Not only did the revelation of the PlayStation 3 root key open the gates for homebrew and pirated games to be played on Sony’s console, it also allowed hackers to create all kinds of cheats and trainers. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is perhaps the most affected game, and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight
According to German sources, it seems that Sony is strong arming German PS3 Break buyers into destroying their hacking / homebrew-enabling devices.
More precisely, Sony’s lawyers are asking German buyers of PS3 Break to transfer the rights to request the package back from customs over to the company and to agree on the destruction of the device. German buyers are also required to sign a “cease and desist” letter which subjects them to fines in excess of 5,100 Euros if they import, distribute or use any device that allows or eases bypassing the copy protection of the PS3. Those who refuse to sign the “cease and desist” face a lawsuit asking for 50,000 Euros in damages.
As expected, the PSJailbreak has been reverse engineered and an open source hack, that can be flashed to a cheap USB key, has been released.
The new hack, dubbed PSGroove, can be compiled and flashed to a Teensy++ USB Development Board or AT90 USB Key. The initial release of PSGroove had the ISO booting ability disabled because its developers are interested in enabling homebrew games without encouraging piracy; however, a second version with that functionality enabled has been released soon after.
Took four years to finally crack the Playstation 3, however, the hack it’s self only required less then 4 days to be cloned.
The news has been confirmed by the hacking team itself as they asked gamers to ignore the hefty price difference and to “buy original for warranty and support.”
As far as we can tell, there is no difference between the “original PSJailbreak” and the Chinese clone as it just consists of a USB dongle with the hack software on it that is cloned 1 to 1.
However, this all does not change that they have already sold out and are not taking any more orders because they simply can’t keep up with the demand.
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