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The price for a PS4 copy of the relatively obscure Star Wars racing game, Star Wars Racer Revenge<\/em>, has dramatically increased in the last few days because of the game\u2019s use in the latest PlayStation 5 jailbreak, Eurogamer<\/em> reports<\/a>. The PS2 game was originally released in 2002, and was ported to PS4 by Limited Run Games in 2019<\/a>. Its role as a key ingredient in the jailbreaking process was announced<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n Interested jailbreakers need Racer Revenge<\/em> to jailbreak PS5 12.00 firmware because of a bug in the game’s Hall of Fame feature, according to Eurogamer<\/em>. The bug makes it possible to inject new code into Sony’s console, and because the PS5 is able to load and play PS4 discs, Star Wars Racer Revenge <\/em>is an easier method to pull the jailbreak off. Retail releases of games are a common way to execute exploits and hacks because, unlike digital copies, they can\u2019t be directly patched.<\/p>\n While the PS4 version of Star Wars Racer Revenge<\/em> was available for anywhere between $14.99<\/a> to $37.50<\/a> when it went on sale originally, used copies are currently listed for as high as $411 on eBay<\/a>. Sellers are naturally trying to capitalize on the game’s new position in the jailbreaking meta and raising the price accordingly. Of course, it helps that there’s only a small number of copies to go around.<\/p>\n As the company’s name suggests, Limited Run Games releases old games in limited quantities as collector items. The company only ever made 8,500 copies of Racer Revenge <\/em>per its own data<\/a>, so the game is already rare in some sense, and now expensive to boot while there’s interest in the PS5 jailbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n