Post: PSJailBreak is short lived snatch-and-grab scam.
Options
08-25-2010, 12:02 AM
#1
Sync
Guest
There are other consoles out on the market that have already been hacked for quite some time. The Wii and Xbox 360 have been hacked within a few months after launch. However, retailers selling the PS3 mod seem to be desperate to offload as many units as possible at ridiculously high prices of $170 AUS. Other illegal mods on the black market go for much less starting at $20.
Several sites have done some analysis on the USB mod for the PS3 and they all conclude that it should be a relatively inexpensive mod and doesn’t warrant the unusual price.
In my Opinion. if the hack is based on tricking the PS3 into thinking its a dev unit then its a design flaw rather then a true hack. A true hack usually requires circumventing the security measures (in this case unlock all of the encryption layers) and creating a custom firmware. This was what George Hotz was working on before he gave up.
A way to downgrade and a custom firmware would be the key to entering a true perpetual cycle of a cat-and-mouse game between hackers and Sony.
However, what we have here is not that but a temporary workaround or "trick," in which the window for use may permanently close soon.
Digital Foundry in an analysis recently stated:
Originally posted by another user
Bearing in mind that PSJailbreak is retailing for upwards of $130, there’s a very strong possibility that this may well be the most expensive and short-lived hack ever made, and factoring in the simplicity of the hardware, the very high price seems almost reminiscent of a smash-and-grab raid on users intent on piracy no matter what the cost. The makers of PSJailbreak are charging so high a price because the window of opportunity in terms of exclusivity and the longevity of the hack itself is potentially very small.
Another site, Nyleveia did a rather thorough analysis of the USB device by taking it apart and has gone as far as to identify all of the components in order to see if the device could be cloned. However, they also conclude that it may not be worth the effort as the tech is definitely easily detectable by Sony.
Nyleveia writes:
Originally posted by another user
this provides a reasonable explanation for the ridiculously high price of the USB device: the creators are in effect taking snatch-and-grab approach before the device gets blocked and rendered useless.
It appears that the PS3 hack could be a snatch-and-grab situation, scamming gamers out of $170 AUS. Judging from the analysis, It seems like if you ordered the device it could be rendered useless by the time you receive it from overseas.
Copyright © 2026, NextGenUpdate.
All Rights Reserved.
