Exploit found in PSPgo, promises homebrew potential
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To paraphrase Princess Leia: “The more you tighten your grip, Sony, the more game systems will slip through your fingers.”
It's massively unfortunate that the potential for game piracy has encouraged manufacturers to suffer such extreme levels of paranoia. One of the reasons people have always loved computer gaming as opposed to console gaming is the option to create their own content and really unlock a system's potential.
Sony, like all console manufacturers, is revolted by this concept mostly because it marks the beginnings of piracy, but this attitude has also led corporate giants to do everything possible to retain ownership of hardware even after you've paid through the nose for it.
Which, in turn, enthuses homebrew hackers to dig exploits out of these consoles and free them from the shackles of corporate tyranny.
Already it seems the PSPgo’s security fortress is crumbling. The video below shows the device being tweaked - through an exploit found in a specific game (presumably kept secret to help keep the door open as long as possible) - so it dumps its memory content onto the memory card.
Now, I'm no hacker, but I assume this is the kind of data that could provide the foundations for an unlocked device.
Bad news if the pirates start flooding into these pure waters, but the prospect of homebrew, freeware and emulators on the PSPgo is an exciting one.
