Hackers confirm PS3 backups hack is the real deal

[Avalyn]

that clicking sound really really makes me go kill something. ARGH.

 

[Lumstar]

Well.... We know it'd beat Wii/PSP/etc at N64 or GBA emulators. PS3 is much faster in that regard.

 

[bahamuta]

Now that I've seen the video I understand everything.

 

[squirt1000]

Its taking its time to appear! Im still convinced that this is the real deal though

 

[adgloride]

Any ps3 game worth getting is on budget or you can get it cheap second hand.

 

[squirt1000]

Not as budget as I can now get BD-Rs for

 

[MillionsKnives]

Not as budget as I can now get BD-Rs for

But doesn't this hack run the games off the HDD? Why would you need to buy Blu-Ray media?

 

[squirt1000]

to keep the bloody things stored! ive only got a limited amount of pc hd space

 

[Link5084]

To be honest, PS3 hacking would be EXTREMELY complicated. How much are blank Blu-ray Discs these days? Downloading PS3 games would be an extreme pain in the ass and you would have to get a Blu-ray burner which is like $500. Sorry guys, but let's leave the PS3 as it be. Maybe in like 2-3 years we might see it hacked. But for now, the PS3 is good on it's own for now. We can't hack every console in existence, can we?

 

[Rock Raiyu]

To be honest, PS3 hacking would be EXTREMELY complicated. How much are blank Blu-ray Discs these days? Downloading PS3 games would be an extreme pain in the ass and you would have to get a Blu-ray burner which is like $500. Sorry guys, but let's leave the PS3 as it be. Maybe in like 2-3 years we might see it hacked. But for now, the PS3 is good on it's own for now. We can't hack every console in existence, can we?

Why would we want to stop? Hacking isn't limited to just playing backups but also play emulators, having apps, etc. Hacking isn't always about playing backups.

 

[Seraph]

To be honest, PS3 hacking would be EXTREMELY complicated. How much are blank Blu-ray Discs these days? Downloading PS3 games would be an extreme pain in the ass and you would have to get a Blu-ray burner which is like $500. Sorry guys, but let's leave the PS3 as it be. Maybe in like 2-3 years we might see it hacked. But for now, the PS3 is good on it's own for now. We can't hack every console in existence, can we?

Why would we want to stop? Hacking isn't limited to just playing backups but also play emulators, having apps, etc. Hacking isn't always about playing backups.

Even then, playing backups wouldn't be that complicated. Maybe more expensive but not complicated. This is supposed to be a hack for running games off the HDD, or do people not know how to read the topic or know any other way backups are played beside the methods the Wii uses? Downloading a game would only be a pain for people with slow connections or people that don't know how to get games a faster way...I think MGS4 is around 32 GB? Lost Odyssey is about 25 GB in all and people had no problem downloading that.

 

[jinxvorheeze]

You can also use a Linux install on the PS3 to dump the games, then you can rent and dump all the games your little pirate hearts would desire

J/K, great news and if it costs me 2 $60 500gb HDD's to be able to run PS3 backups, its worth it in my book. Think about it, you buy a new PS3 and your more than likely going to buy a couple games with it, and at almost $60 a piece for games you are saving tons of money just buying hard-drives instead. Then as I mentioned, just rent (or borrow) a few PS3 games and your all set! Or if you are like me you have fast internet and waiting a few hours while the game downloads wouldn't be a huge deal.

 

[Nottulys]

Yup^

Although I havent found any $60 HDD, that still beats the hell out of paying $65 a game, better waiting some hours or a day or so for one.

 

[deathfisaro]

There are PS3 exclusive games that fit in a SINGLE LAYER DVD, and tons of games fit in a dual-layer DVD. MGS4 is the only game I know that use dual layer BD, and there are only a handful of games that fully use 25GB of single layer BD.
Size of the game shouldn't be a barrier because there are tons of people pirating Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. They're bigger than MOST of PS3 games.

Actually, if you want to run backups of multiplatform games, PS3 games are generally smaller because BD don't include dummies. (Read speeds of inner and outer BD are the same thus dummy serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever.)


Last known method of running backups was detectable and resulted in console ban. Hope this one's more secure.

 

[squirt1000]

Some clown has posted a method for playing a installed game from the HDD, Not really what everyone is after but funny all the same