Before the PS3 Slim, the "Fat" PS3s (CECH-A through CECH-P) used slot drives. However, the development world was different.
Within 24 hours, three different collectives were after it. The (LGU), a well-funded group of retro YouTubers. The Phantom Key , a shadowy black-market ring that sold digital keys for hacked PS3s. And Leo. ps3 491 top
The Phantom Key dropped out. The LGU followed. The auction collapsed. Before the PS3 Slim, the "Fat" PS3s (CECH-A
Why build that? Marcus_K7: Because one of the internal testers used a retail PS3 to dump unreleased game assets in 2013. Sold them on eBay. Sony lost millions. So 491 TOP was the fix—a kill-switch firmware. It was never released because the PS4 launched a week later. They just forgot the build existed. The (LGU), a well-funded group of retro YouTubers
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