The PS3 is unhackable no more, with a PS3 hack now available to buy. But not only is PS Jailbreak very expensive to buy, it’s likely to be a short-lived PS3 hack as Sony is guaranteed to already be working on a firmware fix.
As soon as they’re released, games consoles are targeted by hackers attempting to find a way into the system. And they’re usually successful very quickly, being able to find a way around the system in order to allow gamers to do things with the hardware the manufacturer would rather they didn’t. These activities include playing pirated games and saving games to the hard drive that can be played without a backup.
The Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 were both hacked early in their lives, but the Sony Playstation 3 has so far survived almost four years without suffering a similar fate. Until now, probably.
The end of last week saw news break that a PS3 modding tool was now available to order on the website of Australia-based OzModChips. The PS3 hack, called PS Jailbreak, comes in the form of a USB dongle containing software which will open up the PS3 system considerably.
The asking price, however, is a not-inconsiderable AUS$170. PS Jailbreak works by essentially turning any PS3 into a dev unit usually only used by games developers.
OzModChips has since released a video of the PS3 hack in operation, and it certainly looks like it works.
The big problem for the companies selling this, and the hopeful PS3 owners who buy it, is that Sony will likely be able to close the loophole PS Jailbreak takes advantage off.
The PS3 receives regular firmware updates and once Sony is able to pinpoint exactly what is going on with the PS Jailbreak it’ll be made null and voided. Which is why the distributors are charging the extortionate rates they are; knowing the window of opportunity is likely to be a short-lived one.
It should be noted that although the PS Jailbreak is being sold by Australian companies, the PS3 hacking tool is more likely to have originated in Asia. testJP
