[GregoryRasputin]

That's what's wrong with the scene and the world in general, you are all too happy with rolling over and getting f*cked in the ass.

[bigo93]

Nice to hear that dean isnt with the cobra team and they just added it to their own. But we were all getting a little worried since after months of updates it suddenly went quiet with MM.

It's a great piece of software but the one thing it is missing is what we all want, PS2 support for all consoles Surely there has to be some way to get it....

[Mackdanny]

Originally Posted by bigo93 Nice to hear that dean isnt with the cobra team and they just added it to their own. But we were all getting a little worried since after months of updates it suddenly went quiet with MM. It's a great piece of software but the one thing it is missing is what we all want, PS2 support for all consoles Surely there has to be some way to get it....

Well I read somewhere a long time ago someone managed to open a firmware pup (before it was common to do so, this was a breakthrough, I believe it was geohot (and that will be the ONLY mention if him I make and I advise you do not follow thru with his accomplishments or lack thereof) and he found out that Sony has put a check based lock on the firmware, this lock checks if your hardware is a North American 60GB with full BC, a North American 20GB also with full BC, the outher region based 60GB which only had a synthesizer and no emotion engine, the North American first release 80GB which had only the synthesizer, the second Gen 80GB and every subsequent model that the firmware checked got the boot on PS2 emulation, it kinda wasn't sony's fault at the time, people weren't buying ps3's as much cuz of the price tag so they had to make changes, and since people were still getting used to PS3 games and not really playing PS2 games (or still had a pS2 gathering dust somewhere) then it was put on the chopping block, I believe the PSN versions of ps2 games are both a means of cash grubbiness AS WELL as sony's admittance to the understatement on ps2 games and/or the revived interest of ps2 games, people always said they wanted the next psp to play ps2 games, maybe by putting them in the store ps2 support on vita isn't a dream either. Anyway that my take on that, and to answer the possible question of "why can't they also add disc support?" well, it's possible, I mean look at how Microsoft does emulation for xbox games on 360.... A profile has to be downloaded to play it.... Maybe Sony can follow suit. However just remember that if BC isn't possible for ALL xbox games on 360 due to technical difficulties, it could probably happen on ps3 as well, maybe a game NEEDS the emotion engine, and believe me, I can think of one.

[Blaz0r]

Sssoooo...? Is this like gay ass TB? Or can this be used on a normal USB, I mean I know the answer already but I was wondering if this is some how different from the TrueBlue USB.

P.S. Fk all USB's and Dongles ---> CFW FTW!! (when we get the new one )

[GregoryRasputin]

Originally Posted by Blaz0r Sssoooo...? Is this like gay ass TB? Or can this be used on a normal USB, I mean I know the answer already but I was wondering if this is some how different from the TrueBlue USB. P.S. Fk all USB's and Dongles ---> CFW FTW!! (when we get the new one )

The differences between TB and Cobra are minimalistic, though Cobra is the lesser of two evils, it add's options to your PS3, like the ability to play PS2/PSP backups, where as TB was modelled solely for pirate games.

I think the contents of dongles should be free, after all i don't see any of the CFW guys charging for CFW.

[Mackdanny]

Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin I think the contents of dongles should be free, after all i don't see any of the CFW guys charging for CFW.

That's how I always felt about those stupid dongles, I once had a file that was the psjailbreak program but reverse engineered to work on any old USB drive, I thought it was a little wrong since I didn't buy the psjailbreak, but at the same time I gave a sh** less because both my psp and wii were softmodded using files that were distributed freely on the net, and to have to pay for ps3 cfw/jailbreak etc felt like a scam

[japsander]

Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin That's what's wrong with the scene and the world in general, you are all too happy with rolling over and getting f*cked in the ass.

Well, you seemed quite happy with that concept last night........ :-)


I agree though. The scene used to be about freedom and knowledge but its turned to money and power.

I honestly think the word "scene" is used wrongly nowadays. The scene has become less of a community and more of a shopping mall

[pereb27]

I do agree that the contents of a dongle should be free. Usually when it comes to hacking consoles, you buy hardware when that hardware is NEEDED... which it isn't on CFW.

However, nobody bothered to implement PS1 and PS2 backup loading. Then some chinese guys found out a possible source of profit there, and they made Cobra USB. I wouldn't even consider Team Cobra as part of the scene, they're just a chinese group trying to make a living. Same applies with True Blue, they're not part of the scene either. Except what TB is doing is much, much worse than Cobra.

Oh, there is One now, which is nice but nothing like Cobra IMO. Someone just randomly found out that you could load the PS1 emu self from multiman, that's it. Cobra actually patched the security checks for burned discs and implemented HDD loading. It's not like devs put a lot of time in this (I'm not complaining at all or trying to be disrespectful in any means, and I think it's a good thing PS1 backup loading is available to everyone now, I'm just saying that nobody was interested until someone randomly found this quick way of adding PS1 loading, and since it was quick and easy to code, they did this).

Those were features I longed for. When Cobra first came out, I waited for it to be reverse engineered. Months after it still wasn't available for free (seems nobody was interested in reversing it either), and I needed a dongle to downgrade/remarry a BD (mind you I had no device that could use psfreedom, ps3jig or anything open source, so I had to buy a dongle anwyay) so I decided to go for it.

That said, I'd rather buy a new PS3 on OFW than a True Blue. I didn't really mind giving Cobra money but those TB guys aren't getting a cent from me.

[Colonski]

To quote the poster

"A lil’ bit of love n’ appreciation is what we all need in the scene "

And more so...

We need that not only in the scene, but throughout the whole fakking world!!!

[jonnyjaeger]

I've been out of the loop for a bit regarding the PSX compatibility on PS3, so is cobra running PSX backups from hdd now or disc-only still? If from hdd, is "regular" multiman doing so too?