Mistakes Were Made - The Console Security Marathon

The best comprehensive 12-episode marathon blowout about video game console hacking that covers the Original Xbox, Xbox 360, Sony PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, Vita, PSP as well as the Nintendo GameCube, Wii and Sega Saturn.

Chapters

00:00:00 - Sony PlayStation
00:14:04 - Original Xbox
00:25:37 - Sony PlayStation 2
00:36:52 - Nintendo GameCube
00:47:28 - Nintendo Wii
00:57:49 - Sony PSP
01:10:50 - Sega Saturn
01:20:35 - PlayStation Vita
01:32:02 - Xbox 360 DVD Exploit
01:45:53 - Xbox 360 Hypervisor Exploit
01:57:19 - Sony PlayStation 3
02:08:00 - Sony PlayStation 4

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#MistakesWereMade

[Christopher-mdtf]

The laws of Youtube dictate that you have to rename this video "Console Security Fails To Fall Asleep To"

[ClassicGameHacking]

You should release this on physical media.

[eldarkojim]

Hi! I'd like to inform you that there is an italian channel called "DallaTV" that is bringing the same format as yours about how consoles were hacked in the first place, and it is using parts of your videos. I don't believe that you authorized him, and I don't believe that this could be called fair use. Just tought you might find it useful

[AlashAls]

Never thought MVG will release a movie

[SomeOrangeCat]

I think it can be summed up as: DRM, even the original paper-based copy protection, did nothing but punish the people who bought a legitimate copy of a game.

[MIDNITE]

Finally embracing those of us who wanna sleep with Modern Vintage Gamer

EDIT: As in "fall asleep to"!

[Sharan]

The Wii Homebrew scene is just my favourite modding scene

[somebody]

Its always interesting to see how big companies security which millions were invested in is defeated by hobbyists

[Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I would like to see a "Mistakes Were Made" video on the Nintendo Switch. There is a rather large hardware exploit in the launch model thanks to the Tegra RCM functionality being left enabled.

[James-gjrn]

i actually think i'll binge all these again now that a compilation exists this is still the BEST series on YouTube!!

[UntLion]

A compilation episode? Hell yeah! I need to get some popcorn.

[AthanImmortal]

This series is by far my favourite of yours. Hopefully putting them together in a single video nets you some more views on these great deep dives. I still think the Wii Tweezers was my absolute favourite.

[RunningMan]

Everybody going with the new youtube meta of long compilation videos after Spiffing Brit's findings 😂

[RenHeika]

It's crazy to me how people even figure these things out. I love hardware and coding but the ingenuity and understanding of these systems is crazy impressive.

[looneyburgmusic]

Would think by now there would be a law that modern consoles, which are actually dedicated computers, can't be locked down forever by the manufacturer, that causes stupid levels of E-waste which is simply unsustainable.

[TheGentleCreepers]

*"MISTAKES WERE MADE."*
My Dad to Me.

[mwitters]

Fantastic video! I've been modding my consoles since I paid the guy who ran my local video game rental store to instal a Magic 3 mod chip on my phat PS2., it was so sick, no swap and capable of playing any burned games discs. You could rent PS2 games and use any old burner to make a direct copy and it just booted right up it was incredible. I went from paying $50 a game and only able to play a few games, to being able to rent games for $2, and burn the game onto a DVD. I had every single PS2 game out there. It was "magical" lol. I've since modded a gamecube, wii, switch, saturn (saroo), and wiiu. But it was the PS2 that was the coolest by far.

[LEMONedOblaat]

One of my first jobs as a young teenager was working at an "anime store" I spent pretty much the entire day installing mod chips and mod switches on Playstations. It was a good gig, first pick of alot of Japanese games that came through too!

[mattymatt]

Pirating games back in the day was far more fun than playing them

[ChannelSho]

The bit about an ARM processor in the Wii highlights a sort of dark age of computers: in most modern computer systems, the main CPU doesn't control the system. It's a microcontroller somewhere else that decides when you can power on, when you can boot, and when you can use it.

On the flipside, if you can control said microcontroller, you basically own the system. So it's just kicking the can down the road.