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PS3 Owner-Upgrade Successes PLUS PS3 Innards Exposed

Several users have reported success in managing to upgrade their PS3 hard-drives. There are several reports of amateur electronics enthusiasts swapping out the 20GB and 60GB drive with higher-capacity version, all of which were recognised and accepted by the PlayStation 3's OS.

The most remarkable point to this is not that something written in a manual actually does work - although that is remarkable in itself - but how rapidly and successfully it can be made to happen.

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Phil Harrison6374d ago

Hackers could put a Linux virus on the Hard Drive, upload to an Email, and sent it to a buddy, and brick the console.

I can't believe how open PS3 is.

VirtualGamer6374d ago

so you don't look stupid when you open your mouth.

http://www.theregister.co.u...

Arkham6374d ago

Shut your nonsense hole. You're just making things up to justify your own deliriously skewed viewpoint.

calderra6374d ago

Classic computer points:
-Virtaully no one in the home market runs Linux. They pretty much ALL run Windows.
-Most of these people still don't even run virus scans, assuming they even know what a "virus scan" is.
-The average Linux user is tech-literate, and if you tried to give them a virus, a high percent of them could probably trace the attack back to you and take appropriate action on their end. And legally considering all the professionals.

Now let's look at what PS3 will do to that mix:
-There will soon be millions more linux-ready boxes in the world.
-Most of these boxes will be operated by the same people that will still open unknown .exe attachments in emails.
-Basically none of these people will have any idea how to secure their units.

And voila! Linux virus-writing finds a home!

kmis876374d ago

Someone running Linux on a ps3 still has to go out of their way to buy it and install it. That indicates they might know something about what they're doing. People that open .exe email attachments aren't going to be going out to buy yellow dog linux for their ps3.

VirtualGamer6374d ago

Did you even read the article?

In order to have viruses be effective you need alot of things to work together. First you need a commmon OS like Windows that most people use. Linux has many different flavors and configurations so makes it alot harder not to mention its not widely used. Then you need a common email program like Outlook. There is no common email program that Linux users use so again much harder to propogate as the virus has to exploit vunerabilites in the email program itself in order to spread. Then you need weak security and uneducated users operating as admins on their PC and bingo you have a very effective enviroment for a virus to spread. Linux you operate in a none admin role thus reducing the risk. Thus is why there is about 60,000 viruses known for Windows and only 40 for Linux.

Does that mean no one will ever get a virus using Linux? Nope but the fact that someone is stupid and gets himself infected does not mean its going to spreed like wild fire as it does in the windows world. Thus viruses are far less of a concern. Lastly people who actually write viruses create them for maximum effect so they would target an environment where its very easy to spread. Linux is not that place.

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Silver Bull3t6374d ago

... now I know where to get a replacement fan for my hovercraft...

Thump19676374d ago

Think of the modders and now you will have to worry about viruses glad MS went the way they did

CyberSentinel6374d ago

I was refering to the standard serial ATA 2.5 HD support. I have a few extra old laptop hard drives I could of given a new lease on life, not to mention upgrades would be cheap and easy to install. As for the OS support, I couldn't care less about that, thats just Sonys stab at MS for their HD-DVD support. Very few will actually install another OS since there will be very LIMITED support.

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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."

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ChasterMies23h ago

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

just_looken18h 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 10h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 10h 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 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h 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 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h 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 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h 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_Frampt21h 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_looken18h 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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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.

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Profchaos1d 16h 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 15h 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 15h ago

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

ChasterMies1d 5h 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.