It seems that every successful game and console will have some fans that will try to copy and pirate it.
A number of hacked units were sold on the second-hand game market and proved to be popular because they were able to run multi-regional games as well as CD-R copies of games. The individuals that sold them were able to sell them for double the normal price because it allowed gamers to save money on pirated games. The blue consoles had some reported CD problems but the DTL-H110x units are much more reliable than even the original DTL-H100x models.
The mod chip allowed the PlayStation console’s capabilities to be increased, and many options were made available. By the end of its life-cycle most people with some soldering experience could modify the console. These modifications allowed individuals to play games from various other regions such as NTS titles on a PAL console. Gamers could also play copies of games on this console without any restrictions.
These Mod chips allowed gamers to play games that were recorded on a regular CD-R. This created a host of games that were developed without official approval and by using free GNU compiler tools, as well as companies reproducing original discs. This feature made these consoles attractive to both programmers and pirates.
Sony did not make it easy for people who insisted on creating copied games, however. The discs were difficult to copy and definitely impossible to copy on any recordable media.
