[abovealpha]

No, I don't work for Sony but my intelligence and history tell me that if this wasn't possible online that it wouldn't be as big of a deal. Please don't show your ignorance by replying so negatively. You can get your point across without sounding like a ******.

[AsSiTcH]

Originally Posted by abovealpha No, I don't work for Sony but my intelligence and history tell me that if this wasn't possible online that it wouldn't be as big of a deal. Please don't show your ignorance by replying so negatively. You can get your point across without sounding like a ******.

Im not ignorant, I just believe you are wrong in your assessment.

[ps3er]

theres no need for you guys bickering, it would be helpfull if you guys could answer ppls quest, like the one i have been asking, thanx

[abovealpha]

And I can tell you for a fact that this hack makes Sony more money than it loses them. Between people buying extra consoles,more people buying consoles and the money they'll earn from repairs from people who don't follow directions bricking consoles is far more profitable for Sony than the small percentage of people who mod their system. People who would have bought the games before will still buy them now. The people who pirate games never would have likely bought them in the first place. Yes they will lose money by people hacking on their online service. If online becomes unenjoyable because of hackers cheating, everyone will stop using/buying consoles. Do some research before you post your comments based on what you have read from others who know nothing.

[AsSiTcH]

Originally Posted by abovealpha And I can tell you for a fact that this hack makes Sony more money than it loses them. Between people buying extra consoles,more people buying consoles and the money they'll earn from repairs from people who don't follow directions bricking consoles is far more profitable for Sony than the small percentage of people who mod their system. People who would have bought the games before will still buy them now. The people who pirate games never would have likely bought them in the first place. Yes they will lose money by people hacking on their online service. If online becomes unenjoyable because of hackers cheating, everyone will stop using/buying consoles. Do some research before you post your comments based on what you have read from others who know nothing.

If it makes them so much money, why are they gonna take Devs to court?

[abovealpha]

Will gladly answer your question ps3er. Yes, you need a special device to do this. I personally used a TI-84 graph calculator to do mine. Here's a link to compatible devices that can do this.
http://forums.qj.net/ps3-hacks-explo...break-ps3.html

There may be others but this is the list I went by.
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I already explained why in that same post ass itch. Massive loss of sales if people start cheating online. Just read, the answers are usually there.

[hawaii173]

ok i bought my ps3 the F/W it was on was 3.40 and the last part of the serial is CECH-2501A
will this work or brick my system and when i do D/G it should i get 3.40 then 3.41?

[Wahooka]

For some of the 2nd gen phat consoles, you have to actually have the ps3/update folder for the downgrade to work, INSTEAD OF THE PUP FILE ON THE ROOT FOLDER. Soooo, if your console doesn't seem to like the guide's downgrade method, try putting it in the usual update location.

I softbricked my console many many times before I got this figured out. Luckily, our own Gliitch wrote a guide on how to recover from a soft brick.

[kingzfn]

Great work guys! I upgraded to 3.55 so I could sync my trophies and then downgraded back to 3.41. I must have done something wrong because my internal hdd was formatted but that's not a big deal since I keep my games on an external drive, just lost a few save files that I haven't backed up in a couple weeks.

[pythonman]

guys, i'm new to this forum. I was wondering, how do you downgrade at all? Do you just put the .PUP into the PS3/UPDATE ?
and do you lose all the data after the downgrade? thanks!