BD-J homebrew blocked in PS3 FW 2.50

Posted Oct 15, 2008 at 6:29PM by Karl B. Listed in: PS3 Tags: Sony

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We've gotten reports that the new PS3 firmware released yesterday - firmware 2.50, to be exact - has been confirmed to block all BD-J homebrew made for the console.

Definitely bad news for those who usually run BD-J homebrew on their PS3s, but it's not really so surprising as Sony was bound to do something like this sooner or later. Hopefully more progress will be made in the future to keep homebrew alive on the new firmware.

We'll bring you more updates on the state of homebrew on the PS3 as soon as they come, so keep checking back here on the QJ.NET PS3 blog.

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Comments

# hmm — nyr2k2 2008-10-15 13:30

Never used the BD-J stuff, but bummer nonetheless.

# lol — Justingraziano 2008-10-15 13:47

Lol, lets see what FreeGhey says about this. The so called "feature" has been blocked! lol.

# Bastards — jomacho0 2008-10-15 13:52

It's because of these atitudes, that they deserve to see their consoles hacked.

# Nah. — Techni 2008-10-15 14:05

You can still run java in Linux. And much more more. Stick with Linux.

# Seriously? — FreePlay 2008-10-15 14:25

You're an openly gay person making gay jokes? What the f*ck is wrong with you?

# lol — spicyhamster 2008-10-15 15:39

big deal... nothing useful ever actually came out of this bd-j thing, and if you want to run java programs, do as techni says and use linux. that's why sony put that in there, so people wouldt have to mess with the original OS

# hahahahahahahah a — slack04 2008-10-15 15:43

you made Freeghey change his subject line! you *****ing rock. that guy is a whiny douche.

# spicyhamster — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2008-10-15 15:53

I agree with you. That is good that Sony gave us the ability already for homebrew via linux. Using linux gives you more flexibility anyway.

# ??? — jomacho0 2008-10-15 16:14

What flexibility? With all that hardware access blocked, it is as fun as running linux on an intel 286.

# LOL — FreePlay 2008-10-15 16:18

1. it's ISOHaven that always uses the same subject line, not me

2. you're clearly just Justin logged in from another account

# Oh no ! — cizzar 2008-10-15 17:00

What will the millions of people who downloaded all the BD-J homebrew now play ? They can just throw away their PS3 and their HDTVs ...

# no man — beastlie23 2008-10-15 18:12

the nes emulator was the only reason i got my ps3 now im gutted can anyone make a downgrader

# LINUX! — Shatterdome 2008-10-15 21:13

If you want to run emu's....then BOOT UP LINUX.....have all the emu's you want....

# ~~ — ~~ 2008-10-15 23:38

Shatterdome, I'm pretty sure they were being sarcastic, you just ruined it man

# I'm actually glad! — hush404 2008-10-16 02:30

That exploit was garbage! It wasn't going anywhere and was limited to the point that all of the "homebrew" released under it combined totaled nothing more than crap.

Atleast now we'll have a QJ.net page that isn't spammed by "random tetris clone 80" and people can really go forward and find a real way to use the power of the system for homebrew.

# good — ackeejag 2008-10-16 02:36

homebrews on the ps3 was just one more step towards the psp. besides you dont need *****ty devs to get *****ty games on your ps3 now that it supports flash 9. just go on newgrounds and play some crappy games (need to plug a mouse and keyboard into your ps3.)

# freeghey? — death 2008-10-16 04:13

seriously thats weak. get a better diss.

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-16 04:50

I disagree. Aside from sound, there was no limits. Java can produce some really kewl stuff. It needed time. All homebrew starts out that way.

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-16 04:53

What's weak is using the, "dup account" nonsense excuse.

"you're clearly just Justin logged in from another account"

@slack04 - You just plan fail!

# hahaha — calo 2008-10-16 06:15

lol, yas are all ghey, y don't yas go out once and a while and get a bird and bitcch to ur own m8s, instead of arguing about crap on the internet with strangers. its hilarious though.

# haha — Shatterdome 2008-10-16 08:23

Good, cause this shouldn't be news anyways

# mmm — emcp 2008-10-16 08:24

***** me

i actually agree with ISOHAVEN

although ISOHAVEN you have it terribly wrong

bluetooth blocked

full controls blocked

usb blocked

hdd access blocked

theres a good bit more (some might be possible but i doubt it ie usb),

however its not so limiting that you cant make a decent game, however the controls is by the most pain in the ass thing and is probably why no stunning games have came out

apart from that it was all good, also the fact you could only launch one was ***** a JAR launcher needed to be created

# *Sigh* — c74gta4smash 2008-10-16 09:03

I was gonna ask about this on yeterdays story on the 2.50 release. But seeing as so many people feel that BD-java was lame, I migjht have gotten flamed.

Well, there's always Linux :)

# learn to read — Justingraziano 2008-10-16 11:43

I said ghey, not gay. Ghey means stupid.

# ... — Justingraziano 2008-10-16 11:47

Lin sux.

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-16 11:58

You are such a moron.

bluetooth - NOT NEEDED

full controls - What controls? WTF are you talking about?

USB - NOT NEEDED

HDD access - NOT NEEDED

The HDD is the memory stick you dolt.

You have to keep your opinions within SCOPE of the actual product. BD JAVA.

Get a clue will you?

# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-10-16 11:59

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term+ghey

# > — DSpider 2008-10-16 20:13

Does not.

# » — DSpider 2008-10-16 20:17

And there's always the hammer-and-nail-then-drop-from-twelve-story-building option...

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