View Full Version : Modding the PS3


PS3_Master
01-29-2006, 10:37 PM
Well, seeing as though the PS3 hasnt been released yet, there are no mods for it! When it is finaly released we will be sure to keep you up to date with current mods.

Until then, if you hear of any let us know!

giova07
02-10-2006, 07:45 PM
ok we are going to be in contact

shorty9cam
02-22-2006, 01:37 PM
Seeing as we are on the topic of mods, what color would you like to get... personally i think white is the best

giova07
02-22-2006, 02:46 PM
black is a cool color

top_dawg
02-22-2006, 11:21 PM
Im my opinion there arent going to be any major mods at all for the PlayStation 3. Its so propiatary to Sony, unlike the Xbox wich is nothing more then a PC in a fancy box.

Seeing as we are on the topic of mods, what color would you like to get... personally i think white is the best

I'm going for the silver metal finish myself. I love shiny toys :D what other consoles do you own shorty?

giova07
02-25-2006, 08:26 AM
i was thinking how about a red color

shorty9cam
02-25-2006, 05:05 PM
Im my opinion there arent going to be any major mods at all for the PlayStation 3. Its so propiatary to Sony, unlike the Xbox wich is nothing more then a PC in a fancy box.



I'm going for the silver metal finish myself. I love shiny toys :D what other consoles do you own shorty?
All i got is a PS2. All my friends have Xbox's though so i play Xbox a lot too.

giova07
02-26-2006, 09:17 AM
i know that xbox has better graphics than ps2 and more stuff but i dont like their games thats why have a ps2 and most of my friends have xbox

psplaya
02-26-2006, 10:15 PM
I dont think the PS3 is going to be an easy bax to mod. Aparently alot of any modding technology has gone into the console, including more sophisticated encryption then the Xbox 360 (4096 bit encryption). And if you look at the PS3's Blu-Ray disks, their going to be pretty difficult to copy at 50 GB. Even though burners are pretty much available to purchase on the market already, disks are rare and damn are they going to be expecive!!! (I've heard up to $60 per disk)

When someone does find a way to mod it, I wouldnt doubt it if the mods are difficult to do as it is, and who wants to spend a few hundres bucks on a console, only to mod it and hope it works.

shorty9cam
02-27-2006, 02:31 PM
Yea but we can get 50 GB on a Blu-ray disc that costs $60 rather than a 25 GB HD-DVD that costs $40 but you need two of them so it costs $80

PS3_Master
02-27-2006, 08:59 PM
You have a good point there. But wouldnt you rather just pay the $ 55 - 60 bucks to get the authentic disk with all the material that comes with it? personaly if it costs less, or even an extra 5 bucks, I'll get the authentic disk.

giova07
02-28-2006, 05:18 PM
and i think that is going to be very hard to do fake games for the ps3

reticulator
03-08-2006, 09:41 AM
the mods for the ps3 will be great, everything will be gr8

psplaya
03-10-2006, 11:52 PM
Like I said before, I'm doubtfull there will be any mods out for a while for the PS3. And seing as though there is going to be an online subscription service for the PS3, it probably wouldnt be a good idea to mod your console simply because Sony may go the way of Microsoft, and bann everyone from the online service who has a mod chip installed and so on. I dont think modding it it worth it at all.

reticulator
03-11-2006, 10:52 AM
Im not even gonna mess with those mods. I wouldn't want to break the ps3 lol.

temporal_zulu
03-12-2006, 07:15 PM
I got my PS3 for Xmas 2006...wait, wrong timeline :eek: , um..the PS3 ... *will be extragalactic when its available, modded or no :D Take my word for it :p

PS3_Master
03-12-2006, 07:19 PM
I got my PS3 for Xmas 2006...wait, wrong timeline :eek: , um..the PS3 ... *will be extragalactic when its available, modded or no :D Take my word for it :p

Welcome to the forums temporal_zulu! I agree 100%. The PS3 is going to be able to stand up to anything without being modded for while to come.

temporal_zulu
03-12-2006, 07:25 PM
Thanks PS3 Master, oh..and don't let the whole time traveller thing worry ya, its just a gag...:rolleyes:

PS3_Master
03-12-2006, 07:30 PM
Thanks PS3 Master, oh..and don't let the whole time traveller thing worry ya, its just a gag...:rolleyes:

I figgured as much. Enjoy!

shorty9cam
03-13-2006, 03:47 PM
You have a good point. Even PC technology isn't as far ahead as the PS3 now with its "Cell" processor and Blu-Ray player

AA7
03-20-2006, 02:57 PM
I dont think I would want to mod my PS3. I would be too afraid I would screw it up and kill it. I would probally cry if I did.

shorty9cam
03-20-2006, 06:53 PM
lol... same, i wouldnt stop crying until i got a new one... I would cry at home, at school, at stores, at the orthodontists, every where

Brainwashed
03-21-2006, 07:17 AM
Haha, I don't know. I think I'd try to mod it, but only if I was absolutely sure I knew what I was doing. I have a feeling that Sony is going to make the PS3 hard to mod (at least with a modchip); there's no doubt in my mind that they've had teams buy and examine every modchip out there, just so they can figure out how to stop that type of thing with the PS3. It's most likely they're going to do what Xbox did, and have it so that if you've modded your PS3, you're excluded from playing online.

Justinian
03-26-2006, 05:11 PM
i would mod my ps3 but not for a while but i bet the ps3 is goona be pretty hard to mod anyway like other people have said but still it would be nice!

b3rat3
03-27-2006, 12:21 AM
I'm going to purchase a black Mod for my 360 so it would be pretty cool if I could get a matching black Mod case for the Ps3. It only fits, almost all the furniture in my room is a black wood or metal.. Matching only makes sense.

Philament
03-27-2006, 12:27 AM
I've always been interested in modding a console, but I've never gave in to my fears to actually go through with it.

AA7
03-27-2006, 05:01 AM
I kinda wanted to mod my original Xbox but i never got up the nerve. I was too affraid I would kill it.

Justinian
03-27-2006, 07:42 AM
nah u wldn't kill well i'm nto really sure but a friend of mine takes in pplez xbox's and mods them for them

curlfro
03-27-2006, 06:04 PM
Seeing as we are on the topic of mods, what color would you like to get... personally i think white is the best

i like the silver fleck (or whatever it's called) the chrome looking one :mad:

Justinian
03-28-2006, 07:54 AM
I would the nice glossy black one in the pics it shine dthe most lol. SOme of u might say but the ps2 is black well id otn have a ps2 and it would match it anyway. And the black ps3 wld match my psp is shall get.

Does any1 know for sure that the controllers will be in differnet colours 2 , i sure hope so , but i think they will be :)

curlfro
04-05-2006, 05:21 PM
I would the nice glossy black one in the pics it shine dthe most lol. SOme of u might say but the ps2 is black well id otn have a ps2 and it would match it anyway. And the black ps3 wld match my psp is shall get.

Does any1 know for sure that the controllers will be in differnet colours 2 , i sure hope so , but i think they will be :)

can't wait for the new controler disign. i can't even think any good ideas.

Justinian
04-05-2006, 08:33 PM
Lol me neither i likeed the mad catz desing of the ds2 ocntroller it fit really nicely in my hand

curlfro
04-19-2006, 03:55 PM
i was wondering, does anyone know if that as technology increases, does it make it easier or harder to mod consoles?

Justinian
04-20-2006, 07:19 AM
i was wondering, does anyone know if that as technology increases, does it make it easier or harder to mod consoles?

probably harder becasue sony doesn't want there consoles moded so we can get free games

curlfro
04-20-2006, 08:03 AM
probably harder becasue sony doesn't want there consoles moded so we can get free games

yah, that aks sense.

Justinian
04-20-2006, 06:15 PM
of course it make scense has there ever been a time where i haven't lol jk!

curlfro
04-21-2006, 11:22 AM
of course it make scense has there ever been a time where i haven't lol jk!

yeah, sure lol jk.

Justinian
04-22-2006, 10:05 PM
yeah, sure lol jk.

where? u bein sarcastic¿

curlfro
04-23-2006, 05:02 PM
where? u bein sarcastic¿

no not at all :p (jk i'm just fooling with you :D )

curlfro
04-23-2006, 05:04 PM
well, to get back on topic, i don't think there's going to be many different skins for the ps3. it's just such a wierd shape, that it wud be to hard to make skins. with the ps2, it was flat on all sides. now, it's all curved. discuss.

Justinian
04-23-2006, 05:47 PM
yea mabe it will be to ahrd to make a skin but i probably wont get one anyway but there'll defnitlay be wraps, the skin for the front could be in two parts so i does'nt bend hey and mabe sony will have faceplates for the ps3 like the 360!

curlfro
04-23-2006, 06:06 PM
yea mabe it will be to ahrd to make a skin but i probably wont get one anyway but there'll defnitlay be wraps, the skin for the front could be in two parts so i does'nt bend hey and mabe sony will have faceplates for the ps3 like the 360!

well, i doubt it. there would be no reason to realese it in different colors if they were just gunna cover then with a face-plate.

Justinian
04-23-2006, 06:57 PM
very true and i'm glad sony's relasing differnt coulours its a evolution to the playstation

RawEnergy
04-29-2006, 01:36 PM
very true and i'm glad sony's relasing differnt coulours its a evolution to the playstation

(off topic) clear your private messages lol

curlfro
04-30-2006, 10:09 AM
i've always wondered, could you spray paint your console? give it a flame-job or something?

Justinian
04-30-2006, 05:07 PM
u'd probably could but you would have to be really cautious and tape or plug everytign up so u dont get any paint in unwanted areas

curlfro
04-30-2006, 05:08 PM
u'd probably could but you would have to be really cautious and tape or plug everytign up so u dont get any paint in unwanted areas

you couldn't do that with the ps2. way too many openings.

Justinian
04-30-2006, 05:10 PM
really theres laods of opening i never knew that cuz i dont have a ps2

curlfro
04-30-2006, 05:52 PM
really theres laods of opening i never knew that cuz i dont have a ps2

well, the big one compared to the small one. mine has so many holes in it and openings, its not even funny.

Justinian
04-30-2006, 05:56 PM
ow hope the ps3 ain't like that

curlfro
04-30-2006, 05:57 PM
ow hope the ps3 ain't like that

not from what i can tell from the pics. it looks pretty smooth and closed up.

Justinian
04-30-2006, 05:59 PM
ok good i'm goona looka t a ps3 pic right now and examine it lol!

curlfro
04-30-2006, 06:03 PM
ok good i'm goona looka t a ps3 pic right now and examine it lol!

maybe the reason the PS3 got delayed is that it had overheating problems cuz of lack of ventilation. kinda like the ps1 lol.

Justinian
05-01-2006, 07:51 PM
oh i hope not and the ps1 had overheating problems! how is that possible it does'nt evne have a fan

Monkeybones
05-03-2006, 04:14 PM
i want a ps3..... doesn't matter what color, that's final

Justinian
05-04-2006, 11:59 AM
wellofcourse u want a ps3monkeybones whowouldn't but i wouldpreferblakc its a smexy colour and itmatches my psp

Monkeybones
05-04-2006, 03:57 PM
i think that you should get a white ps3, then get a white psp case.... now that's thinkin'

Justinian
05-04-2006, 06:12 PM
that is thinken but i was thinking of gettin a silver ps3 with a silver psp case now thats thinking

curlfro
05-05-2006, 02:33 PM
that is thinken but i was thinking of gettin a silver ps3 with a silver psp case now thats thinking

i don't like the idea of a silver psp. i like black just fine.

Monkeybones
05-05-2006, 06:24 PM
i don't like the idia of a black ps3, cuz thats what the ps2 had.... and i want something different..... ( but they all look cool ) it's just that pearl white is really cool, and if u keep it nice and don't scratch it, u can enjoy it's beauty for ever.........

if u have a black ps3 it's the same as a black car, it shows swirl marks when you polish it.....

curlfro
05-07-2006, 09:28 AM
i don't like the idia of a black ps3, cuz thats what the ps2 had.... and i want something different..... ( but they all look cool ) it's just that pearl white is really cool, and if u keep it nice and don't scratch it, u can enjoy it's beauty for ever.........

if u have a black ps3 it's the same as a black car, it shows swirl marks when you polish it.....

did sony say that the different color options were only a test to see what people liked the best? i don't think they said they're gunna release it in diff. colors.

Justinian
05-08-2006, 06:04 PM
really? well yay then that means black wins!

Monkeybones
05-08-2006, 06:20 PM
HA! jk..... i don't REALLY polish my ps2..... but black is cool, so is white, and silver

Justinian
05-08-2006, 06:34 PM
well it looks like 60%- 80% like black

curlfro
05-09-2006, 01:34 PM
well it looks like 60%- 80% like black

i'm still hoping for silver. i just liked how it looked almost like crome.

Justinian
05-09-2006, 05:23 PM
i believe that now it is first getting released in black

curlfro
05-11-2006, 05:02 AM
i believe that now it is first getting released in black

but why is it at E3 the one they showed off was silver, and even the new PS3 controller was silver.

Justinian
05-11-2006, 07:38 AM
i dunno i guess cuz those where some of the controllers in the dev kits mabe?

but yea in hte conference htey said it will first be realesed in clear black then mabe on later the different colours

freakoutcast
05-15-2006, 12:31 AM
I can't wait to mod the heck out of the ps3! I had alot of fun modding the ps2 except the ps3 looks to cool so I don't think i'll be giving it a new paint job like my ps2 had or cutting any windows. I may add a few leds to light it up assuming theres a spot that light can come out of the case.

Justinian
05-15-2006, 11:49 AM
looks lik eyou've had lots of exprience with modding. Theres already goign to be led lights in the ps3 anyway

freakoutcast
05-15-2006, 01:11 PM
looks lik eyou've had lots of exprience with modding. Theres already goign to be led lights in the ps3 anyway


Yep have had experience. :D


There's going to be leds in the ps3???

If you don't mind me asking how do you know this? I haven't seen any pics indicating a light source coming out of the ps3... At anyrate i'll be modding if cool things can be done. :)

Justinian
05-15-2006, 05:16 PM
someone posted in the PS3 Fourms there was a private room where people could paly the Ps3 at E3 and the PS3 was out in the open and the ejection buttton lit up blue i think the power button will light up 2!

freakoutcast
05-15-2006, 06:34 PM
someone posted in the PS3 Fourms there was a private room where people could paly the Ps3 at E3 and the PS3 was out in the open and the ejection buttton lit up blue i think the power button will light up 2!

Ohh lol i'm talking about soldering LEDs to the ps3's main board inside to give off a bright glow coming for the inside of the case. Much like people add lights and stuff to the inside of a PC tower.

Justinian
05-15-2006, 07:07 PM
like the power button?

on the ps3 the lights inside the systme and goes throghu the systme on the blue button althoghu its not a button but a touch thing ma bobber

freakoutcast
05-16-2006, 04:43 AM
Naw not the type i'm talking about. The Leds I soldered in my ps2 were bright blue and the light would shine out of the bottom vent... The eject botton is an led, but not as bright as the one i'd solder to the main board.

Justinian
05-16-2006, 08:01 AM
reall wow the ps2 had a light to kool! well i'll get the pic as soon as i can find it

lilninja
07-20-2006, 03:59 AM
Cool make the ps3 shine cos iit's so good.

dudoo4
09-20-2006, 04:04 PM
I think the mods should be pretty cool with the computer updates like the psp the ps3 ones should be like an update for tv that would be pretty cool ahh but what do i know

Ascend_01
10-29-2006, 05:37 AM
I would get a pro to mod it if i could!

lilninja
10-29-2006, 07:57 AM
Yeah i'd get my cdt teacher lol.

~S0uL.::.cALliBeR~
11-02-2006, 02:37 PM
Yeah, it's us people who be in contact with each otha, and if you don't keep us up to date, it's aight cause I'll also keep is up to tellin you guyz! Modding's what I do~

slacker65000
11-26-2006, 07:17 PM
well from all the talk...it seems that its almost pointless to mod, and might as well just buy the games anyway