I wonder if this could be used to decrypt/unpack/dump/whatever the contents of g...

astrodust · on April 4, 2016

Why would that be any easier than just ripping the content off the disc directly?

iLoch · on April 4, 2016

Pretty sure the game files are encrypted and all the consoles have a secure chip which decrypts them. Getting files from the game disc is easy, reading them isn't.

shmerl · on April 4, 2016

> all the consoles have a secure chip which decrypts them.

I assume Steam Machines shouldn't do that and therefore they should be more mod friendly.

0942v8653 · on April 4, 2016

That has to be true for Steam Machines since you can build your own.

mc42 · on April 4, 2016

Especially considering they run Linux, so... I'm decently sure that Steam could easily use some form of binary protection.

s_kilk · on April 4, 2016

True for Steam Machines, but it wouldn't help in this specific case, as Bloodborne is a PS4 exclusive.

stickperson · on April 4, 2016

Yea. I think that's called the NOR chip.

s_kilk · on April 4, 2016

As iLoch said, the disks are encrypted.

astrodust · on April 4, 2016

Just because the PS4 can run Linux doesn't mean you get free access to data on arbitrary discs. If this is anything like the PS2 and PS3 incarnations you're locked out from a lot of that.

comex · on April 4, 2016

This isn't an officially sanctioned sandboxed Linux mode like on PS2-3. It's an exploit for (an old version of) the customized FreeBSD kernel that all games on the PS4 run under; in this case the exploit is used to throw away the kernel in memory and chainload Linux, but it could also be used to just install some kind of hook that dumps decrypted game data.