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Rumour: PS Jailbreak Cloned, Selling For a Fraction of the Price

by Arthur Kabrick, posted on 23 August 2010 / 6,148 Views

A few days ago, OzModChips unveiled PS Jailbreak, a USB dongle which, when plugged into the PS3, puts it into debug mode, allowing the backing up of PS3 discs onto a hard drive, and the playback of these games straight from the hard drive, as well as the use of homebrew applications on the PS3.

It was priced at $150 to begin with, but according to retailer Shop PS Jail Break, it now costs "only" $120.

"Only" is in inverted commas because this is still a USB dongle with some stolen debug code. It really has no place costing such an exorbitant amount of money. And from the first day, on the PS Jailbreak website, was the warning: Beware of Chinese Knockoffs. Buy the original for warranty and support (OzModChips admitted in the demonstration video that PS Jailbreak was only confirmed to work with firmware 3.41, and that later FW updates would likely render it obsolete). This is moot, of course, because if Sony can find you using the thing, you'll likely get a console PSN ban.

Well, a knockoff appears to exist, though it may not be Chinese.

The clone, x3JailBreak, allegedly hits the market next week, and will sell for a fraction of the price: $20-40. It may or may not work. It may or may not give you warranty. But if it doesn't work, you're only $20-40 down, and when you get aforementioned console ban, the extra $80-100 can go towards a new PS3.


20 Comments

oni-link
oni-link (on 25 August 2010)

@TC Those updates are easy to circumvent just look at the Wii and how hackers usually have a solution within days of the update!!!

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oni-link
oni-link (on 25 August 2010)

@almccheseney and kupomogli you guys took the word outta my mouth!!! I'm also gonna add that Sony has not recouped it's billions of dollars losses on the PS3 and this will definitely add to their investment dilema seeing that we are close to seeing new hardware in 2-3 years from now!!!

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TC_Squared
TC_Squared (on 25 August 2010)

I'm surprised they even bothered to make this. I was under the assumption that the primary reason for the system updates this generation is to prevent things such as this.

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almcchesney
almcchesney (on 24 August 2010)

@ theprof00 seriously.... you think that they want to sell more systems when they just started making money on them.... you think second place actually matters.... how naive....

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kupomogli
kupomogli (on 24 August 2010)

@oini-link "One just needs to look at the PC, DS and Wii markets to see how it affects SW sales. "Back-up"/Downloaded games greatly outnumbers retail sales just by looking at the torrent downloads on those systems. " What about the PSP. Ratio of sales/downloads, 95% of people downloaded the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Portable 2 in comparison to the 5% sales. 80% of people downloaded Dissidia Final Fantasy in comparison to the 20% in sales. Those are only two examples, but the system is the easiest to pirate. No DRM other than requiring the correct custom firmware or to patch the software. @theprof00 The PSP is able to be hacked and because how much it's pirated there are only a small number of software sales. Your logic means that the system can be pirated so it's good for the company. They might get more system sales but most of the money is made from software, not hardware. In that same sense, the developers won't get as much money so they'll either develop worse games for that reason or give limited development towards the PS3, much like the PSP.

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theprof00
theprof00 (on 24 August 2010)

lol, inverted commas. @oini-link. It actually is very good for Sony. It will sell more consoles. Improve it's chances for second place, and games that people want to play online are still going to have to be bought. It's not as bad as you think it is. If I were Sony, I would release a firmware making sony hard-drives mandatory. If people are using drives to store the games. Sony stands to make a huge profit on the method of availability.

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Shonen
Shonen (on 24 August 2010)

Welcome to 360'S world of on-line ban ^^

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oni-link
oni-link (on 24 August 2010)

This cannot be good for Sony!!! Everyone knows what happens when pirates infiltrate a console. One just needs to look at the PC, DS and Wii markets to see how it affects SW sales. "Back-up"/Downloaded games greatly outnumbers retail sales just by looking at the torrent downloads on those systems.

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spynx
spynx (on 24 August 2010)

only works for firmware 3.41? What sort of hack is that? This is not a complete hack but temporary. Not worth buying.

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Cobretti2
Cobretti2 (on 24 August 2010)

this site is going down hill. reporting on news from other site. some more original content please.

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xcot
xcot (on 24 August 2010)

i don't get articles like these, all they do is promote the fact that there is one, and tell people that may have been oblivious to it that there is a way to pirate.

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MetalGear_94
MetalGear_94 (on 24 August 2010)

Good for them.

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Shanobi
Shanobi (on 23 August 2010)

"Nirvana_Nut85 5 hours ago Personally I wouldn't purchase either because it will only be a short time until someone releases the method on how to clone the ps3 jailbreak usb via your own computer," Well, fortunately for us vgchartz will keep us informed on a frequent basis about how to get the best pirated goods! How awesome.

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richardhutnik
richardhutnik (on 23 August 2010)

irony seems to be the word

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Nirvana_Nut85
Nirvana_Nut85 (on 23 August 2010)

Personally I wouldn't purchase either because it will only be a short time until someone releases the method on how to clone the ps3 jailbreak usb via your own computer,

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SecondWar
SecondWar (on 23 August 2010)

@nickvasko good on you and to the people at PS Jailbreak: lol at you

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greenmedic88
greenmedic88 (on 23 August 2010)

The X3JailBreak is most likely a fake. Breakdowns of their "product" show nothing more than generic flash drive chip sets. The PS Jailbreak isn't a flash drive as it only has 32k of memory on the board, meaning it doesn't work by loading custom firmware as is commonly believed, but most likely a key that activates the debug mode. Photo comparisons between the two show the differences. The X3JailBreak vendors are probably just selling a product that they have not yet developed that is not ready to ship, with the idea in mind that they'll have it ready soon or will simply do a bait and run for a product that doesn't work.

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nickvasko
nickvasko (on 23 August 2010)

it was only a matter of time that it was gonna get cloned lol i wont be getting neither, i respect the gaming industry enough to not resort to piracy

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MakeAmazing
MakeAmazing (on 23 August 2010)

Its worth mentioning that the X3JailBreak site seems to have numerous "Browser" hacks in place (Norton was catching them), so personally i think its a fake site or very dubious at the very least (but if your prepared to risk buying one of these things then you have no one else to blame but yourself).

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WIzarDE
WIzarDE (on 23 August 2010)

Lol the jokes on them I guess :P

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