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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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Hellsvacancy5317d ago (Edited 5317d 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

JustinSaneV25317d 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?

Hellsvacancy5317d ago (Edited 5317d ago )

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

AntoineDcoolette5317d ago

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

Biggunz5317d ago

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

darthv725317d ago (Edited 5317d 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?

Golfcoachh5317d ago

Just wondering, since I have never used one.

gamesR4fun5317d 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

gaffyh5317d 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.

bjornbear5317d 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 =)

randomwiz5317d ago

u guys are acting like this is real...

evrfighter5317d ago

Hope its true :D

free games are the best games.

Golfcoachh5317d 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

Raf1k15317d ago

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

princejb1345317d ago

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

nycredude5316d 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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Shadowstar5316d 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.)

TheReaper425316d 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.

Shadowstar5316d ago (Edited 5316d 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. :)

dangert125316d ago (Edited 5316d 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

ChickeyCantor5316d 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_bag2425316d 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 :)

MegaPowa5316d ago

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

Blaze9295316d 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

JustinSaneV25314d 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_D5317d 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 J5317d ago

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

PirateThom5317d ago

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

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Coming Back for a New Generation

Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.

jznrpg3h ago

Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.

darthv722h ago

Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.

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Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

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anast4h ago

People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,

But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.

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As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.

VenomUK1h ago

The default angle Kotaku always go for is to highlight the worst in gaming.

I would’ve focused on the creative.

gold_drake1m ago

there is no "but". the hell lol
you dont send death threats, period.

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Chatting Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered with Suda51

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