31/03/2008, 01:29 PM
Engadget Wrote:Wee haven't heard much out of the PS3 homebrew scene so far, which could be due to the console's delayed popularity, or perhaps because Sony did users a solid out of the gate and included Linux. That said, there's no stopping these hardcore homebrew types when they put their minds to something, and now Dragula96, a well known PSP hacker, has supposedly found an exploit on the PS3 that let him get a little Hello World proof of concept up and running. At the moment he's not saying how he did it, but he does say the hack is working on 60GB and 40GB PS3s, running the current 2.20 firmware. Next on the agenda? Pong. Video is after the break.
Gizmodo Wrote:It's taken an unusually long time for the PlayStation 3 to be hacked, but dragula96 seems to have gotten to the first stage: Hello World. He hasn't specified how he's done the hack, but he does confirm that it's working on 40 and 60GB model and that his next step is putting Pong on there. On the other hand, dragula96 thinks that it's very unlikely that his hack will lead to an "iso loader", meaning you'll have to wait for another hack to play pirated copies of retail games. Well, another hack plus some actual games to play. I keeed!
Source: YouTube
Seriously, this is awesome. Imagine what people could do with the power of the PS3 in terms of homebrew apps and games. Even if there's no ISO loader in the near future, the kind of stuff homebrew developers could do with the PS3 is promising.
Source:Engadget, Gizmodo