Sony lashes out at PS3 priates using the PS3 Jailbreak Device; Sony sues

Not too long ago, an Australian modchip supplier was supplying a device that allowed gamers to backup their legit game copies to internal or external USB devices and play them from there.

Unfortunately, the success the device has been shortlived. Sony recently demanded that all orders for this device to be cancelled, in which the manufacturers agreed to and promptly the modchip supplier refunded all the paid orders that were queued.

Sony is currently taking legal action (as in a lawsuit) against the device, by requesting a sample of the Jailbreak devices to be sent to Sony HQ for analysis on the jailbreak. Developers have also suggested that a firmware upgrade release is all that’s required to plug the exploit these devices use, eventually making them redundant.

Despite the Jailbreak law being passed in the US making it legal to Jailbreak devices in the US, Sony may have to go the extra mile in order to win the lawsuit.

We’ll keep you updated on the situation as it plays out.