A hacker has been able to delve right into the PlayStation 3's architecture and discovered a way of unlocking any and all of a game's Trophies without even playing it.
The video below shows a proof of concept for a homebrew software application that allows users to select Trophies at will. Its development was made possible after a recent PS3 exploit was made public by the sale of various USB devices.
Sony is currently battling such developers - and retailers of the 'jailbreak' peripherals - in court, and is attempting to block any hacking advances with regular firmware updates. But is Trophy hacking something that can be stopped?
Via The Sixth Axis
The video below shows a proof of concept for a homebrew software application that allows users to select Trophies at will. Its development was made possible after a recent PS3 exploit was made public by the sale of various USB devices.
Sony is currently battling such developers - and retailers of the 'jailbreak' peripherals - in court, and is attempting to block any hacking advances with regular firmware updates. But is Trophy hacking something that can be stopped?
Via The Sixth Axis
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irritant 5 Oct 2010 11:08
1/9
But is Trophy hacking something that there is any point in doing?
Dreadknux 5 Oct 2010 11:42
2/9
Indeed. It does seem a little pointless.
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deleted 5 Oct 2010 14:51
3/9
I hate trophy's, they have no relevance unlike achievements.
Ryan 5 Oct 2010 17:05
4/9
Yay so all your friends ( and random people you have added) can realise you are a much bigger nerd than they thought. "Oh you have all the trophies? Shame about the friends" There are no positives to this at all in my opinion. Unless you want to be considered a nerd then WOW mission accomplished!
tyrion 5 Oct 2010 17:06
5/9
@haritori Why do you say that? These days trophies and achievements are set at the same places or events in both versions of a game. This means that the are both equally relevant.
Or do you mean that trophies don't up a gamescore figure whereas achievements do?
Or do you mean that trophies don't up a gamescore figure whereas achievements do?
deleted 5 Oct 2010 17:09
6/9
Being sarcastic really, although I do feel achievements add value to game where as Trophy's don't seem to, in my opinion. don't know why but I feel satisfaction for achievement scoring where as on the PS3 I don't care less one way or the other. I suppose, I play most of my games on XBOX so most achievements are scored from the games I really want to play mostly FPS or Adventure Games, so my PS3 trophy score is pitiful in comparison.
HeMan 6 Oct 2010 07:48
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Wouldn't this be used to unlock certain parts of a game that you have trouble completing? I.e. if you get the trophy for completing a game on "hard" level, the game unlocks...uhm...other stuff?
Pica_Man 9 Oct 2010 12:46
8/9
I would be interested in this just to remove some games from my trophy list, its annoying when a friend brings a game round to your place that you don't have and then that game with "0%" trophies shows up on your list until the end of time.
Thatguyagain 26 Nov 2011 23:00
9/9
soo if u sync the throphies will it work or f**k up servers reply at Ethanmwalsh@gmail.com