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PS3 hacker graf_chokolo counters critics, talks 3.60 firmware

Compared to his PlayStation 3 jailbreaking counterpart (and fellow lawsuit recipient) George Hotz, console tinkerer Alexander Egorenkov (AKA graf_chokolo) isn’t so well known. All things considered, maybe that’s for the best.

GSpartan7774790d ago (Edited 4790d ago )

"Sony knows a lot more about their system than any PS3 hacker."

"PS3 is forever hack"

"Sony can't do anything anymore"

"Exploits not working anymore"

"PS3 forever secured again?"

Honestly, I do not know who to believe anymore. I have come to a point where I think this is just one big conspiracy to screw with us and keeping me away from my games.

ReBurn4790d ago (Edited 4790d ago )

I just install the latest firmware and go on with life. These guys created their own problems.

GrieverSoul4790d ago

Me too!

What I find disappointing is that SONY doesnt ban the users that are still online on PSN. I know for a fact that it is possible to still acess PSN with a custom firmware 3.55 spoof that tricks PSN to think its 3.60. Sony has sent him an email telling him that he should cease use of the CFW but he didnt care and still plays. Sony hasnt bannned him.

Bottom line is, I dont care if you use CFW or any kind of paracy. I just want these kind of people to stay away from PSN.

HappyGaming4789d ago

Lets just say that everything is hackable even our national security systems and everything is patchable unless there is a hardware modification in place.

bozebo4790d ago

I wouldn't call it a conspiracy. But the whole thing is getting blown out of proportion.

The bottom line is: reverse engineering software is illegal. Reverse engineering hardware is not. Because you own the hardware that you buy but the software on that hardware is owned by Sony, effectively.

Sony are using that legal divide to try to prevent rampant piracy and because they lose money from every ps3 that is sold - so they want people to play games on it not stick linux on it and result in Sony losing money. But surely that was Sony's fault - retailing a product at a loss.

I think all the hackers we hear about on here have been reverse engineering the software as a means of reverse engineering the hardware.

Eu4790d ago

Sony is already making money on hardware units sold, the thing is, its not that much (problably 5-10 USD per console...at most). Sony looses money when the software, where moeny really is, is not bough, but downloaded without being paid...exactly what our dear stupid hackers say they dont want to do, but allow to do......

bozebo4790d ago

Were the phats not loss leading?

I understand that slim is a different story but they were released after Linux support was removed.

Blad3star4790d ago

Are you a hacker - How is this keeping you away from your games.

sikbeta4790d ago

@GenoZStriker

You should believe in the console manufacturer and that goes for everyone ans his respective console...

O-T

"Fail0verflow made a mistake by saying that PS3 will never be secure again,” Egorenkov wrote bluntly on his blog. “And Sony proved them wrong. Sony knows a lot more about their system than any PS3 hacker.”

That's all I need to know :)

zeal0us4790d ago

"Sony know more about their system than any Ps3 hacker"

pfft please guess the same thing can be said about
Apple
Microsoft
Mozilla
and any other company

They have contest each year to see if these can be hacked(pwn2own ibelieve its called)

then again you got to look at the statement its particially true not some ps3 hackers don't know the system like sony.

If only the hacking would stayed on the pc and not transition over the consoles :(

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MajestieBeast4790d ago

Ken Kutaragi slapped some bitch hackers.

Shadow Flare4790d ago

These hackers will have to get a second job to get a new ps3. Kuturagi wasn't so wrong after all

Rage_S904789d ago

lulz i see what you did there

andron4790d ago

Quote from article: "A sticking point for Egorenkov (and other hackers) is that they should have unfettered access to the hardware they purchase. “Just because I bought a PS3 from Sony doesn’t mean they own me and are allowed to say what I can and cannot do with my own PS3,” he stated."

In a perfect world any PS3 owner should be able to do anything they want with their system, including hacking it. But when they share the information you risk that someone will use it for malicioous purposes like piracy and cheating online, impacting other innocent owners...

Biggest4790d ago

That's just the hacker way of trying to garner support from the general masses. This has nothing to do with Sony owning anyone. If it WERE about Sony owning you for purchasing their product, there is an easy way to counter Sony's ownership. Don't buy the product. I wonder if Sony filed anything against the guy that turned his PS3 into a Foreman Grill? Of course they didn't. They don't own that guy or care what he did with his PS3. The hackers are doing something that is completely wrong on both a legal and moral level. The general masses are not supporting them.

joeorc4790d ago (Edited 4790d ago )

" wonder if Sony filed anything against the guy that turned his PS3 into a Foreman Grill? Of course they didn't. They don't own that guy or care what he did with his PS3. The hackers are doing something that is completely wrong on both a legal and moral level. The general masses are not supporting them."

100% exactly, you do not see Sony going after Ben Heck, umm maybe to ask hey can you make us one of those..lol.

His hacks are LEGENDARY..sorry Barney Stinson have to use part of your epic bro code.

if you are doing this to your PS3:

http://ps3crunch.com/wp-con...

Sony is going to make d@mn sure you are not going to be allowed onto the PSN server's.

but yet the hacker's an many of them are distributing code to try to bypass those very same PSN security measures for PSN so as to allow CFW enabled PS3's on PSN.

they want their cake an eat it too, which is not right if you do not own the server's but yet that's exactly what these an many hacker's are doing anyway. spoofing an proxies anything to also get on PSN.

Eu4790d ago

WHile I do agree that you have the right to do whatever you want with your PS3 unit (going from doing naughty to stupid things with a shell of plastic...) you dont have the right to screw with the game developers that spend months-years doing research and such on it.Want to run Linux on it? have fun. Make it easy to a bunch of SOBs to exploit it in a way that will facilitate to these bastards to rob peoples info/credit cards and such? You're fucked....

joeorc4790d ago

100% exactly you have the right to do with the hardware what you wish, but the software onboard is another matter.

the funny thing is these hacker's already know this..it's a freaking embedded system! unless they can run Linux off the PS3 while not using any of Sony's software to do it that would be one thing, an their would be no problem in that. but that's not what is happening.

the hacker's need to use the Sony's "XMB" in order to even install Linux to run on a PS3 without it they cannot run it at all, So the very fact that Sony did not even have the PS3 slim come with that option off the batt before it went on sale to the public. but yet the Hacker's are doing this to the Slim PS3's:

http://ps3crunch.com/wp-con...

when they infact do not own the PS3's "XMB" an of course telling everyone how to do it across the internet, which of course infringes on the copy right's of the Owner which is Sony not the consumer!

Sony took it out because of an exploit in linux when installed on the PS3 but yet the Hacker's want to put it right back in when they do not own the "XMB"

but yet cry when they say their right's are being stepped on?

please!

AntiHeroComplex4790d ago

"The core concept is simple: ‘it’s my property, so I should be able to do with it what I want.’ If this means hacking and reverse engineering, then so be it. Depending on forthcoming legal battles, consumers may get a definitive answer soon."

I havent heard a dumber thing in my entire life.

My car is my property bitches! that means i should be able to drive around the school zone and run over little kids. I dont care if it causes emotional / financial damages. Its my property and i want to do what i want with it.

Or.

Hey guys how do you like my brand new 12 gauge shotgun? I just shot up gun store where i bought it from... I dont care that it caused financial ruin to the store owner... The Shotgun is mine, and he cant tell me what to do or not do with it!

Lol @ hacker logic.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

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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."

CrimsonWing695h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker4h 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!

KyRo4h ago(Edited 4h 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.

CrimsonWing694h ago(Edited 4h 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.

Profchaos1h ago(Edited 1h 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.

Profchaos10h 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

Tacoboto10h 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?

banger889h ago

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