The PS5 has been jailbroken and cracked wide open marking the first major hack on the system since its launch back in 2020. While hackers have managed to infiltrate the console up to this point, none of them have been able to access the console's debug options and install custom packages until now.
Notorious hacker Lance McDonald posted a video of his newly jailbroken PS5 console on Twitter showing off some of the now-enabled settings. Most notably is the new ability to install custom packages. Other features include enabling developer options and even hidden dev cowtools while running games.
Of course, the most exciting part of the PS5 jailbreak comes at the end of the video where the hacker installs the infamous* Silent Hills P.T Demo* which was officially delisted from the PlayStation Store a few years ago. The hacker doesn't show the game launching but the fact that it can be installed is a huge step towards installing and playing games which are not officially licensed for the PS5.
This PS5 jailbreak marks quite a big step towards enabling homebrew on the console too. Both the PS3 and PS4 are currently jailbroken and can be used to install custom themes, games, emulators and even unofficial game patches including the Bloodborne 60FPS patch. The patch is something you can't install on your PS4 unless you have it jailbroken and hacked.
Sadly, the hacker didn't share any specific details on how the jailbreak took place. We don't know if it was a software or hardware-related loophole at this stage. He likely kept his process a secret to avoid Sony patching and fixing it almost instantly.
It is still too early to tell what will come from this exploit. However, apart from the piracy issues surrounding jailbroken PS5 consoles, the homebrew community might find ways to create unique apps and experiences on the console. In fact, this exploit might result in a way for users to emulate PS3 games on the console. Something Sony has failed to work on.
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all this could have been prevented if sony wrote its firmware in rust
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unironically true. this is why we need to prevent the rust's growth as it will make harder to pirate videogames
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as a software enginner, rust is horrible for my job security
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As a PHP developer I don’t know what memory safety is.
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How about you instead get a decent job and realise gaming is dirt cheap compared to most time wasting hobbies?
Not that I want to support the gaming industry, I just hate poors leeching off society.
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you should try shilling rust to govtech
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COBOL or bust.
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Jail Status: BROKEN
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frick yeah, now I can play all those ps5 games like, uh...
er...
hmm
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All ps5 “exlusives” are on ps plus except ratchet and clank and ghost wire but by chrismas they probably put them on ps plus.
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all those ps5 games like, uh... third person single player rpg but not rpg games
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Suck shit. I saved up for a PS5 I got on launch day and haven't used since I completed Demon's Souls. I am better than all of you people who didn't get one and always will be.
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we weren't even aware of this ongoing competition
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I'm sorry you had to discover your inferiority like this.
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It always is
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NGMI
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It's like 500 dollars. That's not save up money.
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imagine buying an entire console for a souls game and still thinking you are better than anyone else.
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Not just a souls game, a remake of a souls game.
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I don't even like Souls and it took me months to beat. I expected the PS5 to have games and its been like 3 fricking years and there aren't any games so I don't know what to do.
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Sell it and buy a PC to start modding Morrorwind
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I have a ridiculously powerful PC I've almost never used. I bought myself a 3700X and 2060 telling myself that I'm totally gonna make use of the CUDA cores in the GPU with my hecking epic machine learning adventures and I'm gonna totally use the CPU. It's been 3 years and I play MGS5 and Quake.
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Neighbor u have a 2060
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neighbor you have no idea how good technology is these days
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It aint ridiculous if it is normal
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Why don't you go back to the cave you came from, you primitive Neanderthal. Technology is light years ahead of anything you could possibly comprehend. Obviously you're just a big, dumb idiot.
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What are your thoughts on the most recent league of legends pre season update?
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Play boomer shooters, Minecraft, and games like Factorio and RimWorld. Most triple a games suck these days. It's the low/mid budget titles that you can put 100s of hours into that are actually fun.
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rdrama tes3mp server when
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I sold my jailbroken switch, i just think jailbreaking is a waste of time at this point and nowadays its a loss too
And for big, stationary consoles, there really isn't much other point for homebrew development, just piracy. The only cool thing were Handhelds to hack with, and Valve already opened the door with that one.
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I think
@loli_esports was asking about a rdrama minecraft server 
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I still should jailbreak my 3DS, but I agree yeah.
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i got one of those new xboxs last year cause i randomly saw one in walmart. i got it cause the new stalker game was coming out this year...
OR WOULD HAVE IF RUSSIA DIDN'T INVADE UKRAINE BECAUSE NOW THE GAME DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A RELEASE DATE. i've been most effected by this war and it's been really hard.
i think the only game i've played on it that i can't play on my xbox one is microsoft flight simulator. eventually they are gonna have to move on from "well, we'll just make the game for both generations of console!".
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i bought my ps5 bc it can play every single souls game lol
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watching paint dry is so much more fun than a souls game
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Shit i still haven't gotten a ps4 due lack of games. ps5 seems to have less
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no shit you'd stop using it after playing every good game on the system.
Weird it took you so long, though. I beat it over a decade ago
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Emulation when
This is the only thing that keeps console companies from instantly going bankrupt, and it can't come soon enough
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Switch was like day one emumatable and it in the end moged ps4 and moging ps5
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I cant believe that shit brick with 2014 phone tech will sell 100 million times
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lol, nerd. It was never about the tech.
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Sure I am just in awe they can still demand 300 bucks for that plastic shit stain with a chip you can find in 50 dollar phones these days.
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Nintendies are the most brand-loyal customers
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Emulate PS5 games? or you want to run emulators on the console? you can do that already on sexbox series s*x. Also why would you want to emulate ps5 exclusives anyway? they will be on the pc usually an year or two of the release from now on
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The wololo.net article linked under the original tweet (https://x.com/manfightdragon/status/1576769734627930112) has more details on the jailbreak.
So, for the average Joe, this changes nothing. It's a step forward though and very cool
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Huh I guess the W^X idea was sound after all.
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Let me know when I can emulate it on my steam deck
I got Xbox 360 and ps3 emulators working yesterday, I want to see how hard I can push it. It’s been my dream since I was 12 years old to run a speedhacked Viva Piñata at 60fps.
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I seen first time someone pronounce dead or alive extreme 2 as viva piñata 2
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Isn't the PS5 too powerful to properly emulate on the steam deck? Hope I'm wrong because it would be cool to emulate the current gen Xbox as well
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Yeah no way the steamdeck can emulate a ps5 without major performance issues.
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ps5 games will eventually come to pc. no point in emulation, unless you can't wait for 1-2 years from release
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I thought consoles verbally have poorer performance than PC?
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I'm sure all 10 PS5 owners are gonna be very exited about being able to play their 5 exclusive games for free.
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I've got a PS4 with PT installed. I'll sell it to the highest bidder. It starts at $50,000
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Hire you can download the package and even instal on ps5 https://dlpsgame.com/silent-hills-p-t-ps4-download-free/
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Pretty sure that's gonna be the rebuild. Not the original Konami demo from the ps store. Like I said, bidding starts at $50K
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That’s is the original ps4 build. If you had a ps4 with afro samurai 2 than that would be business
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Best I can do is a physical copy of watch dogs
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You can't play it though since only read/write is jailbroken, not execution. I was excited to see the PT PS4 market crash and burn when I heard about people installing it on PS5s but they'll probably be fine still.
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Yeah it probably will be easier to emulate ps4 in a year or 2
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Wow. Congratulations f-slurs.
You have fun tinkering with your gaystation. I've got DOSBox. 
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Technically it was jailbroken last year around November December it’s basically same software BD driver error ps3-ps4-ps5 had so disklesscels keep loosing (I bought bf2042 for 10 euro from Amazon yesterday and Sony on psn is selling with a deal for 40 euro)
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Sonycels in shambles.
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Snapshots:
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
ghostarchive.org (click to archive)
managed to infiltrate the console up to this point:
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
ghostarchive.org (click to archive)
you can't install on your PS4 unless you have it jailbroken and hacked:
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
ghostarchive.org (click to archive)
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pictured: What Sony execs will no longer be able to afford after getting fired
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I prefer when they stay quiet about exploits and sit on them so they remain unpatched for as many software updates and hardware revisions as possible. Still cool though.
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Would've been done a long time ago had someone gifted me one.
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So does this mean I should unplug it now to prevent firmware updates so I can pirate later
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is this userland shit or something really big
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Does this mean I can play ncaa 14 on it?
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Love this, buying one now.
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Finally, it will have games
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Oh good, another pointless barrage of emulators that don't do anything your laptop can't already do.
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