Ps3 hacks to play pirated games

While the group did not intend to release the firmware, iPhone hacker George Hotz, or GeoHot, released his own hack on his website. IT security expert Michael Steil told The Independent the primary motivation behind the modern console hacking is not the piracy of the games, installing an alternative operating system -- Linux.

The first version of the PS had Linux but has been removed since, leading to the hack, according to media reports. However, the hacks can be modified to play pirated games -- a warning sign to the industry that is already trying to combat huge piracy issues in games, movies and music. Sony had previously indicated that piracy could be the end of the gaming platform in its current state.

The company has admitted that piracy is a problem and is the reason why game developers were abandoning the Playstation. The company hoped that one of the main solutions would be downloadable software, but this recent news could put these plans in jeopardy, PC Authority said in a report. The games you download from PSN, gets stored into your device and you can play them directly without the disk. You also have the option to copy the game from the disk to your ps3 hard disk.

Mostly when the device is jailbroken, you play without the disc. Jailbreaking your PS3 allows you to store and play homebrew games and applications on the device that would otherwise be unable to operate. This also allows you to store digital backups of the games you own on either the internal hard drive or on an external USB hard drive. It would require emulation to run PS3 games on PS4 because of the different architecture. The reason that the super slim cannot be jailbroken is because NO superslim model came with 3.

A modded PS3 console includes some refinements that could give it extra features or enhance your gaming experience. You can explore some of the potential benefits of a modded console and find one on eBay. Some enthusiasts participate in homebrew for the PlayStation 3 video game console. Jailbreaking is the process of exploiting the flaws of a locked-down electronic device to install software other than what the manufacturer has made available for that device.

Jailbreaking allows the device owner to gain full access to the root of the operating system and access all the features. Never ever ever update the console except when you use a USB. Even then, you should use the same custom firmware.