It's official, PS3 does homebrew!

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:03 pm

http://ps3.qj.net/Playstation-3-Firmwar ... /aid/72450

It's true, the 1.10 firmware update enables booting of un certified software!

I'm so happy! Think of the possibilities, with all of that power.

Post by **Triton** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:21 pm

let me be the first to say....

meh

this is a complete about face from sony compared to the PSP plus what can the ps3 do that a decent pc cant. yea i know its not the same thing but whatever

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:29 pm

Triton wrote:what can the ps3 do that a decent pc cant. yea i know its not the same thing but whatever

Use 7 CPU cores for SMP. No I'm not really suprised about this for two reasons. The first is that Sony already offered a home-brew for the PS2, and really they sold the kit out (even though it was $500) in a matter of months. Two is that the PS3 is being sold as a gaming PC, running Linux, to not offer a programming option would only look bad. An ammendment to that is that the gaming indestries want people to get into programming early, they want them to know about the current or next generation hardware, that way they can adapte to it easier and have more people with more abilities and idea to make games.

As far as Sony goes it's a good idea. Their machine is the only one that is not even close to a PC equivelent (360/Wii possibly programmed for on G5 Macs) so this is a means of getting dev kits out there.

With this kind of option I'm begining to seriously consider the idea of a PS3. Kind of moving it into the number two position, right behind the 360 (once the 360 adds support for PSO).

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:46 pm

there is only one problem with the homebrew scene on the ps3 the power of the ps3 needs a large quantity of quality programmers to complete a decent project... so the quality would not be top notch (as always) but there is a possibility to run a mariad of emulators...from the oddessy to the cube I say...

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:21 pm

I also have to say "meh" because for about $585 cheaper (or $485) you can get a dreamcast. sure it wont have as much power, but still...

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:23 pm

TThe PS3 is just trying to get the hackers support with the console, but Im sure they wont go with it if there is nothing to hack.

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:39 pm

If only sony was more supportive about psp homebrew...

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:14 pm

I'll follow all of this with a *shrug*. Everything is homebrew-able with a little bit of knowledge and patience, Sony just made their consoles more fragile, and supporting warranty of it, if I am correct.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:00 pm

gamer2 wrote:TThe PS3 is just trying to get the hackers support with the console, but Im sure they wont go with it if there is nothing to hack.

yeah, I mean Im sure thers someway to hack the virtual console

. if there is, cant wait until someone finds it out.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:53 am

ganonbanned wrote:
gamer2 wrote:TThe PS3 is just trying to get the hackers support with the console, but Im sure they wont go with it if there is nothing to hack.
yeah, I mean Im sure thers someway to hack the virtual console . if there is, cant wait until someone finds it out.

Well, nobody's hacked the Xbox Live Arcade yet. At least I don't think so; I don't have an Xbox 360 and my Xbox 1 is modded, so I can't access Live.

I don't really see why hackers would want to hack the virtual console. I mean, it's not like there isn't already a free and easy way to get those games on the internet.

As far as homebrew goes, I really like the homebrew on Xbox 1, and I've heard the PSP homebrew is awesome as well, and same for Dreamcast. It took hackers about a year to first hack the Xbox to run unsigned code; Sony's just giving the PS3 homebrew scene an early start.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:54 am

This wont make me buy a PS3, infact, i'm never buying one. A modded Xbox and a Wii will suit me

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:35 pm

I think it's simply a smart marketing strategy - give more people more reasons to buy it. I don't know how many more sales they'll get for that, but I don't see anything wrong or negative about it. Plus it's good PR for the "hacker/nerd" crowd.

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:56 pm

maybe it's just so hard to get power out of ps3 without the official devkit that sony doesn't care. my bet is that 'homebrew' only works on a small chunk of the system resources and it's mainly hype to try and get people to spend more on a game console then rent. my first reaction to any sony news is that it's 75% hype and is really *bad* news spun to look like great news.

Or maybe they've calculated that when they fight homebrew they're directly fighting their fanbase. I can't even say that without laughing. sony doesn't care about fanboys, or they never would have shut lik-sang down.