Ever since Sony and Nintendo switched to paid online that has no longer been the con it used to be for me. Back for the PS3 I didn’t jailbreak it since online was free, but for the switch and ps4 I didn’t hesitate.
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Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 week agoComing from previous console hacks…
It generally does require a halfway decent techie background to hack a console (or anything, like jailbreaking a phone). At the very least, being able to follow guides exactly to the letter or risk bricking a device.
Generally speaking, hacking a console will not let you play online.
You generally don’t want to put a hacked console on the internet at all to keep it from being potentially flagged from the parent service like PSN
Now, this could all be different depending on the actual hack, but it’s what’s been true for previous ones.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
keyhoh@piefed.social 6 days ago
Thank you. I figured it’d likely be too hard for me to do, but being able to get someone to mod my machine is pretty sweet. I might wait for a bit longer to do it, but I’m liking where this is going. And if I could run steam on it, I might just do it right away so I can play those games instead of my PS ones. Most games are cross platform now anyways.