Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store

xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Intriguing…

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  • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    this will do the trick, scroll down to the product recommendations and you might find an even cheaper listing

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• forestbeasts@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wait, you can get jailbreak discs from aliexpress? That might be worth looking into…

  (although, how do we know if it’s got malware on it?)

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  • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    you can also burn it yourself if you have a bluray burner, the software the aliexpress discs use is freely available

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    • forestbeasts@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oooh awesome. I figured normal burned discs wouldn’t work.

      We don’t have a bluray burner (only a CD/DVD drive) but have been kinda wanting to get one.

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      • forestbeasts@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Shoot, apparently it’s not open source. That’s not confidence-inspiring… but then again PS3 CFWs weren’t either (*sighs*)

        Does that apply to PS4s running 11.something? I can’t remember what OS version our PS4 is on, but it’s new enough that a jailbreak only came out pretty recently. Needed a specific game disc to work.

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• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In some cases the ps5 can as well but only older firmwares have the full chain of exploits. That said you can run game backups and if you get an old enough firmware you can even install Linux and run steam games

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  • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    true, the only issue i see is that newly released games might have higher firmware requirements. the ps4 is de-facto end-of-life, no need to put much thought into modding that

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• xspurnx@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Might have to snag a used PS4 now…

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  • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    probably not a bad idea :) ps3/xbox360 are also totally worth it and easy to crack, if you have one lying around or are on a budget. my xbox360 is rocking ~120 games on 1tb (including xbox classic games), more than i could ever play in a lifetime

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• Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why disc? Been few years since I used my PS4, but I remember jailbreaking it as long as you are on the correct firmware was as simple as caching a website offline and bookmarking it to run the exploit whenever you turned on the PS4.

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  • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    exploits are getting fixed over time 🤷‍♂️ check out modded warfare on youtube if you want to learn more

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    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I haven’t kept up, since the exclusives I wanted to play worked on the low firmware and new ones stopped coming out and later ones like Ghost of Tsushima endsd up coming to PC.

      Last I remember is higher ones than mine requiring a usb stick.

      I guess higher firmware requiring bluray now isn’t any more strange than the RCM jig method on older Nintendo Switches.

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