Gamers Rejoice As The PS5 Has Finally Been Jailbroken

Gamers around the net started to celebrate late last evening after a viral video emerged that showed a live PlayStation 5 console jailbroken for the first time ever.

When a console is jailbroken, it essentially means that the restraints put on it by the developer (Sony in this case), such as not allowing debug mode, are broken, effectively setting the console free in terms of capabilities. Most game consoles are jailbroken a couple of years after their release, causing this PS5 jailbreak to be considered fast.

What excited gamers perhaps the most about this initial video was also what was teased in the top right at the end of the video, with Silent Hills P.T being downloaded on the console, but not shown to be playable.

It's… beautiful.

The PlayStation 5 has been jailbroken. pic.twitter.com/54fvBGoQGw

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) October 3, 2022

Something happened at Sony and a lot of stuff is getting leaked heavy, really hope there is a showcase soon. Would rather see the things there first over leaked info…

Just in the last few hours:
- PSVR2 sales data estimation
- Horizon remaster
- MP horizon game
- PS5 jailbreak

— Pyo 5️⃣ (@mrpyo1) October 3, 2022

For those interested in a webkit PS5 kernel exploit implementation, it's on track to be ready soon – stay on 4.03 :)

Still wanna do some cleanup and such but a lot of the major work is done. Obv without @theflow0 this wouldn't be possible :P. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/rqSqJaVcXJ

— Specter (@SpecterDev) October 2, 2022

This parade, however, was quickly rained on as people with limited knowledge of the jailbreaking scene were let down upon the news that this would not immediately let them pirate and run free games.

Oftentimes with jailbreaks, it's not the first few that are found which allow for the console to be totally broken wide open, but the first initial breaks are monumentally important. They must crawl so that future breaks can run, so to speak.

To that end, remarks about how the PS5 is still hard to get for millions of people, as well as slight taunts to the people who jailbroke it (as that can often include legal issues), were made online as the video quickly racked up over 1.5 million views in less than 24 hours.

Re: PS5 jailbreak.

You can't actually run anything on there yet. They have not cracked the hypervisor, they just have attained access to debug menus, which is a significant step.

You cannot run homebrew, you cannot run unsigned code. You cannot yet run pirated games.

— ｢SAYEM｣ (@SayemAhmd) October 3, 2022

happy for the 17 peeps who'll be able to jailbreak their PS5 that's terrific lads

— Alex (@Kra1d) October 3, 2022

Whoever did the PS5 jailbreak just know your days are numbered. I have death squads and intelligence teams mobilized. Drone strikes will be performed.

— Jim Ryan ⚪️ (@JimRyanOfficial) October 3, 2022

im never getting a ps5 but jailbreak achievements need to be celebrated

— Sveta (@polyanitsaa) October 3, 2022