AuthenticM
Member
Should I deactivate my Vita now ?
Vita "hacked," (PSP) homebrew on the way (not piracy)
- Thread starter Leona Lewis
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No worries, Sony is already working on that.
SHHHHHHH. Don't spoil his misguided notion that everyone using homebrew applications is a pirate and awaiting Sony's downfall! He can't take that the PSP2 is failing because Sony is stupid and repeating the same mistakes they did with the PSP1 and has to place the blame on "DEM HACKERS."
Wololo eReader app via PS Mobile, plz
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Too bad they don't have any I want.
How come you are in every vita thread then?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Knowledge is power.
I think you actually meant that.
Risible
Member
Your repeated insistence on calling the Vita the PSP2 is on par with the neckbeards that still insist on writing "M$" or "Windoze." Amusing the first time, sad on every subsequent sighting.
Yes, I know you don't care.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
If you want to be delusional in an effort to defend your system go right ahead. Vita has no games I want but it still interests me in how well it will do over it's lifetime.
But I suppose I should stop talking to you.
NinjaBoiX
Member
They don't have any you want? That's crazy, they have a decent game in most of the genres.
Racing - WipEout
Adventure - Uncharted
Puzzle - Lumines
Fighting - Mortal Kombat
Sports - Everybody's Golf
Action - Gravity Rush
Platform - Rayman Origins
Stealth - MGS
RPG - Persona 4
FPS - Resistance
And that's just scratching the surface. If you genuinely don't want to play a single one of those, maybe this hobby isn't for you.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Out of that list only Gravity Rush interests me. And I'm not paying 300+ for one game.
Not only for the system but also a decent memory card size as well. So the lack of software and the obscene pricetag regardless of what the system is worth is stopping me from getting one.
Now give me Type 0 and maybe I'll think about it, but it seems 3rd party is moving farther away as time goes on.
NinjaBoiX
Member
If you're in the UK, Sainsburys is doing the Vita and LBP for £170. You could trade LBP for Gravity Rush.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
But I'm not. Sad to say.
test_account
XP-39C²
Did the PSP scene get killed? Every firmware has been hacked wide open, and why would people making homebrew only leave?
slaughterking
Member
Still blows my mind the scene is already making this kind of progress on the Vita but not on the 3DS.
ScreenSplitter
Member
Emulation. For the nation. If somebody managed to get a PS2/Gamecube emulator running on the Vita, I'd buy one in an instant. But no doubt it will be used for piracy en masse, and that will suck. I mean Vita's doing poorly enough already when it hasn't been cracked yet.
I guess they were really pissed off over the R4? Every other DS owner I know has this "cool card that has like a hundred games on man". Makes my blood boil.
test_account
XP-39C²
There really isnt any progress on the Vita itself (at least not publically known). All of this is in PSP-mode. The 3DS already have it's DS-mode completely unlocked, flash cards work etc. (unless something has changed during the last 3DS firmware update), so there isnt really much need to do anything there.
How many posters here that would like CFW on the Vita had their PSP CFW'd? If you have, do you still play your CFW'd PSP? Mine is collecting dust. It was fun to do it. I got bored and moved on.
I think you'll get a decent SNES/NES/Genesis emulator if the Vita is hacked. Emulation of PS2 and Gamecube software .. that's a tough pill for the Vita to swallow. It's a powerful handheld but even the likes of BNES needs a factor of hardware power to achieve perfect emulation. Do I really want a handheld that can emulate 70% of the software at <50% of the performance it needs to run it effectively?
I think you'll get a decent SNES/NES/Genesis emulator if the Vita is hacked. Emulation of PS2 and Gamecube software .. that's a tough pill for the Vita to swallow. It's a powerful handheld but even the likes of BNES needs a factor of hardware power to achieve perfect emulation. Do I really want a handheld that can emulate 70% of the software at <50% of the performance it needs to run it effectively?
Holy Order Sol
Member
here we go again
Yup, been playing Mario VIP 5 lately and it's been kicking my ass actually.
I never got more use out of a console than the PSP with the emulators. It was glorious. I can't wait to get the same use from the Vita.
Why would you do that?
Member
There's also the Vita-mode homebrew hack which is what the thread is about, but right now, everyone is talking about the PSP-mode kernel hack because of the recent drama.
The 3DS isn't "hacked" in the sense that modern systems are, i.e. you hack it via software and run your own software, usually via internal storage or something. Only the DSi was, and Nintendo patched it up so fast that only a few hundred people (me included, yay) have the hack.
Running ISOs is a big deal, especially if you have a Vita and a library of PSP games you bought at retail, and you don't want to (or just can't) rebuy your games again just for playing on Vita.
i havent touched my psp in like, 1.5 years
i just want to full featured media player that has x264/h264, hi10p, softsub capabilities, network support
obviously, sony will never do this
It's called Iphone. or Ipod touch. Or Galaxy Player. or Android phone.
Galaxy player does. or any Samsung Galaxy android phone.
I never thought about this. It would be useful since I have a few PSP games I know will never get re-released for Vita.
My android phone has an OLED screen. It's even slightly better than the Vita one (of course, you can buy 2.5 Vitas for the price of the phone).
See, I even made a picture:
Schobeleth
Member
To clarify my pretty bipolar post earlier, I see and know of the benefits of custom firmare, tinkering with things. My droid has a custom OS running on it because the hardware manufacturer stopped supporting newer versions of Droid. Plus, I can run unsigned stuff.
I personally love tinkering with stuff, but I also hate what piracy does to the industry. I just feel like opening up a device to homebrew isn't worth the risk potential piracy can due to a platform, especially not now, with the Vita's current financial situation. Sony can support it all they want but if third party support dwindles like it did with the PSP.. well ;( A lot of us will be sad.
I personally love tinkering with stuff, but I also hate what piracy does to the industry. I just feel like opening up a device to homebrew isn't worth the risk potential piracy can due to a platform, especially not now, with the Vita's current financial situation. Sony can support it all they want but if third party support dwindles like it did with the PSP.. well ;( A lot of us will be sad.
KojiKnight
Member
CFW has never killed a system... Wii is probably the easiest system to hack and was fully pirateable from very early on (second year) and the sales for it and it's games are still very strong.
PSP didn't die from CFW, it died from being overly expensive originally, then simply not getting enough support (or the wrong kind of support from it's PR department)
Wii was uninteresting for CFW because it was weak and didn't have most of mayor games.
What is the point of CFW for people who want to pirate games when they won't be able to play most of games on market ?
PSP didn't die but it was hurt a lot by piracy. I personally bought all my games from PS store but 4 of 4 my friend didn't buy any game for it. They downloaded it.
This. I know I'll buy one.
I do not support closed systems.
Uhm. Cfw for wii supported everything.
What the fuck does this even mean? Every console is closed system.
BruiserBear
Banned
I think that basically means he won't buy a console til it's hacked, because.
linux only bro
snowdog1971
Banned
Geohot and the rest of the idiots that ended up with legal problems with Sony got exactly what they deserved. Hackers have handles for a reason - to remain anonymous. Any hacker who's ego is big enough to give up their anonymity deserves to have problems. The likes of Apple, Sony, Nintendo etc should have no way of tracking down these people to take legal action, that's what high anonymity proxies and handles are for.
Am still not going to get myself a Vita until the price comes down and there are more games available that interest me I think, the 3DS is taking care of my portable gaming needs at the moment.
I love CFW. I buy/bought every single one of my PSP games (either on PSN or UMD) Your arguement is invalid.
NinjaBoiX
Member
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Call me ignorant but I'm so happy that guy leaked the files so Sony can patch it. I'd prefer there to be no piracy for vita. Even if it is just PSP games.
I don't understand this as well. Can someone clarify why everyone is in panic mode now?
Maastricht
Member
So you guys are gunning for making the longest running thread discussing the hacking of a system that is not actually hacked? I don't know how long the PS3 version ran until it was actually hacked, but you look like you're off to a good start.
I am asking cause it be nice to run some emulators.
DangerousDave
Member
Lol, no.
The PSP sold extremely well at full price, both in hardware and software. And it had some first 2 years. But after CFW appeared, software sales collapsed because of piracy, third party abandoned the machine and then hardware sales collapsed because of the lack of third party support.
Although I agree with you in principle .. it's difficult to find analysis that supports this statement. I'd love to see it as a counterpoint to "CFW did not kill the PSP".
test_account
XP-39C²
True, but that Vita hack is rumored to be in Playstation Mobile, which is also a sandbox enviorment. Nothing has been released about this, nor is there any update on it, so there isnt much Vita hack going on publically known.
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but doesnt the DS flashcard depends on software faults too? I've heard about the flashcards getting firmware updates, so i'd think that hacking is going on to some extend. I remember seeing my cousin's DSXL a few years ago with a flashcard, and when it booted up, it was recognized as the Game&Watch collection.
DangerousDave
Member
Well, I remember Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, a game that everyone played, that all the game forums were full of info, with tons of pages on gamefaqs, for example, that was highly hyped as the next real MGS game, etc... selling only 50k on NPD.
Less than MGAcid, a non-cannon niche game moved when PSP was not hackable.
We can argue than when MGS
W reached US, the PSP userbase was "dead". But if people is able to buy 250$ hardware (or even 400$ hardware) to play a good game, it would be even easier with $150 PSP, or even cheaper at second hand, or simply take the dust off the PSP that you bought years ago.But no. Obviously much more people than 50k played PSP MGS
W (unless the web forums were full by the same people) but only 50k paid for the game.Well, I remember Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, a game that everyone played, that all the game forums were full of info, with tons of pages on gamefaqs, for example, that was highly hyped as the next real MGS game, etc... selling only 50k on NPD.
Less than MGAcid, a non-cannon niche game moved when PSP was not hackable.
We can argue than when MGS
But no. Obviously much more people than 50k played PSP MGS
Agreed. Peace Walker is a great example. Hopefully a full analysis of it can be done ..