Those Who Hacked the PlayStation Portal to Run PSP Games Have Helped Sony Fix the Exploit - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 April 2024 / 3,534 Views
Google cloud vulnerability researcher Andy Nguyen in February announced he had been able to hack Sony's PlayStation Portal to run PSP games offline by installing the PPSSPP emulator on the cloud streaming device.
Nguyen has provided an update stating his team has reported the issue to PlayStation and helped Sony fix the exploit.
"We responsibly reported the issues to PlayStation," said Nguyen. "Bugs are fixed on 2.06."
Sony Interactive Entertainment released the PlayStation Portal remote player on November 15, 2023 for $199.99 / £199.99 / €219.99 / 29,980 yen.
We responsibly reported the issues to PlayStation. Bugs are fixed on 2.06. https://t.co/0B38HRaaaw
— Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) April 2, 2024
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Why not make it a feature instead
"We responsibly reported the issues to PlayStation."
Square!
Sony, use the psp emulator as a feature. How cool would the device be if you could use your premium account to download those psp games. That will make the portal usable, rather than the sorry state its in now, packaged away and sealed in their new unopened boxes, that gather dust while it sits there waiting to be sold by the scalpers who thought they could buy them up and sell them for profit, not realising there was only little demand
Andy Nguyen in a followup tweet stated: "No idea why you folks cry about the disclosure. If we just released to the public, do you think Sony would just leave it unpatched? Reporting vs. not reporting is only a few weeks of difference."
https://twitter.com/theflow0/status/1775226927390847000
But... why?
Why? The PSP has long been discontinued. It is not simple to buy most PSP games officially even from the PS Store anymore. Sony hasn't been releasing PSP classics fast enough anyway.
