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Sony Pulls Vita Games in Fear of Homebrew Hacks |
Listed in: News Tags: everybodys tennis, homebrew, motorstorm arctic edge, ps vita hacks, psp, Sony, vita hacks, wololo
If you’re a fan of homebrew software and hacking or modding consoles, today’s news will certainly be interesting to hear. It seems that a vulnerability in the PSP game Everybody’s Tennis allowed users to get at the core functionality of the PS Vita, which in turn allows for the running of homebrew software on the device. Party!
Sony is apparently not a huge fan of the homebrew community, and has yanked the game from the PSN store to prevent future hacks. This is the second such removal--the company pulled MotorStorm Arctic Edge a few weeks ago, and while no comment was made on the removal, the general consensus seems to be that the game had a similar weak spot.
According to the author of the hack, the vulnerability in both games only allows for the playing of homebrew software—not for accessing pirated Vita games. The letter, in which the creator details the hack, is actually pretty hilarious.
Did anyone get a run at their Vita before Everybody’s Tennis got pulled?
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My brain asplode.
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bigger than arctic edge in fact because this hole fully reset the psp emulator core.
so no it wasnt the vita one but the hole was so big you can with it run psp minecraft (in motorstorm it wasnt possible) ,gba emulator, and dark alex psp iso loader!
making you able to boot any psp backup! (making the ones on ps store useless) this was the main reason.
if you dont trust me look the rtatchen and clank gameplay video on psvita
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and who told you that, YOU?
davee already said ratchet and clank was a PSN downloaded game.
you obviously dont know how PSP savegame exploits work, so dont pretend you do
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davee's HEN exploit doesnt even use everybodys golf
there's another exploited PSP game.
thats why wololo was able to give the name of the that could exploit vita into his and wth's VHBL
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PSP Minecraft was editted to play through the exploit.
The exploit was the same.
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It's not that I'm against their games in anyway it's just that they get boring and homebrew creativity tickles me just right.
I`m yet to buy one, and maybe I should be a little supportive if I ever want a 4G model in the next 2 years. Though if I have some extra cash and there`s a working exploit I might be poised to buy a wifi version.
I`m not a pirate I just like to use pspDisp to watch movies off my PC or play SC2. My hopes are that once homebrew is let out the gates that a similar app will arise, maybe working over 3G. Who doesn`t love the power of their pc in their pocket? I know the tablets have some apps that allow this but you can't beat the feel of a controller. I have played fallout on my psp with my 360 controller, was pretty awesome.
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I mean, why buy a device if you want to use it for something that is was not designed for, while there are other, much better suitable devices out there... seems kinda backwards.
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What's the problem? Piracy.
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Because if you could, you might never touch the Vita games, and thus the console would die.
That's probably also why they removed Linux from PS3.
Because if hackers took the restrictions away from Linux, they might have been able to play free PC games and ignored most PS3 games.
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derpa statement.
why spend all that money on a vita when you can already do that with a PSP?
YES, thats right, PSP is fully hacked.
of course you going to play vita games even if the vita plays pirated PSP games, because if you werent going to touch vita games, you should of got a PSP E1000
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However, what I meant was, that one of the reasons why Sony would block this emulator hack is, that by doing so, it would cause either:
1. people to buy Vita games/PSN games because of boredom.
2. people to buy a PSP, PS2, etc. because of boredom.
Note: By people, I mean, people who bought a Vita to play free Vita games once it's hacked and are using the emulator hack to pass time until then.
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