PS4 “backup” loading progresses on firmware 1.76
A few days ago, scene member Zecoxao had shared a technique to run backup games on PS4, for owners of a console running system update 1.76 (currently the only fully hacked PS4firmware). Progress is being made daily on this technique since it was announced.
While the technique used is still a bit involved, and the number of owners of such an old firmware is really reduced, this might very well be the first time a way to pirate PS4 games is made widely public.
Zecoxao says the technique will let people run any PS4 game (that requires firmware 1.76 or lower), as well as, ultimately, native homebrew.
In particular, Pockets_69 has shared a video showing the infamous Silent Hill P.T. Demo running on firmware 1.76. This is allegedly a backup of the game, which in the video is shown hijacking another game at startup (infamous second son).
Progress has been made recently to make the technique more user friendly, and it seems the latest kernel patches that have been distributed by the team now allow to load any game without a patch. Zecoxao says this has been tested on 3 games so far (P.T., Angry Birds, and Metal Gear Solid Ground zeroes). The games, however, must be obtained in decrypted form, something that is only possible to do from a hacked console. Here again, running 1.76.
The progress here might increase the demand for PS4s running 1.76, while they’re already pretty hard to find.
A lot of people on recent firmwares have been asking for the hackers to make the solution available on firmwares 4.xx, although this is not up to Zecoxao and others: The technique might work on recent firmwares, but it would require a PS4 jailbreak on 4.xx to enable it. Until then, we can assume Sony is safe from massive piracy of PS4 games.
As always when it comes to piracy we are not sharing links directly here.
Source: via Pockets_69
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Please don’t make this public, it’s all rather pointless anyway for the handfull of games that can be played it hardly seems worth the time and effort of the hacker.
Many people on the scene love doing it simply because they can, so even if it’s useless (running Linux on ps4), I think it’s really nice and deserves looking into, especially since it’s on a very low firmware.
yes and if someone releases Chaitin hack then it should be possible also on FW 4.0x which will be also hard to find…
That’s like saying “Don’t release the cure for HIV/AIDS, it will only work on children not older than five yers old, and children that young don’t have sex.”
*facepalm*
3 years too late is a real damn shame… The latest version is 4.74. “PS4 Pro” users won’t be able to do anything with it. I’m just hoping that it will lead to other games being exploited on the damn thing. Save game hacks, maybe?
This is so nobody scream numero uno. And piracy is the only thing that would make me buy a ps4. Then I will buy uncharted 4 and the last of us 2.
Curses. The comments did not load… To escape the shame someone delete both my posts.
also need to mention only activated games can be decrypted.
I have always bought 2 of each release day systems. Still have a day one ps4 in a unopened box. the day is coming where the seal will be broken!
Plot twist the one in the box is DOA
I am not interested about any kind of piracy, but when heared any of zecoxao hacks/entrypoints I always take that witch bit of salt…another dimension of hacking also presented at same style as katsu does.
Wololo, could you release some article about vita with gpu acceleration? Once I read about it at your blog… but wanna to know about current implementation process… thanks.
“Meta” Gear Solid…. Never heard of it….
Ha! Thanks, I’ll fix the typo
Pc is the future.Denuvo is near to die .who wants to play old games in firmware 1.76.Its lame.Ps4 scene is lame.
It’s always been lame. Same with the Vita, for 99% of its life.
Only after it was discontinued things became “interesting”.
lol to all the people saying don’t make this public should of stuck to 1.76 fw instead of updating….. CFW coming up
So does this mean PS4 pro wont be getting any cfw? Still got mine in box with fw 3.70 for almost a year now. Hope i didnt buy it for nothing..
Have faith. I have fw 2.57. It will be worth waiting for. PS3 jailbreak was finally cracked after about 4 years. Be patient.
can we hide the video with this?
for educational purposes i have several video from brazer.c0m in my vita
Cool but is there even a single PS4 exclusive worth playing at that firmware? Even now, my PS4’s collected dust for years thanks to all the PC love
The hackers on the Playstation 4 = The shame.