They hack the PlayStation Portal and make PSP games work natively

Initially, the PlayStation Portal This is not a device that should have enough power to play directly, since it is only designed to work in conjunction with a PS5 to view the contents of this device. But a user changed the PlayStation Portal be able to use the emulator PPSSPP thanks to a hack, this device can be converted into a PSP.

There Playstation Portable It was the second console he created Sony to be able to play a wide variety of games portablely, and it quickly became one of the company’s most legendary games. There PSP It has achieved a large number of sales, being one of the best-selling in history, with more than 80 million units sold to date, we can say that it is one of the most influential portable consoles which existed apart from those which developed Nintendo

How does the PlayStation Portal work?

Being able to convert a device into an emulator requires a lot of technical experience, since as we indicated previously, the PlayStation Portal It is not a device that has great specifications to be able to run a normal emulator. In fact, this product only includes a screen 8 inches and a not too powerful processor as well as other very basic functionalities, since its only function is to reproduce the content of a PS5 on another screen, so obviously the power required is minimal.

This type of technology allows us to transmit the image to another device via the Internet without having to use the power of the one we have in our hands, although it is clear that in this case it is not very useful, since we need it to be ours. PS5

the one who makes the effort. This is why on many occasions some have come to describe the peripheral created by Sony as useless, since it is an object whose function is to combine a controller with a screen.

After over a month of hard work, PPSSPP is working natively on PlayStation Portal. Yes, we hacked it. With help from xyz and @ZetaTwo https://t.co/AXuRROo6Ip

February 20, 2024 • 8:32 p.m.

A hack allows you to use a PSP emulator

The user who performed this action was Andy Nguyen

in collaboration with Svensson Street, It’s a significant milestone to have overcome the physical and logical barriers that the Sony system presents, allowing it to be used as a real console. Between them, they managed to get the emulator running PPSSPP in the PlayStation Portal thanks to a hack, allowing them to play the legendary Grand Theft Auto: Stories from Liberty City.

Although at the moment we will not be able to know how it works, much less will we be able to use it, since as indicated on his Twitter account Andy, “No launch is planned in the near future as there is still a lot of work to be done”. In this way we can think that although it is not soon, there will be a time when we will be able to see how this hack works, and even be able to use it, always thanks to those who dedicate their time to carry out this type research and projects.