Rumor: First PS3 MODCHIP Coming Soon?!

[daknight]

This will probably the most priciest method of pirating to date, almost defeating the purpose of pirating in the first place. Around 200 dollars for the Blu-Ray burner, plus 35-50 dollars for a 10 disc Blu-Ray pack.

...you don't keep up with the prices of Blu-ray disc do you? If THAT was the price, it would be about the same price as DVD+DL (which is use for Xbox 360). DVD+DL run for 25 to 35 for a 10 disc pack of GOOD quality media. As for Blu-ray, the actual price of a 10 pack STARTS at around 50 dollars and can go up to 70 dollars. Your statement of it being expensive still stands, is just more expensive than what you think actually xP

its more like you dont keep up with the prices

verbatim 20pk DVD+DL
$25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817130008

memorex 50pk DVD+DL
$33
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...L10D-_-17501023

I don't trust Memorex, but I'll accept on the Verbatim one, still that leaves the cost per disc of it being higher than 1 dollar. Still about the Blu-ray, the price I mention about Blu-ray disc (well with a derivant of 5 dollars from a brand I never never heard of that was 44.99) still stands actually. As for those Verbatim, one has to be careful on where they come from (since they make them in two parts). Just like you found that 20pk DVD+DL for 25, there is another for 32 dollars (of the same brand). But I'll accept that I was wrong on the 10 packs being the one that cost 25 to 35, is the 20 pack that cost that (again I don't trust Memorex, but I also agreed those are cheap and if one is comftable with them, then go for it...in my case a lot of times when I burn things on them, they either freeze (movies, anime episodes, games, etc, etc).

So...always buy Verbatim or Philips (which is the brand I mostly buy...if ever find a special on those feel free to prove me wrong on there prices (25 is the sweet spot

)

Anyway, to actually ADD to the topic about the mod chip instead of just discussing the prices...considering Sony will most likely discontinue the normal PS3, if this doesn't work on the Slim...Sony kind of already prevented new users to the access of modding (except for those that snap up the remaining stock of 'normal' Ps3 left at the 299 price). We'll see how this plays out.

 

[Armadillo]

Cool, will be interesting to see if it's true. Blu-ray burners not so expensive these days, can pick up a pioneer burner for around £130, that's not bad, first dvd writer cost me £250 and it was only x4 and -r only. Media could do with being a bit cheaper, but that'll drop with time and still cheaper than originals.

 

[DSGamer64]

Why the hell do people spell Blu Ray as Blueray, learn to effing spell it (especially article writers). Blu Ray burners are still a bit pricey, 3x the price of a DVD RW burner with Light Scribe, however having a PS3 modchip would probably bolster the sales of burners.

the burners are probably 7x the price

Go do some research, an 8x Blu Ray burner is 200 dollars, most DVD burners are around 40 dollars.

 

[Joe88]

Why the hell do people spell Blu Ray as Blueray, learn to effing spell it (especially article writers). Blu Ray burners are still a bit pricey, 3x the price of a DVD RW burner with Light Scribe, however having a PS3 modchip would probably bolster the sales of burners.

the burners are probably 7x the price

Go do some research, an 8x Blu Ray burner is 200 dollars, most DVD burners are around 40 dollars.

your statement was that they are 3x the price of dvd burners
you can get dvd burners here for about $30, so even it was 3 times the price it would still less then half the price of the blu-ray burner (which the cheapest one I found (6x) was about $140)
I simply stated they were about 7x the price which is about right for a 8x burner

 

[Al_Yahud]

Will it be possible to copy OEM games like with RAWDUMP for the Wii?

 

[Link5084]

ATTENTION: DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP FOR THIS

if it's true, Sony's just gonna release a firmware update so fast to break it. Don't bother with this

You too, Joe88. Stop getting your hopes too high for this.

 

[Joe88]

ATTENTION: DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP FOR THIS

if it's true, Sony's just gonna release a firmware update so fast to break it. Don't bother with this

You too, Joe88. Stop getting your hopes too high for this.

lol I dont really care about it, was just saying thats all

im much more interested in custom firmware
but thats probably not going to happen soon if at all...

 

[Rock Raiyu]

ATTENTION: DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP FOR THIS

if it's true, Sony's just gonna release a firmware update so fast to break it. Don't bother with this

You too, Joe88. Stop getting your hopes too high for this.

So basically it'll be like the PSP/Wii/NDSi war? Looks like we won't have a problem then..

 

[DeltaBurnt]

If and when I got my own PS3 I would have come to terms that it'd be the only console I had I couldn't mod and that's because 1. I cannot possibly afford all the Blu Ray burning shit and 2. PS2 games...I've played most the good ones I don't need backups of those.

So yah...

 

[Da-Bomb1]

"No awkward USB interface?" I'd say a USB loader would be killer...about 99.99% of the people with a PS3 probably don't have a blu-ray burner anyway...who the hell'd wanna spend that much money just for something like this?

 

[CheatingSoi]

It would suck to misburn a game as it would be costing you a few bucks for one disk.

 

[Da-Bomb1]

It would suck to misburn a game as it would be costing you a few bucks for one disk.

Omg really??!? That's too bad. Relative to how much actually buying the game is, how much is that?

 

[shakirmoledina]

it is expensive on it's own so to say it is more expensive to buy the stuff, is not a good reason tht this is not worth it
i think many will like it esp the true pirating companies... ps2 i would love it most but i doubt if tht is possible for all ps2 but actually only for 20 and 60gb ones

 

[raulpica]

I'd say "TOTALI FAEK", but there's something which doesn't seem too unrealistic about this modchip.

Oh well, let's see how it turns out. It might actually make me buy a used BC PS3.

 

[Blue-K]

Even if it's true, it's just stupid...realy...

1) Burners are expensive
2) Discs are expensive
3) Too much work (go to store, rent it, rip it, burn it (how long will this take? 2 Days

?). And downloading would take ages...
4) Update --> Breaking Chip, ev. Banning (like Microsoft)

I mean, seriously, WTF? Ps3 and XBox360 can't be used for Homebrew, or ModChips...maybe a Firmware Flash, or a custom Firmware...but still...the creators weren't that stupid, they can simply ban you from Online (not like Nintendo). This will never work on the Ps3, like it never worked on the XBox360.

Also: Sonys Idea to Earn Money is with selling games. They loose money if someone buys a Ps3, and now some wouldn't buy any games anymore --> Killer?

 

[CockroachMan]

I won't believe it until we get at least a video or something.

But indeed.. dunno if it's worth it. BR discs and a BR burner are expensive, not to mention the price of the mod-chip, which won't be cheap. A better solution would be hacking the PS3 to run ISOs from the HDD.

Anyway, SONY is replacing every PS3 in the market with SLIM units. If this doesn't work on SLIMs, the price of the current PS3 models will skyrocket!

 

[coolbho3000]

Sounds very fishy.

This guy says his modchip has an "intelligent code modifying system," which is a technology supposedly made up by the Xeno/Wiikey team for promoting the D2CKey (without any solid details). The Whois information on this domain doesn't match up with what the Wiikey team's host is so we can safely say they're not behind it.

 

[ricky23i]

dam just sold my ps3 phat and gonna buy a ps3 slim. wonder it work on a ps3 slim

 

[p1ngpong]

Im not going to get my hopes up on this one, even though I hope its true. Obviously like people have said if you dont have a backwards compatible PS3 you wont be able to play PS2 backups, unless this chip does something amazing (not likely).

If its true its a start, but I wouldn't recommend getting the chip for a long time if it did come out though. I would wait to see whether Sony can block the chip with a firmware update.

But like most people have said even if this did come out now, the cost of burning BR discs would make it pretty pointless. One failed write and you may as well have just gotten the original game. I will just stick with buying games for now, and wait and see if some kind of USB loader ever emerges. Either that or wait a couple of years for the cost of BR burners and discs to drop to a viable amount.

 

[hellohey]

oo one failed write... there goes a dollar...