PSPgo already semi-hacked

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 5th October 2009
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PSPgo already semi-hacked

The PSPgo has already been semi-hacked by gamers, though it's not yet possible to overwrite system settings.

Sony's new PSP, the PSPgo, is a digital-only console that only allows you to download and access games from the PlayStation Store - a move that's thought to be an attempt to fight the rampant piracy on the original PSP. Unfortunately for Sony though, even though the PSPgo has only just been released, it's already been hacked.

Well, kind of anyway.

Although Sony has claimed to have patched all the exploits from the older PSP models, one hacker who calls himself FreePlay has already found a way around the problem using a hack built around customised save files.

Using this method FreePlay has already managed to dump the PSPgo memory to his removable storage and run custom messages on the PSPgo - with a Youtube video (via Kotaku) showing him running a message that reads "lol go = hacked sorry sony".

FreePlay has declined to name the game however, for fear that Sony will quickly release an update and plug the hole before users can find a way to fully exploit the, um, exploit. He also points out that he didn't discover the hack and that it's a known system that he's just making use of.

"No, it's not going to lead to custom firmware, piracy, or a Pandora's Battery," says FreePlay. "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."

The advantage of having a digital-only console however is that Sony should be able to combat exploits like this a lot faster than it did before.

Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Quote AshT 5th October 2009, 13:31
"The advantage of having a digital-only console however is that Sony should be able to combat exploits like this a lot faster than it did before."

That's assuming that anyone will be buying it in the first place.

I still think they've lost the plot.
Quote mi1ez 5th October 2009, 13:39
Haha! I'm inclined to agree. They've really screwed this one up. No shop wants to sell them, no customer wants to buy them. They'll end up being bundled with PS3s and mobile phones!
Quote rollo 5th October 2009, 14:28
its sold out around were i live so people are buying it
Quote mi1ez 5th October 2009, 14:29
They are?! *shakes head*
Quote steveo_mcg 5th October 2009, 14:32
Quote:
Originally Posted by rollo
its sold out around were i live so people are buying it

Or the retailer only bought 2....
Quote sotu1 5th October 2009, 15:09
my friend works at ganestation, they sold 3 PSP Gos on release day. 3! THREE!!!
Quote mi1ez 5th October 2009, 15:12
WOOOO! go sony!
Quote Saivert 5th October 2009, 17:10
I couldn't watch that video at all. He didn't use a tripod and was waving about his camera. Doesn't look like he wanted to show us anything at all.
Quote UncertainGod 5th October 2009, 18:09
Getting user-mode access is useless, and none of the usual suspects will waste much time looking into the Go as it's one of the worst consoles to appear in recent times.
Quote Alsomething 5th October 2009, 18:58
Wise people might not want it, but it still will be on many christmas lists. Children these days just want everything, and some adults. So sony will still make money on it.
Quote 00se7en 5th October 2009, 20:35
"Digital-only console"? Were UMDs analogue then?
Quote Tyinsar 5th October 2009, 21:15
Imagine what these would be capable of if open sourced. Instead we get:

"We are Sony. We own 'your' games. We own 'your' music. We own 'your' movies. 'All your content are belong to us'. Resistance is futile (and subject to litigation). Your economic prosperity will be removed and added to our own."

I think Nokia has the right idea with the upcoming N900 (though the N800 & 810 were not as successful as I had hoped. Sadly, open source has yet to produce a truly successful commercial product. - but that's another, much larger topic.)
Quote AshT 5th October 2009, 22:20
Personally the most exciting open source project is probably the GP2X, a system that doesn't get the attention it deserves. If enough people got on the wagon then they would probably be able to push its specs much better.

http://gp2x.co.uk/viewgp2x.html
Quote The_Beast 5th October 2009, 23:43
I don't game on the move that much but I really don't like the idea of a download only system
Quote mikeuk2004 6th October 2009, 12:17
I want one, but only when its cheaper and I can trade my UMDS for downloads
Quote l3v1ck 6th October 2009, 13:39
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyinsar
"We are Sony. We own 'your' games. We own 'your' music. We own 'your' movies. 'All your content are belong to us'. Resistance is futile (and subject to litigation). Your economic prosperity will be removed and added to our own."
Funny, yet strangely accurate. ;):D
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