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Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by solardev »

rcarmo wrote: post #90
rcarmo wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can get second-hand G Cloud devices on eBay without a lot of trouble - that's what I did, and it was pretty cheap considering the excellent screen: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000

Why the downvote? This is completely factual and on point.

Times like these, I wish we had informational modifiers to the downvotes and upvotes, like Slashdot's "+1 Insightful" or "-1 Offtopic", etc.

Sometimes I wonder if there's just random vote fuzzing going on too, lol, whether by actual bots or just some sort of obfuscation algorithm. Some of my posts go up or down mere seconds after posting, seemingly too quick for anyone to read... shrug.

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by nightowl_games »

Talanes wrote: post #36
nightowl_games wrote: post #26

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Nice. I played they FF7 on my hacked PSP. Hacked PSP was a great time to be a gamer. Played through all the greats I missed like Harvest Moon, a bunch of Final Fantasy, some mega man. Nostalgia overload thinking about it.

Plus it was cool to be around for a time when the hack to get boot access was as simple as popping the battery pack open and penciling in one line on the PCB.

I was in before then, when the jailbreak route was loading a specific save file in Grand Theft Auto, Liberty City Stories. Great game as well.

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by solardev »

goosedragons wrote: post #81
solardev wrote: post #35

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It's stupid that in 2024, Sony is still like this :( Meanwhile Microsoft has gone the other direction, opening up many Xbox games for crossplay/cross-save with Windows, partnering with GeForce Now to offer Game Pass games there (in addition to their own xCloud, which is total crap by comparison because it streams from actual Xbox consoles), and they don't care where you end up streaming it to (including web browsers)…

Microsoft designed the Xbox in such a way to be very resistant to exploits. I'd have no doubt if there was a viable one in the wild they could patch, they would. They also only agreed to put their games on GeForce Now to be able to buy Activision. And Windows is still a Microsoft platform. They don't benefit as much from game sales but they do still benefit overall in keeping gamers there instead of migrating to PS5…

All of the above is true, but the end effect is still that it's easier to crossplay Microsoft stuff than Sony's or Nintendo's. Do I wish everything were released on all platforms natively? Sure, but that's not my call. Nintendo is super resistant to releasing its stuff on other platforms. Sony is getting a bit better about that (like Horizons and Helldivers coming out on PC), but they still use terrible anti-cheats, don't allow GFN, etc. Annoying =/

As a gamer stuck on a Mac, I find GamePass & Steam + GeForce Now offers a better experience than Crossover/Whisky games. It's even better than native Apple Silicon ports (like BG3 or Stray) because the GFN GPUs are so much more powerful, and can use the latest DLSS. My M2 Max doesn't come close.

Proton is pretty amazing (for the few days I had a Steam Deck), but AFAIK it doesn't work on Mac? If it ever gets ported, or if Asahi ever matures enough, I'd love to be able to use that to play other Windows games not on the streaming services.

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by a_gnostic »

gentleman11 wrote: post #33
jokoon wrote: post #19

I would pay money to play a silent hill remaster no other choice than to emulate it, it seems

I’d love to play silent hill 1 remastered. It was more concrete than 2, and felt more real and meaningful because of it. Also, didn’t finish it, since it was a rental Give us rentals back while you’re at it, if the larger industry is reading this

Rentals is essentially what modern streaming services are about. You rent the right to view whatever is in their catalog, as long as they have the streaming rights. You will own nothing. Have a happy day.

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by spike021 »

Difwif wrote: post #89
spike021 wrote: post #42

News like this makes me so nostalgic for the PSP homebrew and "hacking" scene of the 00's. It's what got me into software in the first place.

I wonder how many of us learned how to program on the PSP. It's crazy to think how transformative this was for my life in the long run. It's also the same reason why I know Lua but went straight to C++ after that. I wish I could bottle up the magic that was the PSP homebrew scene and give it to kids today. I'm guessing Minecraft mods are the closest modern version.

I wish I could say I actually learned to program on it haha. I mostly just flailed around and acted like I was programming back then. But it definitely started me down the path I'm on now.

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by gchamonlive »

toyg wrote: post #99
gchamonlive wrote: post #87

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The argument usually goes like this, but has zero evidence in real life. Even PS2 which was quite infamous for the amount of unlocks and hacks, sold really well and was very successful. I think business do that not to protect sales or anything but to appease shareholders.

You misspelled appealing to game developers and publishers . Most companies will not invest on a platform that makes it too easy to rip them off.

You mean like gog?

Re: Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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Post by rcarmo »

solardev wrote: post #106
rcarmo wrote: post #73

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Yep. I got one recently too: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000 But you're wrong about the gyro input. I have it working with Yuzu -- I am very happy with it, and am running Steam on Bazzite ( https://bazzite.gg ) inside Proxmox.

Oh neat! Thanks for the information. > running Steam on Bazzite ( https://bazzite.gg ) inside Proxmox. Does this mean you can pass the gyro controls onto Steam Link or GeForce Now or some such? I have no interest in retro games, but it would be awesome to use gyro aiming for shooters...

I can do it for Yuzu (there's a note on the post). Right now Steam Link doesn't support it. Moonlight says it does, but I haven't gotten it to work with any Steam game (or at all, really). I suspect that would only work in Windows, but haven't bothered to try.

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Post by jstarfish »

bdw5204 wrote: post #104
colonwqbang wrote: post #14

What's the market for a (non-hacked) device like this, when the Switch and the Deck already exist? Surely the appeal of a handheld is that you can bring it with you on the train, airplane, etc. What am I missing?

Supposedly, the market for it is people who want to play their PS5 but can't because somebody else in the household is occupying their TV. But that begs the question of why they wouldn't just go buy a bedroom TV instead and move the PS5 into the bedroom? Other possible markets would be people trying to collect a complete set of PS5 accessories and people impulse buying it without thinking about whether it'd actually…

> But that begs the question of why they wouldn't just go buy a bedroom TV instead and move the PS5 into the bedroom?

I like the shows my wife watches but not always enough to want to dedicate my full attention to them. I'll often play the Switch while side-watching Downton Abbey type shows with her.

The Switch library has limited interest to me though so something like this provides more options.

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Post by crtasm »

gchamonlive wrote: post #116
toyg wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You misspelled appealing to game developers and publishers . Most companies will not invest on a platform that makes it too easy to rip them off.

You mean like gog?

gog is a store, PC/Mac is the platform.
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