How to Copy PS3 Games to Hard Drive

The Sony Playstation 3 is one of the best gaming consoles ever produced till date, with several features that include a 3.2 GHz CPU, a 320 GB hard drive and top of the line graphics card. What sets it apart of course is the range of PlayStation 3 (PS3) games which are mind-boggling to say the least. Virtual reality was never so alluring, as it is today, in this age of seventh generation gaming consoles. With the amount of money you pay for buying PS3 games, it's essential that you back them up on your hard drive or burn them on other drives.

There are some issues that you need to know about before we talk about copying best PS3 games to hard drive and make their copies. First of all, you need to know that all PS3 game disks are now available only in Blu-ray discs. So your DVD writer, installed on your computer is useless as far as copying PS3 game disks to hard drive is concerned. You need to install a Blu-ray writer to be able to access the files on the PS3 game disks.

Another issue is the fact that copying these games to your hard drive and making copies is a violation of copyright. I shall discuss the procedure for copying PS3 games to hard drive, in the good faith that you plan to use this information to back up your games. Any attempts to sell or distribute copies of PS3 games is considered illegal. Now that we have two of these issues cleared out, we can talk about the procedure for copying PS3 games to hard drive and burning them to disks.

How to Copy PS3 Games to Hard Drive Easily?

Even if you have to just copy your PS3 games to hard drive and not make copies, you will need to get a Blu-ray writer to read the files and a special software that can override the write protection to copy the files.

There are several software programs that can get past the copyright protection and copy the games on to your computer hard drive. One of the most popular software programs used for the purpose is 'Easy Backup Wizard', which comes with a price tag of $59, but it's currently available for a discounted price of $29. Another program that you could use is ImgBurn. Download any one of these programs, install it on your PC. Also install the Blu-ray writer hardware if you don't have it already. Get a few blank Blu-ray disks too.

Once this is done, load the Blu-ray disc and open the Easy Backup Wizard software. Use the copy features provided in it to back up the game on your computer hard drive. Once you have copied the game to the hard drive, use the same program to burn the games on to another Blu-ray disk. With that your job of copying PS3 games and burning them to hard drive has been accomplished.

Though it may cost you a lot to just get hold of the Blu-ray writer, considering the amount of money you spend on the original game disks, it is definitely worth the effort! Just keep in mind, what I talked about, right at the start. Use the copyright override software only to back up your games and do not resort to selling those Blu-ray disks as it is seen as piracy, which is punishable by law!