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*** Warning: PS3 Update 3.50 may disable 3rd party USB "controllers" ***
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h3ro said:
I can understand that to a degree. I think it would make more sense in the long run though to sell the old and get the new versions since they're updated and usually have better features. Not to mention they should last longer on average.
mbmonk said:
If they have custom sticks then they could upgrade the guts though, at least in my mind. And really those with custom sticks rarely don't have money for upgrading controllers.
Noisepurge
Member
I can confirm that the Paewang PCB and a Pelican PS2->PS3 converter both work after the 3.50 patch.
aristotle said:
Yea. But it's not only about the money. The reason people build custom sticks/wheels is because what was offered at the time didn't meet their requirements. They created one that does so why not try to get as much use/life out of it you can? Just depends on the person and their situation.
anonymousAversa
Member
Guys, this will not disable your g25/g27 driving wheels. Sony is not that dumb.
hatehatehate
hatehatehate
Firewire said:
Yea. I am not even worried about that. I bought the Driving Force GT and haven't hooked it up to check it. IF Sony WAS stupid enough to lock it out, which I don't see happening, Logitech would update the software...err firmware?
Now will I be able to use that same wheel on the PS4? Who knows.
mbmonk said:
Like I said, why not update the inner workings to run on the newest console? I haven't delved much into stick modding besides the buttons/stick replacements so I'm not sure exactly what else they would have to do but change one of the boards. Anyways enough from me sidetracking this discussion. I highly doubt many controllers will be disabled by this unless they're really shoddy.
Also, didn't MS do this same thing earlier this year? Why all the PS3 hate (comparatively speaking of course)?
Microsoft just doesn't allow the Datel Memory Cards anymore, right? Instead you can use (cheaper) USB Sticks now to put your data on. It's still shitty, but this is the second time Sony diables a functionality of their console for "security reasons". The second time the paying customer loses something.aristotle said:
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Oh look bigger than this threadaristotle said:
SonOfABeep
Banned
Tekken 6 players all use those PS2 converters from USB. Going to be a big problem for the fighting game community if they disable those. None of those are officially licensed things either, I'm pretty sure.
snap0212 said:
Who says this is for security reasons. They are just disabling unlicensed controllers. The paying customer isn't losing anything, people who bought fake, clone controllers are.
Its the 2nd time that Sony have disabled unlicensed controller, first time was exactly a year ago with FW 3.00.
If your fighting stick didn't stop working with FW 3.00 last year, then you should have little to worry about.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/02/firmware-3-00-blamed-for-malfunctioning-ps3-controllers/3
snap0212 said:
That OtherOS is hogwash to me. Say what you will and this being neogaf I'm sure I'll get alot of flak for it, but the vast majority doesn't care about *nix on the PS3 nor PS2 compatibility apparently. I wish we still had PS2 stuff btw. I miss it on my slim since my 60 gig died. I can't entirely fault Sony for trying to cleanup a security whole that no one noticed until someone kept boasting about it online. If these "developers" of homebrew were smart, they wouldn't say a damn thing and let everything leak out by itself, but posting blogs and twitter updates about how the development is going is just asking for Sony to get a one-up on you.
I wasn't entirely sure what MS disabled since I didn't have a 360 at the time. I thought it also covered third-party controllers for some reason. My mistake :lol
Segata Sanshiro said:
Like I said comparatively speaking. 360 has a larger userbase on Gaf (at least that's what it seems to be). I remembering reading (glancing) over that topic, but weren't most of the people complaining using hyperbole and freaking out thinking it would disable all kinds of things without any proof? ITT people keeping bringing up the OtherOS debacle for some reason and other things they don't like with the PS3 and not just disabling one (so far?) type of controller.
My problem is for something like XIM the adapter needs a relatively high update rate. So most adapters it seems tend to update around 30 times per second, but with XIM I really need 60 updates per second. So that severly limits my options. The hunt is already on by other XIM users. It's just a matter of time before they find an adapter that works with 3.50. So in the long run it's not a huge deal. It just a pain in the rear.
I was all ready to play MW2 Tuesday night and then this happened :lol
I was all ready to play MW2 Tuesday night and then this happened :lol
Dreams-Visions
Member
you make that shit sound like it would be free. or easy.aristotle said:
to upgrade the guts, we're talking $30 minimum, + soldering skills + flux + wire + time.
and if you need someone else to do it, we're talking $100 or more. just to "upgrade the guts".
SolidusDave
Member
This thread is strange.
We went from "they only to that so we can't hack the PS3 even though the firmware prior to it already did that and it doesn't even affect devices we use to hack it" to "I hope they don't ban my licensed third party device x".
Even though all that Sony said was: "We don't offer support for unlicensed accessories like wireless gamepads IF these devices are not compatible with a newer firmware."
We went from "they only to that so we can't hack the PS3 even though the firmware prior to it already did that and it doesn't even affect devices we use to hack it" to "I hope they don't ban my licensed third party device x".
Even though all that Sony said was: "We don't offer support for unlicensed accessories like wireless gamepads IF these devices are not compatible with a newer firmware."
The Faceless Master
Member
more people use 3rd party controllers, shady cheap ds3's off ebay, arcade sticks, keyboard/mouse adapters, wheels and ps2 converters for controllers, arcade sticks, instruments and ddr pads than OtherOS.Massa said:
some people only care when it potentially affects them.
MiamiWesker
Member
Conceited said:
That already happened to me...
Dreams-Visions said:
It is easy. Of course I was trained to such things, but soldering isn't much more than place hot object + wire at the correct contact point. Flux is cheap and just used to clean it up. It shouldn't take more than an hour to solder most things. And for me, 30 bucks is definitely cheap for custom equipment.
MiamiWesker
Member
This scene comes to mind.
