Gamesradar: PS3 piracy - it begins. First hacked game shown running on unmodded

After last week's cracking of the PS3's master key, it was only a matter of time before the first fullpirated game booted up on PS3. And... it has. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has been shown running off a hard drive, with the PS3 convinced it's a PSN game. GeoHot, the hacker responsible for publishing the key online, may wellbe 'totally against piracy', but the pirates in question are gleefully touting 'GeoHot's custom firmware' as their springboard. D'oh.

Fortunately for Sony, at this stage it's still a complex thing to do to get it running, which is well beyond the capabilities of 'normal' gamers. But now the dam has been breached, it's unlikely anyone's going to stick their finger in the hole because they're having second thoughts.

Above: There it is -Castlevania installed to a retail PS3 hard drive like a PSN download game

Now. There is a very strongargument for us not posting stories about pirated games, as it can only exacerbate the problem, so I won't link to the site that reported this. But the comments field there is an amazingly interesting read, if only as a study into human behaviour.

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Thanks for posting this

And it starts :P.

Console gaming is dying.

Thanks for posting this

Snakemaster9

Console gaming is dying.

FGMPR

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Console gaming is dying.

dkdrumin

Hi Call of Duty. I'm quality. I don't think we've met before? We have? Oh no, you got me confused for my brother Hype!

[QUOTE="dkdrumin"][QUOTE="FGMPR"]

Console gaming is dying.

ChubbyGuy40

Hi Call of Duty. I'm quality. I don't think we've met before? We have? Oh no, you got me confused for my brother Hype!

Let's be honest we all knew this day would come

Welcome to the club PS3, the PSP has been warming a seat for you. I don't see the massive deal in the long run, it just means that Sony is finally in the same boat that MS and Nintendo have been in for years.Jynxzor

its actually worse then wat ms had. MS biggest problem was thee J-Tag which has since been made obsolete cause once u go online ur console is banned. ppl can still buy xboxs that have the old dashboard from ebay or craigs list but the others cant be online at all if they r hacked. Sony right nao is sadly in a much worse boat.

Given that it's fully installed to the HDD, I imagine they stripped out the duplicate data. So it wouldn't be taking up as much space on the HDD; as it would on the Blu-ray. There wouldn't be a need for duplicate data, as a HDD doesn't suffer from any of PS3's Blu-ray drive limitations.

he said console gaming is dying black ops sales contradicts that also got 9.0 out of 10 here? contender for shooter of the year?dkdrumin

I don't see how a game that plasters itself on every platform in existence (even my android device), proves that a given platform is safe; because the game happens to be selling on it.

I honestly do think the console "business model" is dying, but that's a different topic.

Welcome to the club PS3, the PSP has been warming a seat for you. I don't see the massive deal in the long run, it just means that Sony is finally in the same boat that MS and Nintendo have been in for years.Jynxzor

You're missing the point. An Xbox 360, Wii, and a PSP need to be modded in order to play pirated games, with this hack a PS3 can play games without the need of being modded beforehand

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Console gaming is dying.

ChubbyGuy40

Hi Call of Duty. I'm quality. I don't think we've met before? We have? Oh no, you got me confused for my brother Hype!

[QUOTE="FGMPR"]

Console gaming is dying.

dkdrumin

Now it can jump right in that grave along with the PC, 360 and wii.soulitane

good one lol

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Welcome to the club PS3, the PSP has been warming a seat for you. I don't see the massive deal in the long run, it just means that Sony is finally in the same boat that MS and Nintendo have been in for years.KevinPlanet

You're missing the point. An Xbox 360, Wii, and a PSP need to be modded in order to play pirated games, with this hack a PS3 can play games without the need of being modded beforehand

Street Fighter 4 wasn't even released for the PC and publishers like Ubisoft are going to extreme lengths just to keep people from pirating games. KevinPlanet

1. Yes it was

2. This shows you do not keep track of PC gaming, so why even mention it? Ubisoft droped their ridiculous policy.

I think the lemmings have new ammunition...

This is gonna be a fun week.

Given that it's fully installed to the HDD, I imagine they stripped out the duplicate data. So it wouldn't be taking up as much space on the HDD; as it would on the Blu-ray. There wouldn't be a need for duplicate data, as a HDD doesn't suffer from any of PS3's Blu-ray drive limitations.

AnnoyedDragon

Jerks, I payed $80 for my copy of Castlevania!

meh imho this wont last long. sony will handle and stop this in no time

meh imho this wont last long. sony will handle and stop this in no time

_SWAG_

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Welcome to the club PS3, the PSP has been warming a seat for you. I don't see the massive deal in the long run, it just means that Sony is finally in the same boat that MS and Nintendo have been in for years.KevinPlanet

You're missing the point. An Xbox 360, Wii, and a PSP need to be modded in order to play pirated games, with this hack a PS3 can play games without the need of being modded beforehand

Wii, 360, PSP and now PS3 all of them can run a pirated games through homebrews the only exception is DS which needs a special card to run the homebrew so that makes it all of them are on the same boat except DS :P.

You couldn't strip the duplicated data without modifying the compiled game code, since it will have hard-coded offsets into disc image.

Teufelhuhn

I was speaking from a assumption. But I dunno, I've seen it done with PS1 games. They weren't designed to run off a SD card; with their duplicate assets combined to help shrink the file size. And yet I've seen applications that do it; and ready the disc image to run on a PSP.

I've got a friend that's always getting his new toys hacked and tweaked, he had all sorts of PS1 games on his PSP, they certainly weren't designed for that.

Anyone who does this has no business owning a PS3 in the first place. If you want to play a game and you can't afford the $60 price, either don't buy it or just rent it. Rental outlets purchase video game stock from retailers based on their demand. And to anyone who says piracy has never hurt a system...the PC has seen less and less 3rd party titles released with Steam being its saving grace. Street Fighter 4 wasn't even released for the PC and publishers like Ubisoft are going to extreme lengths just to keep people from pirating games. If you ever want another Fallout, Mass Effect, or Assassin's Creed to be released on the PS3 in the near future, don't pirate ANYTHING because 3rd party publishers do care if a system can easily succumb to piracy. They will go to uncomfortable lengths to make sure their game is not pirated and I'm sure no PS3-only gamer wants to have to insert a license key or stay constantly connected to the internet in order to play through a single player campaign... Don't encourage these people, report sites that are uploading PS3 games...KevinPlanet

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Given that it's fully installed to the HDD, I imagine they stripped out the duplicate data. So it wouldn't be taking up as much space on the HDD; as it would on the Blu-ray. There wouldn't be a need for duplicate data, as a HDD doesn't suffer from any of PS3's Blu-ray drive limitations.

Teufelhuhn

Now it can jump right in that grave along with the PC, 360 and wii.soulitane

PS3 will now die...just like PC gaming. :roll:

meh imho this wont last long. sony will handle and stop this in no time

_SWAG_

PS3 will now die...just like PC gaming. :roll:

RawDeal_basic

When did Pc gaming die lol.

Console gaming is dying.

FGMPR

damn, these pirates waste no time.LP4EVA2005

When people gets an erection they would tend to keep going. :P

[QUOTE="RawDeal_basic"]

PS3 will now die...just like PC gaming. :roll:

jedikevin2

When did Pc gaming die lol.

You need to tune your sarcasm detector a little. It's a bit off. :)

He used the eye roll emoticon afterward his statement, saying that the PS3, the unstoppable force against piracy, is now on the verge of being susceptible to said piracy. He is also mocking how people say "PC gaming is dying" because of piracy, so now he sarcastically illustrates how all of gaming is dying because all are now vulnerable to piracy.

This has been a brief class of Sarcasm 101. Next week, we are going to learn how to separate fact and opinion.

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[QUOTE="RawDeal_basic"]

PS3 will now die...just like PC gaming. :roll:

Valiant_Rebel

When did Pc gaming die lol.

You need to tune your sarcasm detector a little. It's a bit off. :)

He used the eye roll emoticon afterward his statement, saying that the PS3, the unstoppable force against piracy, is now on the verge of being susceptible to said piracy. He is also mocking how people say "PC gaming is dying" because of piracy, so now he sarcastically illustrates how all of gaming is dying because all are now vulnerable to piracy.

This has been a brief class of Sarcasm 101. Next week, we are going to learn how to separate fact and opinion.

I know bro... Thats why i lolled... I'm running onn a 9volt bro... You must be a on a double A LOL..... Notice how it caught blixxed offguard with the members statement made afterwards lol.

Next week i'll show how to turn a nickle in a dime...

No, Only PC gamers pirate

Console gamers never pirate

No, Only PC gamers pirate

Console gamers never pirate

HaloinventedFPS

I suspect within the year PS3 games will be as easy to pirate as Wii games. That didn't stop Nintendo from being successful, in fact PS3s will probably start selling better in third world countries.

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[QUOTE="dkdrumin"]black ops sales say hidkdrumin

Hi Call of Duty. I'm quality. I don't think we've met before? We have? Oh no, you got me confused for my brother Hype!

MR. Piracy doesn't care about Mr. Quality or MR. Hype.

MR. Piracy had a lot of fun with multiple versions of CoD on the PC and Xbox360 being pirated to hell and back.

Link??!! Looks like a shop. I can tell because I have seen a lot of shops in my time. >.>

Anyways.....

NOOOO WAY THIS IS REAL!!!!! They Skipped Skip 1 of Homebrew!!

--- 1. Create a Working NES Emulator.

Probably won't have a huge impact. I have no desire to pirate games even if it does become more accessible

Console gaming is dying.

FGMPR

gaming in general not really evolving much anymore.