![]() ![]() Personally, I paid retail price for a console running on 2.00 and I couldn’t be happier. whether you think that’s worth it is up to you. In my experience, those can still occasionally be found for a low price, but I’ve also seen people asking for up to $1000 for consoles running on Firmware 1.xx. If you’re ok with that, you’re ready to look for a low firmware PS5. If you’ve read the above, you now understand that a low firmware PS5 is pretty much dead weight at the moment, and you are buying into the hope that some cool stuff might come eventually for those low firmware PS5s (which is absolutely not guaranteed!). How much does a lower firmware PS5 cost, and do you *really* need it? What you can do with a 3.00-4.51 PS5 isn’t worth the irreversible upgrade you’d do on a lower firmware console. Things might change quickly on that front, but that’s the status as of now. At the moment it is believed that 2.50 and lower are much more valuable than any other firmware. Which means that if you’ve scored a PS5 running on 2.50 or lower, you might be tempted to upgrade it. To complicate things a little bit, the current Kernel exploit only works between firmwares 3.00 and 4.51 included. The Firmware number is between the dash (“-“) symbols. This is because although all consoles up to firmware 4.51 included are vulnerable to the currently known PS5 Kernel exploit, it is also believed that lower firmwares ( 2.50 and below in particular) have even juicier vulnerabilities that might not have been disclosed yet (hacker flatz has confirmed his PS5 Hypervisor exploit is running on 2.50, although it hasn’t been confirmed if this was patched after that specific firmware). But to be perfectly clear, even if you find such a PS5, the lower the firmware, the better. Long story short, at the moment, you’re looking for a PS5 on Firmware 4.51 or lower. Last but not least, Mast1c0re, a hack that lets you run PS2 Homebrew and ISOs on the PS5, is working on all PS5 Firmwares to date (so that one currently doesn’t require to hunt for specific PS5 models).Īlthough what can be done with a hacked PS5 today might feel underwhelming, progress is being made by hackers on a daily basis, and my personal experience hunting down hackable consoles is that by the time something really interesting comes out, it will be to late to buy those models for a reasonable price. This allows in particular for impressive 60FPS patches to run on the PS5, such as Bloodborne 60 FPS on PS5, and for some of us this alone might make it worth to have a hacked PS5. In parallel, progress has been made on patching PS4 and PS5 games at runtime thanks to work by Illusion and Astrelsky. Running PS4 FPKGs is one of the next steps for the PS5 hacking scene and is being discussed here. It is now possible to install PS4 FPKGs, and PS5 PKGs from within the Debug menu, for example. With maybe the exception of the FTP Server, a lot of the existing payloads are mostly interesting for hackers and developers at the moment.īut things are evolving quickly. ![]() Things have evolved since we last talked about what is doable with a hacked PS5: We have of course still access to basic “payloads” (minimalist binaries with little to no user interaction) that enable Debug features on the console (such as the Debug menu, package installer, etc…), FTP Servers for direct access to the console’s hard drive, and the like. Hacking a PS5 is, at the time of writing, not particularly difficult if you have the right firmware, and it doesn’t involve any kind of specialized hardware, however the result might not be worth the effort for you, depending on your expectations. ![]() Sometimes searching for the exact firmware, e.g. Look for a used PS5 console where the seller can explicitly confirm the firmware. ![]() Hunt for either a “new in box” Launch Edition PS5 or “new in box” CFI-10xx (CFI-10xx are what you’re looking for, CFI-11xx are risky, CFI-12xx are no go),.Major retailers don’t sell those anymore, so you want to buy second-hand (eBay or equivalent). You’re looking for a PS5 with Firmware 4.51 or lower, ideally 2.xx if possible. If you already know the whole shenanigans, here’s the TLDR summary: If you purchase through these links, you do not pay anything extra but I might get a commission. I’m seeing a growing trend of people trying to get their hands on a hackable PS5 model, and, having bought one myself recently, I feel an updated buying guide is long overdue.ĭisclaimer: some links on this blog are affiliate links. Hackable PS5 units aren’t exactly super exciting for end users yet, but expectation is progressively building up in the scene. ![]()
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