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[The_King]

26 minutes ago, chamfer said:

@The_King aiyo don't say like that la. I try to help as much as possible.

 

all offical retailers get stock from local sony office. That what the local game shop told me when i enquire about local ps5.

 

So in my view best bet is place pre order with sony. Unless u intend to get ps5 from other countries, then can try small game shop who might try to bring in from overseas.

 

https://store.sony.com.sg/collections/playstation-consoles

 

Mine is a CFI-1100A version from hong kong

i scare to buy the non local set then no warranty.

 

what the different oversea set vs local set?

[chamfer]

Japan no warranty at local sony store.

 

China set cannot play got region lock.

 

I was told not to bring my hk set with box for servicing at local sony centre. Just bring the console. So far my console no problem ( i removed the 2 white parts to improve air circulation. Unit can get quite hot)

 

The game shop also mentioned he bought in thailand sets and customers no problem with warranty.

 

Double check with them first before buying but price will sure to be higher than official price

 

 

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Hope u got no problem understanding chinese

[The_King]

11 hours ago, chamfer said:

Japan no warranty at local sony store.

 

China set cannot play got region lock.

 

I was told not to bring my hk set with box for servicing at local sony centre. Just bring the console. So far my console no problem ( i removed the 2 white parts to improve air circulation. Unit can get quite hot)

 

The game shop also mentioned he bought in thailand sets and customers no problem with warranty.

 

Double check with them first before buying but price will sure to be higher than official price

 

 

then i go to place i know it trusted like sony center, challenger, courts (and those superstore) to buy

 

this is for my new home, so i can wait

[chamfer]

Finally can collect the ps5 (god of war ragnarok bundle) tomorrow onwards after making payment on 17/1.

 

Really more than 2 years wait for local set. Going to give this set to my brother.

 

@The_King did you place order with sony centre?

Edited January 20, 2023 by chamfer

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On 1/20/2023 at 4:46 PM, chamfer said:

Finally can collect the ps5 (god of war ragnarok bundle) tomorrow onwards after making payment on 17/1.

 

Really more than 2 years wait for local set. Going to give this set to my brother.

 

@The_King did you place order with sony centre?

Just saw your message, yes reserved a set with disc with sony.  But I think I going for digital cause I read if sometime sony game have sales it will be cheaper but I try to ask price for used games on caro

 

BTW for you and your friend with ps5 , how many have psn service

Edited January 23, 2023 by The_King

[chamfer]

None of my friends have playstation plus access.

 

Only my niece had paid for nintendo switch online for a while to play with friends on animal crossing.

Edited January 23, 2023 by chamfer

[The_King]

3 hours ago, chamfer said:

None of my friends have playstation plus access.

 

Only my niece had paid for nintendo switch online for a while to play with friends on animal crossing.

i think i am the rare one or the stingy one that when i buy something i must sure i do my research gao gao.

 

thanks i will research when is sony promo on games and 2nd and disc game cost without psn service AT all

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update on my sim racing GPU with triple screen like 1080p vs 1440 that is 6.2million pixel vs 11million pixel

 

i am surprise by the fps 1080p vs 1440p in triple screen like not much different.

 

heng i come across this  video

 

 

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[The_King]

Picofly: The $3 Nintendo Switch hacking modchip is real, and it’s now available

 

 

 

After some significant work from the modding community, lots of rumors, leaks, and confirmation videos, the Picofly (or pikofly), a hardware hack for the Nintendo Switch relying on cheap off-the-shelf components, is now available. If you have the soldering skills, you can now technically hack any Nintendo switch for less than $10. All Switch models are compatible. This is huge when you think that the competition, namely the HWFly chips, still cost anywhere between $60~$100.
 

What is the Picofly, and why is it a big deal for Nintendo Switch modding?

Picofly was rumored last year as a potential “DIY” solution for Nintendo Switch hacking, using a RP 2040 Zero, a microcontroller that literally costs $3 on electronics retailers.

Until now, the only way to hack a Nintendo Switch (except for the early, unpatched V1 models) was through other, expensive hardware modchips: the (now out of production) SX chips by infamous team Xecuter, or their multiple clones known as HWFly, which can today be found for about $70. If you think that price is expensive, know that it used to be almost twice that about a year ago. It’s possible HWFly sellers are aware of the sudden competition brought to them by the Picofly, and are quickly lowering their prices in an attempt to remain appealing.

The picofly works in similar ways as the SX Modchips or HWFly: The tiny device is glitching the Switch CPU to make it fail a check, which allows booting from an unsigned payload that will then run higher level software such as Hekate (which itself lets you launch Atmosphere, Linux, etc…).

A lot has happened on the thread over at GBATemp since December, when the picofly was first discussed. An (encrypted) firmware designed to run with the chip leaked in January, as well as test videos confirming left and right that the chip was indeed real and working. There might have been different sources for the original work, as once it was made clear that using a cheap chip instead of an FPGA was a good idea, multiple teams probably got to work on it around the same time.
 

GBATemp Member Rehius then provided his own firmware for the device in early March, but without plans to support Atmosphere booting. “you can have Linux, but no piracy” was the message (Atmosphère is definitely not designed for piracy, and is primarily made for Homebrew, but piracy is made easy once you have CFW). Rehius was ultimately convinced to release a patch that supports Atmosphere, in part because some of his firmware had successfully been decrypted by flynnsmt4.

If you’re confused as to why GBATemp members were reverse engineering code from one of their fellow forum member, I am too, but I believe a lot of the mess came from a fear of legal consequences from Nintendo. Bowser’s arrest and time in prison is still fresh in everyone’s mind.

But the cat is now out of the bag, with the latest patch release by Rehius, all the pieces are technically here for people to create their DIY Picofly and hack any Nintendo Switch.
 

Picofly Nintendo Switch Hack: what’s required

Please note that you’ll need reasonable soldering skills. Although I’m sure that “kits” will be sold eventually, from my understanding this is what is required currently to get the hack to work:

Hardware
 

• A RP 2040 Zero
• 3x 47 Ohm resistors
• Wires for connections
• a MOSFET (it seems people tend to use the HWFly Ribbon cables to do the same work as mosfet+wires, as seen on the picture below)

 

Software:
 

• Rehius’s firmware which can be found here (or herefor a “simpler to use” version).
  • Rehius’s thread is a must read in any case, because it shows how the soldering needs to be made, has an FAQ, etc…

As you can see, good soldering skills are required, and for the thing to actually fit inside your Nintendo Switch, people report that you probably have to desolder the USB port and the 2 buttons from the RP2040 Zero.
 

Should you jump on the Picofly to hack your Switch?

Although fully working, until the dust settles this is still “work in progress” at the moment, so only for people willing to take some risk. But the Picofly is confirmed to be real, and can let you hack any Nintendo Switch for less than $10. At the end of the day, in its current state this solution is a bit more work than the HWFly, but at 15% of the cost. And I’m assuming we’ll see this solution get refined very quickly over the days to come.

Stay tuned.

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1 hour ago, chamfer said:

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look like same as joycon leh

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40 minutes ago, aaur4man said:

 

look like same as joycon leh

 

https://retrododo.com/nitro-deck/

 

But product release on sept for us and canada. Later dates for other parts of the world.

 

Their selling point is zero stick drift. Both my ps 4 controller suffer from this stick drift.

 

Seldom use joy con to play unless my kid bring it outside to play. I bought nintendo switch pro controller when plug in to tv to play.

[The_King]

27 Years of Tomb Raider & Lara Croft

 

 

The Tomb Raider series has contributed much more than just Lara, however, helping define the action-adventure genre the way we know it today. With 12 games in the main series and about 100 million units sold since 1996, Tomb Raider narrates the story of games in the 3D era.

 

 

https://www.techspot.com/article/2679-tomb-raider-lara-croft/