Playstation 3 hacked?
Last week the first rumors arrived that the Playstation 3 has been hacked. Via several media the news came to us. Most convincing was a video posted on youtube. The hack is done via a special boot procedure together with an USB stick. This procedure puts the PS3 in a debug mode and makes it possible to install a backupmanager. This backup manager then enables you to play games that you have backedup without having the actual game in the system.
Some people might think this is great, but there are still a lot of issues. The biggest one is where to get this USB stick. The original company that announced the “PS3 jailbrake” as they call it are not able to ship the sticks. Sony has succesfully stopped the company from shipping via the court. Another issue is that the hack might be undone by a simply firmware upgrade of the ps3. This means either you don’t update from 3.41 and not being able to play the newest games or upgrade and have a useless USB stick.
So many things are still uncertain as I write this. Some other companies say they will bring their own usb stick for half of the price (original is +100 australian dollars). In real life i have not seen the hack and before that be carefull in buying these sticks online since i have seen reports of frauds already….
I will update this post soon with some links to the software(you need to install the backupmanager) and some links to stores that might ship the usb-stick soon. In the mean time please spam you thoughts …
Here is what you’ll need to hack your playstation right now
A PS3 console with firmware 3.41
PS Jailbreak USB Modchip ( buy from ???)
An external USB drive formatted to FAT32 with the “Backup Manager” file on it.
Original disc of any PS3 game which you want to backup
Good Luck