PS3 backup manager via USB dongle -- Rumor w/video

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

Wouldn't that be an FTP server then? Not a client?

[Hoagie_one]

Wouldn't that be an FTP server then? Not a client?

Er...Yes

[Hoagie_one]

BTW,


NOTICE: To all the PSFreedom, PSGroove, PSJailbreak owners out there!

Sony has finally released the Dongle-Blocking v3.42 firmware to all the PS3's around the world!

FOR NOW PLEASE DON'T UPDATE YOUR PS3, IF YOU WISH TO FULLY ENJOY IT!

[SNAAKE]

oop too late

I didnt plan on messing with my ps3 anyway. only CLEAN system I have for online play..

[northerngames]

sooner then thought as stated prior the $30.00 attack of the clone's has arrived so no more silly over priced usb drive needed anymore.

Teensy board or USBAT board flashed with the software

[SNAAKE]

snes emulator is already out. guess mame/arcade/naomi stuff is on the way too

[Dazz]

I got my Maximus AVRUSB on Saturday and flashed it with PSGroove with boot loader enabled.  I haven't had the courage to put boot my PS3 with it yet.  Thankfully I'm still on 3.41.

[patrickl]

Can you remove this hack again when it turns out that you will have to be stuck on 3.41 forever (ie that you won't be able to go online or play new games anymore)

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

There's no telling if the PS3 can keep track of if this hack has ever been used before or not. At face value it only works when you boot with the USB device plugged in and tap 'eject' during the boot up process.

But for all we know there's a counter somewhere in the system for the number of times that the system has been brought up in debug mode, and some future Sony decision will lock out people who have booted into this mode when they weren't suppose to.

[Hoagie_one]

There is a log of what programs you run on your PS3, so if you run the backup manager, it will be logged.  With that said, the log file can be edited, so I'm sure the hackers that be will make a tool to correct this hole.

[northerngames]

its now a never ending back and forth battle of coarse patch's will fly from both side's more then likely.

[shmokes]

I'm curious just how punitive Sony will be with modded consoles.  Will they just block multiplayer on PSN, or will they block the whole things, including the PSN store and demos and movie rentals, etc?  I wouldn't be surprised if they still let modded consoles download demos (an incredibly effective method of advertising) and purchase games and movies and stuff, since those things generate a ton of revenue.  Blocking that stuff seems in one sense to cut off your nose to spite your face.  On the other hand, maybe they figure that the threat of blocking PSN entirely will be enough to discourage some people from modding their consoles and in the long run they stand to lose more money through software piracy on a modded console than they might make through PSN sales.

As for me, I never play online multiplayer so the only thing I wouldn't want to lose PSN for would be demos and game purchases (and Rock Band song purchases).

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

Never doubt the unending shortsightedness and seemingly maliciousness of Sony. (: I bet if they could nuke them from orbit, they would.

[shmokes]

I'm actually not sure it is shortsighted.  At least if you use me as an example, I don't care about online multiplayer.  At all.  But I do periodically buy PSN games, and I like being able to download demos, and I like Rockband and would be pretty damn bummed if I couldn't buy songs for it.  So the prospect of being cut off entirely actually acts as a fairly strong deterrent to modding my PS3.

Of course, Sony loses money by cutting me off from PSN, but if this policy deters me from modding my PS3, I will have to continue paying for software instead of pirating it.  It could be that a lax policy that banned multiplayer, but not other PSN benefits, would encourage modding and pirating and in the long run they would lose more money than they lose by banning a few people from purchasing stuff through PSN.

[lilshawn]

It could be that a lax policy that banned multiplayer, but not other PSN benefits, would encourage modding and pirating and in the long run they would lose more money than they lose by banning a few people from purchasing stuff through PSN.

or is it the fact that the system is(was) unmodifiable, and that other more easily modifiable systems are available, thus making the PS3 system (slightly) less desirable as a system? would Sony be #1 in sales if their system was as easily modifiable instead of #2?

also, does the price point of the PS3 mean less consoles where sold to get that number? less market share anyways right?

[shmokes]

I dunno.  The Xbox was a million kajillion times more modifiable than the PS2, but the PS2 sold about a million kajillion more systems.  I don't think ease of modification accounts for that much market share.

[lilshawn]

fair enough.

still don't like the whole ps3 motion lollipop. sounds/looks/smells like a cop-out to me.

[shmokes]

I suspect that the Playstation Move and the Xbox Kinect are both deliberately designed to be cop-outs.  I don't think either company truly expects either device to be a major success coming this late in the console cycle as add-on peripherals.  The market will be split and few developers will be inclined to make games that can't be enjoyed (read: purchased) by the vast majority of Xbox and PS3 owners respectively.  My sense is that both these devices were made in anticipation of the PS4 and Xbox 720 (or whatever it'll be called).  Nintendo has dramatically changed the landscape of the videogame market with the Wii, and Sony/Microsoft don't want to go into the next cycle competing with Nintendo's next product with 1st generation technology.  I really think the point of Kindect and Move is to establish credibility with motion controls, and get the company's engineer's up-to-speed and thinking along those lines so they can make something great next time.

[TheButcherJB]

Got the minimus and it works pretty good. I couldn't tell it was on Debug mode though. The little LEDs on the dongle didn't tell me crap. The Ftp app is fast!

[Samstag]

Got the minimus and it works pretty good. I couldn't tell it was on Debug mode though. The little LEDs on the dongle didn't tell me crap. The Ftp app is fast!

If you get the package installer menu option under games that's the easiest way to tell you're good to go.

[quadrider1]

3.42 and 3.50 people there is Hope for us now. They have hacked into service mode witch they say can allow private payloads aka firmware downgrades. read more here
http://psgroove.com/?p=1124