FW 2.60 Blocks BD-Java
"No more two-player pong on your XMB for you" says Sony, possibly. In a funny voice.Published 24/01/2009 at 9:23 by nofi
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It’s true, we’ve not really been keeping up with the cute little Java homebrew scene since our first post on the subject back in July, but it seems that Firmware 2.60 has blocked this easy route into simple XMB-based games. Previously you could trick the PS3 into thinking a USB pen drive was a Blu-ray and get it to run some simple, safe Java games directly, but this is no longer the case.
Perhaps there was a way to do more damage with the BD-Java and Sony have just done the safe thing, but there you go. Will anyone miss it?
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themightyrogue | 24/01/2009 09:27
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Will anyone miss it?
I think I can speak on the majorities behalf when I say no….. Wait what’s Java, the coffee. Hmmmm I like coffee.
cc_star | 24/01/2009 09:38
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Pong… RIP!
Hodgi92 | 24/01/2009 14:08
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*bows head in silence*
Redlac | 24/01/2009 09:40
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Will I miss it? No. Didn’t even know you could do that.
theshockwave | 24/01/2009 09:43
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I didn’t know and don’t mind that I didn’t.
Bladesteel | 24/01/2009 09:47
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What on earth is the point? If there is an exploit could’t they achieve the same thing still by burning a blueray with tha java on it? And if there is no exploit and they only want to prevent unapproved games it’s also pointless since we could install ps3 linux and play java that way.
YOURMUMANDME | 24/01/2009 09:48
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I never even knew it was possible , it’s really annoying when updates take a feature away .
I used to ” save taget as ” download any videos from google or ” other ” sites with ease , now you have to trudge through a few menu’s to do it . Why not take advantage of a useless square button or something .
seedaripper1973 | 24/01/2009 09:58
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well i did know about it ( http://www.ps3-hacks.com )
but after trying (and failing) to get it to work i gave up…to be honest, theres lots better games i could be playing on my ps3, but saying that – i did think it was rather cool
LFC-FANATIC | 24/01/2009 10:26
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Lol, it looks like nobody knew you could do it, I didn’t either so I won’t miss it.
SirGregThorn | 24/01/2009 11:34
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I knew you could do it, and still won’t miss it.
Gamoc | 24/01/2009 11:41
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I also knew you could do it, but won’t miss it. I used it once, said ‘cool, this might lead to proper homebrew’ and never, ever used it again.
Spotter5 | 24/01/2009 12:03
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Knew about it, not gonna miss it…
Wasn’t exactly legal was it? i mean.. anything which ‘fool’s something into doing something it wasn’t intended to is bad..
Reaper | 24/01/2009 14:29
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What was illegal about it?
cc_star | 24/01/2009 15:01
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I don’t know how they did it, but if it involved reverse engineering or circumventing anything then they will have broken the licence they agreed to when using the PS3 software
stefhutch20 | 24/01/2009 13:12
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This was the most pointless thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Honestly, if anyone misses it then they need to get a life.
kevatron400 | 26/01/2009 11:30
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0: Does that apply to programming in general?
Reaper | 24/01/2009 14:42
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I thought (am pretty sure) it got blocked with the last firmware update.
I didn’t get a chance to try it.. never got round to it really. I’m all for homebrew applications and programs. You can do it on the PSP (much to Sony’s disgust, but that only because of the ISO loader thats out), you could even do it on the original Playstation, remember the Yaroze?
I think it’s great, people gaining have the ability to code their own applications and publish them.. not much different to XBLA to be honest.
And don’t forget that someone recently has found the ability to put their PS3 (Jap/US 40GB’s only, due to the Emotion Engine) in to Service Mode and play PS2 games.
But by saying that it was bad or pointless is a bit daft really.. cos if these people weren’t about then we wouldn’t have the games or the technology we do today.
cc_star | 24/01/2009 15:04
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I wish Sony would enable the PS3 so that Linux can utilise all the processing power and SPU’s etc…
That would be worth talking about
gazo69 | 24/01/2009 16:51
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I knew about it, but never used it, it didn’t interest me at all!
BamBamBoozled | 24/01/2009 17:58
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I think it was blocked somewhere between 1.5 – 1.52. Everything was a repackage of something specifically for java/bd-j except PS3Filer (a browser and image viewer). In other words, Linux.
Reaper | 24/01/2009 15:50
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It had nothing to do with reverse engineer (in comparison to DaX CFW-M33 on the PSP) or circumventing any licences.. it was a bit of Java code found on the media, used in a lot things and AFAIWA it’s open source.