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PS3 hacker opens potential floodgates to homebrew and pirates.

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The beta client for PlayStation Home has been hacked, reports Engadget. Reputed PlayStation 3 hacker “StreetskaterFU” decrypted the code late last week, giving access to those curious or seeking exploits. Though it’s too early to say for sure, possible exploits could allow homebrew applications and game backups to be played off the hard drive without swapping.

Of course, “game backups” are usually a nice way of saying “rampant game piracy,” but again this hack alone doesn’t allow it. Other homebrew developers will have to look inside the code for exploits, which we’re sure they are busy doing right now.

If we look at the DS though, it’s been hacked to hell and it still sells like hotcakes, so I doubt that any hacking of the PS3 would affect console sales, as for games sales that may be a different story.

Source: Engadget

Last Updated: October 28, 2008

3 Comments

  1. janrik

    October 28, 2008 at 14:21

    I think those 50 gig blu-ray iso’s might put a damper on it for South Africans….

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  2. Wesley

    October 28, 2008 at 15:33

    i dont think it will effect sales at all a verbatim blue ray disc goes at R300 each now tell me. are these pirates gonna sell it for more than 4 times cheaper than the everyday PS3 game? i dopnt think so hahaha a Blue ray writer alone is almost R6000 or something . Keep dreaming pirates

    Wait wat i can see it allready … Download MGS4 …. Size 50GB wonder how much that will cost in bandwidth lol

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  3. ewie

    October 28, 2008 at 15:53

    50 GB is nothing oversees, but don’t let the 50 gig fool you it is only MSG4 and LBP that is using more that 10 gig at the moment, Maby one or 2 others. – this is about playing the game directly from the hard drive – the same way as it was done on the hacking of the xbox 1.

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