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RPCS3 developers have alerted PS3 emulation fans to a surge of fake Blu-ray drives being sold on Newegg, AliExpress and other retailers. These drives use the packaging, casings and spoofed firmware of legitimate high-end models but contain older, incompatible internals that cannot read PS3 discs properly.
The team behind the PS3 emulator RPCS3 has issued a social media warning about a surge in counterfeit Blu-ray drives being sold online. The fakes reportedly use older, inferior drive mechanisms disguised with the casings, packaging and spoofed firmware of higher-end models, meaning they cannot read PS3 discs. The developers published a wiki guide detailing identifying signs such as misspelled labels, misaligned logos and incorrect manufacturing dates.
The RPCS3 development team announced that its open-source PlayStation 3 emulator can now run games straight from physical Blu-ray discs, provided users have a compatible internal or external drive from an extensive supported-hardware list. The update also brings faster installation times for package installs from disc and extends support beyond Windows to Linux, FreeBSD and macOS, including PS4 and PS5 consoles running Linux.