I bought EVERY PS3

[@MysteryGuitarMan]

Oh, look! I see me in there :)

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Omg Joe

[@ovictorh1]

I was just about to ask if the guy in 27:25 was you hahaha

[@marvindesanta]

All COD’s till BO2 was legend on PS3 only 90s kids or older will remember!

[@jamesharder3767]

🥰🥰🥰 Miss you Joe... you were the first channel I ever subscribed to on KZbin... just after the OG Figaro video came out... happy for your success post-KZbin (loved Arctic!)... and still subscribed, holding out hope that you'll find time in your new schedule to post a new video here and there again... I still rewatch your stuff every few weeks, when I need a pick me up 😎😎😎

[@yellow538]

Holy shit an og

[@gnivrihog]

PSN being free is extremely underrated especially back then when I was middle school/high school age. I spent most of my time playing online mutiplayer while my best friend who has a 360 played only single player games because he doesn't have the money or means to get gold. PS I also had a 360 but it red ringed and if I had it with gold for as long as I have been playing mutiplayer for that generation, I would have already spent way more than USD599 which is why with hindsight I'm glad I got the PS3.

[@Saxofome]

PS3/PSN is the holy-grail of multiplayer gaming.

[@Saxofome]

Except the PS+

[@YeeeeAuteeeen]

Got a PS3 after my 360 got red ring. Now I could save my lunch money for games instead of using it for gold every month lol

[@Madboiwastaken]

​@@YeeeeAuteeeenI have so many games I missed out on online multiplayer of because of ps+ gatekeeping, they've ruined it

[@BrklynRoses]

this isn't a bought every video, this is a retrospective

[@DaedStarr]

It's the same thing he did with his "I bought every PS2 video" too. Don't know why he calls them that.

[@dangychoice7800]

its just him being obnoxious like he has been since 2017 his older videos were so much better

[@slayer8790]

​@@dangychoice7800since he doesn't do "Hey guys, this is Austin." You mean?

[@Graylord88]

Yeah, all of these "I bought X" videos are like that, it's just dishonest and frustrating.

[@erikunscio7128]

Yes he actually bought all ps3 series.. not only talked about it

[@lounatik]

I wasn't supposed to have a PS3. My dad asked my grandma just for a controller for a tiny little project he was doing. Grandma decided that she might as well buy the whole console if it meant that me and my younger brother could use it too when we visit. I remember spending hours playing Black Ops 1, MW3, Gran Turismo 6, and NBA2K14. It was such a great time. We had to sell it to buy my PS4. I wish we never did. I miss my red PS3 Slim.

[@jaxherman12]

I sold my ps3 in 2015 when I was 15 to get my ps4 as well and regretted it years later so I got 2 of them now lol and bought all my fav games I used to have for it.

[@Madboiwastaken]

Grandma is awesome

[@Lamb666]

@damsen978emulation of PS3 is still not as great.

[@ajaakola2]

@damsen978I do both but I do like my modded ps3 with my games installed into it (legally ofc)

[@damiens650]

Your rights, its better. Nothing beats upscaling those games to 4k. Unmatched. ​@Lamb666

[@shaggysweetness]

I regret not supporting the PS3 at launch. Even though it was a bit more expensive, having 3 FULL GENERATIONS of consoles in 1 piece hardware was amazing and should have been the industry standard going forward.

[@Manic_Panic]

Imagine the Slim / Super Slim with the PS2 hardware inside... Instead we are on the timeline of the YLOD phats and the Slim / Super Slim PS3s without PS2 hardware. At least most PS2 games still work if you jailbreak those PS3s anyway so it's not all bad.

[@ChilleUK]

But it was incredible expensive due to the console having a full ps2 and ps1 built into the system at a hardware level.

[@shaggysweetness]

@@ChilleUK The biggest mistake they made was including all of the multicard readers. But it was cutting edge at the time with tons of hardware. 360 didn't even launch with HDMI and WIFI support, PS3 did

[@nwerd7584]

@@shaggysweetness Wifi also wasnt as good or expected like it is now. Now wifi is so good for most tasks you dont need ethernet.

[@gibace1591]

@@ChilleUKthe blue ray drive and cell process made it expensive

[@FakedDolphin]

Not true you didn't buy 87.4 million PS3s. 😂

[@SebaBS09]

😑

[@thechosenone9965]

mine just disappeared tf

[@Ibso786]

😅

[@ColdheartedYoungeen41]

Good one😂😂

[@notmj319]

We got a little comedian everyone 😐

[@heydata_]

Austin : "Last of Us ..." Video editor : "Proceed to show some Uncharted"

[@betterluckchuck324]

rip free online play

[@Saxofome]

F

[@franciscogarcia7911]

i never got a chance to enjoy Free online play since my first console was xbox 360 lol ps4 wanted money

[@AndyB243]

​@@franciscogarcia7911 buy a PS3 phat or slim now and play. Or just play on PC. Also you can easily mod the PS3 and still play online by doing some things to have the lowest possible ban risk.

[@deathpunx28]

Unless u go to pc

[@nwerd7584]

@@franciscogarcia7911 wanted money and still had outages and breaches.. That was great marketing for microsoft until it happened to them finally.

[@HoldandModify]

I got mine launch day at the “ghetto” Target. This place had a metal gated fence around it. I triple bagged and bought a towel to wrap around the box. People were getting mugged all over town for them. Was a wild time!

[@sarahts21]

One of PS3 difficulties was the memory. It had 512MB same as the 360 however whilst the 360 allowed a developer to allocate varying amounts to GPU and system usage the PS3 enforced a hard 256/256 split which made things a big tricky when it came to juggling textures.

[@Loundsify]

The Xbox 360 also had an extra 32MB of esRAM for boosting the 360's memory bandwidth.

[@ajaakola2]

@@Loundsifythat esram helped so much with the pop in and loading textures faster even compared to gpus of the time

[@Loundsify]

@@ajaakola2 RAGE on PC comes to mind lol.

[@ajaakola2]

@@Loundsify RAGE on launch lol

[@randomdog4255]

Correction at 17:15, the 20GB model still had four USB ports. The number wasn't cut down until future models. Also at 17:33, the 80GB didn't cut backwards compatibility. Instead, the Emotion Engine (PS2 CPU) was removed and emulated by the CELL. Backwards compatibility wasn't removed until the 40GB model.

[@TrexelCat]

Also worth noting that ALL Backwards Compatible PS3's(hardware and emulated) had four USBs. The same model they dropped PS2, they also dropped two of the USBs. Just some information for those who might be hunting for a BC PS3, you can spot a BC pretty fast by this.

[@FawstAdventures]

When he said there was an 80 gig with no backwards compatibility I looked at mine sitting on the desk and was like, got em 😂

[@sekazi]

The reason the PS3 did not launch with rumble in the controller was due to a lawsuit. It is the only reason it was not there.

[@MaximNightFury]

Though they did claim it affected the sixaxis

[@IceKoldKilla]

​@@MaximNightFuryLies to win over time.

[@NeoNyans]

4:31 thats not Gears of War 2 thats just Killzone 2 again, you can literally see them killing a Helgast.

[@darthjackson9290]

Just like when game footage was shown for just cause series when talking about the last of us

[@IGxSkillZz]

​@@darthjackson92904:57 Uncharted series

[@Clyde-x8s]

Good eye

[@Sloppyjoe96]

alot of the reason ps3 did so good in my opinion is it still had free online service when 360 already started doing the subscription bullshit nobody's parents wanted to buy monthly subscriptions lol so it was a big hit with kids

[@BestGirlsBiggestFan]

I was always mixed on that, PS3 offered good online for free, but Xbox 360's online was miles ahead and better in every way except price. Still it is thanks to Games with Gold that PlayStation fans also started getting monthly freebies, so I suppose that's neat.

[@ABEL-cd2sp]

​@@BestGirlsBiggestFan honestly you're absolutely right, the online experience in the xbox for me was better than the PS3 by a long shot, still though for me personally it wasn't enough of a difference to justify the price but that's just me.

[@BestGirlsBiggestFan]

@@ABEL-cd2sp I get that. Paying for Xbox Live Gold was something I only ever did if my mates didn't have the PC version of a game or if I'd bought the 360 version over the PS3 version of a specific game. The monthly freebies on Games with Gold were fine, but I was already paying for wifi, I didn't wanna pay more just to use it if I didn't have to. Still, I was happy when they removed the need to have a Gold membership to use KZbin or Internet Explorer on there, but I wish they'd just not charged as much for online in the first place.

[@NJX_ONe]

Don't forget... Xbox 360 was the first and ONLY place for a long time to get Netflix streaming... We might not have the Netflix we have today if it wasn't for the 360

[@Sloppyjoe96]

@@NJX_ONe oh i didn't know that, first time i used Netflix was on the wii

[@paulchambers2379]

U forgot to mention, it was regularly reported that xbox 360s that Microsoft had to replace due to the red ring was used as consoles sold and was added to the end tally of 360s sold. My friend back in the day had red ring of death twice on his console and was replaced twice by Microsoft, all within 1 year.

[@notcaptain1]

I'm so completely jaded as an American that my reaction to the bit about the US release involving multiple shootings was "Well, yeah, you gotta expect that."

[@TheFiftyQuid]

This is really disheartening. I think you mean desensitized, not jaded. Either way...

[@alexk5692]

The disc drive bandwidth is pretty funny. The Xbox 360 had a faster disc drive while also ironically having the option to full install to the hard drive. Really wish the PS3 had that option. I'll defend PS3 forever though.

[@zwenkwiel816]

Pretty sure ps3 did that for some games as well. Like I never owned one, but iirc me and my friend who did have a ps3 were quite disappointed by having to install gta 4 before we could play it.

[@alexk5692]

@@zwenkwiel816 Games that needed to use the HDD would install parts or fully to it. But you couldnt choose what games did that like you could on 360.

[@NN010]

Man, as someone who had a PS3 as a kid, this was a hell of a trip down memory lane.

[@Darr1071]

This video made me realize how lucky Iw as to have a PS3. I still can’t believe my parents were able to afford it. I’ll always be super grateful

[@momentwondermow]

me running to my room, sweat pouring down & tears flowing, seeing that indeed, austin evans has purchased my ps3.

[@ultimatespidybawlz2198]

21:53 the ylod of death has nothing to do with overheating. It has to do with the fact that the gpu in the ps3 used improper bump solder material that would get to soft from the constant hot and cold and eventually the chip would break connection with the board. The same problem was what caused the red ring of death. It was known as bump gate and was a widespread issue with electronic devices in the mid 2000s. Later model systems don’t have this issue because the new gpus were made with proper material this time that can handle the temperatures

[@ThatSportsGamer]

I had never even heard of the YLOD until it happened to me... Sadly, it was a launch 60GB and they replaced it with a Slim. I didn't really use the back-compat or the ports and stuff, but it sucked to lose them.

[@scarrface28]

Great video Austin!

[@DALOCKATTACK]

way more models exist than you showed. typical lack of research and knowledge from austin and crew. the original BC had both the cpu and gpu of the ps2 on board. You only said the emotion engine and not the graphics synthesizer. The 80gb model didn't drop ps2 compat. It just dropped the emotion engine but kept the graphics synthesizer. You guys aren't even trying it's pathetic. It wasn't the first ever removal of backwards compatibility. There was the gameboy micro that removed gb/gbc compat. That was in 2004. I was part of the lawsuit over dropping linux and it wasn't 25c per person it was around $25-30.

[@brandyboutwell9388]

you didn't mention the first gen 80gb model. it had the 4 usb ports, card readers and full backwards compatibility. that is the version i have and it still works.

[@player-one1]

From what i remember correctly, there was no 80gb model with full bc. Only 20gb and 60gb. You are talking about the partial emulation 80gb ps3. Either way, the partial emulation covered most games and have higher video quality.

[@Loundsify]

You're talking about the 60GB model.

[@simonkalloniatis7578]

I don't think that ever existed man.

[@coccoborg]

​@@player-one1yes! It only had the PS2 's GPU, instead of CPU+GPU+RAM. Here in Europe we only got this version, even in the 60GB flavour! (Motherboard is COK-002 instead of COK-001).

[@justinourada8392]

That’s the one I had. It eventually got the yellow light of death after nearly 5 years.

[@mcfcxx9849]

16:00 bro it literally says DualShock 3 on top. Original Sixaxis controllers had that text on top and nothing on the bottom.

[@amaurirenteria1841]

My dude I hate to point something out that is always overlooked on all PS3's.....all PS3's can play PS1 games all day. lol something worth mentioning. Keep up the excellent content that you provide my dude. Also we need a Micro Center in AZ like I've said before on previous comments.

[@Tomatothrower]

Awesome video! You guys never disappoint!

[@takumifujiwara8356]

and I've literally just started playing PS3 games now. because back then I could only watch game reviews and trailers of that generation. I can remember those times dreaming of having a PS3 starting in high school

[@stashmerkin9576]

I think the super slim gets a bad rap. The sliding hatch loading door isn't that much different from the PS2 slim flip up hatch my super slim is setting next to. Also there are no disc loading motors that are in the other models that will eventually fail. Granted I got the white model that shipped with a 500 gb hd and I think it looks quite nice sitting next to my silver PS2 slim. It's been nothing but reliable and is very quiet.

[@danielmori8850]

i think the super slim is really beautiful, i have mine here by my side

[@ItsyaboiSalvadorDolly]

I actually got that yellow light. Granted it was 2 years into the PS4 lifespan. I should clarify that my dad bought my PS3 and Wii for that Christmas and I think he paid 1100 dollars for both on eBay. Idk what the actual price was. I was 11.

[@LILGHETTI]

The loss on ps3 at launch made ps4 & ps5 profitable with making Blu ray standard I still play ps3

[@benjamin_lincoln]

really great video and series, always looking forward to these

[@Snoy_Fly]

All PS3 models were backwards with the PS1, but only the launch (fat) 60gb model was backwards compatible with PS1 AND PS2 games. Most people forget or seem to not know about this.

[@ultimatespidybawlz2198]

17:38 The first 80gb model actually had ps2 backwards compatibility but it was through hybrid emulation as they removed the emotion engine but kept the gpu of the ps2 in it

[@dexietyy7922]

Nothing will ever beat generation 7 😁

[@jokesplays4059]

I will never forget the launch of the PS3. I was so excited for it, but it was immediately dashed when its price was announced. My dad immediately after this drop bought a 360 there was no way we could afford that let alone with a game. but then our hopes of possibly getting one after a good bonus, mom and dad were blown away from the scalper prices. stores were sold out in several states and we were flat out of luck. I am really happy we did eventually get one roughly around the time of the slim model. nowadays it’s one of my favorite consoles rn. still love booting it up and playing all my old games.

[@silesian_hussar]

29:14 actually there were two versions sold, one with 12GB of flash and another one shipped with 500GB HDD

[@OfficialNice]

Thank you, I knew mine had a hard drive when I bought it because I took it out and look at it when I did. I also never had to work about game storage a bit.

[@danielmori8850]

that's right, guy's hating out of ignorance lol

[@skateboard_sandwich]

I think we can easily say the backward compatible models were the best. I mean, PS2 AND upscaling?! Yes.

[@LooksMaxxxingEnjoyer]

This is really nice Austin i love those longer informative videos. You schuld do more like this, find some retro niche product and go over it’s history.

[@dangychoice7800]

its just him being obnoxious like he has been since 2017 his older videos were so much better

[@UceNoly]

I can’t wait until Austin does a “ I bought every PS5 ever” video and I could tell him about the shootings in front of my GameStop just for a ps5

[@fav76gaming]

idk why but I really love these types of videos you make

[@EcksGamer]

I had a launch phat PS3 and i was one of the people who got the YLOD. The thing was, when I went to my local EBGames/Game Stop, I picked up a refurbished phat PS3 and 4 hours later, I got the YLOD again, in which I returned the system and then ended up getting a slim PS3, and it has been with me ever since.

[@Ryan-p1ge0n]

What's YOLD. You that lazy to spell four words

[@mistaginga]

​@@Ryan-p1ge0nif you actually watched the video you'd know that it means yellow light of death

[@sam5n0w]

I love the console story videos! Thx 😃

[@El_Tony_C]

11:30 of course this guy lived a nice wealthy life

[@pieceofdirt]

Finally, the PlayStation 3 Video. Waiting for this for forever. Favorite series from this guy

[@redmangold2]

Same here

[@joshuaeich9246]

I spent hours looking for one on launch day and couldn't so decided to go to Blockbuster and rent a PS2 game as a consolation. Miraculously, they had 2 for sale and I got my launch day PS3!

[@jarkomo]

Don‘t forget the PS3 was only this ambitious, because Sony wanted the console to be so hard to develop for, that developers wouldn‘t be able to develop for other plattforms.

[@morrisz2]

One thing to note: The 20gb model also had 4 usb ports. The moment they brought down the usb ports from 4 to 2 was with the same models when they removed ps2 backwards compatibility. That also means when you find a ps3 that's being sold you just have to look if it has 4 usb ports in order to know if it has ps2 BC. (Apart from checking the specific cechX model)

[@AidanBenny]

I will note as someone whos extremely passionate for the FAT PS3s is that yes the systems did get hot and overheat but this was most common for the Launch PS3s with the built in PS2 known as the Emotion Engine (EE) causing more heat but the most common cause for this issue even in the slim was the NEC Tokin copasitors having to be really close to the CELL and RSX to be most effective but intern making the capacitors fail causing the yellow light of death (YLOD). Some nit picky things you said the PS3 had a blue light then showed footage of a PS3 with the green light it always had and the image demonstrating the Other OS option was on a Jailbroken system running REBUG.

[@Mathwuz]

Fun fact: The PSN hack was when I finally gave up and went from using a password manager to remember my terrible passwords for websites to using a password manager to generate and remember passwords for websites.

[@BfoSHIZnats]

Who all remembers the "Smash by PS3/Xbox 360" videos right when they were launched. I was so young I couldn't buy a console back then so those videos were burned into my brain. Especially since the music was from Franz Ferdinand.

[@Tagiau]

We can say that the shiny case was gone, but the matte was way more scratch prone. Or at least picked up absolutely every bit of loose skin cell on your fingers and just stuck there being absolutely impossible to dry clean.

[@MadnessMan13]

4:32 you just showed Killzone 2 twice lol

[@ImPretendtious]

Nah that’s just the FPS mod for GoW2 xD

[@Gmoney5789]

I’m pretty sure it was Killzone 2 twice.

[@daddyinformer]

its 100% killzone twice

[@norauc]

Killzone 2 twice 😂

[@dangychoice7800]

its just him being obnoxious like he has been since 2017 his older videos were so much better

[@EdReedFan20]

I have somewhat a similar PS3 purchase story to Ken's. I was at our mall to see Casino Royale with my family. We went a bit early (having just brought my brother to the airport), so I decided to hop into GameStop... as the UPS man was delivering them to the store! I was then asked how many I wanted! Obviously, I could only afford one but was taken aback by the question. After purchasing it, my dad and I clutched the bag tightly as we trudged through the mall to tell my mother and sister that we were bringing it home and would come back. Didn't miss a second of the movie but suffice to say my mind was elsewhere during it. I was able to truly appreciate when I watched my Blu-Ray (which was played on my PS5!).

[@noahpauley]

I remember wanting the PS3 in 2008 (I was like 6) and didn’t get one until 2014 💀

[@scratches12mevideos]

The 20gb ps3 had 4 usb ports. Not 2

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

This felt more like an LGR Retrospective and I’m all for it. Would love more videos like this

[@LodanSD]

Actually not a full year, the Playstation 3 (November 17th 2006) actually came out 360 days after the Xbox 360 (November 22nd 2005). Which is actually a fun bit of trivia!

[@joshuadubbeld972]

I remember the launch in some "fun" places in Michigan. My friend's Security company was booked solid by all the gaming places that had them

[@Northeast_progeny]

Great video! My Ps3 slim is still working to this day. If it ever breaks I'm getting another slim. They still had great looks, are damn reliable and were built really good. The super slims are just way too cheap looking and feel like crap. The slim will always be the best of them for me.

[@jasimaneesahamed1033]

Yeah, the Super Slim felt extremely cheap, and that flash storage thing is an absolute joke imo. I've had a Slim since 2011, and it works amazingly even today. Throw in an SSD and it'll run pretty well...

[@MichaelUrbanskii]

Plus you can’t fully jailbreak the super slim homebrew enabler is ass

[@jasimaneesahamed1033]

@@MichaelUrbanskii Lmao, that makes the Super Slim a "use and throw" tech product 😂

[@Thommygun-qv7um]

I like to remind everybody, that the XBOX 360, XBOX ONE and XBOX Series still have a really strong and functional backwards compability. While Sony and Nintendo keep spitting their long tome fans in the face.

[@T00muchF00Dchannel]

I’ve noticed that KZbinrs (not hating on Austin, just an observation) never say the Xbox 360 SKU’s correctly. It was Xbox 360 Core and Xbox 360. He called the Xbox 360 (20GB) “Elite” Often other KZbinrs call the Xbox 360 Core an “Arcade” It is: Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Core Xbox 360 Elite Xbox 360 Arcade Xbox 360 S Xbox 360 E

[@bizybee8192]

I really miss the PSP, I got the PlayStation portable and returned it.. depends to much on a strong WiFi signal which defeats the purpose of portability. BRING BACK PSP!

[@EpicHelios83]

I got my 60gb PS3 a few months after launch. First games I got was Heavenly Sword and MotorStorm, and grabbed the movie Four Brothers as my first BLURAY movie. Eventually, I ended up getting that yellow light of Death hardware failure, and Sony wanted to charge me almost $200 to fix it. They never offered me any type of deal like what Ken got, unfortunately. So, I sold it to someone for cheap who was willing to pay to get it fixed and replaced it with a PS3 Slim when it released.

[@SuperJerk666]

i got the fat and motorstorm bundle in 2008. It was wrapped under the christmas tree. MY GOD what a time! In 2014 I installed cfw on it and had even more fun playing online! hahhahahaha. Now i own 2 slims fully customized with leds etc etc. Still playing bo1, Heavenly Sword and other games. I own a PS4, 3 xbox 360s, some PS2s and a gaming PC BUT still turning on the PS3 wins me over every night.

[@frankieinjapan]

The PS3 vs the 360 felt like the difference between a gameboy and a tiger electronics handheld at the time. It's crazy how much Sony put into that thing. I just picked up an old fat unit, and the design still holds up today. Also the image is still so nice, even on my 50" 4k TV.

[@SIPEROTH]

what people never understood was that it was actually amazingly priced and thought it was expensive. I get it. For just a console it seemed a lot but if you compare a launch 360 just to add the hard drive and wi-fi module etc it already became more expensive without having all the other goods like HDMI, card readers, blu-ray drive, hardware backwards compatibility etc. That initial fat console was amazing.

[@frankieinjapan]

@@SIPEROTH Absolutely. I agree. I actually knew quite a few people who owned one simply for the Blu-ray capability. The one I ended up owning I actually bought from my friend's mom because she upgraded her theatre system 🤣

[@Haktuar]

Excellent look back to a wild time in gaming. I was a middle schooler when the PS3 dropped, and was absolutely obsessed with it. I badgered my poor mom, God bless her, into getting me a launch model 60GB when they were on their way out in January 2008. Played the HELL out of that thing. Thoroughly used the PS2 back compat as well. Unforunately, I got the infamous YLOD in early 2012, so I ended up replacing it with a Slim I still have to this day. Still fire it up occasionally for Rock Band 3 and old Dragon Ball and racing games. PS3 will always have a special place in my heart.

[@jasimaneesahamed1033]

I had a PS3 Slim, it was an amazing console. Now its slowed down for idk what reason, but it is usable as a DVD player or something idk

[@Wally504]

PS3 consoles had hard drives for storage. Hard drives slow down over time. An SSD (Solid State Drive) would fix it.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

​@@Wally504they don't, usually it means the HDD is dying

[@Wally504]

@@My_Old_YT_Account actually yea you're right idk why else they'd slow down

[@DeegoL9]

The PS3 Super Slim primarily came in 500gb I know because I bought it in white. Still runs reliably well. The 12 gb model there must’ve been a late in the lifecycle release.

[@SIPEROTH]

Yes, i have both so there definitely was a 500GB model as well.

[@michaelwesten4624]

remember when multiplayer was free and the UI was clean and snappy without any bs or annoying stuff? and controllers had new features and had built in batteries instead of wasteful AAA. and devs even managed to optimise some games to run at 60 ish fps. those were the days.

[@ohiorichkidbeats]

Man, this system recap was excellent, lots of memories! Loved it

[@Zack-pg4dk]

The Gears of War example video is definitely just Killzone again

[@Dragon969Reviews]

2:26 I wouldn't call Microsofts debut console outselling the Nintendo console of the generation by millions of units only a modest success.

[@tim3172]

The YLOD and RRoD were *NOT* related to high temperatures. It was related to newly developed lead-free RoHS-compliant solder being used in many products at the time. This included: the 360, the PS3, Nvidia's mobile GPUs, and more. The solder cracked as a function of the number of thermal cycles from room temperature to operating temperature and had *ZERO* to do with "overheating" or the actual temperature... anything operated at. The solder would have cracked if the system operated 15 degrees cooler. It would have cracked if it operated much at all above ambient temperature. This is a myth that's been debunked for over a decade.

[@TrexelCat]

I'm currently using a CFW CECHA01 PS3 with a 1tb SSD replacement(the literal maximum that the PS3 can use), and a 500gb Thumb Drive for additional storage. Have the original PS3 DualShock 3 for it, but also have a Brook Wingman adapter that allows almost any Bluetooth/USB controller to function with the PS3 as if it were an official DS3(including the PS button). For those times when a friend comes over and they REALLY want to use an XBox controller, for whatever reason. And if you connect a DS5 to it, the Wingman will even translate the motion sensor to the PS3 as full sixaxis. For those thinking of going this route for storage, an SSD does not actually improve performance. The OS is stored on the console itself, so will always run at the same speed(the additional storage space just means it will continue to run at that speed even when half the drive is full). As for loading of games, still no performance increase as the PS3 uses SATA connections(you can get laptop SSDs with SATA connectors for upgrading older model laptops), which limit the speed that data can be transferred. All the SSD would do is allow the data to be transferred at the maximum speed that SATA can transfer(which honestly isn't much faster than a standard SATA HDD). Plus, less moving parts. HDD replacements are quite a bit cheaper, for about the same performance. For those on a budget. The only reason I went with 1tb is because I store the backup ISO/BIN files directly on the drive. Which, for PS3 games, takes up a LOT of space. But it means I'm not constantly popping the physical disc in and out of the system(especially for older PS1 multi-disc games). The only part of my setup I would consider almost required is the Wingman. As replacement DS3 controllers are notoriously hard to get. So many people selling fake ones(DKOldies). And Sony has a hard-on about blocking anything third party from working with their consoles. Or limiting the functionality to the absolute bare minimum. The Wingman circumvents that by tricking the PS3 into thinking that you have a DS3 connected via USB. And then the PS3 stops asking questions after that. And yes, for BC models, the Wingman will even fool that into working too, because PS3 enthusiasts all know that only the official DS3 will work for the PS2 mode. The ONLY drawback being, you can't "wake" the system from the controller. As the USB ports are turned off when the system is powered down.

[@Crimsongz]

Can you use a Bluetooth headphone with the adapter ?

[@TrexelCat]

@@Crimsongz Unfortunately, no. The adapter was only designed to translate not PS3 controllers into something the PS3 thinks is a PS3 controller.

[@tim3172]

The PS3 CPU being theoretically more/as powerful than the PS4 CPU isn't a testament to the CBE as much as it is an indictment of how poorly AMD was doing before Zen.

[@codyjohnson1572]

These were impossible at launch to get. I was 14 and my mom would always take me to gamestop after she went shopping for me to look around at the new games. I was there as they recieved an order of PS3s and was able to split a 60gb with my brother as eachothers xmas gifts. Such a great memory.

[@AsasWorld]

i was JUST watching the "I BOUGHT EVERY PS2" video yesterday and was like "I wonder when he will make one on the PS3's"!!

[@QuinTheFly]

It was the "failure" of the PS3 that forced Ken Kutaragi to resign from his position as the "Father of the Playstation". In retrospect, considering the push of the original, the 2, and the 3, his departure is why Sony's consoles began to meekly move forward. Also, I thought the PS2 was the incarnation of the Cell chips.

[@redmangold2]

Ken

[@adamkostowicz7289]

I was in the military when the PS3 came out. Most of us didn’t come from strong financial lives so after a deployment (being young and single) you would have thousands in the bank. This girl I was on and off with told me “here’s 5,000 go get me a new tv, surround sound , stand and a ps3 mainly for the blue ray…I remember it took a day to get everything together hooked it up and found out you needed and hdmi cord which at least the first ps3 didn’t come with yet. I found one at Best Buy and it was 75$!!! But when I turned on that first blue ray movie it was so stunning. I don’t remember the exact tv specs and this it was a flat screen but still a bit heavy. Anyways she let me get the newest madden for payment but it was just awesome to be able to set it all up and I’m still the go to guy for stuff like that in my house now

[@RolomirFenrir]

Learned a bit about console history, always nice to see content like this. Also, what's up with all the garbage comments?

[@Saxofome]

Example: First 🗣🗣🗣

[@theshadowman1398]

The yellow light was caused by cooling problems because of years dust build up. If you cleaned your PS3 annually this was preventable. My 60 gig ps3 died after about 4 years. After opening it up the build up dust amount was nuts. In 2012 I purchased a slim. When it was my main console I cleaned out the dust annually and that console is still running.

[@Caesar2001]

PS3 was the best console ever MADE. PS2/1 backwards compatibility and ready? FREE MULTIPLAYER (Yea I'm looking at you Xbox 360 and pretty much Sony & Xbox in the next generations 😢)

[@ant060495]

Nice that Sony replaced Ken’s PS3 after YLOD, My PS5 died 1 DAY after the 1 year warranty was up and they wanted £275 to replace it. Lost it over the phone, deleted my playstation account, cut my losses and game on PC now instead.

[@Toxic_Panda97]

Some of the realest gamers went from; super Nintendo, to GameCube, to Ps1, to Ps2, to Xbox 360, to Ps4, to PC 👌👌👌👌

[@SIPEROTH]

How to you go from Gamecube to PS1? Gamecube was PS2 generation.

[@mosanasir4465]

These ps3 engineers ambitions remind me of the German ww2 engineers coming up with random wild stuff😂

[@milkman1026]

I had the 80gb Motorstorm bundle and definitely had backwards compatibility. Funnily enough, I worked at Best Buy when the PS3 released and my mom came in and bought one for me that December for a Christmas gift not knowing I was working the registers that day. She just said "Ah hell, just at surprised Christmas morning." 😂

[@Vikturus22]

4:32 "runs worse on the PS3 rather than the xbox 360." Shows PS3 exclusive game Killzone 2 footage lol.

[@echosmith6092]

Everyone goes on about the price but there was basically a PS2 inside the original fat model

[@xorkatoss]

noooooooo Austin whyy you diss my PS3 Super Slim like that? :(((( as a kid I only had a ps2 and psp, my parents stopped caring about me after that I guess lol anyway years later when I was 19 and I had a job I was sitting one day at a cafe with a friend and saw a listing in fb marketplace for a PS3 Super Slim USED 80 euro (1 controller and 3 games) and I asked my friend if he knew if that PS3 was good and he actually said "yeah that's the last version and the best" and I was like "really? lets go get it" it was only a 20 minute drive and that's the story of how I bought my PS3 😁

[@Soundwaiv]

"group suction control"... -Austin 2024

[@colesyaj_tech]

Well actually the reason for YLOD and RROD is not the solder between the GPU and Boards, it was the seal betweeh the GPU dies and the GPU board, which would become soft at 70C. PS3s lasted more than 360s because they ran cooler, but they all failed eitherway. Later models use fixed GPUs that don't have the low temperature seal

[@totallycarl]

Forget Mystery Tech. This is what I sub for.

[@AaronBalaski]

I remember buying my PS3 about 3 months or so after launch, and all of my friends giving me crap for spending $600 on a console lol. Always enjoyed the PS3 and thought it was underrated a bit. Greatly enjoyed this video, as I totally forgot about the yellow light fiasco! Well done!

[@GameShark1080]

I remember waiting for my pay cheque so I could go to EB Games and grab myself a PS3. I bought the 60 gig model and Resistance Fall of Man as my first game! Those where the days

[@TheFiftyQuid]

Whoever didn't rotate the logo on that 3rd vertical console for the glamour shots should be fired.

[@MikeMr305]

I remember my uncle came with a 40gig launch ps3 to my house and just gave it to us. The bluray drive died years later and WE THREW IT OUT like the idiots we were

[@ToxMod]

This is probably one of the most in-depth deep dives I’ve ever seen about a PlayStation 3. Big W

[@Saxofome]

For the W!

[@gunzjones]

I had to drive an hour to get the only ps3 within a reasonable driving distance at GS. That wasn’t even at first launch. It was at a refresh launch.

[@Gero863]

The most play station was the 2. They put a DVD inside, and for that time, it was a crazy movement.