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PS Store 2017 Flash Sale Features PSN Games and Movies Under $5
Sony's latest PSN Flash Sale offers PlayStation Store games and movies under $5 beginning now and running through this weekend until Monday, January 23 at 8 a.m. PT. 
Here is the complete PS Store deal listing straight from Brian Fujimoto as follows:
Games
Here is the complete PS Store deal listing straight from Brian Fujimoto as follows:
Games
| Platform | Product Name | Sale Price | Original Price |
| PS4 | 140 | $3.19 | $7.99 |
| PS4 | ASEMBLANCE | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: CHINA | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: INDIA | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: RUSSIA | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | ASSAULT ANDROID CACTUS | $4.94 | $14.99 |
| PS4 | AWESOMENAUTS ASSEMBLE! | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | BARD’S GOLD (CROSS-BUY) | $1.99 | $4.99 |
| PS4 | BASTION (CROSS-BUY) | $4.79 | $14.99 |
| PS4 | BOGGLE | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | BRICK BREAKER | $9.99 | $3.99 |
| PS4 | CATLATERAL DAMAGE | $3.99 | $9.99 |
| PS4 | DARK CLOUD2 (PS2) | $4.94 | $14.99 |
| PS4 | DUCATI – 90TH ANNIVERSARY | $3.99 | $39.99 |
| PS4 | EMILY WANTS TO PLAY | $1.99 | $4.99 |
| PS4 | GAME OF THRONES – SEASON PASS | $6.24 | $24.99 |
| PS4 | GAUNTLET: SLAYER EDITION | $4.99 | $19.99 |
| PS4 | ... |
Resident Evil VII: Biohazard on PS4 and PlayStation VR Next Week
Today Sony announced next weeks video game software lineup which includes Capcom's Resident Evil VII: Biohazard on both PS4 and PlayStation VR platforms.
Below is a summary of what else is coming to PlayStation next week courtesy of Ryan Clements:
New Releases: Week of January 24, 2017
Below is a summary of what else is coming to PlayStation next week courtesy of Ryan Clements:
New Releases: Week of January 24, 2017
- Arcade Archives NeoGeo World Heroes - PS4 — Digital (Out 1/26)
- Earthlock: Festival of Magic - PS4 — Digital (Out 1/27)
- Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek - PS4 — Digital
- Firefighter 2017 — The Simulation - PS4 — Digital (Out 1/25)
- Geki Yaba Runner - PS Vita — Digital
- Hunter’s Legacy - PS4 — Digital
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - PS4 — Digital, Retail
- Lethal League - PS4 — Digital
- Moto Racer 4 - PS4 — Digital, Retail
- Pineview Drive - PS4 — Digital
- Resident Evil VII biohazard - PS4, PS VR — Digital, Retail
- Subterrain - PS4 — Digital
- Tales of Berseria - PS4 — Digital, Retail
- The Turing Test - PS4 — Digital
- Yakuza 0 - PS4 — Digital, Retail
- Kehlani – SweetSexySavage
- Migos – Culture
- Matt Martians – The Drum Chord Theory
- The Young Pope- January 22 at 9/8c (HBO)
- The Magicians- January 25 at 9/8c (Syfy)
- Suits- January 25 at 10/9c (USA)
- Trolls
- Justice League: Dark
- Inferno
PlayStation 4 BD-J (PS4 Blu-ray Java) Homebrew Answers by Mr_lou
A few years back we saw some PS4 BD-J Homebrew ports followed more recently by PS4 Webkit Emulators, a BDLive Bug and a PS4 JavaScript Emulator demonstration video with some answers to common questions recently by musician and coder Mr_lou. 
To quote: Hello all. Just signed up here, and thought I'd introduce myself (in this thread because BD-J dev is the main reason I signed up, and I don't actually own any PlayStations).
Been working on a BD-J project for 5 years now. Info at www.8bitmemoirs.com
Got the HDCookBook for my birthday, and have studied BD-J a lot. Very little info online about it indeed. Some Japaneese sites are rather good, but requires Google Translate.
Is anyone here still interested in BD-J? I think I can answer a few questions from this thread (although it's old), so here goes:
From Lucif3r: Would make more sense if the PS4 supported such a thing from a USB stick or similar... Wasting a blueray disc for a java app? No ty... o.o
Yea, Sony blocked the possibility of booting a Blu-ray Disc from USB, as we all know. But I believe it's still possible to run BD-J stuff from a USB - if you boot from a disc.
So yea, you will still need to burn a disc - but you can settle for having this one disc for booting, and then run whatever Xlets you have on your USB.
I admit I haven't tried this myself yet (because I'm using a Dune HD Smart D1 for testing which lets me run my stuff from harddisk), but from what I've read in HDCookBook it should be possible, because:
To quote: Hello all. Just signed up here, and thought I'd introduce myself (in this thread because BD-J dev is the main reason I signed up, and I don't actually own any PlayStations).
Been working on a BD-J project for 5 years now. Info at www.8bitmemoirs.com
Got the HDCookBook for my birthday, and have studied BD-J a lot. Very little info online about it indeed. Some Japaneese sites are rather good, but requires Google Translate.
Is anyone here still interested in BD-J? I think I can answer a few questions from this thread (although it's old), so here goes:
From Lucif3r: Would make more sense if the PS4 supported such a thing from a USB stick or similar... Wasting a blueray disc for a java app? No ty... o.o
Yea, Sony blocked the possibility of booting a Blu-ray Disc from USB, as we all know. But I believe it's still possible to run BD-J stuff from a USB - if you boot from a disc.
So yea, you will still need to burn a disc - but you can settle for having this one disc for booting, and then run whatever Xlets you have on your USB.
I admit I haven't tried this myself yet (because I'm using a Dune HD Smart D1 for testing which lets me run my stuff from harddisk), but from what I've read in HDCookBook it should be possible, because:
- Xlets can start other Xlets
- The disc filesystem gets merged with the USB filesystem (for BD-Live).
PS3 DECR 0.85.010 XMB Pictures After Downgrade by Joonie86
Following @Mathieulh's PS3 CP Exploit and PSA alongside Team Rebug's Rebug DECR LE CFW, today PlayStation 3 developer @Joonie confirmed he was able to successfully downgrade his PS3 DECR 0.85.010 (Reference Tool) console with some pictures of the early v0.85 XMB from both Joonie86 and Mathieulh on Twitter below. 
Download: ebootrom.085.010 (47.78 MB) / From Pastebin.com:
Download: ebootrom.085.010 (47.78 MB) / From Pastebin.com:
Code:
Boot Loader SE Version 0.8.5 (Build ID: 1257,12300, Build Data: 2006-07-06_02:22:44)
*** Version: 085.010
Copyright(C) 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.All Rights Reserved.
[INFO]: === eXtreme Data Rate Memory Subsystem ===
[INFO]: (Configured Memory Size per single XIO channel: 256 MBytes.)
[INFO]: XIO channel[0] is available.
[INFO]: XIO channel[1] is available.
[INFO]: ---> Total 512 MBytes are now in use.
[INFO]: SPU enable [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6] 11101111
[INFO]: BE:3.1, SB:DX3.2
SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN
initial heap: 0 - 0000000000719000
Lv-0 area 0x0000000000000000 - 0x00000000000c2000
MIC_TM_Threshold_0: 86390c7000000000
MIC_TM_Threshold_1: 86390c7000000000
IOC_IOIF0_QueThshld: 0000000000676700
IOC_IOIF1_QueThshld: 0000000000000000
TKM_MBAR: 00000000057d150e
TKM_IOIF0_AR: 0000000000fc79cb
TKM_IOIF1_AR: 0000000000000000
TKM_PR: 00000003ffffffff
TKM_CR: 00000000000f73e0
BIU_ModeSetup1: f003c00000000000
BIU_ModeSetup2: 000003c020000500
IOC_IOCmd_Cfg: 0000400010000800
Cell OS SDK0.8.5 010 (release build: r12300 20060706_022806)
Copyright 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
revision: 12025
date: Thu Jul 6 02:28:06 JST 2006
SB: ELCRCERT = 00000001
rsx: b03 500/650 vpe:ff shd:3f [GAB886500:1:2:6:a:b:3:f:1][39:2:0:0:1:3]
pme_init running...
ss ***-0.8.5
ss build...