You just sat down to play one of your favorite PS3 games (Grand Theft Auto, maybe?). You insert the disc and wait for it to load, but then disaster strikes. The game disc has been scratched and cannot be played anymore. Looks like you will need some new plans for the evening.

The situation described is one of the many reasons why you should copy your PS3 games. PlayStation 3 games often cost over $ 60, and replacement costs for damaged discs add up. An unfortunate fact of games is that no matter how careful you are with the game’s media, over time attrition does, can, and probably will.

Until several months ago, copying PS3 games was a real chore and required the use of a PC with special hardware installed. The process for backing up games was complicated, as the copy protections built into individual games had to be broken or bypassed. Very few people were able to successfully create a playable copy of a game. All that has changed now.

Feature-rich software has been developed for use on both PC and Mac allowing even the most casual gamer to effortlessly make a copy of their entire video game collection using nothing more than a click of the mouse. The software works by reading the original game disc and copying the contents of the disc to system memory. Once there, the copy protection, if any, built into the game disc is scanned and bypassed if necessary. Then a copy of the disc can be made.