Top 10 things that happened to PlayStation and the scene in 2014

By LoverboySimer

Well check out what you may have missed and Happy New Year. We wish you love, peace and health and along with that a true cfw for PS3, PS4 and PSVita. That will do it right?



1.PS2 ISO’s on non backwards compatiable PS3′s by Habib  (January)
Developer Habib for the first time managed to run PS2 iso’s on non- backword compatible PS3′s
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/01/ps2-isos-for-non-bc-ps3-cobra-4-53-by-habib/

2. Last Rogero  CFW released (February)
The last known  Rogero CFW got released.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/02/release-rogero-cex-4-55-v1-00/

3. PS3Hax went past 300,000 members mark (April)
That was a golden day, wasn’t it? PS3Hax now have over 338,535 member, a few trolls, over  732,988 posts and hellsing9
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/04/300000-members-d/

4. ODE killer also known as 4.60 released by Sony (June)
Changelog was System software stability during use of some features has been improved. but no, this update disabled ODE’s almost forever and now no one was able to run backups without Swap Discs and DMC modules , it was hard for normal users to deal with thus 2 out of 3 ODE makers shut their doors including 3key and E3 ODE.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/06/update-4-60-ofw-is-now-live/

5.  4k Model Dumped for CFW (August)
After so many years someone was finally able to make some progress on a project that may had lead to CFW for newer ps3 models.
The project is still WIP and only time will tell where this will go
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/08/wipps3-4k-model-dumped-by-modrobert-for-cfw/

6.  PS4 Webkit Exploit Discovered  (October)
The first major breakthrough that enabled devs to look closely how PS4 really works.  You can call this as first step towards hacking PS4.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/10/webkit-exploit-confirmed-to-work-on-ps4-firmware-1-76/

7.  Lizard Squad Hacked XBox Live and PSN (December)
Lizard squad promised to hack XBox live on christmas. some considered it as a joke but to prove their power they took one step forward and also took PSN down. while you may call it just a ddos attack but they were able to successfully ruin christmas for gamers all across the world.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/12/lizard-squad-getting-ready-to-shut-down-xbox-live-forever-on-christmas/

8. idpsStealer by flatz (December)
With this tool, for the  first time users were able to get ConsoleID from any original PS3 which was impossible before.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/12/release-idpstealer-by-flatz/

 9. PS3xport released by Kakaroto. (December)
Well second last but not the least, Developer Kakaroto  finally released something that can make the PS3 scene running again and will have a great impact on PS3 scene in 2015. PS3xport, a tool that can can let u edit your PS3 backup and manipulate it.
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/12/ps3xportlong-awaited-and-much-anticipated-tool-by-kakaroto-released/

10. PeXploit. The first tool that will let you install packages on OFW with the help of PS3xport.(December)
While this is still a WIP and it was just released but will still counted as one of the biggest releases . Anyone can now finally install anything with so much ease on any PS3
http://www.ps3hax.net/2014/12/pexploit-beta-by-darkprogramer/