The other ODDE (Optical Disc Drive Emulator) that we have been waiting so long for, has gone on sale. Keeping up with the February release date, the Cobra ODE is being sold at various resellers across the globe. As you know, the Cobra ODE allows you to play games from an external hard drive without having a custom firmware installed. It supports all variants of the PS3 including the 3000 and 4000 series Slim consoles. For those with Phat and 20xx/21xx series consoles, you have the luxury of a solderless installation. Here’s the full feature list as posted on the Cobra ODE website:
Play all PS3 games.
Play PS2/PS1 games on backwards compatible consoles
Solderless installation on all FAT consoles and 20xx/21xx SLIM consoles
Easy and fast installation for 25xx series SLIM, 3000 series SLIM and 4000 series SUPER SLIM consoles
Supports all current OFW and CFW’s
OSD selection of ISO’s
UI commander included
Easy selection of Emulation and pass through modes
Flexible and powerful embedded OS
High speed ARM and onboard FPGA’s are updatable via inbuilt updater mechanism
Movie ISO’s supported
Additional hardware interface included to support future hardware addons, giving user maximum flexibility
Designed by the team who brought so many firsts to the scene!
3000 series SLIM and 4000 series SUPER SLIM hardware supported from launch
Manufactured at a high tech facility = superb quality
Interested in buying? For the price of $100-$140 USD (depending on reseller), you can have yourself the second ODDE to grace the PS3 scene. Find the nearest reseller and get your order placed.