PSPgo Says Hello World
Sony’s PSPgo is the console manufacturer’s latest redesign of the PSP, and an attempt at ridding the PSP platform of piracy. Sony set out to prevent hacking and piracy from day one with the PSPgo. This plan is evident with the PSPgo’s built-in battery which was done to fend off the likes of Pandora’s Battery. Just 3 days after the PSPgo’s launch it appears as if hackers have infiltrated the PSPgo’s defenses.
Homebrew developer FreePlay claims to have run unsigned code on the PSPgo. Though the exploit is restricted to user mode, which means custom firmware isn’t possible… yet. Seeing as how fast this first hack has surfaced it’s likely that the PSPgo will eventually run custom firmware. Although we here at PlayStation LifeStyle suggest you purchase your games legitimately.
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20 Responses to “PSPgo Says Hello World”
I wonder if Sony got involved and stopped it from being released. Realizing that they were gonna do it if it’s possible in any way, told them to have it for themselves and laugh at everyone else haha.
It can’t write to the flash, and it even seems to be unable to overwrite the system settings, which was always unblocked before on the older systems. It’s user-mode only. This type of hack is very basic and entry level at most, its considered an hack but not really a hack. its basically the guy saying “hey look, i hacked a PSPGO” but its not really a full hack..
Hackers tend to sicken me when they preach as though they’ve done nothing wrong, but the conversation isn’t about their wrongs, assumptions of their wrongs, or speculation of hypocrisy. It’s about the topic at hand and the finger should be pointed solely in that direction. You don’t have to be a goody, goody to have an opinion about illegal activities. Homebrew and Piracy are not the same but by hacking a system, they can go hand in hand. The guy who cracks the system might be doing it for a love of homebrew but some other dick will come along and use the now hacked system to allow pirate games to be played. It’s happened with the PSX, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP and the DS. If you made a system that took years and millions of dollars to develop…… how would you feel?
@Shadowjin
Everyone has some moral code about stuff like this and I’m sure no one can say they’ve never downloaded anything “illegally” whether it be music, a video or anything else. You have the right to do what you want want, but pirating software isn’t right and no amount of justification will make it correct. I will completely agree with you on that.. Hackers try to use logic and bend it towards there favor…thats like saying that a poor person has the right to steal from someone else because they don’t have money. I read in another site a guy saying that because games are expensive in his location that Hacking/stealing was correct.. it baffles me on how some twist logic to favor them.
Hackers…. Quit trying to hack the PSP, just pool some god damned funding together and make some legitimate apps.
If you want to emulate SNES games or something do it on an older model. LEAVE THE GO ALONE! Go hack a DSi or something.
im a quite well known hacker on other places… and I always hate hearing other peoples opinions on this matter… it gets old IT SERIOUSLY GETS OLD!
you know companies dont mind hackers to the point that its a end all war, it sells systems + add ons *but they do have to fight it… but at the start it was a joke, now their actually fighting it to new levels…*… how many wii’s do you think sold just because you can soft mod it? how about DS’s, or psp’s, or any other system?
Before you start playing the game, where we should buy every psp game we want, and every psp game we want we should buy… Most of them, are just ports =\ with little add ons. Disgaea 1 *one of my favorite games* just got a few new modes/characters, Disgaea 2 more characters playable, a new fight or 2, and a TON of DLC… Persona 1 was a ps1 title they revamped, and are now charging 40 usd for new… and a lot of games dont even get that much, like parapper =\
now im not gonna sit here and say every psp game is a port… there are a lot of titles that are brand new, and a lot of titles that are just whored series… Bleach heat the soul 1 – 6 *they add more mostly generic fighters…* or Naruto 1 – 3, or dissidia 1/2 *a rebalance more or less*, Ac!d 1/2… etc
Before you say there are a few good titles… ive owned my psp since day 1 JP, and there are some, and of the good ones *in my opinion* only maybe 20 of them are good, and original to the system… over what most are, a game linked to a series that is strong so you get a half *** port =\ be it Dissidia with one of the simpliest/weakest fighting systems out there, or sengoku which is just too damn easy on the psp =\…
And im gonna stop anyone who is gonna pop in and go “dont hack the go” there are 3 things youre forgeting… 1) Since firmware 2.0 to stop the original hacking, youve had to update your firmware to play ___ game, since the community was either waiting to fail with the go, or no one could do it as well was DAX, there has yet to be a firmware update in like half a year, making these people unable to use the PSN store, and unable to pirate anything really new… and overall this is prob not gonna change any time soon~! *so hackers will drop by quite a bit!* 2) these are people whom are not hacking the ps3, which Most *perhaps all?* of us own, meaning… No one is trying to get the home hack reworking to steal good items, no trophy exploits, no iso booting, etc… though in theory they can be done, no one has done it, and people waste time on shit like the go… Finally 3) as stated here you cant write your own firmware on it, so there wont be a custom firmware for the go *atleast not any time soon* and they BARLY pulled off hacking the 3k, which was pure homebrew, and i dont recall it getting a iso loader *didnt keep up* but reguardless it didnt really happen… now you have this “exploit” there is a HUGE difference between just booting this, and actually hacking it… hell if shit like this = hacked, the ps3 would have been beaten AGES ago =\…
Finally, think of what people are really “pirating”… PSX titles, Emulators, etc… though some do steal games, not everyone does this and in the end their not affecting you, and it doesnt affect the price… Look at the ps3, Zero Hacks, games cost as much then as now =\… on a final note, you can say what you want about me, but im not saying they have the right to steal, im just saying… what they do, doesnt really affect you.
Now that they’ve started to prove that they can hack the system, can Sony just admit they give up on fighting piracy and give us back the user-replaceable battery.
Why are these videos always so shitty? Stop using your DSi to record them, and start using a tripod (or at least skip the morning coffee).
serious question: when the battery dies do we have to send it back to Sony to get a new one?
for $150.00?
@SolidCake
I think it would be rechargeable… but if you mean broken dead then i would hope it’s under warranty, but theres no way a batter costs that much.
that’s a good question SolidCake_, l would like to know that was well
TO ALL THAT CONDONE PIRACY. NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE GO IS SO EXPENSIVE AND WHY GAMES ARE EXPENSIVE THOUGH THEY ARE DOWNLOADED. THANK YOU FOR PROVING WHAT I SAY ON BOARDS ALL OVER THE INTERNET EVERY WEEK. You are idiots.
@shadowjin you forgot the Wii. Hacking the PSPGo doesn’t really both me, I dont care. All I care about are malicious hackers, copying retro games that under 5 bucks is whats going down in these cases. And Homebrew should become apps for sale through PSN for the PSPGo and Wii channels if you ask me. If they were smart they stop giving the shit way and make a small profit. Now the 360′s issue is on a bigger level. Sony’s worked up over crappy PSP titles while Microsoft supporting developers are getting robber of AAA titles. But who knows they might be getting a cut of those websites profit and are letting it ride. The developer should be doing the policing and track these fools down. Sony’s probably trying to crack down on it because they are already having problems get developers on board as is.
There’s really no stopping on people who do what they wants.
Brilliant masterminds!
@ victorinox
Hacking has already affected anyone with a PSP because their is no trophy system, and if it was never hacked then their might have been a few more great games for it. Hackers won’t crack the PS3 simply because even developers bitch about how hard it is to program for it.
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I feel like a broken record (I can’t count how many times I’ve said this) but if Sony made the dev kit affordable to EVERYONE then this crap wouldn’t even be an issue. ONLY pirates would be hacking at that point, because the rest of us could write homebrew to our heart’s content.
A dev kit that ran the compiler on the PS3 and linked the compiled code only to an attached PSP would be sublime; we could share all the source code we wanted to online, no tricks or viruses etc (it is source, after all). (Almost) Everyone is happy. If that were $100 I would buy it the second it hit the shelf.
@ 0Z7:
to be fair, you can make any “if” or in “theory” you wish, but thats not here nor there… like trophies when i read that they opted out “due to piracy” it doesnt mean they wouldnt have opted out, maybe for the real reason it wouldnt be retroactive… Since they dont install anything, and unless you have a go or one of the few DL titles prior, they would lack trophies… though the ps3 isnt much better since SEVERAL titles lack trophies, the difference is… MGS 4 can add them whenever they want, same with DMC 4, or CoD 4. though every title isnt gonna get trophies, they can in theory always get them, unlike the psp where even if they implement this system, we wouldnt realistically see any titles with this for 5 or so months, maybe more… so I saw it as a easier move to blame pirates than moving this system, this is also assuming there isnt other things like… not enough power on all psp’s *like how the 1k cant use skype =P* I can get more into if’s… but i always saw devs as a cat/mouse game…
most of the original titles, were lack luster, or ports… same with a lot of other systems with limited/no piracy, so you can make a claim really on either end that is.
SolidCake_ – The battery situation will probably be identical to the iPod. Send it in, and get a new one back with a new battery. Or buy a battery kit off the internet and crack the thing open yourself. I just hope the initial Go doesn’t have a shotty battery like the original iPod did.
Does anyone know how long the battery life is on the Go?
nice shot, i like it!
Sincerly,
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