{"id":20230,"date":"2026-10-02T12:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20230"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:24:20","slug":"ps3-emulator-devs-warn-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-on-newegg-and-aliexpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20230","title":{"rendered":"PS3 emulator devs warn of fake Blu-ray drives on Newegg and AliExpress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong> The opening of an article from Tom&#8217;s Hardware. Read the original for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Tom&#8217;s Hardware &bull;  Mark Tyson  &bull; October 1, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The developers of the Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have warned their social media followers about &amp;ldquo;a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives.&amp;rdquo; According to the emulator devs, scammers are putting inferior optical disc mechanisms in higher-end Blu-ray drives for extra profit. Such skuillduggery could directly affect potential RPCS3 users, looking to ensure any Blu-ray drive they buy is compatible with the emulator.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&amp;ldquo;BEWARE OF FAKE BLU-RAY DRIVES!&amp;rdquo; warn the RPCS3 devs. &amp;ldquo;There has been a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Tom&#8217;s Hardware &bull;  Mark Tyson  &bull; October 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/retro-gaming\/ps3-emulator-devs-warn-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-on-newegg-and-aliexpress-beware-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-devs-warn-retrogamers-scammers-use-spoofed-firmware-to-disguise-older-mechanisms-in-high-end-shells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at Tom&#8217;s Hardware &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt: The opening of an article from Tom&#8217;s Hardware. Read the original for the full story. Tom&#8217;s Hardware &bull; Mark Tyson &bull; October 1, 2026 The developers of the Sony PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have warned their social media followers about &amp;ldquo;a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives.&amp;rdquo; According to the emulator devs, scammers are<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20230\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}