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PS5 Relapse Exploit

351 points · 254 comments · therepanic

  1. asadm · · focus · HN ↗
    I wish they waited until gta6
    1. FlowingRiver · · focus · HN ↗
      This is probably going to the be holy grail later this year. In light of the recent explosion in decompilation/recompilation efforts, the first one that can get a copy off their machine and running on PC will get a lot of clout. Essentially, if they won't release it on PC, the people will just release it themselves. LLM assisted recompilation are a mighty force that is yield results with surprising speed.

      There are already some PS5 games getting this treatment.

      1. throwawayk7h · · focus · HN ↗
        GTA6 won't be released for PC?
        1. joshmn · · focus · HN ↗
          It hasn’t been announced. GTA 5 was released for PC about 18 months after it hit consoles.
        2. dunder_cat · · focus · HN ↗
          Eventually it will, but it is console exclusive for some indeterminate amount of time. Google seems to indicate that this was 19 months for GTA5. Not entirely sure why, the tinfoil hat theory seems to be it's to encourage people to buy it a second time to play multiplayer with their PC friends. Alternatively, it could just be it's easier to get some fixed targets out the door than worry about broad optimizations.

          A bit disappointing either way though as someone whose only console is a Nintendo Switch 2.

          1. FlowingRiver · · focus · HN ↗
            Considering the low end will be the Xbox Series S, that puts it not too far out from the Switch 2.

            However, the CPU would be way behind the and storage on Switch is somewhat limited. I don't think people would want 180GB chewing up the 232GB of available storage on the system.

            It would be in the impossible port territory but it seems like it could be JUST within grasp. This is all dependent on how well the Series S performance is. If it stinks on there, I doubt they will ever bother with a S2 release.

        3. h4x0rr · · focus · HN ↗
          Not initially, perhaps 2 years later
        4. asimovDev · · focus · HN ↗
          half of gta 5 online revenue is from PC. They will definitely release GTA 6 for PC, maybe half a year after the console release to get people to double dip (those who bought it on PS5 and then buy it again on PC cause they prefer playing on PC)
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