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Sony blocks Server bypass method and forces update or no PSN for jailbreakers

Looks like Sony has caught up with hackers still accessing PSN without updating through the server bypass method. After turning on my PS3 at 18:30GMT today, I can not login to PSN without updating, therefore Sony has now fixed the bypass method that was being used previously.

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Godmars2905770d ago (Edited 5770d ago )

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

There actually needs to be a fighter game based on this. Something like Neptune with pirates and hackers on one side, console makers and publishers on the other.

All of them done as Neptune styled girl fighters to boot... XD

movements5770d ago

Max Console with more Jailbreak news?

T9X695769d ago

I keep wondering why this crap gets approved. N4G=News 4 Gamers not News 4 Pirates.

Baka-akaB5769d ago

well it's not like maxconsole was truly visited for gaming news , psp hacks , 360 hacks , and now ps3 have always been their bread and butter .

Hideo_Kojima5769d ago

All this hackers are doing is wasting
their time and money
Sonys time and money
and our time and a few peoples money...

The only people who are winning from this seem to be the websites that post articles about them.

Biggest5769d ago

Some of their comments are pure gold. Apparently Sony is taking away their rights as human beings by forcing them to update their firmware. All they want is to steal games. Who is Sony to tell them they can't? Microsoft doesn't force you to update. If you want to steal from Microsoft, they don't care. Sony needs to learn how this works. Punks wait for some idiot with a programming brain to make a hack. The punks then take the hack and proceed to steal. The people they steal from are supposed to STFU and let it happen. GET WITH THE PROGRAM, SONY!!!

Tricksy5769d ago (Edited 5769d ago )

Nala from the Lion King;

"Pinned ya again!"

Biggunz5769d ago

This has to be the lamest excuse of a news article ever. It reads more like a poorly written forum post. N4G is going downhill fast allowing crap like this on the site.

theKiller5769d ago

but i doubt it will secure its offline games from piracy!!!

PS3istheshit5769d ago

I was just gonna write a comment about my balls because theres nothing else worth talking about on this article, but Guntrol (above) knows the "truth" about what this jailbreaking nonsense is actually doing
... disagree if you wanna touch my balls

BISHOP-BRASIL5769d ago

What do we have to do to get this crap Maxconsole site and other piracy supporter crap banned from N4G? Are N4G mods waiting them to give instructions on how to build a home made firearm and point the easiest game stores to steal in daylight? If the list come in the form of a Top 10 I'm sure we have enough morons around to approve it.

Don't give those leeches even more attention dammit! Enough with hack methods and game X leaked articles all together.

badz1495769d ago

at least now they can stay a pirate and not turning up online with their pirated copies! I've said it and I'll say it again: PIRATES DON'T DESERVE TO PLAY ONLINE WITH PEOPLE WHO PAYS! setup your own pirate server or something

sikbeta5769d ago

So, another b!tch-slap from Sony right in the face of the douche-pirates, oh...that's gotta hurt...

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TROLL EATER5770d ago

this makes the experience for the non hackers tiresome. upodates after updates.

dosgrtr5770d ago

it's been just 4 updates in the year till now

raztad5769d ago

@TROLL

I'm on FW 3.42 and I can log in w/o any additional update. This is a fix server side in order to block people on fw 3.41.

I guess Sony preferred just to block them out instead of bannig their PS3s.

PimpHandHappy5769d ago

if someone can put every update from Launch on a calender and see how many and how often they really are... My Phone gets updated monthly and im more then pleased with the improvements these updates bring

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Hideo_Kojima5769d ago (Edited 5769d ago )

Knock yourself out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I wouldn't say they are tiresomely frequent I enjoy most updates no matter how small apart from the ones that update without changing anything apart from technical stuff but I can count those on one hand in the past few years and they are usually so tiny they install straight away while keeping bugs away.

Edit: Just look at the huge list of updates they have made I couldn't imagine a PS3 in the year 2010 without those updates.

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JsonHenry5769d ago

I feel sorry for Sony kinda. Because it seems like no matter what they do at this point the pirates will have updated just a little later.

BUT it could be worse! They could be apple trying to update their iOS devices only to have them cracked the following day. :)

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bjornbear5769d ago

they exist only to be owned.

except for this one, he ownes all

Solid_Snakeps35769d ago (Edited 5769d ago )

looooooooooooooooool Cyborg pirate ninja Jesus AWESOME, chuck norris just lost his throne

princejb1345769d ago

you gotta be quiet please
who cares how microsoft run their products
look at windows how many pirates there are in the world from all their software
myself included
sony is a seperate company so let run their product the way they want to
if pirate steal their games all that means is their losing more money that could have been in their pockets

Schobeleth5769d ago

I'm so glad they did this. Homebrew and all that is neat but it always leads to piracy. The people testing it out and putting the software on like calculators and stuff were just asking for trouble. They pissed in Sony's eye and then they retaliated. I've worked on games and I know other developers as well and piracy simply isn't something to joke about, it undermines the industry and leads to less new IPs and risks.

vhero5769d ago

MS should learn from Sony how to fight piracy on there mainstream console and not just do a mass ban every 6 months. This is how its done keep on top.

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cliffbo5770d ago

i wish Sony could block Maxconsole

Montoya5770d ago

It`s pretty clear Sony is f**king around w/ this.

morganfell5769d ago

Actually they have been quite methodical.

mrmcygan5770d ago

Why is all the piracy jailbreak news coming from Max Console

Forbidden_Darkness5770d ago

Because they're a bunch of pirates...

RRrrrrrR

Ilikegames765769d ago

way of putting the PS3 down. If any of you care to go to their site, you will notice most of their news regarding the PS3 in the front page are about the PS3 jailbreak.

Sarick5769d ago (Edited 5769d ago )

I don't approve of everything they write about but, I do think the site name has relevance to what their interest are.

Site name translation = Taking consoles to the limits.

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lokiroo4205770d ago

What did they think was going to happen when this is the same thing they blocked with geosnot

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot59d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle59d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7759d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer68d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde66d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy66d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12566d ago (Edited 66d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7767d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga67d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199267d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga66d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman66d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger66d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box67d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion66d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7267d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7567d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit67d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14967d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7767d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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