{"id":25571,"date":"2026-01-04T06:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25571"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:49:38","slug":"physical-copies-of-largely-forgotten-star-wars-racing-game-are-selling-for-hundreds-on-ebay-following-reports-the-title-allows-you-to-jailbreak-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25571","title":{"rendered":"Physical Copies of Largely-Forgotten Star Wars Racing Game Are Selling for Hundreds on eBay, Following Reports the Title Allows You to Jailbreak PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Physical copies of Star Wars Racer Revenge are suddenly selling for over $300, as word spreads that an exploit in the game can be used to jailbreak PlayStation 5 consoles. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Recently-completed eBay listings for the PS4 re-release of Star Wars Racer Revenge show multiple copies selling for $300 or more over the past 24 hours \u2014 with prices only increasing. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">On December 31, more than a dozen copies of the game were sold through eBay priced between $80 to $166. On January 1st, a further 11 were shifted, with prices ranging between $180 and $364.50. And now, dozens more copies have been listed for sale \u2014 with prices currently around the $300-$400 mark or even higher.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Why the sudden rush to buy boxed copies of a Star Wars racing game for PlayStation 4 that launched back in 2019? Well, Racer Revenge&#8217;s code is reportedly crucial to fire off a new method of jailbreaking PlayStation 5 \u2014 essentially unlocking the ability to play illegally pirated games \u2014 when the game&#8217;s physical disc is present.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Of course, this isn&#8217;t to say that every copy sold or up for sale on eBay will be bought by someone who&#8217;s definitely going to do this. Indeed, retail site Resell Calendar has issued an alert to anyone with a copy (or who might know local pre-owned game shops that might have one) advising them that they&#8217;re suddenly sitting on a game that&#8217;s just shot up in perceived value.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Recently-completed listings for Star Wars Racer Revenge (with seller&#8217;s details removed). Image: IGN\/eBay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Originally launched for PlayStation 2 in 2002, Star Wars Racer Revenge was re-released by Limited Run Games with a PS4 print run believed to be around 8,500 copies. Prior to the past week, copies were sold on eBay for around $20 each.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The news comes just weeks after the announcement of an all-new Star Wars racing game, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, that&#8217;s being made by some of the former developers behind Need for Speed and Burnout. Announced at The Game Awards 2025, the project will arrive later in 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em>@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/physical-copies-of-largely-forgotten-star-wars-racing-game-are-selling-for-hundreds-on-ebay-following-reports-the-title-allows-you-to-jailbreak-ps5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical copies of Star Wars Racer Revenge are suddenly selling for over $300, as word spreads that an exploit in the game can be used&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[4688,1589,258,3222,15025,15085,4810,4373,8056,10722,6034,297,1015,5852],"class_list":["post-25571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-copies","tag-ebay","tag-game","tag-hundreds","tag-jailbreak","tag-largelyforgotten","tag-physical","tag-ps5","tag-racing","tag-reports","tag-selling","tag-star","tag-title","tag-wars","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}