That’s because, according to the rumours, the jailbreak method can only be done with a physical version of one particular game.
The game in question is Star Wars Racer Revenge, which, before the rumours, was selling for around $50. Now, listings on eBay are as high as $500, meaning that the price has increased tenfold.
At a certain point, if you want an open system, it’s gotta be cheaper and less hassle to just get a PC than trying to start with a closed system and pay $500 to try and set up a brittle jailbreak of it.
EDIT: I guess maybe some of these people are trying to get control of their environment specifically to cheat specifically in competitive multiplayer games in a console environment, and I suppose that it wouldn’t be the same on a PC for them, or maybe to pirate console-exclusive games that can’t be emulated, but outside of those very specific niches…
So in other words, scalpers heard about it, bought up as many of the damn things as they could at $50, and then raised the rate 10-fold. Which is why scalpers are some of the lowest scum on the earth.
Or you could buy one, and jailbreak ps5s and sell them on eBay for a profit, or offer it as a service. I can’t imagine breaking 500 dollars would be to hard
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At a certain point, if you want an open system, it’s gotta be cheaper and less hassle to just get a PC than trying to start with a closed system and pay $500 to try and set up a brittle jailbreak of it.
EDIT: I guess maybe some of these people are trying to get control of their environment specifically to cheat specifically in competitive multiplayer games in a console environment, and I suppose that it wouldn’t be the same on a PC for them, or maybe to pirate console-exclusive games that can’t be emulated, but outside of those very specific niches…
So in other words, scalpers heard about it, bought up as many of the damn things as they could at $50, and then raised the rate 10-fold. Which is why scalpers are some of the lowest scum on the earth.
You misspelled “capitalism”
More like Capitalism Plus in the case of scalpers.
Or you could buy one, and jailbreak ps5s and sell them on eBay for a profit, or offer it as a service. I can’t imagine breaking 500 dollars would be to hard
If it can be done with this game, I’m sure there’s a way to make a disk that does it without this game.
Woohoo Dreamcast all over again.