R.I.P PSJailbreak? Every PS3 game from now on will require firmware v3.50

Maxconsole Writes: "Further analysis claims that this is the start of things to come. It is indicated that all games released from NOW ON will not be playable on PS3's without the latest firmware. Moreover, a group of 'experts' claim it is near impossible for hackers to retro-hack titles so that they can be comaptible with Jailbreaking devices."

[MrMccormo]

Good. Keep the pirates and game hackers off the PS3.

[-Alpha]

Nothing is stopping them from hacking it again, and they could always buy older PS3s -_-

But yes, good to see Sony put a cap on it

[nickjkl]

wasnt a hack in the first place it was a back up utility

[raztad]

"Nothing is stopping them from hacking it again"

Actually that is wrong. The PS3 hasnt been "hacked" yet.

This probably is a very sad moment for maxconsole. Eurogamer has a small article stating the security code used for encrypting PS3 games was changed. So even if you have a 3.41 jailbreaked the game wont run at all.

I find this development rather unsurprising and very expected. Many (including me) were saying this back in the days when the PS3 "hack" was announced and some people around here were having a huge party over it.

EDIT:

The article form EUROGAMER

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[Red_Orange_Juice]

So haven't pirates figure out how to disable this fw check yet?
I've read it's a no brainer, the smallest problem, the day MoH fw news hit in the comments on ps3news/hax/whatever. LOL

[JokesOnYou]

I couldn't tell from the article but is this patch required for online gameplay only? I would think so considering there is a small minority group of gamers who do not have internet access at home although they obviously still buy new games. Now if the game will come with a disc-based firmware update then whats to stop hackers from exploiting that too?

JOY

[nveenio]

ANY game can state that it requires v3.xx or higher to operate right on the back of the box. So, people purchasing wouldn't be able to buy it without upgrading. Since they can upgrade via flash drive (or for $30 at Best Buy), then it's not really an issue unless they're just lazy.

[Biggest]

Most of the games that require a firmware update should have the update included on the disk.

[Heartnet]

Hack it then dont tell the bloody internet about it lol :) thats how they get found out xD

[nveenio]

I totally agree. But this just proves that the hack is more for being able to say, "Look what I can do," than, "FREE GAMEZ!"

[n4f]

well i do see ur point and i agree but sometime its not the hackers that tell the whole its the word of mouth !

[badz149]

"Now if the game will come with a disc-based firmware update then whats to stop hackers from exploiting that too?"

the thing is, no one has ever hacked the PS3 let alone the FW! if anybody has done it, we should have seen CFW all over the internet! CFW can't be made unless the official FW itself is dumped and modified but that is yet to happen! the JB is practically just a debug switch, nothing more! I have no doubt that there are a lot of hackers out there trying to bypass 3.42 but none work just yet but Sony is already at 3.50. it's been like what, a month? oh well, what can you expect from exploit based on stolen codes, right? good luck to them regardless while others will be playing new games!

[frostypants]

"wasnt a hack in the first place it was a back up utility "

Uh huh...

[sikbeta]

Isn't this OLD news? we all knew this was going to happen....

PS3 FTW!!!

[tacosRcool]

Hackers like to ruin everything

[BrianC6234]

They got the other OS feature taken off the PS3. They should all be thrown in prison is how I see them. They are nothing but criminals trying to ruin everything for their own greed.

[Eamon]

I'm loving the irony in your comment.

[n4f]

is that sarcasm?(my /sradar is disable!)

[frostypants]

Businesses have a RIGHT to be greedy. If you don't like their terms, don't buy their stuff.

It does not justify piracy (aka theft). Sorry, kiddies, you don't have a "right" to have whatever you want or to decide how much it's worth. Don't like the price? Then STFU and don't buy it.

I think iPads are overpriced but I don't walk into Best Buy and steal one and try to use that as my defense. Same thing.

[Lelouch V Brit]

Sony will kick hackers' asses.

[Chucky2003]

what a naive child you are,this is just a small bump in the road,since the day that PS3 got officially hacked nothing will stop pirates anymore

[Biggest]

Which day was that again? I have yet to see a hacked PS3. I did hear about a backup utility stolen from Sony though.

[bub16]

The ps3 has been hacked. jailbreak gave the ps3 the ability to run unsigned code such as homebrew apps ( which lead on to custom firmware ) its just the beginning

[n4f]

sad but true

[rdgneoz3]

@bub16 Which lead on to custom firmware? Its been how long and there is no custom firmware at all. "Its just the beginning" Yah, enjoy playing old games you can get for under $30, all the new games require the new firmware.

[bub16]

@rdgneoz3 there is already a custom firmware loader...

[ForceCSW]

I was playing MAG like five minutes ago and I swear this one guy was modding. We couldn't vote to kick him or block him and he always got a vote on the squad leader. I don't know if this has anything to do with this but it was odd.

[PS360fanboy]

They can also update the PS Jailbreak firmware and make it available for download, I guess.

[jay2]

it's making me LOL big time that all these hackers went and did their own things, and yet if they're to stand any chance they ashould have all teamed up on day one and made a CFW or something.

[Baka-akaB]

well that's what happens when current hackers do it for their own personal glory , rather than the "for everyone" type of pseudo anarchists motto those of the past had .

[darx]

then what?

[MrMccormo]

The firmware update can easily be included on the disc.

[despair]

that would be smart, few people I know come to me for firmware updates because they don't have net, hell they wouldn't even know about the updates if I didn't tell them.

[shoddy]

you will stuck with 2010 older games for ever.

[RankFTW]

Or buy the games...

[sashimi]

old games are 30 and less. Not worth it to jailbreak just for that.

[shoddy]

It has so much values.
you might break it.

[Raoh]

GT5 delay due to this maybe?

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Did you read why they delayed GT5?

Let me quote the statement:
''Creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating the perfect racing experience, and we are confident that this ambitious game will exceed expectations when it launches.''

They are polishing more the game.

[Eu]

Certainly killing the last few bugs and adding something more here and there...those nice little touches the fans will hunt for and the haters would brag about if they ever managed to see it.
GT5 will be something from another world quality wise.

[PJF_Josh]

Because there's never any PR spin involved when a game is delayed.

Sony, like MS and Nintendo would come right out and tell you:
"Our biggest game of the holiday season is being delayed so we can go back and add a Firmware Update right on the disc. That way we can stop pirates and their USB hack that's been in the news so much these past few weeks. Not that we want to call attention to the pirates and their hacking of the PS3, just that we wanted you to know why we're delaying the game, because we like to be completely open and honest when sending out press releases... like all companies."

[Proxy]

Everyone knows the difference between a mediocre game and utmost perfection is 3 days.

[NYC_Gamer]

this wont stop the hackers...they'll find away around this and everyone deep inside knows that

[Eu]

Sony will make mandatory in all games (looks like it already did). In the end its an arms race, with the hackers/pirates running to catch up (strange, since it has been always the contrary...).

[CantHaveOpinionsHere]

piracy will happen and there's no stopping it. Sure sony can put a speedbump in there to slow things down but it's not an absolute fix. And yes they know it.

edit (inspired by eu): come up with a different special type of storage that could only be read and fitted by it's console is the best fix

[Joostin]

It won't be happening. All they did was steal the USB Dongle used at Repair facilities. It is a Sony proprietary device. Not a single bit of hacking has been done. Sure some homebrew has been created since, but all they did was turn PS3's to dev units. If they couldn't hack before, they can't hack after. This will put them back to square one.

[CantHaveOpinionsHere]

fair enough. I learned something. This 'just' is important enough for sony to do all this tho.

[pinkyxyz]

it took them 4 years just to find this exploit, and since they actually redid the coding all together, its gonna take them at least 4 more. by then we should have out ps4 on it ways to stores around the world

[EskiJoe]

I actually think by the time a hack is presented it might be irrelevant. And I'm only talking about software hacks, I think the weak point of the PS3 is by modding it (somehow).

Because if you read IBM paper on Cell B.E security architecture, you'll see they themselves say that they were more worried about software hacking because that would be more devastating and wide spread than a mod hack.

"Although, the Cell BE processor does have defenses against physical attacks, the architecture's main focus is software-based attacks."

Source: http://www.ibm.com/develope...

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Medal of Honor have this, PSJailbreak is useless with this game.

[renegade]

Yeah to f*Ck these guys.

[tatotiburon]

i give them a month to find a way to remove this block from the newest games....the wii games also comes with this protection and the hackers managed to remove it

[raztad]

Sorry to shatter your dreams tatoo

There is no "block" to remove

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

"Despite being a minimal, incremental update, firmware 3.2 appears to include an all-new decryption key not present in earlier versions. Medal of Honor and all titles going forward are encrypted with the new key, meaning that the Jailbreak in its current form has been effectively nullified: the existing firmware it's based on simply can't read the code."

The only way the game can be decripted is owning the new key.

[Eu]

Wii is hacked by hardware mods? If so, thats easier too keep hacking it, if not, cant think anything about it...unless you put that 'old tech is easier to hack' argument here.

The Wii is a good funny machine but Nintendo wasnt cariing about the games, well, not third party anyway (3rd Party fight against, primaly, Nintendo itself when launching games in their platforms). Since they sell their hardware at a good (if not absurd) profit since launch, its good to keep selling it, even if gets modded (hey...It prints money right?!)

Sony invested more in protection this time around since it was hoping to get all that investment back selling software (huge losses with hardwares sales in the beggining makes you do that), and so, we have this 'hack', thats nothing more than a cloned Sony's debug hardware tech. No actual hardware change to the PS3, and the firmwares manage to fight those attempts for some time.

Lets see who gets tired first...the hackers/pirates or Sony(that may even let then win if the PS3 console beggin make a big/good profit when selling...ah those conspiracies are always fun!).

[Baka-akaB]

Why are guys like you pretending everything runs fine on jailbreak ? Not even every current and past ps3 game ran fine on it . Some are buggy and some outright refuses to launch .

Like repeated multiple times the wii was barely protected and indeed hacked . The ps3 still seems to be unhacked , only its door pried open with a stolen "key" .

It will probably be properly hacked , in due time , soon or later , but that's not it yet

[Oxymoron28]

Well it's been nearly two months and nothings been done with the Jailbreak anyway, well, nothing worth writing home about.

Basically a few people got excited cos they thought they hacked the PS3 and it turns out they actually didn't really do anything at all.

[LevDog]

I dont see why hackers do this.. Sony obviously isnt gonna give in.. Once you hack they release a firmware update.. rinse and repeat.. I guess its fun for the hackers to try and break the PS3 once and for all but for what. Sony will figure out how to detect the Jailbroke PS3 and ban you.. YAY no online gaming for that person..

What fun

[bananlol]

What good would a ps3 that cant play the last guardian be?

[Dsnyder]

^

[36T]

Sony makes me laugh. It'll get hacked again........... and again.......... and again.

[raztad]

laugh? I'm suspecting you are crying. Where is the promised CFW?

[Mmmkay]

i think it must be hacked for the first time before you can hack it again..... there is a big difference between me giving you the key to my house or leaving the window open, to you stealing my key... because i just change locks....

[Thoreau]

can't afford a ps3, so you hate on it..

[GameScrub]

What about people that didn't upgrade to keep their OtherOS now they can't play games either? Or this Medal of Honor thing is for online only?

If this stops the OtherOS from playing single player games because of this that a double slap to their face.

[Thecraft1989]

They could not play new games before hand this natural process for ps3 games after while they are made with selected Firmware. My mate who left one of his ps3 on 3.15 went to play enslaved the other day after getting YLOD of his other machine it game him same message to update instead it said to update 3.40

Desmios there's is no fix for it deleting the update folder will not work. Editing the PARAM.sfo makes it loads but gives error when in game menu.

[Desmios]

have managed to fix it

just edit the UPDATE folder from the ISO of the game

[dorron]

I was expecting some cat & Mouse game from PSJailbreak & Sony, just like CFW had with PSP.

When the hell is it gonna support higher firmwares? They're delaying it too much!

[Baka-akaB]

well the psp was indeed hacked , not pried open with a crowbar . The crowbar becomes a tad useless when the crack is repaired , and a reinforced concrete wall is added :p

[Denethor_II]

This is just getting messy.

[BBAM]

Who was aware that Sony released a firmware to deal with the PSJailbreak? All new games require the latest firmware update.
Still, good news

[outwar6010]

where does that leave people without broadband(i have it but just am wandering)

[AssassinHD]

It leaves them in the same place as the people who have it. The firmware updates come on the disc.

[EskiJoe]

You are also able to DL updates onto a USB stick, so the PS3 itself doesn't have to be connected to the internet in order to be updated...

[AllroundGamer]

if it is something similar like the wave protection in xbox360 games, then it's easily removable through patching the iso...

[wissam]

Well this is the ps3. not x360 son.but I never underestimate these guys.

[Vortex3D]

Is Sony going to continue to say updating to the latest firmware is "optional" if you don't go online as they used to say?

[Biggest]

It's always optional. If you don't want to update, you have the option of not playing the game.

[denero1]

why wld hackers rush out a bypass because 1 game has been proven to lock them out -_- it be smarter to wait till more games come out then bypass it -_-

[Baka-akaB]

When has it been ever done that way ? that's right probably never ... especially not when it concerns high profiled titles .

They didnt wait to release bypasses on psp , nor 360 , nor wii .

[gamingisnotacrime]

now go back to the shadows until you come up with something else to ruin the fun for most of us

[denero1]

there is another dumb comment go back to the shadows -_- you sound like a five year old

your the type of fool who considers "homebrew" and piracy as the same thing i bet you dont know the difference now go back to playing your video games little wun

[Biggest]

"go back to playing your video games"

YEAH! YOU TELL HIM!!!
Wait a minute. Isn't that the point here?

[gamingisnotacrime]

nice comment, good to see you mommy lets you use the internet

[denero1]

the comment with the person saying pirates got other os removed :| are you serious you cant be that slow . . . im just going to consider that a joke

[Baka-akaB]

then why was is removed again ? Geoholtz wanted his minute of fame , wich led to nil besides removed features .

His reaction might be exagerated , but its still the truth nonetheless

[djfullshred]

Hacks are always temporary on a device that can (and must) be updated by the manufacturer to be allowed online. They have full time staff to stay on top of these things, and hackers can't keep anything a secret. They tell the corporation exactly what needs to be updated on the Net whenever they successfully hack. It's like having a guy rob you, and then give you his address where you can go back & get your stuff.

[SephireX]

Very clever by Sony. Well played. Though I wouldn't rule the pirates out yet. Though this certainly complicates the process.

[Thoreau]

i have a friend who jailbroke his ps3 and i told him that the firmware would put as damper on his parade.

[JJFNIGHTS80]

HAHAHAHA AT THE PIRATES.

[kurisub]

Although I'm sure it'll be a game of cat and mouse from here on out.