Overdrive, a homebrew games library for jailbroken PS5 models, was released on GitHub on October 9 and initially received modest attention. Its popularity exploded on October 12 when a popular jailbreak tutorial account known as Edigax posted an installation video on X that amassed over 7.9 million views and more than 600 comments.
A day later, on October 13, Sony Interactive Entertainment reportedly sent the developer a cease-and-desist letter, leading to the storefront's closure. No concrete source for the letter was provided, but the timing of the shutdown after the viral attention was notable.
The jailbreak community has reacted with defiance. One commenter on X said, "Only digital, as Sony wanted," in reference to the company's push toward digital-only game distribution. Within a day of Overdrive going down, two new repositories appeared on GitHub: one a fork of the original code, another a clone under a different account. The community appears keen to preserve access to the library both for its size and as a protest against Sony's business practices.
The takedown comes weeks after the release of the Relapse jailbreak on September 29, which triggered a surge in homebrew development for the PS5, including emulators, launchers, streaming apps, and even native Xbox Cloud Gaming support. Overdrive's extensive library is seen as the latest and most visible achievement in that recent wave.