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La PS5 est-elle vraiment au bord d’un piratage ultime ? Voici ce que cette fuite pourrait coûter à Sony

Depuis quelques jours, les détenteurs d'une PlayStation 5 voient défiler les promesses d’un jailbreak complet de la console. La source de ces rumeurs ? La publication, sur un forum spécialisé, d’un document contenant supposément les clés ROM de la machine. Si la fuite se révélait authentique, elle ne signifierait toutefois pas que la console serait de facto piratée, mais marquerait une étape majeure pour les bidouilleurs de consoles.

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L’explosion du prix de la RAM va-t-elle empêcher la PlayStation 6 de sortir à temps ?

Selon le média américain Insider Gaming, Sony envisagerait de repousser la sortie de la future PlayStation 6 pour éviter de lancer sa console en pleine crise mondiale de la RAM qui frappe l’ensemble de l’industrie technologique. Un cas concret, très parlant pour le grand public, qui illustre les conséquences de cette pénurie de mémoire vive alimentée par le boom de l’IA.

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Free-to-play : les 10 meilleurs jeux gratuits à essayer sur PS5, Xbox et PC

Déballer une console ou un PC à Noël, c’est bien. Avoir un jeu à lancer dessus, c’est encore mieux. Et comme tout le monde n’a pas forcément envie de repasser à la caisse juste après les fêtes, ça tombe bien : il y a de quoi se faire plaisir gratuitement. Nous avons réuni ici une sélection de jeux gratuits disponibles sur PS5, Xbox et PC. Il y en a pour tous les goûts.

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Je me suis fait pirater mon compte PlayStation et j’ai découvert un énorme problème de sécurité chez Sony

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Malgré une clé d'accès (passkey) et une double authentification avec un gestionnaire de mots de passe, un hacker a réussi à me dérober mon compte PlayStation Network à deux reprises en seulement quelques heures. J'ai réussi à le contacter : il m'explique que Sony est beaucoup trop laxiste et attribue la paternité d'un compte sans vérifier le mot de passe ou l'identité.

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Video Game Hardware Sales Had a Historically Bad November In the US

U.S. video game hardware spending fell 27% year over year in November to $695 million, according to market analyst company Circana. "This is the lowest video game hardware spending total for a November month since the $455 million reached during the November 2005 tracking period," Circana says. Furthermore, only 1.6 million units of hardware were sold in the U.S. in November, which is "the lowest total for a November month since 1995 (1.4 million)." The Verge reports: The rising costs of consoles probably didn't help. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series of consoles both turned five in November, but customers looking to pick up one of the consoles brand new are having to grapple with higher prices following price hikes this year. Those hikes have led to an "all-time November high" for the average price paid for a new unit of video game hardware of $439, Circana says -- a number that's up 11 percent from 2024. (In November 2019, the average price was $235, according to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella.)

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Why Gen Z is Using Retro Tech

"People in their teens and early 20s are increasingly turning to old school tech," reports the BBC, "in a bid to unplug from the online world." Amazon UK told BBC Scotland News that retro-themed products surged in popularity during its Black Friday event, with portable vinyl turntables, Tamagotchis and disposable cameras among their best sellers. Retailers Currys and John Lewis also said they had seen retro gadgets making a comeback with sales of radios, instant cameras and alarm clocks showing big jumps. While some people scroll endlessly through Netflix in search of their next watch, 17-year-old Declan prefers the more traditional approach of having a DVD in his hands. He grew up surrounded by his gran's collection and later bought his own after visiting a shop with a friend. "The main selling point for me is the cases," he says. Streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ dominate the market but Declan says he values ownership. "It's nice to have something you own instead of paying for subscriptions all the time," he says. "If I lost access to streaming tomorrow, I'd still have my favourite movies ready to watch." He admits DVDs are a "dying way of watching movies" but that makes them cheaper. "I think they're just cool, there's something authentic about having DVDs," he says. "These things are generations old, it's nice to have them available." The BBC also writes that one 21-year-old likes the "deliberate artistry" of traditional-camera photography — and the nostalgic experience of using one. They interview a 20-year-old who says vinyl records have a "more authentic sound" — and he appreciates having the physical disc and jacket art. And one 21-year-old even tracked down the handheld PlayStation Portable he'd used as a kid...

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Les 10 bons plans Amazon qui valent vraiment le coup au Black Friday sont dans ce guide

Le Black Friday 2025 est un long mois de promotions diverses et variées. Côté tech et divertissement, on a pas mal de choses qui pourront ravir celles et ceux qui cherchent à offrir ou s'offrir de beaux cadeaux à Noël. Sur Amazon, entre les consoles du moment, des smartphones excellents ou des télés et autres enceintes, on en a vraiment pour tous les goûts.

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PS5 Has Now Officially Outsold Every Xbox Console Ever Released

Sony reported that PlayStation 5 sales have reached 84.2 million units, officially surpassing every Xbox console ever released. IGN reports: The PlayStation 5 is now up to 84.2 million copies sold after shifting an additional 3.9 million units during the three-month period ending September 30, Sony has announced. That's a slight increase on the 3.8 million PS5 units Sony sold during the same quarter last year, but it's an impressive result given the price of the console has actually gone up over the course of this generation, rather than come down. [...] As an aside, unlike Sony, Microsoft does not make Xbox Series X and S sales figures public, but analysts have suggested the combined Xbox Series effort is being outsold by the PS5 by at least a factor of 2:1. The more appropriate comparison for the PS5 then, is with its predecessor, the PlayStation 4. Five years into the current console generation, the PS5 is slightly behind the PS4 (the PS4 sold-in to retailers more than 86.1 million units after five years on sale). But Sony has said this console generation is its most financially successful ever, with sales surpassing those made during the reign of all previous Sony consoles.

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