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What a Hacked PS3 Should Do

Now that the PS3 is hacked and wide open for homebrew I started to think about what will happen. The fact of the matter is that now that the system is open much good and much evil will undoubtedly spring forth.

With all this in mind I started to think about what exactly I would want a hacked PS3 to do that it can not do now or does not do well in unhacked form.

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scar204862d ago

Cross game chat.

Why am i not surprised if you want that just buy a damn xbox.I'm really getting tired of people b****ing about no cross game chat.

Scatigno4862d ago

How would buying an Xbox make up for it? you would still be without cross game chat on the damn PS3, and if thats the system people are playing then they shouldn't feel bad about wanting to see the feature being implemented.

rockleex4862d ago

All I ask for is... Custom Dynamic Themes. :D

Also custom Avatars... if possible. XD

SMOK3xFFx4862d ago

@Scatigno

Yeah your right, buying an Xbox doesn't let people talk to their friends while they play Uncharted/Killzone/LBP and they play something else.

@rockleex

That would be hilarious, 1/3 custom themes now are 18+ imagine how many would be 18+ if custom dynamic themes were allowed.

Blaze9294862d ago

hell yeah. Add MKV support, a better web browser - maybe a community custom firefox, custom soundtracks across all games, man - the possibilities are now endless.

Sarcasm4862d ago

A Hacked PS3 should cure AIDs

VenomProject4862d ago

@Sarcasm

HEY! THAT WAS PRETTY SARCAS-...Oh, I see what you did there.

nycredude4862d ago

You know what will eventually happen? You will have spyware and adware and the hackers that are malicious will have gained access to your information. You can't have good without the bad. For this reason alone it's dumb to hack your Console. I mean just on Android and the market on cell phone almost every app requires full access to somethings who know how many of they steal your info.

However I do agree with Sarcasm, short of curing aids, the a hacked PS3 will be a failure in the eyes of the media.

GrandTheftZamboni4861d ago (Edited 4861d ago )

Cross game chat, web browser, mkv support.

Keep dreaming about those features. As of now, all you get is "Hello, world" on your TV.

Dee_914861d ago

custom avatars
better internet browser

the music thing i can live without
unless they make it better than xboxs that shit was a headache on madden

BulletToothtony4861d ago

in all honesty.. and i'm asking my TRUE fellow ps3 gamers..

how often are you expecting to use this Cross Game Chat.. i mean, here's how i play..

I finish a game, and i send an invite, if someone wants to join my party join it.

If i have any invites i try to join.

If i'm playing don't freaking bother me cause i don't want to be bothered while i killing noobs.

as a matter of fact i would rather NOT be xgame chat so people don't bother me as much.

I don't understand this obsession, is just to shut other fanboys up?

now MKV? that would be a hell of an add-on

Yi-Long4861d ago (Edited 4861d ago )

...
- Region-free BR playback!
- Emulator heaven!
- The PS3 being able to recognize USB-sticks/HDD's that are are NOT FAT32.

etc etc.

As far as I'm concerned, the sooner all the enhancements come out, the better.

Also, as an added bonus, we as european gamers will no longer be completely reliant on the shitty crap SCEE serves us up! No proper LBP2 CE!? What. The. Fuck.!?

RedDragan4861d ago (Edited 4861d ago )

All this rubbish about MKV.

Why?!?!!?!?!?

MP4-AVC is FAR FAR FAR Superior... and supported.

Oh and Yi-Long... SCEE is not responsible. SCEJ is the problem.

Edit: Lol @ the disagreer. You need to learn your video codecs

XD

Heartnet4861d ago

@Rockleex

Custom Dynamic themes have been avaliable for a long time lol.. Website that creates them and gives you a creater its just up 2 u to put in the work :LL

hay4861d ago

Following opinion is based on current PS3's value for money and feature set and it's theoretical increase judged by feature increase in other modded consoles:
F*cking everything!

MisterAV4861d ago

YOU are ignorant
MKV is a container like MP4. And often MKV has the same video codec (h264) as MP4. So same quality but it has a better support for multiple audio and subs.
So we don't just need MKV but also for SSA subs.

RedDevils4861d ago (Edited 4861d ago )

you know why people prefer mkv over Mp4 not because of quality, but no one have the fucking time to convert all those anime or those HD movies to Mp4, unless you have no live just hanging around with your computer all day long

ZombieNinjaPanda4861d ago

@rockleex

If I could get custom dynamic themes, custom avatars, and still be on PSn I would most definitely hack my Ps3, but sadly you cannot, so I shall stay unhacked.

HappyGaming4861d ago

Download MKV 2 VOB...

It is not really a converter it doesn't work like all the other PS3 converters...

It can convert a 720p MKV movie to VOB in about 5 minutes on my crap PC... the same thing done with a regular converter would take me more than 2 hours (and I am being very generous)

You can than play your MKV files on PS3 is really really quick trust me...

Or if you have a wireless router you can just stream everything from your laptop that is what I started doing and you can stream any type of video file.
There is no point of copying to the PS3 unless you will watch the movies again and again.

For subs use AVI AddXSubs.

Hope this helps some of you.

rlm414861d ago

People wouldn't be bitching about no cross game chat and wouldn't know the joy of it if Xbox didn't have it.. It's obviously Microsoft's thing so if you want it that bad buy an Xbox. Pleading Sony to copy won't help much.

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deadreckoning6664862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

"Cross game chat.

Why am i not surprised if you want that just buy a damn xbox.I'm really getting tired of people b****ing about no cross game chat"

N4G...the only place in existence where wanting MORE features on your gaming console is a bad thing.

@below- What in the blue hell are u talking about?

MariaHelFutura4862d ago

NO. It`s just not as big of a deal as it`s made out to be and it`s not worth $50-$60.

FragMnTagM4861d ago

I use party chat everytime I turn on my XBOX as I have a lot of friends and family on there. I play games with my friends, not by myself usually. I like playing against other people.

I occasionally indulge in games like Uncharted that are meant to be single player games, but that is not too often.

Party chat that lets me do cross-game invites on the fly is a GOOD FEATURE. Why does everyone downplay it so much?

I can understand if you are a hobbit-like gamer that doesn't like to be bothered while you are playing your single player games. But for mostly multiplayer gamers, party chat is a really good feature.

JayD-1K4861d ago

@ Frag,
I under stand how that is a nice feature but, i hate it when you're in a MP match and half your team mates are in some kind of party chat. you can't talk to them or just say watch out and vice versa!

to me, that's when this feature is a waste of time!

wizzle524862d ago

play mkv files!

On another note
Does downloading a tv show/series thats no longer available on terrestrial tv now count as piracy :/?

HappyGaming4861d ago

Sometimes because you are suppose to buy DVD series like Heroes and 24...

However I just download them because that way I get to watch them a day after they release in US.

The UK usually takes 6 months to release TV shows.
For example No Ordinary Family hasn't even started in the UK but I have watched the first 10 episodes already.

vishant1014861d ago

@ gumtrol i live in NZ same thing here man

Darth_Bane794862d ago

No I don't want Crap game chat. I would rather them concentrate on busting the pirates and Hackers and bricking consoles that are using this so called "hacks" than bringing that crappy feature to the PS3.

gamerzBEreal174862d ago

why does everyone want cross game chat so bad? you have cross life chat pick up the phone and call your friends and just play...

bumnut4861d ago

because its quite a handy feature for chatting with friends. quitting a game to chat with someone is not acceptable for me, thats why i spend more time on my pc than ps3

UnwanteDreamz4861d ago

Not that any of you care but me and my buddies have been using Skype for cross game chat when we feel the need. Seriously though it we only feel the need like once a month. Most MP games come with chat functions.

What I don't look forward to is having my squad busy chatting with their buddies about their day while we lose a round of TDM.

Bull5hifT4861d ago

Let me rip my ps2 collection before those scratch prone DVD's get any worse... Id love to play my ps2 games like my launch ps3 did before it ylod on me.... I still have first edition GTA games before they took out the shoot limbs off mode and hot coffee and some racist stuff against the haitians, Original Copies

FragMnTagM4861d ago

That is entirely possible now. Should get pretty interesting.

vishant1014861d ago

hypothetically it could run halo now

FinalSpartan4861d ago

All Emulators for consoles upto Xbox 360 & PS3.

Applications & Homebrew that extend the use off PS3. Games too.

Scary694861d ago

I would not hold my breath much longer before Sony finds a way to fix this issue again.

poopface14861d ago

At leas I thought you couldnt use PSN with the hacks. Screw hacking consoles, thats just for poor asses who want to steal from hard working developers.

Theonetheonly4861d ago

Just buy a PC voila the ultimate hacked ps3
will truly do everything.
GAMING etc. :)
videocard 50
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

mobo 39
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

cpu 50
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

ram 27
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

hdd 39
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

psu 14
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

case 19
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

total 238 dollars.

every aspect of this pc will match or outperform a ps3 :)

trust me I'm an authorized dell refurbish-er/ master-tech for a living.

oh and i almost forgot

bluray drive 50
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

total $288

+shipping
no tax

HappyGaming4861d ago

First of all wow PC parts are cheap in the US...
Newegg don't deliver to UK do they?

Plus mate you dropped the tax... why do you guys always live out the tax its not like you don't have to pay it anyway?

ReBurn4861d ago

Not nitpicking, but is the operating system free? Or are we going to play all of these games on Linux?

$140 for Windows 7 Professional
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

And double that RAM for another $27, because 2GB just isn't going to cut it.

That brings the total to $455. Which is still reasonable for a basic gaming PC. But more realistic, as long as you have a decent monitor already.

Theonetheonly4860d ago

left out OS due to the amount of money you'll save on games. games on average are 50% less than on console. within about ten games you can buy windows or whatever else you need.

I think i just remembered why i switched from consoles when i was like 12 I was always in the store wondering why pc games were sooooo much cheaper for the same game.

trust me pc gamings not for everybody, but for those who can take it or want it the reward is like making something with your own hands that you have 100% control over.

all i hear about these days is how a console should let you control more. but most people fail to realize console gaming is an industry that runs on controlling the space the end consumer has to wiggle in and then slowly offering more and more wriggle room..... but at a cost.

i see it as a money extraction device more than a respectable entity these days.

what backs up my theory is the faith that i have lost within my community ie companies that specialize in pc development jumping the bandwagon for nothing more than a market. Im starting to feel that there is no more love in gaming left for me outside of indie devs.

i dont know if anyone can relate.

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saint_john_paul_ii4862d ago

it should display a huge exploding middle finger when you turn on the console and explode in your face just for hacking.

lets face it, people will do this for piracy/Cheating purposes.

Nitrowolf24862d ago

yeah, and really no matter what people say "You can do far more then pirate games", it won't matter because one of the major reason to do it would be free games. These other things are reasons also, but the majority of people are looking for ways to play pirated games and at the same time waiting for these things.

Pixel_Enemy4862d ago

It's true. I won't hack mine because I don't want to pirate games. Although it does piss me off that the hacking community gets features, apps and homebrew capabilities that legit users don't get. Especially if it is stuff that the community has been begging sony for and hackers deliver it before sony does.

nycredude4862d ago

It's retarded really cause the majority of the games on all platforms are much cheaper now anyway. SO the risk of hacking your console, plus downloading large files, Unzipping, running and all the other crap will not even be worth it. I mean seriously weren't everyone and their grandma complaining about mandatory installation taking up precious space and taking too much time? How much time will it take to find and download 15 gigs, and when was the last time a mandatory installation that large?

Kurt Russell4861d ago

So many people here worrying about piracy... What a waste of time. The PS3 being hacked won't mean everybody and their mums does it and they never sell a game again. Instead the smallest minority of tech savvy people might give it a go. The DS is the number 1 selling handheld, and that had an R4. The PSP Go didn't... and was a huge flop.

Anyway, being free to mod something you have purchased is fine... Can you imagine if everything just looked and worked at its factory default, we would end up with a society run by greedy whore corporations.... Oh wait :/

JayD-1K4861d ago

@ KR
being able to mod the HARDWARE is fine..however you don't own the OS! That's why (if you read the start up agreement)Sony reserves the right to add or take away features as they see fit!

it sucks but....that's the way it is! because i can bet you this, when any kind of publisher comes to sue about copy right infringements..i can sure as hell bet you they won't be knocking on your door for payment!

Kurt Russell4860d ago

What you say is true, but it doesn't mean it is right (as you stated it sucks)... I am personally pro a bit of change and progression rather than everything being limited to a cash flow.

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Mahr4862d ago

"lets face it, people will do this for piracy/Cheating purposes"

Right, and those things are wrong, so cheaters should be banned and pirates should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Everything else that the hack does should be allowed, though.

Balt 4862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

I think the no disk after install would be nice. I think it should be an option without the hack taking place, to be honest. If we bought the game we should have the right to play it from the drive. I don't condone stealing games we've rented or downloading games we haven't bought for the feature, though. But I say, if we bought the game, give us a choice in booting from disc or drive. It's our space we're wasting or having sit empty.

I'd love to see some Nes/Gen/Snes emulators on there aswell -- More so Mame. The problem here is many people don't own Arcade Coin-op's and that would, again, be stealing. I own a "Double Dragon Coin-op" and a "Galaga" machine -- I'm looking out for a Pacman, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr to complete my collection of must. I feel Mame is a good vehicle for PS3, though. I'd love to see someone do it for the hell of it.

sleepy34862d ago

BUBBLES MY FRIEND!!

If i could get a NES/MAME/SNES/GENEIS/PS1/PS2/D REAMCAST/SATURN emulator on the PS3 i would explode....seriously. To play that on a big screen with max resolution. The ps3 is powerful enough.

must....stop.....drooooooling , lol.

nycredude4862d ago

You can get all those emulators on the pc and heck even on a phone now. Why go through the trouble to run it on a Ps3. Besides by the time a decent emulator arives it time for the Ps4. Plus non of these so called "coming soon but no one knows when" awesome homebrew will take advantage of te cell.

sleepy34861d ago

I'm not willing to hookup my PC to my TV, so I'm stuck playing the emulators on a 23" screen. i want it on the 50"

Not to mention my PC is crap....

Comet4861d ago

There are already NES, SNES, native PS1, Dreamcast, Galaga, Gameboy and others through Apps developed for jailbreak already.

Lahey4862d ago

Make it backwards compatible

liveActionLeveler4862d ago

I just wish these things wouldn't have a piracy option somehow. Man it sure is awesome thinking about all the things they could homebrew with the full specs of the ps3 now in their hands. Emulators like n64 running perfectly and possible even ps2 bc.

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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."

ChasterMies1d 3h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken22h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 14h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 13h 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!

KyRo1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h 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.

CrimsonWing691d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h 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.

Profchaos1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h 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.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 1h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken22h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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

Profchaos1d 19h 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

Tacoboto1d 18h 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?

banger881d 18h ago

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

ChasterMies1d 8h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.