no games" ad nauseum like that hasn't been a meme on the cutting edge of comedy that people have regurgitated for every fucking console release for the last decade and a half.
I think this story is more interesting than an opportunity for that, though. This wasn't a given; it's seemed like they've been getting better at locking down hardware.
 
Oilspill Battery said:
ok but why tho

Ps5s are rare, expensive and have no games. Instead of risking bricking your console for absolutely no gain (since no games) just sell it on ebay and buy a PC with the money you're gonna get.
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Rare is an odd way to say nonexistent. Ever seen a PS5? I saw a unicorn yet haven't seen a PS5. Here's the unicorn.
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That tongue wasn't photoshopped in. That's also not related to horses. Turns out unicorns are just really shy giraffes.
 
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>PS5 got hacked
Great
>Rockstar Games gets hacked
NOOOO NOT MY ROCKSTARINOS
 
cybertoaster said:
I take modchips arent a thing anymore
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They're better with board design/firmware countermeasures now but they still exist, there's some for Switch people who have units incompatible with the usual RCM exploit at least.
I kinda dig just being able to download mods now though. For one of my Playstations (3?) I remember you could do it just by opening a helpful website in the browser or something.
 
Involuntary Celebrity said:
They're better with board design/firmware countermeasures now but they still exist, there's some for Switch people who have units incompatible with the usual RCM exploit at least.
I kinda dig just being able to download mods now though. For one of my Playstations (3?) I remember you could do it just by opening a helpful website in the browser or something.
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I seen the switch one, its hard as balls to install, wonder why the chinese arent modding switchs to resell them, any two bit electronics factory could do this by the thousands of units, and afaik the chinese government still dont give a fuck about foreign copyrights specially videogames and specially from japan.

Anyway, I watched a tutorial where they used a rpi nano as a modchip for a gamecube, wonder if it could be used as a sort of universal programmable modchip but I suck at EE.
 
You could probably use anything like that for the hardware but it's developing the exploits/payload that's the hard part and every console is a different puzzle. It's not like you just have to bypass a NES gatekeeper chip anymore, the real security is integrated and they do shit like burn physical fuses out on the board to restrict firmware modifications so it can end up requiring a daisy-chain of different exploits to get to the point where you can run games.
I don't know much about this stuff either because trying to find real information has traditionally been a clusterfuck, but I admire the autistry.
 
BrunoMattei said:
But the system has no games.
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B-but it does! It has... Um... different versions of PS4 games that load faster! Yeah, totally has games.


It's nice to see a proof of concept, but if you want something with games to actually play, a modded ps3/4 will give you plenty of mileage. It's still baffling to me that the PS5 has been out as long as it has and there's still next to fucking nothing worth getting the damn thing for.
 
Agent Abe Caprine said:
Rare is an odd way to say nonexistent. Ever seen a PS5? I saw a unicorn yet haven't seen a PS5. Here's the unicorn.
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That tongue wasn't photoshopped in. That's also not related to horses. Turns out unicorns are just really shy giraffes.
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unicorns are when you mod a goat before the firmware finishes booting

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