whats the best option for backups?

[chrir_17]

what do you guys think is the best option for playing backups on the ps3?
which company do you think is most likely to support their products with updates?
mainly lookin for ntfs support and patches for future firmware updates
options are :
original ps3 jailbreak: $130
ps3 stinger: 50 eur
x3 jailbreak: ?
ps3 key: $49

or wait for psp port... :free

[amp2006]

PSGroove is free .

[jgreen07]

Well if its future support you are looking for I wouldn't go with the PSJailbreak team as they have already made their money and as soon as they ship the devices to the sellers that will be the last you will be hearing of them. There is no way any sellers would reorder another batch from them if there are other products that do the same things at half the price. Also the fact that they have issued 3 delays now which have resulted in many people including myself cancelling their pre orders and of course the demand will be much lower as there will be other options available. The PSJailbreak team have ****ed up majorly and should have shipped their product out asap. Everyone would have had one by now and no so many people would be looking at alternatives as they would be too busy playing their back up games to give a shit!

Due to the background of the PS3Key manufactures I would imagine that their product will be very popular and therefore updates will continue to be released.

[TrickZter]

I think that PSGroove has most chances for future, because it's free and open sourced. There will be many developers who will try to improve it.

[tonybologna]

PSGroove is free .

Not exactly free Amp! We still have to buy one of the boards that fits the requirements. But, yeah the software is certainly FREE! Everybody will have to spend at least a few bucks no matter what device they choose.

[TnA]

I think it is more a matter, who implements which cool new feature first. :lol
Those who sell the different PSJB&Clones, or the Homebrewers and even more interesting,... How fast will the others 'follow' and implement it also, or invent other ideas?

[chrir_17]

thanks guys i guess ill wait for the pskey or a port

[oldirtdog]

all the dongle does is put the ps3 into service mode, it's the backup manager that allows the backups (of discs you already own of course). that being said the backup manager code is already out in the wild like hdloader was back in the day. crazyc took the original code and ran with it!!

as long as people keep updating the backup manager (and i'm sure they will) it doesn't matter how you get the ps3 into service mode. what remains to be seen though is if the backup manager can be updated to lock out users of the free or bootleg of the bootleg of the ps3jig. this is highly unlikely seeing as how fast the psgroove code was modified to allow the use of backups.

of course this is all speculation on my part

i need some more coffee

[TnA]

all the dongle does is put the ps3 into service mode, it's the backup manager that allows the backups (of discs you already own of course).

I was under the impression, some code was 'injected' by these dongles, while power-on.
That would make it very similar to FMCB [it's 'RAW-Capabilities', without hacked OSDSYS] (for example stuff like system-init, where a lot of Modchip-Vendors/Producers have fixed theirs very late in their firmwares for PS2-Chips,..).

that being said the backup manager code is already out in the wild like hdloader was back in the day. crazyc took the original code and ran with it!!

I also think, that the open alternative probably has the best chances (see FMCB, compared to it's commercial counterparts...).

An open-Source-Backupmanager would be even more usefull, too!

[tonybologna]

I think it is more a matter, who implements which cool new feature first. :lol
Those who sell the different PSJB&Clones, or the Homebrewers and even more interesting,... How fast will the others 'follow' and implement it also, or invent other ideas?

Yeah! It's off-to-the-races for all the cloners. There is going to be tons of options. Probably way too many! It could make handling these choices for men look like a woman! Do I get this or do I get that? Just like a woman!