Hacked PlayStation 5 Can Now Run PS2 and PS3 Game Discs

According to a new report, a hacked PlayStation 5 can now read games directly from PS2 and PS3 discs, decrypt them, compile them, and run them. A homebrew modder and game developer known as swor

According to a new report, the hacked PlayStation 5 console can now read, decode, compile, and run games directly from PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 game discs.

Homebrew game developer and modder sword_pdf announced on X social network that the hacked PlayStation 5 is now able to read, decode, compile and run games directly from PS2 and PS3 discs. This achievement brings the mentioned console closer to playing the games of all five generations of PlayStation hardware.

Since this console used to be able to play PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games from discs, currently only the physical discs of the original PlayStation console, i.e. PlayStation 1, remain. Another X user pointed out that the PlayStation 5 disc drive was unable to read PlayStation 1 discs; Because these games are released on CD. However, this modder explained that using an external CD drive can fix the compatibility issue.

The Homebrew developer also explained that users only need to insert each disc into the console for the first time to extract and save its ISO file or disc image to the PlayStation 5. As a result, after doing this process, the games will be run directly from the internal memory of the console, and their loading speed will not be different from the games installed on the internal memory.

Recent developments in the field of Homebrew PlayStation 5 have also allowed hackers to make significant progress in expanding access to newer versions of this console's software. A project called Slopkit is being prepared to support several newer versions of the PlayStation 5 firmware, paving the way for using a WebKit-based entry point. These files provide the software with the addresses it needs to identify functions and other system components in different versions of the console software.

Also, a PS5 console firmware 13.60 jailbreak is now available, which is only two versions behind the latest firmware, version 14.10. This method uses an exploit called relapse, which was previously published by modders named Nathan Fargo and Sonic-Iso. Before the introduction of this new method, consoles using firmwares higher than version 12.00 had to wait about 50 minutes for the jailbreak to load. However, the new method can reportedly complete the process in just a few seconds. It should be noted that the new jailbreak can be used both on the base model of the PlayStation 5 and on the PlayStation 5 Pro console.