Now You Can Use Your Own Discs Directly in RPCS3!

Hot news News 09/08/2026

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This eliminates the need to copy discs to your hard drive, making emulation much easier and smoother.

The RPCS3 team has announced a significant update to their well-known PS3 emulator that will enable users to play their favorite PlayStation 3 games directly from discs. According to the announcement, RPCS3 enables “plug and play” use of Blu-ray discs, meaning it is not necessary to copy the entire game to your computer to run it. This is a convenient alternative to the previously time-consuming and space-consuming method. Seven months ago, the RPCS3 team eliminated one step by enabling the direct loading of ISO files. However, running the game directly from the physical disc was not yet possible. Thanks to the latest update, RPCS3 will function similarly to a PlayStation 3 console, allowing us to save space on our SSD or hard drive.

This was made possible thanks to digant73 and Megamouse.

Recent changes to RPCS3 have extended direct disc drive play support from being Windows-only to also supporting Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD, and have optimised install times for package installations from the disc drive.

— RPCS3 (@rpcs3) September 6, 2026

Over the past few months, the RPCS3 team has implemented several major updates, including direct and encrypted ISO loading and the ability to add PS3 games to Steam. These features have saved users a significant amount of time and storage space. The latest update reduces the time required to launch a game even further. According to the RPCS3 team, direct disc-based game execution was made possible thanks to contributions from digant73 and Megamouse.

One of the most significant developments is that this now works on multiple operating systems. While running physical discs directly in RPCS3 was recently made possible on Windows, it now also works on operating systems such as Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. However, not all Blu-ray drives can correctly read PS3 discs. To check if your drive is compatible, RPCS3 recommends consulting their compatibility list and inserting a PS3 disc.

Of course, you will also need a BD drive (not a DVD drive!) since these discs were produced for the PlayStation 3. However, optical drives are no longer common in PCs.

Source: WCCFTech

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