Sony just axed the 60fps Bloodborne mod with a DMCA takedown

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Cough...

https://love-games1.net/load/igry_dlja_konsolej/igry_dlja_playstation_4/ps4_bloodborne_game_of_the_year_edition_complete_edition_cusa03173_1_09/42-1-0-10695

Ahem...

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Thanks much

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah we know... I think the issue is more about the insane amount of money Sony is leaving on the table here, and for no reason that anyone has ever been able to figure out.

It's like the only PS exclusive game that has yet to have a modern remaster. It also has to be the most popular PS exclusive released in the past ~20 years.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

Forgot they are dealing with Sony.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

One can see which torrents you share. So when they can't jail you for that - yes, but money makes laws.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

That'd be a Nintendo reference, yes? Though I think somebody else stole Wine code and was caught. No huge consequences obviously.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

That doesn't fix the problem here though, which is that a specific distribution source took it down.

[tilgare@lemmy.world]

Oh wow - that's something I was unaware of!

But then it is certainly the need for a jailbroken console that has Sony filing a DMCA. Sony has historically been ridiculously controlling and tight with their console software... I fortunately was pretty in the know and didn't upgrade my PSP software beyond the version range for running exploits - but there were periods of months where no progress was ever made on future versions. It was a very long, hard fought cat and mouse game. And another example, mod chip makers for PS3/4/5 have been repeatedly taken to court and dismantled by Sony.

[derpgon@programming.dev]

Lol, and Rockstar selling Midnight Club 2 (IIRC) on Steam shipping with .exe file originally cracked by RAZOR 1911(source)

[yttra@lemmy.world]

I think at this point that the dev has said only his website was taken down, solely because he used "Bloodborne" on it. The actual patch is fine, and can be freely shared, as I understand it.

And it's still accessible through the Wayback Machine soooo

[hexarei@programming.dev]

WINE is open source, so it's not stealing to use it

[redsnt@feddit.dk]

Like @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone said, there's a flatpak PS4 emulator that makes it trivial to apply the patch, as demonstrated here.

[korkki@lemmy.world]

It makes sense in a way that it incentivises people to go and stay in sony's walled garden, like all exclusives do.

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

Wish I could actually use the patch on my PS5. Or can I? Can you softmod the PS5 or would I need to buy something to solder to the mainboard?

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

They love it so much they don't want anyone else to have it or for it to ever change even slightly.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

Wrong, FOSS is not the same as PD.

[spacehooks@reddthat.com]

That's another perspective.

"Look it's perfect! No bloodborne 2, no remaster, no mods, and no anime!"

Meanwhile fans just want to share Fandom with new people's cause it felt like a very new expirence even amongst souls games.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

No, I mean Sony could literally remake it as a PS5 exclusive, and it would single-handedly sell millions of the console.

Like I don't know if you understand how much money they're leaving on the table here, even if it remains an exclusive.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yup, and what the fuck are you gonna do about it (besides give them another $60 for it lol. And I'm talking to myself here too).

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Still need to include where you got it from. Else it's like copying a degree thesis aka plagiarism.