# You Can Now Play Your Physical PS3 Games on PC Straight from the Disc

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/you-can-now-play-your-physical-ps3-games-on-pc-straight-from-the-disc/
- Published: 2026-09-07T22:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-07T22:33:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/09/you-can-now-play-your-physical-ps3-games-on-pc-straight-from-the-disc
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- RPCS3 emulator now supports playing PS3 games straight from Blu-ray discs
- Requires a compatible disc drive; over 75% of PS3 library is supported
- Comes as Sony plans to end physical media and PS3 store support by 2028

## Summary

The hobbyist emulator RPCS3 has added support for playing PlayStation 3 games directly from a physical Blu-ray disc, rather than requiring users to first dump their game files to a computer. The update is notable timing given Sony's own plans to phase out physical media support and wind down PS3-related services, making the fan-made project appear ahead of the platform holder in supporting owners of physical game collections.

Users will need a compatible Blu-ray disc drive, with RPCS3 maintaining a list of supported models, and there are reportedly plenty of options to choose from. RPCS3 already supports more than 75% of the PS3's game library, including titles unavailable elsewhere such as Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time and inFAMOUS 2. Currently, PS5 owners cannot play PS3 games natively at all, aside from streaming via PS Plus Premium, while Sony is set to end physical media support in January 2028 and shut down the PS3's online store the following summer.

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