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World's first mod chip for PS3?

Crave: Sony has been quite successful in deterring game piracy for its PS3 console so far. However, this may be about to change if a rumored Belzar mod chip turns out to be true. Besides supporting PS2 and PS3 bootleg games, the hardware-based hack promises many other functions ranging from stealth mode (read: To make the chip harder to detect by Sony) to region-free DVD/Blu-ray Disc playback.

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Hellsvacancy5318d ago (Edited 5318d ago )

Id never mod my Ps3 (ive never had a modded anythin) and if u mod yours u deserve 2 hav your Ps3 break

Im not agaist piracy i use uTorrent every now and then but ive never pirated games

JustinSaneV25318d ago

So in your mind you're all for the pirating of media such as movies or music but for reasons unknown you victimize the piracy of video games?

Double standards much?

Hellsvacancy5318d ago (Edited 5318d ago )

Did i say i download music/films? DONT assume anythin about me!!!

AntoineDcoolette5318d ago

Its a misunderstanding, you see, Hells is part of a Somalian pirate crew.

Biggunz5318d ago

If every Internet rumor was true we would all be Nigerian millionaires by now.

darthv725318d ago (Edited 5318d ago )

It is a saturn. I had it modded to play imports cause I like me some JP shmups especially when the saturn went belly up in the states.

I am more curious to the chip opening up the cell to homebrew.

edit: I get a disagree because I have a modded system? Or is it because it is the saturn and not another higher profile system worth modding (ie xbox / ps2)?

At least I am being honest. How many here will be honest enough to say they have a modded system?

Golfcoachh5318d ago

Just wondering, since I have never used one.

gamesR4fun5318d ago

More importantly, there's no guarantee that your modified PS3 will be compatible with future Sony firmware upgrade and software patches. According to game portal PS3 News, this world's first PS3 mod chip is currently in testing stage so don’t expect to see it in the market anytime

gaffyh5318d ago

1. OLD - At least 6 weeks old (posted August 18)
2. Fake - The guy has taken the domain of the "modchip" down.
3. Some guy called Ricky Fairbanks registered the domain, probably some kid who thought it would be a funny joke. Here is his email [email protected]

PS3 still not been hacked, I think someone needs to make a supercomputer cluster of PS3s and use it to hack the PS3's encryption.

bjornbear5318d ago

Payed good money for it, and the games i get are worth it =)

If i u want free games get a good PC and have fun =)

randomwiz5318d ago

u guys are acting like this is real...

evrfighter5318d ago

Hope its true :D

free games are the best games.

Golfcoachh5318d ago

I asked a question. I have never used a torrent site, so what would you be downloading from there if it wasn;t games/music/video/comp programs? People are so touchy, or is it people don't like admitting to being pirates. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHH

Raf1k15318d ago

I usually use torrents for anime which are free fansubs. Other than that I don't really have much need for it.

princejb1345318d ago

yeh like anyone wanna download 50 gigs just to play metal gear solid 4

nycredude5318d ago

What is the big deal about hacking the Ps3? It's already region free. It plays all types of media. THe older ones you can add a different OS. And the exclusive will probably soon be all using at least a 25GB or 50gb on the disk. Try downloading that to try to play a game.

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Shadowstar5318d ago

@Raf1k1: "Free" fansubs? Fansubs aren't free, they're still piracy... I mean, what, it's okay to steal from a Japanese company but not an American one? ("Free" fansubs happen to be a pet peeve, because I used to buy into that. If you're really being legit about it, you need to buy the Japanese anime before you get the fansub.)

TheReaper425318d ago

Sorry Shadow, but some animes aren't AIRABLE on the U.S soil, thus we have to get it elsewhere. If subbing is wrong then onemanga.com would've been shutdown ages ago.

Shadowstar5318d ago (Edited 5318d ago )

TheReaper42: Doesn't matter, it's still piracy. Whether or not you are able to watch it doesn't matter. It makes it more of a grey market than just black, but it still isn't fair to the people in Japan who create the shows which you watch for free. Import the shows, bought fairly-- then download them with fansubs. That's what you have to do if you want to not be a pirate. If you want to be a pirate, fine, but don't pretend that just because you can't watch it here, it should be free for you. These days, most of us live in an almost global market. You're (probably) not in a country that stops you from shipping in anime from Japan, though it's true that you can't play it in your DVD player. (I mean, unless we're really talking about shota and loli. Certainly that's not airable in the US... but then, considering the US government seems to think it's kiddie porn, I'd not be downloading it to my computer, either.)

As for the fansubbers... Have the majority of the torrent sites that have gone under the radar been shut down? Nope. That doesn't make them morally in the right, it just means they're not worth it to shut down. And the fansubbers used to always say that as soon as the show came out in English, it was your obligation to buy it-- it was part of what you agreed to when you paid them the shipping for the tapes. (I don't know if they still do. It's over ten years since I was in that culture, and we didn't have amazon.jp. Or bittorrent, for that matter.)

As I said, pet peeve. :)

dangert125318d ago (Edited 5318d ago )

You Brought It No Should Be Able 2 Tell You What To Do With It Or Break It Once You've Brought It Its Yours Not There's

ChickeyCantor5318d ago

"Id never mod my Ps3 (ive never had a modded anythin) and if u mod yours u deserve 2 hav your Ps3 break "

No homebrew is awesome ( A linux OS doesnt count, since it doesnt take full advantage of the hardware)

tee_bag2425318d ago

Its hardly worth having. I bet it screws with multiplayer too, no thanks. I would just love if Sony opened up all the Cell for Linux :)

MegaPowa5318d ago

what the hell do you torrent on it then? that doesn't matter tho because everything there is pirated

Blaze9295317d ago

Everything gets hacked; its only a matter of time. Be it 60 days or 60 years; it'll one day get hacked and I suspect the day the PS3 gets hacked is drawing near. I for one would kinda like it to be honest, lets not all act like 100% goodie too shoes and act like if we could get games for free we wouldnt.

PS3 games however I wouldnt becuase who the hell wants to download and occupy so much space just for one game. 50GB for MGS4? No thanks.

PS2 games I would love to have stored on my internal HDD for booting though; that'd be awesome

JustinSaneV25316d ago

"Did i say i download music/films? DONT assume anythin about me!!!"

"Im not agaist piracy i use uTorrent every now and then"

Well since you don't pirate video games that pretty much leaves software, movies, literature, and music. It doesn't take an astrophysicist to piece that one together.

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Sunny_D5318d ago

Hell no! Why would I risk the chance of never being able to play online or get new fw updates just to play a stolen copy of a game?

Dirty J5318d ago

not worth it when games in the future is likely to use 50 gb duallayer blu ray...

PirateThom5318d ago

So, all I see is a mod chip that still doesn't work.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

CrimsonWing693h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker3h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing693h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos17m ago(Edited 14m ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos9h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto8h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger888h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).