Based on this list, it looks like you have to be sitting on a 2022 or earlier non-updated PS5 to have a chance at the 4.51 or lower firmware to use this. A chance it’ll open up to other firmwares and as said maybe there’s a limited functionality 5.xx exploit on the horizon, but just a bit of reality before you get too excited.
Didn’t the PS5 boot signing keys leak recently? The word when that happened was that it blew PS5 modding wide open in a way that couldn’t be closed without new hardware, though I guess publishing anything that used Sony’s key would have their lawyers after you real quick.
I wonder what would happen if people started mass posting the key like they did with the DVD DRM keys back in the day, though I’m sure the industry would be much more aggro these days
Ooh, that might mean that I can pick up a Pro down the line and mod that too.
Like the orginal PS3?
The ps5 is much closer to a traditional PC than the PS3 which was a totally different design. There’s enough different with how the PS5 was designed that it isn’t a traditional PC but Linux is so versatile it can pretty much bridge that gap.
Which has me wondering if a PS5 is the cheapest desktop out there right now.
Well gotta turn off auto updates immediately.
Edit: by immediately I mean years ago, apparently.
Good thing mine has been unplugged ever since I realized a docked steam deck paired with ps5 controllers was a way better experience than using the PS5 anyway
Ah yes games meant to play 720 looks great on a 4k tv…
Why are you being booed? You make a point.
Because people don’t want to comprehend that a 720p machine won’t ever be better than something that can do 4k. They just want to be bitter.
A Wii isn’t better than a ps5 that’s just asinine.
Bad comparison. A wii and a PS5 run very different software, unlike a Steamdeck and a PC
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Well yeah, I should note that my TV isn’t 4k and the games I play aren’t typically resource heavy. I’m talking about the overall user experience of being able to sleep/suspend quickly, go offline easily, the sense of ownership and control over the OS, and seamless handoff between the deck and my more serious gaming PC in my upstairs office. There’s a lot more to the UX than resolution and/or frame rate. I typically don’t even care as long as it’s 720p or better.
I immediately blocked my ps5 from the internet when the Rom keys got leaked, but I too fear it was already too late
This, this is why my PS5 has been offline and waiting for hacks’
This is not even close to the reason that my PS5 has been offline, but it’s super neat and probably means we’re close to piracy.
Well the real reason is I built a PC and gave Sony the finger for jacking the price of premium. Again.
You and I are much alike, kinsman.
Well, that’s pretty exciting. My PS5 is already on the latest firmware though lol
I can’t wait for bringus studios to release a video where he games on a PS5.
He essentially did. He did that one build with one of those ps5 reject boards. Based off that I assumed the ps5 could run standard Linux but I haven’t cared about consoles and modding in a very long time.
With hardware prices being what they are is this actually a good deal?
I would personally try to go for a BC-250 blade setup, less performance but roughly half the cost of a secondhand ps5 (in Aus at least) and still capable of modern gaming
I suppose that also depends on time invested tinkering and sourcing components for the BC-250 like an ssd, enclosure and psu
Fml, my ps5 is up to date. Maybe I can try and buy an old one and sell mine.
Is it cost effective?
If you can pick up a second-hand PS5, possibly. Obviously is if you already own one and wanna Proton it.
If the jailbreak method ever works on whatever the current firmware is, I’ll probably go ahead and do it to mine.
Isn’t the PS5 already a fully functional gaming computer?
To access most of the internet you must pay a subscription. Plus the games you buy on the ps5 can’t be put on any other device.
I know this because I bought baldurs gate and Helldiver’s, and had to purchase them again on steam.
A ps5 and most consoles are a sunk-cost-fallacy machine.
The fact that steam games are cross platform is because you buy a license. Very rarely a cd-rom would have Mac and Windows in one, but in that regard desktops were mostly like consoles not so long ago.
You always only buy a license. Get a crack, then you own the game.
True but you can do that for consoles too (PS5 not yet), and this issue isn’t what makes them not a full PC.
The hardware is sold under value, by having the games more expensive. And if you’ve got the console, you’re locked in, don’t have a choice.
Just like printers, actually.
PSN required to play online games. Ongoing subscription, not cheap. So no, not fully functional, except as a pickpocket.
Mindblown.
Never bought a PS5, and def don’t plan on ever buying a console ever again. Long live emulators! Fuck you nintendo!!!
