The latest PlayStation Portal update has supposedly addressed an exploit that allowed PlayStation Portable (PSP) games to be emulated natively on the streaming handheld.
This is according to a recent X / Twitter post by Andy Nguyen that was first spotted by VGC. An employee at Google, Nguyen previously claimedthat they were part of a small team that was able to get PSP games running offline on the PlayStation 5 peripheral via some hacking and the open-source emulator PPSSPP.
Now, however, Nguyen says that the exploit they used to get the software installed and running has been patched after they “responsibly reported the issues to PlayStation.” This alleged change comes as part of the latest PS Portal software update, version 2.0.6.
It’s probably people like me. I really like my Steam Deck, but 95% of the time, I just use it in bed or around the house. I imagine that’s the market here, people who want to play their PS but don’t want to sit in front of the TV.
So play on the toilet, in the kitchen waiting for food to cook, or maybe just before bed.
But my Deck can also be used standalone, and I do use it that way occasionally, but it would still have value even if I could only use it at home.