Final statement about the PS Vita Firmware 3.52 exploit games – World of Pool & PoolHall Pro
The last few weeks have been some pretty intense weeks, and the cause for this have been the upcoming firmware 3.52 exploit games for the Playstation Vita.
We would like to add a final statement to said exploit games, which clears up what went wrong and what went right.
Before you guys freak out again, keep calm because those games are exploitable after all. Sort of…
The information about these games being exploitable has been in the wild for quite a while, but barely anyone noticed.
We pretty much made it public on a larger scale, without being sure who has been the author of the exploit, which limitations said exploit has and how to trigger it.
We only knew that it was claimed that this games were exploitable. Before you call us gullible, keep in mind that we got these information from a highly trusted source – our friends over at Hackinformer’s.
Like it has been the case in the past, it is still the case that we can trust our friends and they did not leave us hanging. The said exploit titles are indeed exploitable on PS Vita firmware 3.52, but won’t grant us what we have expected (it was unconfirmed anyways & we said so), a fully fletched VHBL with better compatibility than Puzzle Scape.
It seems that Sony has stepped up their game once again, and added yet another security layer to the PSP emulator of the PS Vita. As of firmware 3.10 Minis pretty much became useless, because they had a smaller, around 24 MB, limitation, which prevented them from loading bigger files (Homebrews, ISOs, etc).
As of firmware 3.30 Sony has added a new check for the leaked firmware 3.18 exploit games, which limited them to only 1 measly Megabyte to work with (it was enough for Custom Bubbles, though).
As of firmware 3.52 – Maybe even 3.51 – Sony has added yet another security layer. It seems that multiple games, pre-exploited or not, now share this 1 Megabyte limitation, which previously only applied to a few number of pre-exploited games. This shouldn’t apply to all PSP titles (hopefully), but we are still investigating.
But why didn’t you tell us earlier about this?
It is not that simple. We simply didn’t know about this before. Usually good ol’ Qwikrazor takes care of checking the PSP emulator for major changes, such as new security layers.
The problem was that Qwikrazor didn’t possess about any stable Internet connection for good 2-3 months, which prevented him from doing his “job” (it’s more of a hobby).
Thus we were kind of in the dark about the new firmware, with only having a few information about them.
if you guys haven't found out yet, PHP/WOP exploits are useless on 3.50+, since they have the 1 MB patch, even with a kexploit it's crappy.
— qwikrazor87 (@qwikrazor87) 28. August 2015
So afterall the games are indeed exploitable, but they won’t offer more than Puzzle Scape already offers. It would be possible to port the VHBL to said exploits, but they would be limited to 1 measly Megabyte, and we’re not sure if this would be worth it, since barely anything at all would work.
If we sum up everything that happened, we have to accept that we have made a slight mistake. We didn’t had enough information about this exploit, and probably shouldn’t have told you about them until we would’ve been 100% sure that this exploit is worth not only our time, but also yours. We would like to apologise for this.
If you want to read more about this, feel free to check out Freakler’s article about this over at Hackinformer’s.
Source via Hackinformer.com
Before any of you go to blasting Zett or Hackinformer, know that no one told you to buy the game and if you did buy it, play it. You might like it. It’s always best to err on the side of caution and while I realize time is usually a factor, it isn’t really anymore since Sony seems to not be removing games. To put it bluntly, everyone has gotten a lot out of exploited PSP games and if you are going to blast people for one semi-mistake, you need to leave!
Well put.
i agree with. always err on the side…and beside, doesn’t the modded ps3 console capabilities of playing PSP?
LOL
Thankz
I have started to play Tales of graces f and you remind me of someone I enjoy reading what he say, he always end his words with z.
You mean, he alwayz endz hiz wordz with z, right?! 😉
I thought it was a good idea because of the Z…
Shitstorm commences in 3… 2… 1….
Looks like the “einstein” guy was right after all !!! (just joking) XD
First
First!
waste of $5
awww dang. thats highly dissapointing. but its not the end of the world ^^
I’m sure that must have been saddening. Sorry that happened and thanks for addressing the public on it.
Glad i kept my vitas and vita tv on 3.18, thanks to the cfw ps3 it was easy to get both PSM DEV apps.
I can’t believe sony cares about the psp this much,
So does this mean this is the end to exploites on newer fw
As I see, the best configuration for a long time would be one or two PS Vitas with 3.36 OFW (for using custom bubbles, VHBL, TN-V, Rejuvenate and all the great PSP Emulators) and a third PS Vita with the newest OFW and a PS 3 to transfer all the datas from your PSN Account…
Just take it easy. My brother maybe will be dissapointed but I’m still enjoying my tn-v3.18
Well I’m glad I didn’t buy the games, it seemed too risky. Not enough hard evidence that there was a good exploit in these games.
I just want to say, the big reason this has been slipping right by people is because most of us are interested in the 3.51 exploit, however I’m sure there must of been some people out there who bought it on their ps3 and transfered.
Unlucky for me my ps3 broke however, and I am willing to bet the proxys have all been patched and any log in methods are not working.
Aww. My 1MB bubble of a dream is bursted :s But I am not going to complain! Because these guys are doing their bestest of the best to provide us with homebrew powers. So it is easy to forgive a mistake. C’mon, we’re all humahnz. o.o So I am just gonna wait for a new exploit :)…that is, if there ever is gonna be one due to the limitations now.
I see my post has already been taken down lol. Anyone interested in buying a ps vita 1st gen and 20 games. I think I’m done with the vita scene
GTFO
Sony has been uping their game a lot lately… I guess they finally got tired of playing the good old mouse and cat game removing game after game and want to put a final end to the eCFW scene.
I wouldn’t be annoyed if they would at least do something for the fukin system rather than letting it die and only indie/japanese company’s supporting it.
By the way, I got my $25 reimbursement the other day thanks to the great false advertising Sony did before launching the system.
Bah! Looks like from fw 3.52 Sony have the Vita locked down for good! I think everyone on 3.52 should accept that if we want homebrew to buy a used PSP or trade our vita’s in for a 3DS . Which is what I am going to do! Bye bye vita!!
Phew. Good thing I didn’t choose to update my vita to get this game.
buy an old psp in good condition for homebrew ; use your vita as a vita or sell it 😉
tis what i did….
Nice, now I can enjoy my legally bought game the way it was meant to lmao.
Yo be honest, I think most of everyone really following the PS Vita homebrew development already owns WOP/PHP. I had it when it was first taken advantage of.
Hacker,like you I am sick of these exploits:(:(:(!As for the PSP games have PSP!
U dont like ps hacks?
Then what are you doing here!?
Psp is still the best for games/emulators though 🙂
He wants to pirate Vita games, so he’s sick of seeing these exploits which won’t allow for that capability.
Basically, the way it is now, Rejuvenate is the better choice for Homebrew and Emulators. Hopefully there will be more and more potential Releases coming out. As for PSP Emu type Exploits, if they can be able to run more, so be it. But until then, be happy with what you got.
In the exploits diles 3.52?
Still not sure why anyone would choose to leave 3.18.
Exactly 3.18 is the golden firmware I got I got six vitas 3 different accounts and 2 350 vitas for Rejuvanate 😀
Impressive Sony, you effectively ruined epsp exploits. 1mb isn’t enough to do anything beyond bubbles. I don’t see why you’d want to guard a burnt down house, can’t let the users do what they want and don’t want to do anything yourselves… well heck, 3.18 for life and all that.
Well there goes the last reason I had to keep my Vita, RIP Vita 2011-2015. Was fun while it lasted but the gigs up!
Sony has finally found a way to kill the Vita for good, well played Sony, well played!
No reason to keep my Vita anymore, homebrew was my only reason for keeping it, and since im on 3.52 and Rejuve isnt an option im gunna give my Vita to my son as one of his upcoming birthday gifts. Id been considering it for a while now (either giving him mine or getting him a new one), but held off as there was a chance for homebrew and such, but now…what was once mine, is soon to be his!
Just a thought, but wouldnt posting this basically be like telling Sony to patch ALL PSP games in the future?
I don’t bother with these exploits, all this chasing just for some measly homebrew. These articles give me a good chuckle everytime because you get so many disappointed users, as if you couldn’t see the signs coming from a mile away.
getting cold feet with ur 1tb pbp’s ?
however,
i would like to explictly request a howto for …
Howto enable physical/digital on playstationtv via playstationtvgame-enabler-vitaupdateblocker and qcma
or any work around is welcome to enable cod or ridgeracer
for the pspemu with 1mb limit
is it possible to host everything on a pc
thus preventing game transfers for the exploit to run
but have psphostcore working as another option to run brew from a pc ?
however,
i would like to explictly request a howto for …
Howto enable physical/digital on playstationtv via playstationtvgame-enabler-vitaupdateblocker and qcma
or any work around is welcome to enable cod or ridgeracer
for the pspemu with 1mb limit
is it possible to host everything on a pc
thus preventing game transfers for the exploit to run
but have psphostcore working as another option to run brew from a pc ?
I had a feeling this exploit would turn out to be nothing. Though I thought it would have some excuse and never get released. A waste of money, but at least it was funds from a PSN card that was spent on worth wile games otherwise.
I have two PSTVs and been considering just getting rid of one as the cat and mouse game with exploits feels pointless when a cheap PC can do as much as the system could and more. I’ll keep the one on 3.51 with Rejuvinate installed and give the other away. At least I don’t have to waste any more time trying to find a way to get Pool Hall Pro onto it anymore.
Thank you for this statement. All I want is to play valkyria chronicles 2 on my vita. It sucks that I can’t buy it and play. Still I have hopes for the day a cfw will allow me to play it then. Keep up the good work!
Yay! Wasted 7 euros!