• PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml
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      19 days ago

      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.

      • TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip
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        19 days ago

        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.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      PSN required to play online games. Ongoing subscription, not cheap. So no, not fully functional, except as a pickpocket.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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      The hardware is sold under value, by having the games more expensive. And if you have the console, you’re locked in, don’t have a choice.

      Just like printers, actually.

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    19 days ago

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5_Jailbreak/comments/1fhlyjt/guide_to_find_the_firmware_version_of_a_sealed/

    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.

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      19 days ago

      Didn’t the PS5 boot signing keys leak recently? The word when that happened was that it blew open PS5 modding in a way that couldn’t be closed without new hardware, though I guess publishing anything that used their key would have their lawyers after you real quick.

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      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.

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      Well, you can get the hardware now for one.

      Would be an interesting comparison once it does release though. Especially for a price/performance comparison now that Sony increased PS5 pricing.

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      19 days ago

      If you can pick up a second-hand PS5, possibly. Obviously is if you already own one and wanna Proton it.

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    Never bought a PS5, and def don’t plan on ever buying a console ever again. Long live emulators! Fuck you nintendo!!!

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    19 days ago

    If I install Linux on a PS5, can I use the Blu-ray drive as a PC optical drive to rip DVD’s and shit?

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      18 days ago

      I doubt it, but if so, maybe you can do UHD Blu-Rays too, since the PS5 can handle those.

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      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

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    19 days ago

    Back in March this year, security engineer and modder Andy Nguyen started experimenting with running Linux on the PS5. After months of testing and improvements, he has finally released PS5-Linux

    Math was never my strongest point, but something doesent add up here.

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      Math was never my strongest point

      Think of it like a toddler.

      The first 9 months, it’s not even an infant yet. Then boom, you get a baby. 6 months of development later you have a 6 month old toddler. But process started 15 months ago.

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        Plus, since consoles age must faster than humans, we have to convert time into “console years” which passes at a rate of 7 console years for every 1 human year. Therefore the “months of development” is accurate.

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        Yes, that would make sense, if not for the “started experimenting” part. I do understand the process here, its just that the writing is nonsensical (or AI).

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          It makes sense…

          Just not to you…

          Now that I’ve explained it, you agree that it can be taken that way, but still because you didn’t immediately take it the intended way, you see fault with the writing.

          That is a very bad attitude to have.

          Not immediately understanding what someone means is normal,happens to everyone.

          But if after someone explains it in a way you get, doubling down that the writer was at fault aost guarantees you’re going to keep having this problem.

          You cant force everyone everywhere to communicate in a way that you immediately get, you have to work on being able to view something multiple different ways and identifying thru context what was meant.

          Like, just for purely selfish reasons, you want to be able to understand others

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            If there are multiple ways it can be interpreted, it’s poorly written

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            Yeah, I needed your explanation. I just could not conceive another interpretation, and choose to reject it. Without your guidance I could not into English dear sir! Thank you for your selfless benevolent assistance!

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    Well, that’s pretty exciting. My PS5 is already on the latest firmware though lol

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        18 days ago

        Thats called a downgrade attack and is explicitly blocked by most modern security models that are not a PC.

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            Is it?

            As a malicious actor or red-team player, I would want to get you on as old of an OS as I could in order to exploit a wider range of CVEs. Or in most cases, one would be hunting for a specific set of CVEs. Once I’ve got you on the version I want, I can then perform other attacks and ensure that they run.

            The iPhone, many Android phones, some network equipment, and game consoles all have eFuses that burn when you perform an update, and the specific number or pattern they burn in is used to determine the lowest OS version your device is allowed to be on in order to stop this from happening.

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              I mean, my phone has all sorts of private and confidential information and is regularly in hostile environments where attackers might get physical access to it. Kinda want the best, most hardened security posture.

              My Playstation sits in my living room and has my gaming history and access to my games…

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                  Ive worked with ecommerce enough to not store my card anywhere. Also pretty sure they’d store it in the cloud so could max it out in the store and I could claim the fraud.

                  But if your in my living room thinking, I’m going to sit down and hack his Playstation to get his credit card… Don’t know man, seems there’s better plans.

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        Most consoles, if not all, have electronic fuses that are embedded inside chips that they intentionally blow out with each firmware update that prevent them from rolling back to older versions.