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Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip 'broken wide open' after 26 years

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criddell · 1789561579 · focus · HN ↗
This will be great for preservation of PS2 games. Well done!
It seems like preservation of games for later consoles is a lost cause. If I pull out my PS5 30 years from now and pop in my Cyberpunk 2077 disk to play, I'm going to have a barely playable game.
It's better than nothing, I suppose, but I won't be able to re-play the excellent version that I played through last year.
1. clownstrikelol · 1789562980 · focus · HN ↗
  PS3 has been jailbroken since 2010 (remember geohot?)
  The original fat PS3 and the first few years of slims are also completely “open” as well (with custom firmware that’s fairly easy to install).
  If anything, the PS3 was easier to break its security on.
  1. pachouli-please · 1789586511 · focus · HN ↗
    Do you know of any good recent-ish resources for learning about jailbreaking and sideloading titles on the ps3? Last time I was trying to figure out how to load my game backups I gave up as it seemed way complex compared to the xbox 360.
    clownstrikelol · 1789600293 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://consolemods.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">https://consolemods.org/wiki/Main_Page
    Read the instructions carefully, multiple times.
    The older PS3s can be jailbroken through a browser exploit.
    The E3 flasher is also quite nice on those same PS3s if you are feeling more adventurous or your browser exploit fails.
    Given that most PS3s are getting to be quite old, and you’ll likely want to tear them down and clean / repaste them anyway, using an E3 isn’t too bad of an idea. No soldering required!
    I bought an early PS3 slim at auction a few months ago, definitely lots of cool things out there for them nowadays.

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