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Rumor: Belzar, a full-pledge direct boot PS3 modchip incoming?

Posted Aug 20, 2009 at 10:29AM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Beta Testing, modchip, playstation 3 updates, PlayStation Network, PS2, USB 2.0

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Now we've seen our share of fake PS3 news before and this one looks too good to be true. According to a post from Belzar.com, they are now on the verge of releasing the worlds first full-fledged direct boot modchip for the PS3 that is packed full of useful features including multi-region DVD and blu-ray movie playback.

Some of the features of Belzar PS3 Modchip includes:

Works on all PS3 models
Works on all PS3 regions (USA, JAP, PAL,)
Direct Boot of PS3 original, import, and backup (copied) games
Direct Boot of PS2 original, import, and backup (copied) games
Supports multi-region Blueray Movie Playback
Supports multi-region DVD Movie Playback
No config disc needed - it just works!
Transparent stealth operation
Integrates proven belzar Intelligent Code Modifying System
No awkward USB interface - just insert DVD and play!
Supportsall upto date titles
Ultra-low power consumption; does not interfere with normal PS3 operation
Only 12 wires to solder
No external PC/laptop needed
completely upgradeable firmware, via Belzars usb 2.0 interface

Furthermore, the team posted on their site that they have already sent out the second beta of Belzar PS3 Modchip to 50 beta testers for final bug testing. Well, what do you think guys? Is this real or not? Stay tuned.

Thanks to Captain Claw for the tip!

Via Belzar

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Seriously Qj, why would you even say anything about this? We just got some great news about the PS3 a few days ago and its going great, finally starting to whip the 360 and what do you do? Advertise a piratechip for the PS3? The 360 got enough of this crap, don't help make the PS3 the new "pirates console".

# ;) — your_fire 2009-08-20 11:21

if its a yes..wow..now that will boom ps3 sales..

# yea — your_fire 2009-08-20 11:40

xbox and wii got it thats why both r beating the ps3...but now with the price cut and maybe this..ps3 will surely beat even wii

# relax — balkanboy 2009-08-20 11:57

its still beta and who will risk getting there PS3 banned online.... i would prefer a CFW instead of chips anyways...also "completely upgradeable firmware, via Belzars usb 2.0 interface" does that mean you cant update from official server?

# RE: relax — ETR2k3 2011-03-31 15:08

They're referring to the modchip's firmware, not the PS3s.

# ... — [DVSDevise] 2009-08-20 11:58

LOL how much is it for Blu-Ray blank media and a Blu-Ray burner? Would this even be worth it? Buy your games kids.

# stfu — y2bangali 2009-08-20 11:59

how are they advertising it? we don't even know if its true or not.. and if u dont like news like this then get ur ass out of qj.. To find out about mods and hacks is what ppl visit qj for... they havent just started this with the ps3.. y dont u just go on a different forum like us.playstation and chit chat there..

# Ummmmm.... — NeoHumpty 2009-08-20 12:18

I don't think anyone else is wondering. It says so right in the list of features. lol. Anyway, I'm thinking it's not true. But if it is, I'll soon have a second ps3. Too paranoid that modding will affect my psn account.

# Gooooooo — BiggBoss 2009-08-20 12:25

Voiding Your Warranty! Sounds like a good move...

# Not sure, — NeoHumpty 2009-08-20 12:29

but, wouldn't (import) part mean that you could load them from an external drive?

# RE: Not sure, — ETR2k3 2011-03-31 15:11

No, in this case, "Import" refers to a game from outside the home region. Say you wanted to play a Japanese fighting game on your US PS3. Games are region locked to prevent you from doing that.

# lol — NeoHumpty 2009-08-20 12:40

My warranty is dead. Just paid them $150 for a refurb and a generic response email. Now that warranty is done, too.

# Damn... — GodGates 2009-08-20 12:43

I hope this is fake.

But if it's not, a lot of people wouldn't risk modding their PS3. I didn't even risk modding my PS2.

Either way, a Blu-ray burner is about $200 and a 10 pack of Blu-ray discs is $50... not to mention downloading the games... it wouldn't be worth it, in my opinion.

# ... — blkthunda 2009-08-20 12:45

That's a lot of bandwidth you're wasting. Also, wouldn't you rather have the original copy instead?

# lol — ChaosZero112 2009-08-20 12:46

So the blu-ray burner sitting in my computer and the ten 5 packs of BD-Rs are useless then? damn :(

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L ATA Device

$10 a game is much better than $69.99 genius.

# fake — tomdabomb57 2009-08-20 12:48

i vote fake, its kinda suspicious that this is released near the slims release and a lot of sony going ons :)

# @ y2bangall — FelisCatusLover 2009-08-20 12:51

Why don't you just learn to PAY for video games?

# ... — papajag 2009-08-20 13:20

Even if this is real it probably won't work on the new slim. This is most likely for the older generation PS3s with backwards compatibility. But if this chip can make PS3s backwards compatible then damn that's one hell of a great job that they just did.

Downloading some PS3 games will be a problem and time consuming. 360 games already reach 7.29GB it'll be worse for some PS3 exclusive games that uses more. Seriously MGS4 is 50GB or so they say.

# Re: your_fire — tsuki 2009-08-20 13:59

Are you braindead? It says so right in the description.

# yeah — ackeejag 2009-08-20 14:02

That's exactly what it means. If this is real and hits the market sony will immediately put out a firmware update to patch whatever exploit it uses plus they will start making games require a certain firmware to be played. Similar to the psp except games can be patched after release so every game in the library would require you to update. They would have to rely on this guy constantly patching his mod chip so they can play new games for free.

Honestly I don't like the idea of pirating on the ps3. We actually get some pretty cool g ames because nobody can pirate. Just look at what happened to the psp. Devs stop developing for it and sony spends all of their time making security patches instead of cool updates that the users can actually see.

Anybody that would buy this is the scum of the earth and the leading supporter of casual gaming. They don't pirate and their games are easier to make. If you actually bought No More Heroes, they would have stayed on the wii for future titles.

# lolno — tsuki 2009-08-20 14:03

When they say import, they mean games from other countries.

# backwards compatibility? — truk 2009-08-20 14:16

how is that possible? does the modchip emulate the EE chip? if it does, how? from my understanding is the first model could play ps2 games cause it had ps2 hardware in it and the later models had some sort of software emulation going on...

# fake — sirgrinalot 2009-08-20 14:52

there is nothing on the website, no pictures, no nothin. Just a quick paragraph about history and a quick rundown of what they claimed can be done. Honestly if they were able to do this, then their website would have a little more work in it.

# Alright — CaptainObvious1 2009-08-20 14:55

I just browsed their site and I can safely say, that this is the fakest bullcrapery I have ever seen with my eyeglobes.

Apart from what QJ has posted in the jump, the only other info on their entire site was a small history of their company;

Belzar. was formed in late 2000 after its founder, a qualified electronic engineer could make big money repairing, and designing new security features for mobile phones After working for various companies like Sagem, and Nokia, Belzar decided to go it alone, and 2 years ago we were asked if we could bypass a security system rather than design it.

And an email address you can email them at.

This is the i.load all over again, you can all trust the Captain when I say that you shouldn't hold your breath on this.

# ... — aetharr 2009-08-20 15:26

Dude, you are aware that the PS2 compatibility thing will still probably depend on if your PS3 has the emotion engine installed or Software emulation.. It simply means you could play backup PS2 games without toil. :/

# ... — dre 2009-08-20 15:31

yep and those with software emulation dont play all games and the ps2's Graphics processing unit: "Graphics Synthesizer" video memory bandwidth was twice that of RSX at 48 gigabytes per second so i dont think this will actually give non BC ps3s BC

# @deadfetuslover — p0op 2009-08-20 15:32

Dude, chill out. He never said anything about if this was true, he'd use it to pirate games? He, like me and everyone else that reads this, is interested in this rumored modchip, that more than liely doesn't even exist.

# Fake... — kamanashi 2009-08-20 15:45

Modchips have nothing to do with what console wins. It's mostly price and gimmicks. Though, I think now that the PS3 is lower, it should start doing a lot better.

As for the Belzar thing, it's fake. Most of the "region free" stuff they list is already in it except for PS2 and DVD. Not only that, but, who would actually buy it considering that most pirates don't even have a bluray burner because they refuse to spend money on stuff.

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-08-20 15:45

lol deadfetus. But seriously, what LEGITIMATE use would this chip be? To make "backups" of Blu-Ray games? Who in their right mind would go out and spend $300+ on a Blu-Ray burner and disks just to make backups of games that cost less then $60 and have an extremely slim chance of breaking? In all my many years of gaming, one disk (a PS1 game) became too scratched to play, never before, never since. How often do originals really get broken? Now if this chip can run homebrew, it's a different story, but piracy is just wrong and the whole "backups" idea is more pathetic then the pirate who says its true. You know, if it weren't for all of you pirates out there we would probably be allowed to copy game disks to our game consoles and not need to insert the disk anymore, but of course that will never happen, because we got people in this world who will spend $300 just for equipment to steal video games, but no one who will ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE GAMES.

# heh. — FreePlay 2009-08-20 15:47

I got one for $200.

# Well... — FreePlay 2009-08-20 15:49

It's about 48.6GB. And double-layer BD-R and BD-RW discs are F***ING EXPENSIVE.

# ... — FreePlay 2009-08-20 15:51

July 1 2009: "Belzar public release delayed, due to a bug that seems to cause the console to crash when using the latest PS3 firmware"

August 18 2009: "The Belzar modchip beta 2, has now been sent out to our 50 beta testers, for final bug testing"

Wait, wait, wait, WAIT. They were going to have a PUBLIC release BEFORE they BETA TESTED?

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ake.

# well — ps3rocks360sucks 2009-08-20 15:59

ill probably get this when my waranty is done

# New modchip new beta — phiyuku 2009-08-20 16:02

New Windows new beta. Kinda like saying Windows Vista beta then scrap it and then make Windows 7 and beta. As you can tell it says beta 2 they most likely had a beta 1 until they realized that it was getting messed up with the new PS3 firmware.

# @ FelisCatusLover — southsidexz 2009-08-20 16:13

Pay 300+ for a Blueray Burner??? Were in the hell have u been looking at??? Bcz F.Y.I.

I can get a Blueray Burner for 140 bucks! which according to ur price, I could get 2 BD Burners. Bestbuy has 2 one for 140 and the other for 220. Dude get the price right.

and Pirates, yea I know its wrong and has an impact to everyone. but reality if there waz no piracy, business could charge more for their games if they wanted to bcz we would have to pay their price if we really want their game. as well they will never allowed backups to our consoles. bcz then u can switch games with friends and back them up. Which is still "ILLEGAL" so basically no matter what there will always be piracy. and stop being stupid, Their will always be people who pay for their games. Its like a friend, he has homebrew in his PSP and gets the game, but if he really likes a game, he goes and buys it bcz he likes owning the game, for Ex. FFVII Crisis Core, and now he played the Japenese Game of Final Fantasy Dissidia, and now he wants to buy the Game U.S. Region.

Original Games get broken? I got my A.R. Max broken by my nephew and had to replace it. as well on my PS2 I had 2-3 games that the disc became too scratchble that I had to take out the disc and reinsert till the ps2 detected them, adn then 1 game it frozed at one part bcz there waz a scratch on the disc.

# @tsuki — NeoHumpty 2009-08-20 16:16

Even and imported game is still an original. They are using the wrong terms if they don't mean that you can import the game from a drive. Of course, reading the site, their English is pretty questionable. Another reason I doubt the validity.

# Haha — mhawk134 2009-08-20 16:25

This would make me actually want to turn on my ps3 instead of just let it collect dust. I dont have a blue ray burner but it will still be cool to have a chipped ps3.

# meh — ho-oh arabia 2009-08-20 16:28

Probably a fake, and who would go thru all the trouble to pirate PS3 anyway? 20gb at least per game (any idea how long that will take to download?), 20$ per disc, 200$ for the burner, plus this risk of burning out your ps3 and getting banned? I don't think its worth it overall. I still would prefer a CFW, since it would unlock more features like homebrew and region free instead of just flat out copied ps3 games -_-

# Confirmed fake — Genomic 2009-08-20 21:09

Thought this was fishy, so I decided to dig. The site was only made on the 17th of August this year. I wouldn't hold your breath on it being real. Here's the domain look-up for you non-believers too. http://whois.domaintools.com/belzar.com

Enjoy.

# lol — Master Chef 2009-08-20 21:44

I think you're greatly overestimating how much the ability to steal games affects console sales. It's only marginal, only about 2.5-5% of people mod their consoles. Look it up

# ... — Silver-Tiger 2009-08-20 22:52

This whole thing is fake:

1. There no pictures, no descriptions, no nothing....

2. No "awkward" USB device, but the firmware is upgradable via Belzars USB 2.0 device?

3. plays Multi-region DVD and Blu-Rays? These are blocked via the Software, not hardware.

# wow — vizard00 2009-08-20 23:30

thnak sony for the missing domcoment , no you can see salles chart going UP very hight .

A modded PS3 with AL does freaking games is the real deal , but balzar made a big mistake by releasing this news now , they let sony make big changes to their kernel hope they cant stop it .

# wait — vizard00 2009-08-20 23:39

Guys just dont preorder if its real we will see it big modchip sites , if its real they will sign contract as suplier for them , yes just wait guys dont preorder .

# sigh — Jelster 2009-08-21 04:34

Pretty weird to see so much complains about the size of the games to download. Which year is it you live in? There is fiber now (60-120mbs)... So sell your 56k modem and download Blu-Ray movies and games of 40 gigs in about...2 hours? And then buy a disc for $10 and burn it? Wake up guys...soon it's 2010.

# HAHA — BigsmokeSA 2009-08-21 05:18

SONY THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR REMOVING THE OPTION TO INSTALL LINUX ONTO THE PS3 haha

# FAKE — sbrillon1 2009-08-21 05:44

It's FAKE!!

Look here: http://www.whois.net/whois/belzar.com

The site was created the 17-Aug-2009.

No photo, no video, nothing...FAKEEEEEEEE!

# Jelster — chargin_teh_lazorz 2009-08-21 06:21

There are obviously faster methods of connecting to the internet. But not a lot of people use fiber optics internet due to the fact it's either not available in their area or the price is high for some people. We all obviously live in the same time, people just aren't high nosed such as yourself.

# ... — Shatterdome 2009-08-21 10:52

I also like all these people saying "now PS3 will beat 360". WTF? Do you seriously think selling more consoles is winning ? and especially if you are selling more only so people can play your games for free ?

Do you people not remember the dreamcast ? There was a reason it went under so fast. You didn't even need to mod the freaking box at all to play burnt games. Just use a bootdisc, and eventually even that was done away with.

Sony, MS, Nintendo start off losing money, then make abit of money of the hardware, but only sell that once. The majority of their money is made on people buying games, especially first party ones, throughout the consoles life.

If people aren't buying games for the system I can guarantee you each company respectively would rather that person not have their console.

# other priorities. — Marmarflam 2009-08-21 14:11

hi, i'm mar. i like playing football and playing guitar. i also like games very much. there are alot.

sometimes i go out, or visit friends. this also costs money.

i spend my money on paying for school, rent, instruments etc

i prioritize spending money on things that are good for my personal growth.

Instead of supporting sony, try supporting your life.

if you don't understand what i'm trying to say, i'l put it differently,

STFU and suck mah godamn bawws.

# So? — Nineball 2009-08-21 14:19

You just described 90% of all the modchip websites on the net. No photo or video. The proof is going to be when the resellers have it up for order.....or not.

# @phiyuku — Aces In The Palm 2009-08-21 14:27

that makes no sense at all.

look

july 1 2009 - belzar PUBLIC release deleayed

august 18 2009 - belzar BETA2

same bloody chip

obviously fake

you dont have a public release before a beta

it had to be tested

# Not a legit argument Mar — Master Chef 2009-08-21 15:29

So because you have other things to spend your money on you think it's OK to steal things you don't need, and that aren't for your "personal growth"?

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-08-21 15:47

Perhaps Blu-Ray burners came down in price, I wouldn't know, I have no use of that kind of storage because I dont steal games. And as for people that just pirate to "try out" a game, most people could care less about video game companies. If piracy was more widespread, 90 out of 100 people would pirate games thinking that "the company has enough money". Its that logic that completely *****ed up the PSP, but did the pirates learn? No. And as for scratched up disks, oh well. Take better care of them. If your LCD TV gets scratches all over the screen because you were an idiot and used Windex, does that entitle you to a new TV for free?

# they misspelled blue-ray wrong — S4D319 2009-08-22 15:59

this looks kind of suspicious because they should know how to write it properly.

# firmware update — Silvio6 2009-08-23 08:43

You all know the next day this is available, Sony will deploy a firmware update, and all new games will start to stop working with this chip. We are in the "Online Instant Firmware Update" era, not using our old PS2 with one and only firmware that never changes ...

# I'm not too into the backups but... — xInSoMnIaTiCx 2009-08-23 11:06

I'm hoping this gives opening to an actual PS2 emulator on the PS3. That's my greatest outlook on any type of external source of firmware. Or at least some more options in the Game Settings menu! The upscaler is terrible.. even VGA's output better. If they fix that then PSX games would look better also seeing as they use the same options menu.

Perfect PSX and PS2 emulation = Bliss.

# blu-ray — dregs 2009-08-24 06:14

being from Australia, there is actually a lot of US blu-ray movies I would like to buy, which aren't available in region 2 (Aust/Europe). This modchip would allow me to play any movies I buy from the US.

There's a legitimate use for you

I'm a being serious too btw. I have heaps of imported US dvds, and some US blu-rays which are region free, but many aren't - Donnie Darko for example.

# as always — symbyosis 2009-08-25 03:26

the main ones complaining are the ones who do the damage....they just don't want anyone else doing it so they'd have it to themselves. With the 60 dollar price tag on games, any little kids trolling around our delicate equipment, backing up your games shouldn't be such a big deal.

# my opinion — spyder21 2009-09-14 17:25

If you don't care about my opinion that is fine, just thought I would say someone.

Well if the chip is in fact real (Congrats on the people who programmed it and figured out the hack, its been a long process). I for one would not be backing up my PS3 games anytime soon. Ok so lets say this works, and I install the chip (without f***ing up my PS3 in the process). I go out and buy a Bluray burner (average 130-150 USB on ebay). You still have to buy the media (25pack for around 60.00 USD and that is the cheap brand). I would not want to shell out 2.40 USD each time I don't burn the game right.

I am happy sticking to waiting about a few weeks or a month after the game is released to buy it almost half off. In the long run I keep the original games.

That aside I would not have to worry about any banning issues (like the xbox360 has). You can't prove or disprove Playstation banning your system online or not, due to the fact no one has proven a working copy of a backup game, let alone the mass of people testing it out like guinea pigs until people start getting banned left and right. It might take a few months before anyone would get banned (that is if they even do).

I am just to stick to buying original PS3 games (as this is my only system I purchased original games for,and I am happy doing so).

-spyder21

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