: The user navigates to the Package Manager on the XMB (XrossMediaBar) and selects the file to install it.
The familiar orchestral chime of the PS3 startup washed over the room. The XMB loaded. Elias navigated to the game. He pressed 'X'. ps3 pkg archive
Installing... 92%.
He navigated to the USRDIR folder. This was the heart of the game. He saw the standard .edat files (encrypted data) and the massive .psarc archives (PlayStation Archives). : The user navigates to the Package Manager
The bar hit 100%. The screen flickered. Install completed. Elias navigated to the game
He dragged the main .psarc file onto his desktop. He opened his hex editor. The file was a binary soup. To the naked eye, it was nonsense. But Elias knew what he was looking for.
Note: Most retail games to run from PKG (otherwise they expect a disc). Use a backup manager like multiMAN to launch folder games instead.