Article is wrong about one point, Wolverine is perfectly playable on 13.60 jailbreak. Currently, there are no unsupported titles with jailbreak.
The upcoming GTA VI announced that it will require the latest software to be playable.
Usually you could overcome simple version checks with a little reverse engineering / live debugging. However, I'm certain with Sony being on notice, they'll probably introduce a bunch of breaking APIs in the coming versions (existing APIs will start behaving differently, might introduce more server checks - worse still, some game/PS5 logic lives on the server). More work for game developers.
This is not like the PS3 generation where the Cell processors had massive untapped potential, and were priced well below market for that kind of compute.
The PS5 (and its Xbox counterpart) is more-or-less just a modern budget gaming PC with a little bit of special sauce. The only advantage here is that component pricing may have been locked in before the RAM crisis.
CPU is a rather weak Zen2. If that still appeals to you, instead purchase a BC-250 mining board. It's a PS5 reject and nearly all of them can be fully unlocked for all 40CUs and 8 CPU cores. They are quite popular right now for building Steam Machines and all the hacking has been done with replacement BIOS mods.
Not worth it. It's basically a knee capped Ryzen 3700X with less cache. You can get a better CPU for less money. The GPU performance is still alright but it's not good at non-gaming tasks as it lacks cores for ML tasks.
Beware that you need a hypervisor exploit to run Linux. And these are incredibly rare. But, there was one patched very recently on firmware version 14.10
It is indeed a good time. Latest firmware patched the recent exploit, but most or all boxed PS5s in stores should still be on old enough firmware. This will not be true forever. Beware of used units since they could've been updated already.
Wouldn't make much sense since hardware-wise you're very much paying for the GPU power and not CPU power, which isn't gonna help you much at compiling.
Piracy is more “I don’t like the terms you’ve set.” Some terms are overbearing. Some are more reasonable. Both get pirated but at different rates. Some people just don’t like the idea of paying at all. Some people will pay onerous terms.
Yeah, all software will be open source software real soon, whether their owners like it or not.
Don't poke the bear then by trying to change the definition of ownership and making games download only.
Article is wrong about one point, Wolverine is perfectly playable on 13.60 jailbreak. Currently, there are no unsupported titles with jailbreak. The upcoming GTA VI announced that it will require the latest software to be playable.
Usually you could overcome simple version checks with a little reverse engineering / live debugging. However, I'm certain with Sony being on notice, they'll probably introduce a bunch of breaking APIs in the coming versions (existing APIs will start behaving differently, might introduce more server checks - worse still, some game/PS5 logic lives on the server). More work for game developers.
Can this happen to the Switch 2 please
It will probably happen once the new Pokémon game releases. The most dedicated players really want their hacked monsters.
I'm not a gamer, but it makes me wonder if I should buy a PS5 for possibly some amazing non-gaming future use - maybe compiling software?
This is not like the PS3 generation where the Cell processors had massive untapped potential, and were priced well below market for that kind of compute.
The PS5 (and its Xbox counterpart) is more-or-less just a modern budget gaming PC with a little bit of special sauce. The only advantage here is that component pricing may have been locked in before the RAM crisis.
CPU is a rather weak Zen2. If that still appeals to you, instead purchase a BC-250 mining board. It's a PS5 reject and nearly all of them can be fully unlocked for all 40CUs and 8 CPU cores. They are quite popular right now for building Steam Machines and all the hacking has been done with replacement BIOS mods.
Nah you're better off just buying a PC. Gone are the days where you were getting amazing hardware for the price
Not worth it. It's basically a knee capped Ryzen 3700X with less cache. You can get a better CPU for less money. The GPU performance is still alright but it's not good at non-gaming tasks as it lacks cores for ML tasks.
"Everyone" uses GPUs to run serious models anyway, so ML tasks are not a problem. Still not a great deal.
Beware that you need a hypervisor exploit to run Linux. And these are incredibly rare. But, there was one patched very recently on firmware version 14.10
So, if you buy a PS5 now, you should be good
It is indeed a good time. Latest firmware patched the recent exploit, but most or all boxed PS5s in stores should still be on old enough firmware. This will not be true forever. Beware of used units since they could've been updated already.
Wouldn't make much sense since hardware-wise you're very much paying for the GPU power and not CPU power, which isn't gonna help you much at compiling.
Maybe telling people they don't own their games and your usage is subject to their whims wasn't the best idea.
"Piracy is a service problem" - Gabe Newell
Piracy is more “I don’t like the terms you’ve set.” Some terms are overbearing. Some are more reasonable. Both get pirated but at different rates. Some people just don’t like the idea of paying at all. Some people will pay onerous terms.
There aren't really any games worth playing these days.
Ace Combat 8 just came out bro