PS3 Finally Cracked– Time To Dust Off My Neglected Console 1

by Adam Blue • Editorial

If you have been following gaming at all in these past few months you more than likely have heard the great news. The PS3 has been cracked.

I was a bit hesitant to jump on the bandwagon at first since it will of course take away your ability to use PSN(jailbreak methods only work on Firmware 3.41), but since I only use my PS3 for single player games and the fact that the PSN store does not really have much to offer I decided to take the plunge. From my first experiences with my new and improved system along with the daily announcements of apps from the homebrew community I can safely say this was the best decision I could have made.

This is quite possibly the easiest mod I’ve ever attempted. You don’t need to open your console and void the warranty, procure some expensive chip, or even worry that you will brick your console. All you need is a programmable USB dongle(Teensy++/Blackcat USB/etc), one of the clones(PSBreak,PSKey..etc), or use one of the many devices that the hack has been ported to(Android/Iphone/TI-84+ calc/etc.) loaded with some special code. Once your device of choice is good to go you plug it in to your PS3 and bingo you have accomplished what until recently has been unfathomable. The selling point here is certainly the ease of use. Not only is getting the hack in place easy as pie, but installing new apps and homebrew creations couldn’t be simpler.

Some might think this is just something pirates will utilize and not waste their time, but give it a month or two and you will see just all the great things that are possible. Just like on the Wii and more recently on the 360(JTAG) the homebrew scene is in full force, making all sorts of applications to finally get the most out of your console.

Implemented features-
-Ability to run unsigned code
-Run back up games
-Small collection of homebrew apps avail so far… more to come

Things in the works-
- Reimplementing OtherOS functionality
-Loading PSP .iso’s on PS3
-Custom Firmware
-Emulators for your favorite systems
-A fully capable media player that would play .mkv’s/all other file formats without the need to transcode or use 3rd party software
-Homebrew games / apps

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