Topic: Free60: Dangerous Xbox360 Update Killing to-be released Homebrew Hack (Read 1750 times)

pholly · « **Reply #75 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(phistyle @ Aug 11 2009, 10:50 PM)

too little too late...this would of been good like a year or 2 ago but I really don't see this as going that big anytime soon...homebrew? you might as well build a cheap computer and run all the linux or emulators u want and all the media you throw at it...pc components are hella cheap right now....

It has nothing to do with homebrew, these people just want an easy way to pirate games. It's not good enough for them to be able to burn "backups" to discs and play with a hacked firmware they want to play games for free off of the hdd without even needing to buy even blank media. There's nothing a 360 can do a PC can't do better, just go buy a video card with HDMI output if you want to play emulators and watch stolen movies on your TV.

MFD · « **Reply #76 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:55:00 PM »

QUOTE(pholly @ Aug 11 2009, 03:47 PM)

It has nothing to do with homebrew, these people just want an easy way to pirate games. It's not good enough for them to be able to burn "backups" to discs and play with a hacked firmware they want to play games for free off of the hdd without even needing to buy even blank media. There's nothing a 360 can do a PC can't do better, just go buy a video card with HDMI output if you want to play emulators and watch stolen movies on your TV.

Actually, for me, it is more a matter of convenience - granted it doesn't take much effort, but it is kindof a nuissance to have to get up and put the actual disc in the drive (whether you own it or not).

Right now, the entire concept of loading games onto the HD is virtually useless (in my opinion) - yes, it saves a few seconds here and there during bootup and between levels and what not, but to me, that is hardly worth the expense of having to buy a larger hard-drive. The only thing this "feature" does, in my opinion, is help Microsoft justify the need for their larger, more expensive hard drives, even though in reality there is very little benefit to having the big drive (this may change with Games on Demand and the like, but at this point, there is little need for a large hard-drive).

Now if you could load the games onto the hard-drive one time and then just put the discs away and never have to hassle with them again, that would be a feature that was worth-while.

The_Ocelot2 · « **Reply #77 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:59:00 PM »

Luckily I read this before I updated. This is definitely great news for the homebrew community, I am looking forward to the possibilites of what this exploit may bring.

Thanks to the guys at Free60 for your hard work!

Vejita · « **Reply #78 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:06:00 PM »

One of the main things I am looking forward to is a port of MAME to the 360 PowerPC architecture.

The original Xbox was horrible at running MAME due to a lack of processor power and RAM.

scottmuller28 · « **Reply #79 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:12:00 PM »

So people are using the old zombie cheats again that where previously blocked. Looks like we are back to the old days. M$ will be really pissed about this. We might see the 360 being scrapped by 2012. With this coming out of know where I wonder how far the ps3 is from being exploited?

This post has been edited by scottmuller28: Aug 12 2009, 12:15 AM

xyteam · « **Reply #80 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:12:00 PM »

QUOTE(Vejita @ Aug 12 2009, 12:06 AM)

One of the main things I am looking forward to is a port of MAME to the 360 PowerPC architecture.

The original Xbox was horrible at running MAME due to a lack of processor power and RAM.

considering on mame for xbox you get full neogeo emulation,cps2.....i dont see anything horrible about that.
sure the midway games like the mk games struggled but the compatibility on a lot of games is excellent.
but back on topic i havent updated my 360 yet so im going to hold out for a few days and see what news gets released.

modslave · « **Reply #81 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:15:00 PM »

1st, amazing exciting news news, im always surprised at the scene!

2nd, TWO people mentioned updating only to brick their consoles WTF!

amexie · « **Reply #82 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:16:00 PM »

something to look forward to ive already took the network lead out of the 360

and everyone saying go buy a pc you show me a pc more powerful than a 360 for 130 pound
a graphics card to match the 360 cost more than that alone

xbmc on the 360 will be awesome

good work free60 team, hope this is real

no more needing to convert hd movies to wmv-hd

Devedander · « **Reply #83 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:24:00 PM »

What was the verdict on this in terms of being able to use it and live at the same time? I assume that the dual nand suggestion was to switch between this and a live enabled bios?

If so it takes a lot of the draw out of it for me as that's another expense and work needed to get it working.

I want homebrew as much as the next guy, but I have to think that the severe limitations on who can do this and how many will will result in lack of homebrew support. When everyone can easily get homebrew running the homebrew scene gets a lot of contributors and some great products. But when the userbase is limited, I don't have a lot of confidence a lot of great things will come along at a decent rate.

lllsondowlll · « **Reply #84 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:33:00 PM »

nevermind.

This post has been edited by lllsondowlll: Aug 12 2009, 12:36 AM

KIWIDOGGIE · « **Reply #85 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

QUOTE(lllsondowlll @ Aug 11 2009, 07:33 PM)

I got some inside info from some people who knew about this exploit for quite a while. They said that the announcement was a leak and the exploit was not being released. I guess they are trying to get the whole announcement removed from here and free60...

This is just what I heard so don't go updating your xbox yet but there is a good chance it won't come out considering my source is very (unfortunately) reliable.

He speaks teh truthzorz.

-DeToX- · « **Reply #86 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

Yes.. It's not coming out.

lllsondowlll's source here by the way..

Big mistake by the way..

This post has been edited by -DeToX-: Aug 12 2009, 12:40 AM

23bobbyg · « **Reply #87 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

I have been waiting for this since I got my 360! I can not wait for emulators on the 360! Glad I waited and did not update

gamerfreak1727 · « **Reply #88 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

QUOTE(lllsondowlll @ Aug 11 2009, 05:33 PM)

I got some inside info from some people who knew about this exploit for quite a while. They said that the announcement was a leak and the exploit was not being released. I guess they are trying to get the whole announcement removed from here and free60...

This is just what I heard so don't go updating your xbox yet but there is a good chance it won't come out considering my source is very (unfortunately) reliable.

Also 100% on this. It's a fact, some things were said, and someone jumped the gun. Sorry to disappoint the <9000 people on here.

23bobbyg · « **Reply #89 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:37:00 PM »

Well that did not last long

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