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Sony fixed a security exploit that turned the PS Portal into a PSP emulation machine | And that's why we can't have nice things in the emulation community

Sony recently released a new system update for the PlayStation Portal, the streaming gadget designed to play PS5 games over WiFi. Official notes for the 2.0.6 release...

Nguyen's team worked for a month to turn the bugs into an exploit that could make the PS Portal a much more useful device, adding the ability to natively run open-source PSP emulator PPSSPP. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console was globally released by Sony in 2005, providing fans of the "Play" ecosystem with the most powerful mobile gaming experience available at the time. After disclosing the PS Portal bugs to Sony, Nguyen is now being criticized for potentially permanently closing the door to device emulation.

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