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AlphaBravo · 2026-09-24T20:07:57+0100

More good news

playerman · 2026-09-24T20:12:49+0100

Do you guys think exFAT, folder and other formats of games will die now?? Because of fpkg??

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-24T20:16:05+0100

playerman said:
Do you guys think exFAT, folder and other formats of games will die now?? Because of fpkg??

Now announcing. .stone format! With 6x worst compression and chance to brick!

You can throw those other formats away.

This will be the new *new* ultimate format. Mark my words! /s

Everyone wants their own standard I’m sure something else will pop up in due time

zebrone · 2026-09-24T20:20:33+0100

Adam512 · 2026-09-24T20:41:11+0100

AlphaBravo said:
More good news

It’s embarrassing... it was the same way in the past. We need to wait for the next firmware update rather than counting the days... besides, it hasn't been long since FW 14.00... I don't get what those kids are thinking; they want everything right away and aren't willing to wait a bit
Once further firmware updates are released, firmware 13.60 will logically no longer support PSN.

If Sony were to keep supporting PSN on firmware 13.60 for another month or two, they’d be shooting themselves in the foot, because—from what I’ve heard—some people are going to release the exploit anyway... Right now, it’s really just the community’s goodwill that’s keeping them waiting, and Sony knows it. Plus, there are other security vulnerabilities regarding access and PSN, so keeping PSN running on 13.60 indefinitely just isn't realistic.

zebrone said:
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It would be a good idea to make a list—especially of things that are only available digitally—and download them to 13.60 while there’s still time and opportunity... maybe no one will actually buy those games, but a list wouldn't hurt

HS2005 · 2026-09-24T20:46:53+0100

AlphaBravo said:
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FW version 26.06-14.00.00 was released on the 16th of September. Grace period is mostly between 8 days and 12 days. It's the 24th now. So give it a bit more time

Anywayz got my PS3 to play with

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-24T20:54:26+0100

zebrone said:
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DLPS is a larper I can promise you he don’t have anything that’s not public

He burned his trust with damn near everyone.

Theres a reason people constantly leave his “team”

Anything dlps is working on something he’s really just messaging someone else hoping they can help. They are not a reliable source
Of information

Bigoroth · 2026-09-24T20:56:33+0100

HS2005 said:
FW version 26.06-14.00.00 was released on the 16th of September. Grace period is mostly between 8 days and 12 days. It's the 24th now. So give it a bit more time Anywayz got my PS3 to play with

Same here, I'm killing some time going around with my backlog on my PS4. I've been replaying the RE games again, but with cheats now hahaha, I wanna have some 100% save files to backup, so I can wait in the meantime.

ViRGE · 2026-09-24T21:00:37+0100

playerman said:
Do you guys think exFAT, folder and other formats of games will die now?? Because of fpkg??

There are a lot of factors at play here, so I don't believe there is any single absolutely infallible answer.

I do expect that fPKG will become the predominant format for game backups. The performance is great, the compatibility is great (not quite perfect yet, but getting there), and they don't impact system stability. It's the PS5's native format, and unsurprisingly it is the most ideal.

That said, because of the difficulties involved in breaking into the I/O coprocessor, it's up in the air whether the scene developers will be able to get future (post 14.xx) firmwares to run fPKGs. There are scenarios where we have working kernel exploits, but not working coprocessor exploits - and thus cannot run fPKGs on newer firmwares. If that does come to pass, then I could see the current formats sticking around. Though even if that's the case, it would certainly be in the minority compared to where we were a month ago.

The most likely outcome is that the other formats die out. But it's not guaranteed.

zebrone said:
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Malarkey.

hotwhelz2005 · 2026-09-24T21:08:53+0100

HS2005 said:
PS5 RetroArch — Alpha 2
This release adds PPSSPP, the first core that renders on the PS5's GPU. It runs through PS5_Vulkan with its JIT enabled. RetroArch also now outputs at 120 Hz when your display supports it.

What's new

PPSSPP (PlayStation Portable), hardware-rendered. God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force are tested at 10× internal resolution (4800×2720) with 16× anisotropic filtering. Both run at full speed with correct
colours.

120 Hz output, with a 60 Hz fallback. Cores that run at 60 FPS keep their normal speed at 120 Hz.

Save states and fast-forward work, including in PPSSPP. Loading a PPSSPP save state dropped from about 20 seconds to a fraction of a second, and creating one no longer freezes the game.

Closing content and loading another game works reliably, including closing a PSP game and opening it again.

Smoother gameplay. Logging and shader work no longer stall frames.

The last frame stays on screen while the video driver reinitialises, instead of going black.

Fixed a crash when starting Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force and other games that check free disk space.

Link: https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch/releases/tag/v0.2.0-alpha.2

Hopefully we will get like Dolphin and Citra soon. But if we get linux on all fw even better.

littlemisskittn · 2026-09-24T21:11:25+0100

playerman said:
Do you guys think exFAT, folder and other formats of games will die now?? Because of fpkg??

No because FPKG is still not usable on 12.xx for the reasons I stated earlier. Sony locked down the A53 after 11.60. So it needs either a hypervisor exploit or another exploit related to the A53.

Which, honestly, I can’t figure out why that’s not being worked on in the meantime. GTA VI doesn’t come out for another two months IIRC.

What they should be trying to do is use this 13.60 exploit, especially since it’s supposed to be a hypervisor exploit, to try to study the system and backport any changes that could get FPKG working on 12.xx. If they have a hypervisor exploit on 13.60, then it should be a matter of studying the A53, seeing what changes have been made since 11.60, and seeing if there’s anything that can be used on 12.xx while still still preserving the exploit. But that’s just me I guess I dunno.

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Adam512 said:
It’s embarrassing... it was the same way in the past. We need to wait for the next firmware update rather than counting the days... besides, it hasn't been long since FW 14.00... I don't get what those kids are thinking; they want everything right away and aren't willing to wait a bit
Once further firmware updates are released, firmware 13.60 will logically no longer support PSN.

If Sony were to keep supporting PSN on firmware 13.60 for another month or two, they’d be shooting themselves in the foot, because—from what I’ve heard—some people are going to release the exploit anyway... Right now, it’s really just the community’s goodwill that’s keeping them waiting, and Sony knows it. Plus, there are other security vulnerabilities regarding access and PSN, so keeping PSN running on 13.60 indefinitely just isn't realistic.

It would be a good idea to make a list—especially of things that are only available digitally—and download them to 13.60 while there’s still time and opportunity... maybe no one will actually buy those games, but a list wouldn't hurt

Plus, on top of that, who knows if the exploit is still gonna work past the next firmware update. Could very well still work. We won’t know until it’s tested on the newer firmware. So we could potentially be waiting longer.

Because to me, personally, I think Sony might be getting a little overconfident because now they have a 30-day timer for their games. So they might figure, well, what’s the point of forcing users to update to PSN, when they really can’t do anything anyway after 30 days.

And usually, what happens when someone is overconfident?

They make mistakes.

Or maybe they have something even more vicious planned.

Especially, since GTA VI is digital only, they’ll release the new firmware day and date with GTA VI and make it even more locked down than it ever has been.

And there’s precedent for this.

Remember Black Sunday with DIRECTV?

They put a lock little by little in each firmware update, hackers saw the code but didn’t know what it was for and felt it was insignificant, until Black Sunday, until all the pieces were in place, and then bam, 100,000 illegal boxes locked out completely in the blink of an eye.

And it wasn’t even fixed until way after the Super Bowl.

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zebrone said:
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I’d say they’re full of shit, but they have surprised us before and they do work with certain devs, so it’s a toss up.

rull_bull · 2026-09-24T21:17:42+0100

littlemisskittn said:
Still want one of these vibe coding devs to explain why we can’t get FPKG on 12.xx. A real dev would’ve explained it by now. But I guess since their Patreon donations aren’t where they’d like them to be, they won’t.

So allow me.

Apparently the reason why we don’t have it yet for 12.xx is because Sony patched the A53 in those firmwares. So whatever “exploit” they have, it’s unfortunately required to run FPKG on anything over 12.xx. The 11.60 fix was just to update some things that 11.40 changed but the “hole” was still there.

Still, I want to hear it out of the mouth of one of these devs to either confirm I’m right or to prove me wrong.

Tired of all this grandstanding and drama and shit. Takes a few minutes to explain things. But they’re too busy fighting and trolling each other to do it.

To quote CM Punk “I’m old, I’m tired, and I work with fucking children”. I’d be laughing if it wasn’t so true.

I gave it a few days to see if they could muster up the answer, now I am.

So if you’re on 12.xx firmware, you’ll have to wait for the new 13.60 exploit before you get FPKG support.

I am not a dev but I told you over and over why there there is no fpkg support for fw 12 and up released yet.
The a53 exploit was patched from fw 11.60 and above. And the thing that was patched out was that a53 no longer have sdbgp write access.

Are we clear so far?

They found ONE last workaround/exploit to continue to exploit a53.
So they already have solved it. Like Ark Sama posted.
That one isn’t patched by Sony on latest fw and could be used from 11.60 to 14.00+
They want to hold on to it and not make i public until GTA 6 is released because then we could possible get fpkg up to the firmware gta6 uses and get a dump of gta6.

I don’t see how I can be more precise than that?
Now you have the exact reason as I told you before…

littlemisskittn · 2026-09-24T21:22:07+0100

rull_bull said:
I am not a dev but I told you over and over why there there is no fpkg support for fw 12 and up released yet.
The a53 exploit was patched from fw 11.60 and above. And the thing that was patched out was that a53 no longer have sdbgp write access.

Are we clear so far?

They found ONE last workaround/exploit to continue to exploit a53.
So they already have solved it. Like Ark Sama posted.
That one isn’t patched by Sony on latest fw and could be used from 11.60 to 14.00+
They want to hold on to it and not make i public until GTA 6 is released because then we could possible get fpkg up to the firmware gta6 uses and get a dump of gta6.

I don’t see how I can be more precise than that?
Now you have the exact reason as I told you before…

You never told ME anything. You literally just regurgitated exactly what I said. I never even seen you on here before that.

EDIT: Looking back you said it was patched on 11.40. You went after ANOTHER USER, not me. So don’t puff your chest at me.

Second, you only SPECULATED. I told. And I also said why even though there’s a fix for 11.60, why it’s not possible past that right now.

So, apologize for coming at me when you meant to be going after someone else, because I ain’t it AND for taking credit for my explanation.

Davide6 · 2026-09-24T21:31:50+0100

littlemisskittn said:
Which, honestly, I can’t figure out why that’s not being worked on in the meantime. GTA VI doesn’t come out for another two months IIRC.

I also don't get why you aren't working on a kernel exploit and hypervisor for 13.60... and don't tell me you don't know how to do something; if you don't know how, work on it and learn it. I expect you to deliver work for 13.60—not just a kernel exploit and hypervisor, but a CFW as well.

I don't understand why you aren't working on this right now. I don't get why you're wasting time writing posts here instead of creating a CFW. I don't understand why you haven't released that HV yet... Do you like this writing style? Because that’s how you talk about other devs.

rull_bull · 2026-09-24T21:33:47+0100

littlemisskittn said:
You never told ME anything. You literally just regurgitated exactly what I said. I never even seen you on here before that.

EDIT: Looking back you said it was patched on 11.40. You went after ANOTHER USER, not me. So don’t puff your chest at me.

Second, you only SPECULATED. I told. And I also said why even though there’s a fix for 11.60, why it’s not possible past that right now.

So, apologize for coming at me when you meant to be going after someone else, because I ain’t it AND for taking credit for my explanation.

Dude, are you drunk or something. I explained it to you. Stfu.

rull_bull said:
For fpkg to work you need a exploit for a53 or a HV exploit.

The current a53 exploit works to 11.40, after that Sony made changes to fw so that exploit don’t work anymore.

Now it seems that they have found a new way to workaround/exploit a53 so that can be used for fw 11.60 and all firmware’s above.

That exploit did not get patched on fw14, so they want to hold on to it and release it after GTA 6 is released in hope that Sony won’t find out patch it until then.

Basically it means that there may be a way to play gta 6 as fpkg because we don’t know what fw it will require. If the exploit they are using don’t get burned.
He says it’s the last exploitable bug there is for a53

That’s why fpkg for higher fw than 11.40 will be delayed until after gta6

On page 1129. So who should apologize to who…… stfu
A direct reply to you,….

littlemisskittn · 2026-09-24T21:34:44+0100

You’re the one that needs to shut the fuck up, not me. I have that user on my ignore list as well. You weren’t talking to me and see that? “My personal speculation”.

Nice try. Fuck off.

rull_bull · 2026-09-24T21:36:36+0100

littlemisskittn said:
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You’re the one that needs to shut the fuck up, not me.

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littlemisskittn · 2026-09-24T21:38:28+0100

rull_bull said:
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And I literally JUST FUCKING EXPLAINED WHY IT DOESN’T WORK PAST THAT. None of you explained why. I DID. On top of that, this was BEFORE the 11.60 one was released. Typical male bullshit, trying to mansplain something that I already did back to me when all you did was speculate. You could’ve just shut the fuck up but no. You just couldn’t. You couldn’t handle that a woman explained better than you. Deal with it

AlphaBravo · 2026-09-24T21:43:40+0100

Adam512 said:
It’s embarrassing... it was the same way in the past. We need to wait for the next firmware update rather than counting the days... besides, it hasn't been long since FW 14.00... I don't get what those kids are thinking; they want everything right away and aren't willing to wait a bit
Once further firmware updates are released, firmware 13.60 will logically no longer support PSN.

If Sony were to keep supporting PSN on firmware 13.60 for another month or two, they’d be shooting themselves in the foot, because—from what I’ve heard—some people are going to release the exploit anyway... Right now, it’s really just the community’s goodwill that’s keeping them waiting, and Sony knows it. Plus, there are other security vulnerabilities regarding access and PSN, so keeping PSN running on 13.60 indefinitely just isn't realistic.

It would be a good idea to make a list—especially of things that are only available digitally—and download them to 13.60 while there’s still time and opportunity... maybe no one will actually buy those games, but a list wouldn't hurt

I didn't take the post seriously but bit surprised that Speed-007 was the one to make that remark. They seemed to be more focused on Bazzite than anything else.

Sometimes it takes up to 14 days for previous fw to lose access to PSN. That mean next Monday for us. Hope not as I had a lot of time to mess around over weekend.

Adam512 · 2026-09-24T21:51:45+0100

75% discount on Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (PS4 / PS5).
It's better to get PS4 version first

It's also a good idea to keep an eye on other games to see if there’s a sale—for example, PS4 Star Wars: Racer Revenge or PS4 Fahrenheit, PS4 OKAGE: Shadow King etc

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BTW: I forgot about that new DRM

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