Hello World on the PlayStation 3 via fw2.20
It appears that another Hello World attempt has been pulled off on the PlayStation 3, this time by our community’s own dragula96. The exploit was achieved on retail model PS3s, although you’ll probably want to view the video demonstrating this feat. It’s available over in the full article along with some extra details.
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If you’re among the gamers here familiar with developer dragula96‘s work in the PSP scene, you may be in for a surprise. The coder dropped by the QJ.NET PlayStation 3 forums to announce that work has been completed on a Hello World exploit the Sony console, this time via firmware 2.20.
dragula96’s hasn’t provided any exact details yet, though he states this attempt was pulled off on unmodified 60GB and 40GB PS3 retail models. The dev also states that this attempt took a total of nine hours to achieve.
Before you get too excited however, dragula96 further explained that this Hello World exploit probably won’t enable users to load ISO files to their PS3. What it does imply is that the console could be opened up to homebrew game programming.
The developer also enclosed a video to go with this announcement – details on how this hack was achieved and source codes are expected to be released at a later date. Those interested in joining the discussions regarding this news can visit the dev’s thread over at the QJ.NET PS3 Hacks, Exploits and Homebrew Forums.
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