How long will it take to crack Xbox One for offline play?

Just throwing this out there. With so many Asian gamers being excluded by Microsoft's business model, do you think it is only a matter of weeks/months after release until some Chinese programmers find a way to play Xbox One offline and make it a worthwhile purchase?

Personally, I would be surprised if there was absolutely no way to bypass the always-on and daily logins to play disc-software.

 

I would count on that PS4 hack that will allow to play xbone games on it :biggrin-new:

 

Absolutely no way? Of course not. There's never been a DRM or copy protection that hasn't been broken, so it's really dumb that people assume this one won't be.

 

I expect it would be similar to the mechanism by which people activate copies of Microsoft office which are not entirely legitimate nowadays, though obviously somewhat more complex

 

Yes there has. Where are your downloadable DSi and WiiU games? There are plenty of arcade systems where the protection has not been broken.

At some point Sony & Microsoft will come up with a console that can't be hacked during it's lifetime.

 

i highly doubt they will, Microsoft make more money out of Windows and Office than they do with their consoles, their 2 biggest revenue streams have been hacked to shit over the years and they havent been able to stop people, even know their must be a hundred sites you can get a hack/crack for the Windows and Office from

also look at the 360, everyone was happy with a firmware hack on the drives and people said homebrew etc. was not possible blah blah blah, now look a the J-Tag and RGH hacks - all it takes is time and some inclination to do the work

 

3DS too

 

3DS has been hacked, just no public exploits.

 

Pretty sure that was homebrew only and via a save game style hack, rather than breaking the encryption and such. Also, flashcarts have been on the way for years. Crown3ds etc.

When there has been so many false starts, lies or stuff that just hasnt worked - need more proof than the hack you are talking about shows.

 

Yep, that's correct bro. The hack I believe you're referring to is the Sudoku hack, I think all the "hello world" type hacks were just built of that or something similar. Nothing has broken encryption though, that we know of.

 

What's this world coming to when you gotta hack your console just to get some privacy?

I have lost all hope in humanity. Come get me now aliens. I'll go happily.

 

Time to hack? Depends on how many people want to buy the damn thing. Theres no point in hacking a console nobody is buying.

But with something this restricting, I think it'll be hacked, wide open, within a surprisingly small amount of time. There's big incentive to have that thing offline and not watching you.

 

If it's X86 I don't see it taking too long. I've been saying all this time if Fan outrage and litigation don't fix the XBOX One, then some douche in a guy fawkes mask will.

 

Best coment ever! LOL

 

I won't be getting the XBox One (not sure about PS4); however I do hope all of its security gets cracked irreversibly in no time... Microsoft deserves this.

 

Concern for probing?

Allthough concern for probing by Aliens or Microsoft.....

 

Why would you use recent systems as examples of something that hasn't been hacked, when they probably will in the future? This console that hasn't even been on the market for a year hasn't been hacked yet, it must be an example of unbreakable DRM!!!

 

http://kotaku.com/microsoft-is-remo..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

180 on the horizon.

 

Fine, the iQue. Sure, you can lift data off of it with an electronic prybar, but there isn't a snowball's chance of building a flashcart.

For the sake of argument, as soon as they did the "Hello World" on 3DS, BigN did an update that killed the flashcarts and hello world exploit. Compared to the rate exploits were exploited in 360 and PS3 (first week was it?), that's rather significant.

Also, you have to look at fairly modern systems to gauge security nowadays. Come on, Nintendo actually believed the Famicom was unhackable. One has to wonder if the reason for the security chips in international models was entirely because of the Stamper brothers.

 

Hell the Master System isn't fully hacked. We haven't yet gotten an adapter for Japanese cart slot games working.
No such game has failed to run due to the BIOS (as much as people cite the issue), since that can't occur without a functional physical interface.