PS5 jailbreaks are escalating fast, with emulators running and firmware up to 13.60 affected

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A new PS5 jailbreak has opened up consoles running firmware from version 7.00 up to 13.60, Push Square reports. Version 13.60 came out as recently as July, so that covers a huge number of consoles. Recent games that need newer firmware, such as Marvel's Wolverine, cannot be played this way. Push Square's Sammy Barker says the pace of it has been remarkable

Modders have already used AI tools to get emulators running on the console. They range from Switch emulators to original Xbox ones, although performance is patchy. Barker wrote that it is utterly remarkable how fast this has escalated in the past week. A year ago, the PS5 was seen as one of the hardest consoles to crack

There are knock on effects in the second hand market. Demand for consoles still on vulnerable firmware has gone up. The article links this to GameStop charging up to $1,500 for a used PS5 Pro. People are paying a premium simply to avoid updates

PC emulation of PS5 games is also moving forward. Exclusives like Demon's Souls are reportedly running on PC. Some people connect the pace of all this to Sony's plan to move away from physical discs. Barker expects more firmware patches from Sony, but those cannot fix consoles that stay on older firmware

This is an opinion heavy piece, and the headline says Sony must be sweating. I think that is fair. Console jailbreaks tend to snowball once the first big hole appears, and the PS6 is still some way off. Sony's options are limited when people simply never update

Is jailbreaking good for preservation or bad for developers? And would you ever avoid updating a console to keep a jailbreak open?

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