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Officially, yes. Most Wanted launched in November 2005. The PlayStation 3 launched in November 2006. By the time the PS3 arrived, EA had moved on to Carbon.
However, in the underground scene, whispers of a "PS3 PKG" have persisted for nearly a decade. A PKG file is the installation format for PS3 games (CFW/HEN). The claim is that someone—either an internal EA tester or a master modder—packaged the 360/PC assets into a native-running PS3 wrapper.
To understand the demand, we must revisit 2005. When Most Wanted launched, the PlayStation 2 was king. The PS3, however, was still a year away from release (November 2006). Consequently, the original Most Wanted never received an official "PS3 disc." nfs most wanted 2005 ps3 pkg exclusive
What gamers received instead was a 2012 reboot (Criterion Games), which, while fun, lacked the soul of the 2005 original. This created a void.
When the PS3’s firmware was eventually hacked, allowing for custom firmware (CFW) and HEN (Homebrew Enabler), players discovered they could install games directly to the HDD as .pkg files—the native installation format for PlayStation Store titles and system updates. Officially, yes
This sparked the question: Could you convert the PC/Xbox 360 assets of NFS Most Wanted 2005 into a native PS3 PKG?
Let’s dispel the myth immediately: EA never released the 2005 version of Most Wanted on PS3. Here is the actual timeline: To this day, there is no official PS3
To this day, there is no official PS3 digital release of the 2005 title. So why the keyword?