In the past few days it seems the PS3 has officially been hacked at last. Almost out of no where did news of a USB Stick/Modchip that allowed your console, be it fat or slim, to back up and play PS3 games off your PS3's internal HDD or even an external HDD. Obviously everyone took it with a grain of salt but people have reported it to work. Apparently the device tricks your PS3 into thinking it is a dev console using some of Sony's own (repurposed) tech.

While this hack, dubbed the "PS Jailbreak," works it is not perfect. For example, it does not work for all PS3 games. Apparently "Oz Mod Chips," tested 12 games, and 2 didn't seem to start because of having at least one file over 4 GB. There are workarounds to some issues, though. Below are two clips of it in action:

Source #1

Many have tried, and many have failed. The PS3 has remained totally un-hacked... until now. On the morning of the 19th of August 2010 we received a package at our store with a little software dongle and some instructions on how to get it working. We knew this would be huge, but not this huge. We had been hearing scene rumors of something like this in the works, but of course until we actually got our hands on it, it was all a bunch of rumors that meant nothing. Our website totally crashed from the insane number of hits, we received calls from news papers, gaming companies, we didn't sleep for 2 days just to keep up with emails!

Source #2

- PS Jailbreak is a USB plug and play solution that installs in seconds, keeping your valid warranty seal intact.
- Easy to use installer and GUI takes you step by step.
- Compatible with all production models FAT and SLIM. Supports all regions: USA, JAP, PAL and KOREA.

- PS Jailbreak disables forced software updates and will never brick your console.
- Supports all games (it does not allow backups of blu-ray movies, DVD movies, or past consoles games)
- Backup games to your internal hard drive or external hard drive through USB, and boot directly off GUI. Eliminating the need for expensive blu-ray burners and costly blank media.

- Play backups off your hard drives 2x as fast as off the blu-ray drive. This eliminates lags and glitches to provide you with smoother game play.
- Open up your console to a new generation of homebrew applications. Load homebrew apps/games off any USB hard drive/flash drive.
- Fully updatable with new features/updates by connecting PS Jailbreak to any computers USB port.

Note: Fixed some spelling errors that are present on the original pages for easier reading

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