Or to put it differently... If you can't crack the game, crack the os. At least in the console world, this gives you the advantage that anything works up a certain fw version afterwards.
If I remember correctly, the jump from 5.05 to 6.72, added more than 1000 playable games for those who kept the PS4 on 5.05 (myself included).
Sadly, there is not much talk around HN about console hacking. E.g. Here is the bounty submission of Andy Nguyen (theflow0) for 6.72: https://hackerone.com/reports/826026
Sony might have shot itself in the foot by accepting the disclosure at the end... But, then again, they had to and there's not much harm done when the jailbroken fw is a year old.