PKGi does not host games itself. It is an aggregator . It reads a simple text configuration file ( config.txt ), follows URLs pointed to TSV (Tab Separated Values) files, and displays their contents.
Editing the Config.txt file requires some technical expertise, as it involves modifying a text file using a hex editor or a text editor. Here are the general steps: pkgi ps3 configtxt top
Each line in the database file represents one downloadable item with the following columns: PKGi does not host games itself
The main application data is stored on your PS3's internal hard drive at: /dev_hdd0/game/NP00PKGI3/USRDIR/ . Editing the Config
If everything is configured correctly, you should see the option in the menu. Selecting it will download content from your specified database URLs.
This is the most common error new users encounter. If PKGi reports it cannot find config.txt :
url http://example.com/games.tsv url_psx http://example.com/psx.tsv url_dlc http://example.com/dlc.tsv url_psp http://example.com/psp.tsv