PS5 Jailbreaks Are Escalating at an Unprecedented Pace
A new PS5 jailbreak now works on firmware versions 7.00 through 13.60, covering most consoles not on the latest system software. Armed with AI tools, modders have rapidly installed emulators for Switch and the original Xbox, while PC emulation of PS5 exclusives like Demon's Souls is also advancing. The surge has fueled a run on used consoles, with GameStop charging up to $1,500 for a PS5 Pro. Sony is expected to respond with firmware updates, but older systems remain vulnerable.
Armed with AI tools, modders have already been able to install a variety of different emulators on Sony's console, running from Switch through to the original Xbox.
- solarpunk_enthu
I am hoping for the future where we have a law that allows customers to freely choose and install software on the hardware they own.
That thought popped in my mind when I saw mac neo: laptop with the same chip that runs my iphone. But on mac I can install whatever I wish, and on iphone only what apple wishes?
I am hopeful that EU will headline this legislation sometime soon.
- akmarinov
Yeah, all software will be open source software real soon, whether their owners like it or not.
- _joel
Don't poke the bear then by trying to change the definition of ownership and making games download only.
- terminalcommand
Article is wrong about one point, Wolverine is perfectly playable on 13.60 jailbreak. Currently, there are no unsupported titles with jailbreak.
The upcoming GTA VI announced that it will require the latest software to be playable.
- jiraiyasarutobi
Vast majority don't care and simply want to play video games on their TV with PlayStation. This is only going to cause supply shortage and increased scalping. Annoyance to people who simply want to buy a console and play games. Get a PC and do whatever you want on it. The game ownership bullcrap from Sony (removal of disc bay) is a different problem. People don't realise the console hardware is subsidised and the firmware locks are the way to recoup the costs from Sony walled garden of games. If it becomes a general purpose hardware(more wide spread jailbreaks) Sony will eventually decide to simply sell the hardware at component cost parity and ruin it for everyone. Jailbreakers can't keep it to themselves.
- Boss0565
Can this happen to the Switch 2 please
- pjmlp
I guess too many persons are relatively angry with the whole physical discs decision.
- FLeXMurphy
As a long-time RE this does not surprise me. It feels like an eternity ago that the MCPs for various reverse engineering tools dropped, but from the onset it seemed like a perfect fit. While we've had ML-assisted solutions before, nothing of this scale comes close, and as the recent Linux kernel presentation mentioned, a lot of it boils down to a massive effort-by-exhaustion and pattern-matching. This is the golden road for RE - if you know your compiler versions, processor arch, and you have something trained on countless permutations of different complexities, you're going to hit the right notes.
Yesterday's news on the mathematics breakthroughs were a foregone conclusion - there is a lot of hidden overlap between it and RE. RE is just the more obscure of the two, but among my circle of peers, many people have already undertaken (and succeeded) at very ambitious projects. Obvious standouts are things like Modern Warfare which gets mentioned because it is highly popular, but many games have already been reversed by the quiet majority.
I don't see many options for PS/Nintendo. Some form of bespoke-hardware-based lockdown reminiscent of the Cell processor, perhaps. But that is a lot of R&D to spend on something like this. Will have to wait and see.
So, what to make of this? Machines of the future or stochastic parrots? Of course. I'll take two.