Hacker Claims to Have Found Vita Exploit
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There isn't enough support for the Vita, there aren't enough games to warrant piracy yet... but the idea of using emulators on my Vita is appealing. That's the thing, it's a double-edged blade, it would certainly lead to piracy, but it would also lead to the Vita being a more desireable platform. If Sony can't increase support and get more titles onto the Vita, then this might be the only real reason to buy one... If Sony can't arrange for new titles within an excusable timeframe, then maybe indi developers and hackers can come up with some. Seems Sony have learned absolutely nothing from the PS3, they probably expected a similar success to the PSP. Frankly I'm looking at a 3DS XL more and more - I think that'll get far more worthwhile games in the long run.
Personally I find the whole situation with the Vita is pretty shitty - only a couple of games worth bothering with, over-priced games, a fairly clunky UI, and all that on a helluva powerful device, that I want to see succeed and take some of the market back from Apple. They are sitting on an incredible back catalogue of PSX, PSP and PS2 games and doing very little to capitalise on that.
Personally I find the whole situation with the Vita is pretty shitty - only a couple of games worth bothering with, over-priced games, a fairly clunky UI, and all that on a helluva powerful device, that I want to see succeed and take some of the market back from Apple. They are sitting on an incredible back catalogue of PSX, PSP and PS2 games and doing very little to capitalise on that.
dumbseizure said:
GenGenners said:
A personal thanks to each and every one of you for cheering me up after reading the first batch of responses to this thread. If you're happy someone hacked the Vita, you should be ashamed of yourself.Boudica said:
That being said, can this stuff stop getting out? I thought the hacking community was supposed to be some kind of underground scene, and yet when someone makes a breakthrough hack or homebrew, they seem to brag about it all over the internet.
Yeah, I don't get this 'stick it to Sony' mentality at all. You don't like their DRM practices, then don't buy their products. I did that very thing for any Ubisoft game with heavy DRM, and so did a lot of others. You don't teach a company the practice is bad by doing something illegal; you ***** and complain on their forums, you refuse to buy their products.
Why hasn't this been done with Nintendo? Where's the outrage that digital content is sometimes MORE expensive than the hard copy, or that you have to buy digital content multiple times to play on different consoles, or that their BC policy is even worse than Sony's? I absolutely despise that Nintendo and Microsoft get a free pass, even though they have just as many cases of screwing with their customer base as Sony.
You can compare them to Steam or iOS all you want, but in the console market Sony's actually the leader with it comes to BC, probably the leader in the online market when you consider that PSN is free. I see them at least trying to give their customer base what they want harder than Nintendo or Microsoft, but get the most hate because of 'Other OS' or them stopping support of the UMD.
Guess what? Other OS was taken away because you hacked with it too much. UMD isn't supported anymore because you pirated PSP games too much. Now you're making the situation even worse by hacking the latest hardware. Seriously... fuck off, all of you. Wait for your precious Ouya to come out and stop hindering my fun, asshats.
Why hasn't this been done with Nintendo? Where's the outrage that digital content is sometimes MORE expensive than the hard copy, or that you have to buy digital content multiple times to play on different consoles, or that their BC policy is even worse than Sony's? I absolutely despise that Nintendo and Microsoft get a free pass, even though they have just as many cases of screwing with their customer base as Sony.
You can compare them to Steam or iOS all you want, but in the console market Sony's actually the leader with it comes to BC, probably the leader in the online market when you consider that PSN is free. I see them at least trying to give their customer base what they want harder than Nintendo or Microsoft, but get the most hate because of 'Other OS' or them stopping support of the UMD.
Guess what? Other OS was taken away because you hacked with it too much. UMD isn't supported anymore because you pirated PSP games too much. Now you're making the situation even worse by hacking the latest hardware. Seriously... fuck off, all of you. Wait for your precious Ouya to come out and stop hindering my fun, asshats.
About time. I mean the system has been out far too long for there still to be no realistic reason to have one.
No, the desire to hack the device is not some symptom of this evil scourgey phantom menace. The desire to hack the system has a lot more to do with the desire to have physical hardware with game centric controls, webcentric connectivity and the desire to use it how ever you want to... like, yanno, you would be able to do with any other type of product in the world not related to a form of media.
Give the public an open source handheld console, with similar system architecture and specs, with no OS. Capable of doing things like watching good ole fashioned regular hulu(without plus), youtube, load any sort of java applet including minecraft, that isnt outrageously priced and severely underpowered (like say the pandora http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_console ) but doesnt cost as much as a friggen netbook, and you would see the desire to hack this device even lower than what it already is.
But nooooooo that simply cannot be done. The major manufactures are fixated by the normal console ideas, and that they cannot make a profit off hardware, so they have long since stopped giving proper consideration to hardware and the fact it is a product, and are working to forcibly turn that product into something it cannot, nor ever will be. A subscription. Theres the other dominant desire for hacking this.
No, the desire to hack the device is not some symptom of this evil scourgey phantom menace. The desire to hack the system has a lot more to do with the desire to have physical hardware with game centric controls, webcentric connectivity and the desire to use it how ever you want to... like, yanno, you would be able to do with any other type of product in the world not related to a form of media.
Give the public an open source handheld console, with similar system architecture and specs, with no OS. Capable of doing things like watching good ole fashioned regular hulu(without plus), youtube, load any sort of java applet including minecraft, that isnt outrageously priced and severely underpowered (like say the pandora http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_console ) but doesnt cost as much as a friggen netbook, and you would see the desire to hack this device even lower than what it already is.
But nooooooo that simply cannot be done. The major manufactures are fixated by the normal console ideas, and that they cannot make a profit off hardware, so they have long since stopped giving proper consideration to hardware and the fact it is a product, and are working to forcibly turn that product into something it cannot, nor ever will be. A subscription. Theres the other dominant desire for hacking this.
Im not supporting piracy, and forgive my ignorance but just asking a question. Would you care to elaborate on how exactly the actions of pirates has had an effect on your gaming experience with the PSP or how it diminished the PSP library?Boudica said:
A company won't continue to support a system they're losing money on, and developers won't develop their game for a platform that people will use to pirate it, ergo those of us who don't pirate lose out.viranimus said:
I beg to differ, there are numerious hacks for the DS and Android.Evil Smurf said:
R4 and action replay devices exist for the DS is a indicator of DS piracy and hacking.
As well as the R4 that is built on the original DS and DS lite does not work on the DSi and 3DS.
The makers of R4 had to make an up-to-date version of the R4 for the DSi and 3DS. And there a new action relay for the 3DS.
I also like to mention the 3DS is the only handheld on the market that is region locked.
As for android, search for Android Root hacks. Rooting a Android device is the same as jail breaking a kindle or iphone/ipad.
Better yet just head to XDA Developers and you can see all the wild android hacks that exist out there.
I agree. Taking a illegal approaches does not ever help a cause. Although I am a Sony supporter.Quiotu said:
If you don't like a product don't buy it. Don't like a company don't go for there products and services.
And I agree why is Micro$oft and Nintendon't gets a free ride. Microsoft's XBLA policies are draconian at best. And Nintendo's online shop is almost criminal. I have to buy a virtual copy of the original Super Mario Bros for the Wii and a 2nd copy if I want it on the 3DS? WTF.
On Steam and PSN, if you buy a virtual copy of a game, you got that game on every compatible device you can log on to with your account.
The Vita just add PS1 Support (with some 23 PS1 titles so far). The list is currently small but it is growing. Also Sony is (slowly) porting over PS2 titles to PSN.surg3n said:
I don't see Nintendo going out of there way to bring out every Game Boy (including Game Boy Color and Gameboy Advance), NES and Game Gear/ Sega Master system (they are the same system when to comes to porting/emulating games) title they could over to the 3DS's online store.
Also another point against Nintendo, I don not need a bloody 3D rehash to Super Mario bros and Kirby's Adventure, just give me the plain old NES port and no one gets hurt. Stop shoe-honing a bloody gimmick that makes my eyes bleed.
Yes Sony taking their time on porting over titles, but at least they are actively working on it.
Almost every PSP title on PSN is supported on the Vita.Lvl 64 Klutz said:
If you have the game as a UMD, sucks to be you, as the UDM is gone the way of Betamax (also a Sony proprietary format). Also from a technical standpoint the UMD drive is a big reason the PSP's battery life was as bad as it was. Mechanical moving parts draw more power than flash memory does, especially if those mechanical parts was for a optical drive (like CD's and UMDs).
Yes, my car also has the potential to be a Rolls Royce or an Aston Martin, and I would very much want that, but it isn't.Richard A. Kiernan said:
Just because it has a processor and RAM etc., that doesn't make it a 'fully-featured' computer. That's not what it was designed to be. If you want a kick-ass computer, buy a computer, not a portable games console.
What? No, I'm sorry, but no.Richard A. Kiernan said:
They created, developed and released the Vita to the public so that people can use it as a handheld gaming device. The entire point of the Vita is to be able to game while out somewhere, or even at home on the couch, they didn't design it so you could screw around with it and find out how it works, or why it works, or whatever "mind-boggling" things you do.
Think of it this way. Mcdonalds didn't release a Big Mac so you can go "OHHH THATS HOW I SHOULD MAKE A BURGER". They released the Big Mac because it is a freaking burger and you are meant to eat it.