So, recently ps4 consoles have been going for decent prices and I’ve been wondering if getting one to hack is practical and/or possible. Mainly to pirate games. Is this possible? Where else can I ask?

  • FippleStone@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been looking into this recently, it’s possible for both base and pro models if they’re under firmware version 9.0, anything above that is not yet exploitable, plus it’s a softmod so it’s a straightforward process, although it’s not persistent across reboots so it’s most convenient to leave it in sleep mode rather than power off. I think psx-place is one of the big forums for these things, but all the information is pretty readily available around the place. Good luck with it!

    Edit: Turns out a kernel exploit for firmware up to and including 11.00 was released on April 30th, however no one has yet made a jailbreak for it. So while it will be jailbroken soon, currently only up to 9.00 is supported.

      • FippleStone@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I believe so, I don’t think it’s a very involved process, but it requires plugging in a USB drive at a certain point during boot. Some people have automated it with an arduino, but from what I can tell as long as the machine stays on stand by you don’t need to re-jailbreak it.

  • loops@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    If you’d like to for fun, but I’ve been using RPCS3 to emulate it. Ofc it’s not the same as the console (i.e. you don’t have to navigate the internal menu) but the games still play the same. This amazing archive has every PS3 game in the universe, all for free.

    IMO the largest obstacles won’t be the console, but the discs and controllers. I haven’t checked recently, but I doubt these will be decreasing in price with time.

    • sleepybisexual@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      My PC wouldn’t emulate ps3. It’s quite weak.

      As for the ps4,

      Would an 8bitdo pro 2 work? I could always get cheaper controllers

      • loops@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Oh man, sorry. I totally misread that as PS3, MB. D:

        *Sorry, I can’t answer your question. I don’t know.

  • tonyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You might want to give PS4 emulation on PC a try. I was shocked at how smooth and playable it was, let alone convenient and free. That being said, modding a PS4 seems possible, though I’ve never done it myself. I modded my PS2 and enjoyed a lot of downloaded games that way.