The Official PlayStation 3 | ViTA Thread Vol. Plenty of Life Left

[supremeape]

Hey
Need a favor from a US Member that owns a XBox 360.

I have a few 480 MS points and i want to check if it will work on a USA Xbox live. So if 1 member wants a chance to receive the MS points send me a PM and ill send u the code. All you have to do is let me know if it works (a pic would be good)

 

[Deleted member 37467]

Wait...wut?

$180 sounds like a lot for GameStop. I have a Fat 80 GB I'm not using because it got YLOD (I got it fixed though)...I wonder if I could trade that in and how much they'd give me for it.

My Slim is slowly dying too. The ******g disc loader acts up with the only 2 games I play...and I'm pretty sure that piece of **** MW3 caused it to go ******ed. Sometimes I have to turn off/on the system and insert/eject disc a few times just to get it to recognize the disc...it's more of a hassle than a serious problem but that's been going on for like 2 months now. I'm afraid it'll eventually get worse.

I gotta look into that deal.

They're giving double credit on systems until October 28th.

They told me $180 for the 160gb Slim, $140 even if it had a disc reading problem, it just has to turn on.

My Slim has the same exact problem, and I'm also blaming that POS MW3, because my **** was fine before that game came out.

 

[speedy0990]

[h1]Disgaea 5 in the works alongside Dimension 2[/h1]
Never fear, friends – Disgaea 5 hasn’t gone anywhere, Nippon Ichi just has two new Disgaea games in the works.

Speaking to Dengeki, as reported by Gematsu, Disgaea Dimension 2 producer Shogo Kozakai confirmed that the new game is distinct from Disgaea 5, and that the new numbered sequel is in pre-production.

Dimension 2 is actually a follow on from the good ending of the first Disgaea, and may be spun off into its own series. It sees the return of protagonist Laharl along with Etna and Flonne, although plenty of other familiar and new faces will also feature.

Although Nippon Ichi considered remaking the first Disgaea, it wanted to tell a new story. The gameplay system will be similar to that of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten, but with a blanace more akin to the original Disgaea.

Kozakai said new elements are yet to be revealed, but apparently hinted that monster mounts might be one of them.

Dimension 2 was announced last week as the true name of Project D, one of the developer’s 20th anniversary celebratory titles. It’s due in March.

[h1]Rumor: PS3 hacked yet again, this time it might be for keeps[/h1]
by Jessica Conditt on Oct 23rd 2012 9:15PM

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Yesterday a new, PSN-enabled custom firmware for hacked PlayStation 3 consoles launched, compatible with the official firmware 4.25 release. This type of hack isn't new, and previously Sony has been able to update its firmware to sufficiently quell the hackers' reach. Following the custom firmware launch yesterday, however, was the release of the PlayStation 3's LV0 keys.

In theory, the LV0 decryption keys make is easy to decode any system update to the PlayStation 3, Eurogamer writes. The LV0 keys allow PS3 firmware to be decrypted on PC, and then re-encrypted with firmware 3.55 keys to run on hacked consoles.

A group called "The Three Muskateers" takes responsibility for the LV0 keys, but not the leak itself. That's all thanks to a new Chinese hacking group, "BlueDiskCFW," who planned to release and charge for custom firmware updates using The Three Muskateers' LV0 keys. To stop BlueDiskCFW from profiting off the keys, the Muskateers released them.

"You can be sure that if it wouldn't have been for this leak, this key would never have seen the light of day," The Three Muskateers write in a statement. "Only the fear of our work being used by others to make money out of it has forced us to release this now."

Read the complete statement from The Three Muskateers, with the keys edited out, below.


 

 

[leroythegreat38]

When I traded in my Xbox 360 Elite on Sunday, the guy told me the double value promotion was ending that day.

I ordered the 500gb Assassin's Creed 3 bundle, it's my first PlayStation I've ever owned. But what I really came in this thread for was to ask what HDMI cables I should buy?

I know they're all essentially the same but should I get standard speed or high speed?

 

[grimey]

Might hit up gamestop today and see what they'll give me for my 120 gb slim because I do want that AC III super sllim bundle

 

[Bad Religion]

When I traded in my Xbox 360 Elite on Sunday, the guy told me the double value promotion was ending that day.

I ordered the 500gb Assassin's Creed 3 bundle, it's my first PlayStation I've ever owned. But what I really came in this thread for was to ask what HDMI cables I should buy?

I know they're all essentially the same but should I get standard speed or high speed?

Wikipedia:

"HDMI 1.3 defines two cable categories: Category 1-certified cables, which have been tested at 74.5 MHz (which would include resolutions such as 720p60 and 1080i60), and Category 2-certified cables, which have been tested at 340 MHz (which would include resolutions such as 1080p60 and 2160p30).[62][66][67] Category 1 HDMI cables are marketed as "Standard" and Category 2 HDMI cables as "High Speed"."

It depends on what TV you are using. I can get away with a standard speed cable on my 19 inch monitor and 32 inch tv, but need a high speed cord for the projector.

High speed also works with 3D much better. There is a noticeable downgrade when using a standard cord.

 

[liltank0206]

whats the highest level you guys have seen on the psn??

 

[celtixhalfshell]

fumito ueda (ico/shadow of the colossus) has more talent in his left pinky than hideo kojima's entire team (including himself) possess on any given day.

shame about last guardian

 

[D Double]

4.30 is out and It's finally good to see Vita trophies on my PS3.

Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly be any more excited for Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation, it turns out you can play dress-ups.

As detailed on the PS Blog, Aveline has at least three “personas” at her command. Dressed as a poor labourer, she can pass unnoticed among crowds of workers, slaves and indentured servants, and even call on the crowds to riot a little if necessary. In high-fashion formal wear, she can pass in the snobbiest places.

Unfortunately, both of those personas restrict how many weapons Aveline can carry, so the default assassin grab sounds like the most fun. Plus, that hat. Check out some images of the different personas below.

Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation is a Vita tie-in due at the end of October. It’s the first in the series to star a female assassin and basically ticks every single one of my boxes.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/17/assassins-creed-3-liberation-has-a-disguise-mechanic/

Liberation is looking pretty good. All this info is some days old but I thought I'll post it since I don't remember seeing it. She looks a lot like Rihanna too

 

[Deleted member 37467]

When I traded in my Xbox 360 Elite on Sunday, the guy told me the double value promotion was ending that day.

Yea, initially it ended on the 21st, but they extended it.

I guess a lot of people were trading in their systems.

 

[Bad Religion]

whats the highest level you guys have seen on the psn??

As far as I know, I have the highest on NT with 20 /humblebrag

Highest LEGIT level in the world is a guy with a level 88. 29,000+ trophies :x

 

[Deleted member 37467]

whats the highest level you guys have seen on the psn??

I had someone on my list a while ago that was level 30 something.

I went to look @ his trophy list one time and my PS3 completely locked up, .

 

[thehealthinspector]

fumito ueda (ico/shadow of the colossus) has more talent in his left pinky than hideo kojima's entire team (including himself) possess on any given day.

shame about last guardian

sadly kojima has become a slave to the metal gear franchise whereas ueda can do whatever he wants

well, at least he used to be able to do whatever he wanted

 

[bobthehoe]

Playstation allstar is a day one cop..... Loving the beta. Sweet tooth ftw!

 

[celtixhalfshell]

sadly kojima has become a slave to the metal gear franchise whereas ueda can do whatever he wants

maaaan....Ueda games are for the HEALING OF THE NATIONS (ala Bob Marley music)

kojima games are a bunch of cyber-tech military-tough-guy garbage concepts.  that mgs series needs to die already

thing with ico (more so than shadow) is it's on my mind even when not playing it.....the last game to truly stay with me like that was fallout 3 (GOAT).

 

[supremeape]

Thanks Vintage.

Empire and fellow Canadians

Walmart is doing Preorders for Halo 4,BUT unlike everyone else they give u the preorder bonus right away.

What you get
1 month Xbox live
480 MS points
Halo 4 Skin, avatar and two other things
Double XP for 3 matches.

All this for 5 dollar plus tax. You dont need to pick up the game if you dont want to, and some stores have a limit of 1 per customer, but most dont.

 

[sole vintage]

^ no problem thanks

 

[liltank0206]

As far as I know, I have the highest on NT with 20 /humblebrag
Highest LEGIT level in the world is a guy with a level 88. 29,000+ trophies :x

yea i knew you were probably the highest on NT and to the lvl 88 i was on psn forum and it seems like they beef about their lvls over there just reading through some of their threads.......

 

[T0INE]

GameStop will give me $180 for my Slim, not bad.

Gonna trade it in on Sunday and pick up the 500GB Super Slim on Monday night.

I'll have to go 2 days without my PS3,

.

AC3 better not let me down.

Wait...wut?

$180 sounds like a lot for GameStop. I have a Fat 80 GB I'm not using because it got YLOD (I got it fixed though)...I wonder if I could trade that in and how much they'd give me for it.

My Slim is slowly dying too.

The ******g disc loader acts up with the only 2 games I play...and I'm pretty sure that piece of **** MW3 caused it to go ******ed. Sometimes I have to turn off/on the system and insert/eject disc a few times just to get it to recognize the disc...it's more of a hassle than a serious problem but that's been going on for like 2 months now.

I'm afraid it'll eventually get worse.

I gotta look into that deal.

Yeah DSK, that disc reading problem is only going to get worse.

My Slim started having problems reading discs late last year. I'd insert a disc and instead of the game booting up shortly afterwards, the PS3 would make a noise like it was ejecting the disc but nothing would happen. After inserting/ejecting a disc a few times my Slim would eventually recognize it.

Now, the only game my PS3 reads now is Tekken 6 and without fail too.

I'll be in the States next month so I'll probably trade in my Slim to Gamestop since they still accept it even with the disc reading problem.

Hopefully I'll get as good a deal as Hyper got for his.

@Hyper: When you traded in your PS3 what all did you include? I know the power cord and AV cable are a given but did you include a DS3 as well?

 

[jhawk826]

whats the highest level you guys have seen on the psn??

As far as I know, I have the highest on NT with 20 /humblebrag

Highest LEGIT level in the world is a guy with a level 88. 29,000+ trophies :x

That's just pointless to me. To each his own, but the PS3 hasn't had many games throughout its run to make me want to get all of those trophies.

 

[Bad Religion]

If you look through their lists, guys at that level will play every version of a game if it has a different trophy list. So they play the same game 4 times, but in different languages, just to get the 4 sets of trophies.

And most at that level are groups of people who share a username just to build trophies.

 

[shortyoscart]

Playstation Plus free 30 day trial and access to PS All Stars Beta. Today only!
http://www.ign.com/prime/promo/battleroyale#promoButton

>: Wasn't even aware. Still haven't used this yet, got screwed over on the welcome back package too.

 

[gatzbygordon]

is assasins creed a sandbox type game? saw the trailer for the new one on ps3 and thought it looked decent..would be cool to see a game like this but in modern times,with gta type missions and what not, i just like to get the most out of my games ya know, i've been so picky lately cuz after i beat the story lines to alot of games there isnt much to do...but a game like RDR there was still alot left to do after the story line..i might get the one for the vita since the only game i have for that is MVC 

 

[hybridsoldier23]

PlayStation 3: The Final Hack?

Trouble for Sony as new custom firmware and security keys are released.

By Richard Leadbetter Published 23 October, 2012

Sony is waking up to a new PlayStation 3 security nightmare after a day in which a brand new, PSN-enabled custom firmware was released for hacked consoles, swiftly followed up by publication of the console's LV0 decryption keys - which some say blows the system wide open.

We've been here before of course. Over two years ago, the first piracy-enabling firmware and USB dongle combo - PSJailbreak was released, which exploited a weakness in the PS3's USB protocols, allowing for the system software to be patched in order to run copied software running from hard disk. This was followed up some time later by the release of tools from hacker group fail0verflow, which allowed users to encrypt files for the system in the same way that Sony does, allowing for a new wave of piracy. Geohot's public release of the "metldr" root key also added to the challenges facing Sony, resulting in a messy legal battle.

The firm's response - firmware 3.60 - plugged many of the holes, neatly working around the entire root key problem, and even with the release of the new custom firmware, any console running system software 3.60 or higher is effectively locked out. Only hacked consoles, or those still running 3.55 or lower can run the new code unless expensive, difficult-to-install hardware downgrade devices are utilised on older hardware.

Despite the effectiveness of firmware 3.60, PS3 has still had to contend with piracy issues, notably the JB2/TrueBlue dongle, but this hack still locked consoles to 3.55 and stopped compromised consoles gaining access to PSN - until recently at least, where the "passphrase" security protocol protecting PSN was leaked, giving hacked consoles full access to the service.

The release of the new custom firmware - and the LV0 decryption keys in particular - poses serious issues. While Sony will almost certainly change the PSN passphrase once again in the upcoming 4.30 update, the reveal of the LV0 key basically means that any system update released by Sony going forward can be decrypted with little or no effort whatsoever. Options Sony has in battling this leak are limited - every PS3 out there needs to be able to decrypt any firmware download package in order for the console to be updated (a 2006 launch PS3 can still update directly to the latest software). The release of the LV0 key allows for that to be achieved on PC, with the CoreOS and XMB files then re-encrypted using the existing 3.55 keys in order to be run on hacked consoles.

So just how did LV0 come to be released at all? The original hackers who first found the master key - calling themselves "The Three Tuskateers" - apparently sat on its discovery for some time. However, the information leaked and ended up being the means by which a new Chinese hacking outfit - dubbed "BlueDiskCFW" planned to charge for and release new custom firmware updates. To stop these people profiteering from their work, the "Muskateers" released the LV0 key and within 24 hours, a free CFW update was released.

"You can be sure that if it wouldn't have been for this leak, this key would never have seen the light of day, only the fear of our work being used by others to make money out of it has forced us to release this now," a statement from the hacker group says.

We have approached Sony for comment.

Online might turn into hell on this system...

I'm already testing the hack internally. Will report back with results.

 

[iheartboost]

I thought the new PS store was finally up for NA users now?