PS3 Documentary: How Sony Fell From Grace

[@ThisGuyDrives]

The best thing about the PS3 is it taught Sony a ton about what _not_ to do with a console. Funny though that in the end, the console still worked out for them.

[@nawraskhalil2712]

I don't think the generation of folks who made this console were actually avid gamers, their business viewpoint was quite detached.

[@weathersponge5000]

The console didn't really worked out for them, they did make a huge comeback and did sell a good 86 Million units, but Sony overall took billions of dollars of losses on the PS3 just cause of the launch alone

[@FraserSouris]

Nawras Khalil Shemus Young has theorized that the PS3 wasn’t made the way it was for games but to to make it harder to port games to the 360 thus giving the PS3 a lot of de facto exclusives. Unfortunately, it hurt Sony big time

[@FraserSouris]

@G123 Initially, they didn't. Or PS3 ports were much worse. As a result, the PS3 had a small and underwhelming library from the beginning.

[@josh18230]

Only because of the Sony brand and ps2 success. If this were apple getting into gaming they would have went bankrupt.

[@fatpizza7810]

I loved how the original PS3 font was the same as the Spider-Man trilogy (coincidently both made by Sony).

[@camilajennifer4818]

Same.

[@mrizaldi7199]

Spiderman franchise are exclusively licensed to sony by marvel.

[@Incubusnut]

Thankfully, they went back to the original font.

[@bex--]

I would say both being made by Sony is the exact opposite of a coincidence lol.

[@mrkevinhaughey]

I knew I recognized the font but I could never place it, so THANK YOU!

[@Salamander407]

What a time in gaming, PS3 and Xbox 360, for someone who lived through all the game cycles, I say this was the Golden age of gaming!

[@Gamevet]

Yeah, it was pretty special. The PS3 is a top 3 console for me.

[@craftymulligar]

I heard you could buy a broken 360 for 10.00 usd and fix it with a heat gun Flux and 99 percent alcohol. With ifix it tools.

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

No. Its the worst.

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

No. Its the worst.

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

No. Its the worst.

[@arcadeutopia3035]

I remember getting my PS3 day one and actually just looking at it for about 10 minutes before turning it on. An Absolute beast of a console and when you think about it and total value for money. You could play Blu Ray , CD , DVD , PS1 , PS2 and PS3 👍

[@theplug4981]

Dont forget that the 60GB fat was required to play ps1 and ps2 games.

[@BobbyHo2022]

i remember seeing it on ebay for over 1k when it first came out

[@theplug4981]

@Nintenblox Shorts no

[@theplug4981]

@Nintenblox Shorts no

[@Krix08]

@@theplug4981 theres a lot of info out there that says every model supports ps1 emulation, but that ps2 hardware emulation was on cecha and cechb and then software emulation on cechc and e and every model afterwards has no ps2 backwards compatibility

[@raggedyexynos9487]

they got cocky after the PS1 and PS2'S success

[@casualvanilla]

After the PS1's success, I'd argue. The PS2 was (and still is with homebrew) notorious for being way too complicated to program for compared to the other three consoles of that generation (and it's not even the strongest, the Xbox is). Sony simply carried this design mentality to the PS3, and it messed the system's launch up then.

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

@@casualvanilla so difficult to work.

[@omegamanx6843]

No they didn't, they just didnt know what to do since ps2 was nearly perfect for the time

[@jeremymoore145]

PS3 is a awesome machine in my opinion.

[@fbyi2940]

Ps4 is trash and boring, very disappointed games and psn plus online is a joke, only few of them games are decent

[@dizdawgjr34]

This was one of the best console redemption arcs ever.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Its impressive what silicon transistor size reduction can do.

[@leeartlee915]

I disagree. The PS3s funky architecture is so wonky, Sony still hasn’t figured out a way to easily port their games to fucking PS5. It’s Sony being unique for the sake of being different.

[@fiercelypolygons3696]

@@leeartlee915 that's never going to happen unfortunately, unless we go in a time machine and changed how the PS3 worked. PS3 emulation is still very poor on PC mainly because of the architecture, if it wasn't that cell bs we could probably run PS3 games on our phones by now

[@leeartlee915]

@@fiercelypolygons3696 Yeah which is why I don’t hold the PS3 in high regard. Fuck that console. If I hadn’t wanted to play Uncharted, I probably wouldn’t have bought on 4 years into its existence.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@@leeartlee915 Holy shit, the anger in this comment.

[@hetzerlee1019]

"Did you win?" Sony: Yes." "What did it cost?" Sony:"Everything"

[@delukard07]

exactly. people fail to realize that xbox is just a project to microsoft. and that microsoft is worth many times more than sony. so xbox failing costs less to microsoft than ps3 wining to sony,

[@mitchconner2021]

Why are people saying Sony lost when their kicking Xbox in the teeth?

[@randomthingz2showrandomthi208]

@@mitchconner2021 why are you saying "sony" (a large company) is winning against "Xbox"(a games console)?

[@dondraper4438]

@@randomthingz2showrandomthi208 Because ps3 nearly bankrupted Sony and they stuck to their guns. Microsoft would have abandoned xbox long before that point.

[@dondraper4438]

@@randomthingz2showrandomthi208 Economists still study how Sony came back from the brink of bankruptcy to this day.

[@darahsuci8578]

Still can't believe that this old machine can run the last of us, gta V & uncharted series

[@slimebuck]

I used my ps3 most for Final Fantasy 13, Mortal Kombat 9 and GTA5. These are the games that made me obsessed with high end graphics

[@blacklyfe5543]

Why

[@budgetking2591]

not that hard at 720p 30 fps no aa

[@dutchvanderlinde9991]

Jeffrey Bozko For such an old piece of hardware thats amazing.

[@budgetking2591]

@@dutchvanderlinde9991 but the xbox360 does the exact same thing? How is it amazing i dont see it.

[@MovieEggman]

I consider 2006 to 2009 as the PS3's Dark Age, it was starting in 2010 when the PS3 Slim model was just recently released and following the launch of critically acclaimed games like Heavy Rain, God of War III and Grand Turismo 5 , not to mention the successful launch of the PlayStation Move, this was when the future started to look bright for Sony once again.

[@RottenMuLoT]

Yup. I clearly remember being at Gamestop in those early years looking at the single shelve there was for PS3 games when the Xbox 360 had 3 and the Wii had 4. It felt empty and depressing. But one day, I stumbled on an original copy of Demon Souls and the rest is history.

[@wile123456]

Metal Gear Solid 4 as well was the first system seller game

[@yeetyeet5079]

I thought psmove sold no units compared to kenict and wii

[@66kaisersoza]

Don't forget the sony hack in 2011 👀

[@RottenMuLoT]

@@66kaisersoza who could forget that. Sony was never the same again after that episode. They doubled down on DRM, slashing Linux support on PS3, etc. Back then me and my friends had a strong, very strong feeling that, if Sony had teamed up with Valve things would have been incredible. Sony focusing on hardware and Valve on software, providing Steam with everything that comes with it. We had a glimpse of that with Portal 2. But it ALL but vanished with the 2011 incident. Valve continued its journey with steam os, steam remote play, its own game controller and now the Steam Deck. Fast forward today and maybe the Vita would have had a second breath, you would get no PS+ BS as well, etc. I truly think they would have accomplish something great working together... If only Sony did that a year or 2 prior to 2011 when they were already struggling to keep up with Xbox game pass.

[@prassanak3601]

Documentaries on the PS3; that's how you know you're old

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

I'd like a documentary made about the failure of PS5.

[@brunohernandez5284]

@@afistfulofpimples1745 I don't know if the PlayStation 5 will be a failure because of a lot of PlayStation 4 users jumping to the PlayStation 5, I think it will be something like the 7th gen on steroids but this time Sony and Microsoft will be using the same architecture. both have really good advantages, Sony's got exclusives and Microsoft's got studios, Sony can keep on expanding on the franchises we as customers love and Microsoft can create franchises we will love, so it'll be hard to win this gen since Microsoft's doing almost everything the right way, and Sony hasn't spoken that much about the PlayStation 5, we know specs, controller and we had that Unreal Engine 5 demo that was made on PlayStation 5 hardware but since Epic Games is not exclusive to Sony well, that same tech demo could be run on XBOX Series X hardware, so, yeah. I can't tell the future, but Sony is loosing its shine, in terms of choosing a side, well I believe you can already tell by my comment.

[@nichoalaz6235]

I’m 16, now you’re making me feel old. I feel like it was yesterday when I first started playing ratchet and clank.

[@gamingjay141]

ps3 , try snes lol

[@gamernation1400]

@@afistfulofpimples1745 It won’t fail dumbass.

[@RomeGoLARGE]

I will forever love my PS3s It was and still is a bad ass system. Especially the original 60GB. It's the Lamborghini of gaming consoles.

[@Ramirez-or1qg]

ROME RUSH lol

[@MrSuperVikingo]

ROME RUSH Facts. It only does everything. 😉

[@RomeGoLARGE]

@@MrSuperVikingo 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@pokemax93]

@homo_homura did it? the ps3 still got tons more 3rd part support compared to xbox.

[@georgejakob1451]

@homo_homura Xbox one nintendo N64 -Wii U and Sega CD-Dreamcast would say otherways 😂 .

[@baronvg]

Despite the problems (like price and the yellow light of death), this was the console for which I had the most games. And I still love it’s interface to this day. It truly was the first all-in-one entertainment system, allowing video games, MP4 & MP3 playback, and it was my first Blu-ray player. I unfortunately had to junk my original one because the yellow light of death couldn’t be overcome but still, lots of great memories.

[@CtheDead209-zt8tj]

Yellow light of death effected less than than 0.05 percent of ps3s.... That's not very common... Is this all Xbots on this comment s section for as many Xbots that are here you would think they would sell more consoles but yet there in dead last again for the 4rth generation in a row...

[@TokyoBayCity]

@@CtheDead209-zt8tjMy understanding is that due to poor quality parts and deep design flaws, literally every fat PS3 is inevitably destined for the YLOD (unless potentially refurbishing like delidding, replacing the thermal paste, fan, etc). And I’m saying this as a huge fan of the PS3, it’s a real shame.

[@tougeruzbay]

@@TokyoBayCity The Frankenstein mod is the only way to go for the original PS3 systems to be reliable in the first place with reballing with lead and using 40nm chips

[@TokyoBayCity]

@@tougeruzbay I’ve heard about the Frankenstein mod consoles, are those actually 100% safe from YLOD or do they just have the lowest likelihood of it?

[@jeremymoore145]

I still use my PS3. It really was way ahead of its time.

[@ZackSNetwork]

So was the PSP as well.

[@lilken21]

And the PSX. The first Xbox one (media capabilities)

[@bluestratos1901]

Sony is known for that proving it with both the psp and the vita

[@Itsbully06]

same

[@princegroove]

Yep, I still have 3 mint launch day 60GB PS3’s! 💯🔥

[@Ayixlia]

The PS3 is the Super Sayian 3 of all the systems Powerful, sleek, lots of untapped potential yet no one could or can master it not even Sony or Goku.

[@potatomatop9326]

But the 360 is janemba. Janemba whoop ssj3

[@professorx2607]

True just look at the last of us and killzone3 just to name a few.

[@davidlukic6988]

Except for Santa Monica Studio. But they did that with Ps2 aswell

[@williamcortelyou4524]

@@potatomatop9326 Can't really say Xbox whooped Sony at anytime, or anything. Sony has always had a better system, and development of games. Sales alone show this. I understand if you liked the 360, but it just wasn't as good. It's a simple fact.

[@potatomatop9326]

@@williamcortelyou4524 sales yeah but performance? Fucc no. I play pro level blazblue and ultimate marvel vs capcom 3 and 360 wins big time.

[@darkangel424cod]

I completely forgot about the old playstation store, it sucked but man that makes me nostalgic

[@crustychickenmcnuggets]

"What am I thankful for?" Finding this incredible channel! I was scrolling through KZbin for an achievement guide for a game and I scrolled across this page. I honestly have no idea as too why this account doesn't have over 1 MILLION SUBS. Anyway, I love the content and keep doing what you're doing! 👍

[@unfeelingss5178]

U been missing out man love his content too

[@crustychickenmcnuggets]

@@unfeelingss5178 Not sure why I'm missing out but okay. 👍

[@Mjdecker1234]

@@crustychickenmcnuggets because you knew not that hard to read or understand tf he means. You said you were new. You've been missing out as in all the ones you missed. But what do I know. No hard feels, just a hardass that talks like this. Honestly if I was pissed or something you would know. Yall take care, good day/night!

[@crustychickenmcnuggets]

@@Mjdecker1234 Not once did I ever say I was new, but thanks the input.

[@crustychickenmcnuggets]

@Bilbo Baggins Can't argue that my friend. 🐔

[@yanm8633]

My favorite Playstation so far. You can feel that it has been made with a lot of pretentiousness (in a good way) and you can feel it from the symphonic orchestra startup, the interface, it's execution to it's extra bass sound.

[@mountaindew3201]

I like PS4 better. Only thing 3 did better was call of duty games. As for exclusives PS4 was the best

[@mountaindew3201]

@Hybrid From Hell At least it didn’t break down constantly or even at all like the POC PlayStation 3. There’s a reason why gamers during that era preferred the Xbox 360.

[@mountaindew3201]

@Hybrid From Hell The Xbox 360 was a Far better Consol logistic wise and hardware wise

[@user-73a]

@thegoodstuff3148 They fully refunded every hardware failure and you got a year of Xbox Live too, What did Sony do when their service was hacked for 3 months in 2011 and 100% of their customer base could not access multi-player? Let's not forget how many people had their credit card information compromised during this time and their shareholder even made an apology in a press meeting bowing down in shame. The ps3 had no games for 7 years and it's impossible to damage control a 16 year old failure by Sony.

[@mountaindew3201]

@Hybrid From Hell fat model, was horrendous. The slim model was just as bad as the red ring off death. The Xbox 360 elites and pros didn’t have that problem and the system wouldn’t crash offline or online. PlayStation 3 didn’t have its momentum in the later years. But overall during its time Xbox was superior in this gen.

[@Cyberfoxxy]

Sony: "It can be used for other stuff" Also Sony: *Literally kills off other OS*

[@karelpipa]

also XboX's red ring of death really helped playstation

[@christiandyers6309]

My cousin had 3 Xbox 360's die on him within 2 years. Over 50% of them were faulty.

[@Spyder-gg8ll]

LOL True

[@sumrandumguy7177]

I still have my ps3 slim from 2010 or whatever. Absolutely countless hours of abuse. Still runs just as good as it did when new. Tht thing, like the GameCube, is a fucking tank

[@TheGoldNShadow]

karelpipa don’t forget the yellow light on PS3’s

[@donaldtrump6725]

It helped xbox too lmao, many people bought multiple xboxes

[@whatspadethinks]

Ryan has been the go to source for the PlayStation community on KZbin for years and these documentary specials are just brilliant. Thanks brother for the effort & excellent content. The PS3 brought me back to gaming and is my favorite console. I always have gotten into new generations later in the life cycles i.e. I bought a PS1 in 1996, a PS2 in 2004 right after San Andreas came out and didn't get a PS3 until 2012. First off I go in phases with gaming from being excited and all in to not playing for months. What has happened with getting the new gens later in their life cycles is that when I do get them it's usually after the Slim hardware revision, so the hardware has been debugged and streamlined. As for software, there's a huge amount of AAA games that are now on sale and very cheap on the used market. By getting a PS3 shortly before the PS4 I got to experience all of the prior hits at lnd Last Of Us. In addition to a huge backlog and going in & out of gaming I just got a PS4 Pro last year. Just like with the PS3 I've enjoyed great deals on games that were just $60 a few years ago (just bought Assassin's Creed Odyssey for like $12 or something). I have had a blast with the PS4 Pro, but my PS3 Slim is still hooked up on my gaming 4K TV and is still fired up occasionally. This novella is to give kudos to Ryan but also , by giving my history with PlayStation, give my $0.02 on the upcoming PS5 launch. Like the other Playstation releases I am waiting on getting a PS5. Availability is probably forcing that even if I wanted to I couldn't get one, but my trepidation is down to the fact that Sony launch hardware (like all companies hardware for that matter) has had issues. Seeing that the SSD is married to the motherboard really concerned me and I would wager that in 2-3 years the Slim version will make the main SSD removable just like the extended storage drive option. Plus we are really in the depths of diminishing returns now. This isn't a leap like Atari 2600 to NES or even PS3 to PS4 (which was appreciable but not gobsmacking). The PS5 will perform better as far as frame rates and the addition of ray tracing and other graphical fidelity improvements but sitting 6-8 feet away I'd love to see what the A-B blind test reveals for CyberPunk on PS4 and PS5. I sincerely believe most gamers would have trouble distinguishing between the two versions. Patience friends.

[@ronschwigel8140]

here it is 2023 and i am enjoying my ps3 console as much today as the first day i purchased it. when it first came out. PS3- a great piece of art. THANK YOU SONY.

[@GunsNGames1]

The PS3 was the console that I spent the most time with it, got one late in 2013, stayed with until all the way up to December 2017, then I bought a PS4. The 7th generation was the best, the best games are there. Good times :)

[@rezaramadea7574]

Are you also thinking of buying PS5 in Holiday 2020?

[@AgentMorgan2010]

I don't know if it was the best -- (I'm old, so I have an affinity for the 5th and 6th gens, too) -- but it was pretty magical. I really miss those days of the 7th gen. There didn't seem to be anywhere near the output in games or excitement this gen. I really think the 8th gen kinda sucked. It's like a stagnant continuation of the 7th.

[@GunsNGames1]

@Apharmd Battler I have a 360 now, I bought a brand new to play the classics again ;)

[@GunsNGames1]

@@AgentMorgan2010 true, I love the 6th gen, but the 7th was just unbelievable good, this current gen is just boring, nothing really changed and such boring games. I hope the PS5 brings something really new.

[@CanadianBullFrog]

Still playing it. Trying to beat Bloodrayne.

[@SanchezS1998]

If it weren’t for PS3; I don’t think I’d have ever developed a passion for the hardware side of gaming and technology in general.

[@kingleoverse]

@THE CRAZY GUY lol

[@davidkruse4030]

@THE CRAZY GUY calm down nerd

[@davidkruse4030]

@THE CRAZY GUY the sad thing is I agree with you. You just dont need to go into full geek mode.

[@chrispy473]

@THE CRAZY GUY the fuck is wrong with you lol loser

[@Arteaga4K]

THE CRAZY GUY you're a loser dude

[@stephnicole3078]

I am genuinely upset with myself for not having come across this channel (and especially these video game history docs) sooner! The level of detail, editing, narrative, technical explanations, and analysis is truly impressive. Yours is one of those rare channels that are such high quality that I actually feel a bit guilty that I’m not paying for this content. I don’t think I’ve ever subscribed faster

[@KojiKazama]

Same here

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Thats rather illogical but hey, you're here now so cheerio...

[@bmessier2]

@@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI , hahaha! Indeed! What's the deal with "being upset at yourself" for not knowing about a KZbin channel earlier? Chill out boys!

[@jamalonso2360]

For me the PS3 its the most lovely memorable times in videogames,that was a truly console war back in the day

[@ryanyoder7573]

Genesis vs Super Nintendo was brutal

[@Nirwanaa]

@Kerry Howard Imagine doing console wars

[@salty-as-heck9915]

I'm 35...so I've been around since the NES and Sega Master System days...and to this day I don't think anything compares to the SNES vs Sega Genesis console wars. Kids would literally chose their friends based on what console they owned...it was that serious a topic. I've never seen such heated rivalry between console owners of different brands since then.

[@jamalonso2360]

@@salty-as-heck9915 I heard that but where I came from it was a completely different experience,The Snes was more popular and some others had the Genesis too,maybe I was so young to remember

[@salty-as-heck9915]

@@jamalonso2360 I was a little more open minded, so I did make a friend of someone who had a Genesis and I got to play his console's exclusives. For the most part I thought both consoles were pretty comparable, but I have to admit I was jealous of his Genesis because his version of Mortal Kombat had blood and gore , while the SNES version had no blood.

[@christiandyers6309]

It still ended up outselling the Xbox 360. It had a larger total gaming library too.

[@polyphonydigital]

@youre An idiot how is he a fanboy, he is telling the truth

[@christiandyers6309]

@youre An idiot WRONG... Sony sold off their computer business YEARS AGO. Microsoft doesn't get a penny from them.

[@weathersponge5000]

They did end up Outselling the 360, but Sony took so much losses overall on the PS3 that's it's hard to claim they won since the PS3 was far from profitable

[@christiandyers6309]

@@weathersponge5000 BULL****.. That's absolutely not true. Do some research instead of spreading lies. Sony's PlayStation division started turning a profit on PlayStation 3 at the end of 2008. They were able to renegotiate contracts with their hardware partners such as IBM, which allowed them to reduce the PlayStation 3 retail cost to $300. From that point onward, Sony turned a profit each and every quarter and year over year. Meanwhile, Microsoft lost massive amounts of money on the Xbox 360. The 360 had a failure rate of over 54% due to them using cheap and crappy parts. They even lied about the severity of the problem for years until the hundreds of lawsuits started rolling in. When Microsoft finally acknowledged the problem, they had to write off 20 billion dollars in losses to fix the issue. That's not including the amount of money they were forced to pay to settle the lawsuits. Microsoft lost A CRAP TON of money on 360. Also, the sales figures for the 360, while accurate, are highly inflated. Most Xbox 360 owners had to buy the console at least 2-3 times. The actual percentage of people who REALLY owned a 360 was less than 50 million.

[@weathersponge5000]

@@christiandyers6309 Yes the PS3 made profit in some quarters, but in general Sony lost money on the PS3 cause of their terrible launch, as the video states, Sony lost 4+ Billion dollars on the PS3 in it's first two years alone, yes they made profit several quarters after that, but it wasn't enough to make up the money Sony lost on the PS3 just cause of the launch.

[@deftoner718]

This made me appreciate PlayStation more. I ended going with the 360 during that time but I’m 200 percent with PlayStation these days

[@helvete983]

I went the other way once Sony started to fuck over their backwards compatible market.

[@wajinshu]

Thanks KZbin recommendation

[@flocca100]

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[@drbali]

@@flocca100 having a stroke?

[@BravoTango-vt8em]

It’s code

[@paulburnell2610]

@@BravoTango-vt8em for what

[@LancerloverLL]

@@paulburnell2610 Encrypted coordinates of where to find the Holy Grail.

[@BrotherWells]

the initial price is what scared a lot of people away. i know it did for me. but, in its later years, it introduced me to the yakuza series and i have been a huge fan ever since. MAG was another game that blew me away with the amount of people that could be on the battlefield at once. some crazy fights

[@donefinished]

Chad warden wipes his ass with $600.

[@Peramiiy]

Honestly if you brought PS3 after the price drop you were actually saving money. Cause XBL was $60, consoles generally have 6 year lifespan so if you wanted the full gaming experience w/ online play, inv friends, watching netflix, etc you would paid $360 (span of 6 years) for their XBL alone, whilst PSN was free. Extra point for PS3 bec we had NO SQUEAKERS, bec nobody used their mics lol

[@Lightwaves7984]

Yeah not gonna lie, I respect ken for being very passionate about the ps3 he worked hard for something he loved even if it ended up being a failure at launch. I've had better memories with it and all its mutimedia functions and friends than I did with ps4. I was younger then, but just booting it up and looking at your friends list the little things, just wasn't the same on ps4.

[@KingMar70]

I freakin love your documentaries man your channel is so underrated.

[@Bjorick]

Underrated: (verb) - underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something). if you're going to use the word, use it right. who here is underestimating the value of this channel? It may be overlooked in your opinion, most likely it's just a channel that's growing and you're unwilling to wait for the natural order that it will occur in, however, I see no evidence that it's an underrated channel in the slightest.

[@israelramirez1885]

Bjorick - shut up geek

[@TenenteK]

Your*

[@V8ZN]

Bjorick whatever

[@BravoTango-vt8em]

Ah yes, “geek,” the single most worthless and weak insult to ever exist in the English language.

[@jd5179]

I got the OG 60gb- was able to play all of my old ps2 and some ps1 games . That piano black screams elegant. Till this day - still playing it.

[@EonServoXA]

jd5179 I used to have one before it pretty much broke, and it never worked ever again

[@pirateclick1d169]

@@EonServoXA fixable?

[@EonServoXA]

@@pirateclick1d169 Maybe, but idek where the thing is lol

[@pirateclick1d169]

@@EonServoXA find it

[@neilpeartspurplenose8739]

The Ps3 was a visionary piece of hardware. A built in hard drive. Blu ray. Ps1/Ps2 full backwards compatibility. A Cpu so powerful, that it outperforms the Processor in the PS4 in many tasks. It wasn't too expensive. For what you got at the time, it was an absolute bargain.

[@RAMBOJVR]

I’m 33 now, so age is def a reflection of the times back then. I really wish you added the 2008 recession and Wii launch. These were a HUGE impact on the launch and added demise of the Ps3. Great video regardless.

[@MsMRkv]

@Apharmd Battler The 360 sold less than the PS3 😁

[@Cully0488]

@Apharmd Battler wow you showed him

[@maxwelsh6121]

@ yeah...i bought 2 , solely due to Forza games....

@@maxwelsh6121 i had a blast on forza 2 in a hyundai tiburon that beat almost every car (be doing 200mph on side of wall passing people)

[@maxwelsh6121]

@ loool 😂😁😀

[@S1N4II]

I just finished my exams and now you dropped your new documentary this has to be my lucky day 😁😁👍

[@thewarrior6784]

I'm not the biggest PlayStation fan, but I sense that you are. And I can sense your passion. It's contagious. I've watched some of your documentaries, and they were VERY VERY interesting and enjoyable. You earned a sub.

[@Nossieuk]

It's a shame you didn't mention the $1 billion loss by xbox on RRODs the only company that 'won' in that generation was Nintendo.

[@KeemySmith122]

Ian H It’s a shame you didn’t mention the $1 billon loss by xbox on RRODS the only company that ‘won’ in that generation was Nintendo.

[@justcesec5029]

Bruv Nintendo is legendary.

[@John-X]

In the words of PS3 guy: 0:41 "We are a sex."

[@qp-r2276]

@@justcesec5029 you only have super smash bros you have no point in talking

[@justcesec5029]

@@qp-r2276 yeah sure kiddo -_-

[@CASEYM21dillon]

I remember the PS3 release. It’s crazy how revolutionary those graphics looked back then. Seeing them this many years later, and comparing them to what we have now is crazy. Technological advancement is wild. (I always hated my PS3 compared to all of my friends 360s. I felt like I definitely chose the wrong console for that generation)

[@deftoner718]

I ended up going with the 360 but I appreciate playstation 10 times more now

[@princegroove]

PS3: dark color palette PS4: vibrant and realistic PS5: life like emulator 😉

[@princegroove]

@@deftoner718 Xbox 360 was lame, you had to buy so many add-ones to compete with PS3. 🤣

[@borla4491]

"looked back then" Lol, newsflash, this is 2006-and up we are talking about.

[@64bitmodels66]

​@@princegroove PS2 aesthetic was the best, it felt otherworldy and surreal like you were stepping into the world of sony interactive entertainment...remember when OSes were 3d and tried to look sexy while still being usable like with the sega saturn and original Xbox? nowadays youve got ugly shit like the xbox one os, and the fugly switch os which just reeks of android, holy shit they put 0 effort into the switch's os.

[@eupher2]

I still have and use my 60GB PS3 to this day. 14 years later and still working like a champ. Sure it had a rough start, but in the end was a beast of a system.

[@helvete983]

Me too still play PS one and 2 games on it too, actually probably more than I play PS3 games other than system exclusives, the Xbox blew the PS3 away performance and frame rate wise.

[@eupher2]

What turned me off from the 360 more then anything was the RROD. The fact it took Microsoft 4 or 5 years to fix the problem is ridiculous. But I got a 360 in 2010 and it's still working today with no problems.

[@helvete983]

@@eupher2 Never had a problem, only issue I had was a couple of years ago when the DVD drive stopped working but I picked an Elite up this year at a thrift store for around $20 and that works fine.

[@eupher2]

​@@helvete983 Your lucky then dude. I'm platform neutral, so I play on everything.

[@Elenrai]

@@eupher2 went to a boarding school, only the rich asshole kid had a ps3, the rest of us had a 360, irony being that noone of us had red rings, hundred machines, not any issues 🤔It is almost like you are lying for attention!

[@rcrdtrinidad]

Mystic thank you for this video, I used it for my college assignment on Sony, I used the Sony PlayStation 3 as an example of where Sony saw potential damages in promises and as well as cost considerations. Great Video.

[@GreenMountain565]

I got my PS3 in Oct of 07. Still my overall favorite console of all time. It introduced me to HDMI, easy online gaming, Blu Rays, 1080p and not to mention the 4 USB’s. I got more use out of this console than any other. It was ahead of its time for sure

[@skycloud4802]

I wish it kept backwards compatibility with PS2, but otherwise I liked it. Free online multiplayer. My first Blu-ray player. And very convenient to back up saves. It had done a lot right.

[@sharjeelahmed7913]

Wasn't PS3 gen supposed to be 720p?

[@GeertDelmulle]

@@sharjeelahmed7913Not at all. 1080p all the way. I preordered my copy here in EU (had to wait awhile longer). The full HD (i.e. 1080p) quality was absolutely stunning for the time - so crisp and clean! I remember getting a complementary BD of Casino Royale, courtesy of Sony for preordering it. I did play games on it, but I massively used it for watching BlueRay movies and series. At the time it was the absolute best BD player, bar none. And let’s not forget: it helped Sony win the disk war against HD-DVD and MS, the latter medium going extinct rather soon, whereas BD still survives to this day.

[@B727X]

@@skycloud4802the very first year of models could play ps2

[@nomadben]

​​@@sharjeelahmed7913Most games were rendered at 720p, but there were some (mostly lighter titles, with the notable exception of the Gran Turismo series) that were able to run at true native 1080p. Of course everything outside of games ran at 1080p if you set it to that, like Blu-ray movies for example.

[@davidsapir3764]

I loved Playstation 3. So many great games came out on that system. Uncharted 2 is still the single greatest gaming experience I've ever had. That game astounded me. And as a huge fan of shooters, the Pixeljunk Shooter games were unlike any shooter I'd ever played, loved those games.

[@Fidelis94]

Keep these documentaries coming, i've never seen such well crafted stories about videogames, they're really well thought out and exposed. Well done!

[@paianis]

In other words, Cell didn't sell.

[@kingotime8977]

I like what you did there

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

Steve Rogers understood that reference...

[@markok0610]

It sold tho

[@dr.loomis4221]

It sold very well, it just got off to a slow start. It surpassed the 360 when the price dropped and the incredible exclusives (MGS4,Killzone 2,God of War III,Uncharted 2 and 3,and The Last of Us) started rolling out. PS3- 87.4 million XBOX 360- 84 million

[@user-pj6oc5gy2q]

unfortunately cell is still impressive even today. sucks that it kind of met a dead end.

[@SuperMarioAlex10]

The PS3 gave birth to some of the most iconic and best exclusive franchises. Such as Little Big Planet, Uncharted and more.

[@johncorley9785]

Meh

[@wile123456]

Both the franchises you mention are dead and has ended lol

[@atleten0]

And also the last of us

[@xILLxChronic]

ps3 has nogaems

[@ehtishamkhan2004]

@Geassmaster55 bruh you just focused on little big planet yet completely ignored uncharted which had all of its games being hugely successful

[@ThisGuyDrives]

9:53 I'm sure the Sony people were watching the Xbox announcement in 2013 and saying the EXACT same thing about Microsoft's $500 price tag and mandatory kinect peripheral. LOL

[@burnertm]

Xbox should have learned from PS3. Marketing your console too high compared to the competitor you’ve already lost. The Kinect was useless, and don’t get me started on the online only. (By the way, I’m not a Sony fanboy. I own a One S, the one got better once Mattrick stepped down and Harrison stepped up. The one’s launch was abysmal, that’s just fact)

[@Zero_Steel]

@@burnertm nah tbh I rlly think Microsoft got overconfident too like Kutaragi when he was about to launch the PS3, Mattrick expects ppl to buy the XB1 with the Kinect (which no one wanted) for $500, but yet the problems before and after launch was so horrible that it affected sales hard and look how it turned out in the end

[@nabieladrian]

It's cool to think that everyone learn from their mistakes.

[@azeemniazi8292]

"No one wanted the kinect". Lmao u must be kidding. Kinect was the best thing i ever had and me and my friends gladly bought the the xbox package with kinect and it was actually pretty amazing

[@field33P]

@@azeemniazi8292 That must be you, as Microsoft more or less killed Kinect (which they wouldn't do if it was so successful)

[@vitorfernandes651]

Probably the most beautiful console ever released in the history of videogames. It looks quality. Nothing has come close to it in design. The ps3 slim was a huge drop in build quality and Looks

[@manojvarughese4337]

Their superior design came with a cost.

[@azrizakaria7891]

I respect your opinion but i kinda like the ps3 slim design more just because it has matte finish than glossy plastic

[@luviawolfhound6078]

I just remembered how cool ps3 was,its a shame i cant get it when its launched due to my financial condition.

[@desloration]

I have PS3 slim, and it's so sleek!

[@codo8584]

I disagree with that to be honest, the Sega Megadrive is my personal favourite

[@TheHyperGamerVideos]

Honestly the ps3 was a marvel of technology. The freaking military hooked a bunch of them up together and made them into a super computer server. It just sucks that Sony focused so hard to making it powerful and then didn't give game devs the information they needed to code for it. Otherwise it would have exploaded.

[@annettemaldonado3373]

It could've become the ultimate console if it wasn't so expensive (at launch) and so hard to develop for

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@annettemaldonado3373 Did you watch the video? PS3 was cheap and Sony was losing substantial money for each PS3. But of course for consumer it was expensive but Sony couldn't make it any cheaper.

[@annettemaldonado3373]

@@blugaledoh2669 Well, I definitely doesn't look cheap when you compare the price to the Xbox 360 and Wii

[@blugaledoh2669]

@Dhruv Sharma compared to the price of manufacturing it, it was.

[@BAIGAMING]

Interestingly, the PS3 became a good console late into its lifecycle. Early on, Microsoft paid a lot of JRPG developer/publishers to make exclusives for Xbox 360 only, notably Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, SO4 was temporarily exclusive, etc. so as JRPG lover I starved on the PS3 early on, but later on Microsoft found it wasn't worth it to get JRPG exclusives, so they just stopped and PS3 got massive JRPGs later on its life cycle like many Tales of games.

[@freelanceart1019]

Still can not beat Xbox 360 S and E versions.

[@baroquechevalier8516]

PS3 went out with a bang in terms of JRPGs when they released fucking Persona 5.

[@Lilbroda]

Nobody buys jrpg games

[@minners71]

I had a ps3 from day 1 and never once did I think Sony had fallen from grace.

[@mikeehrmantraut1899]

i agree it was a rough start to them and look at how the make a good comeback to PS4

[@dhrgkbqxtjr2743]

That's because you weren't the sucker who had to pay for it.

[@princegroove]

That’s loyalty, man.

[@XVNRX]

Bad start n then psn hack was so damn bad

[@FraserSouris]

The lack of games certainly did suggest to me that Sony was struggling

[@StarBoyJonesProds]

I am just seeing this video. Please keep making videos like this. The tine and effort put into this video is appreciated. The wealth of info and quality show that reall effort was put into this video. Keep up the great work. I hope you are able to do videos like this for every system. Great job again. Bless

[@th3rd3arplan3tradio]

I'm buying another Ps3. Haven't had one since 2014. I miss playing max payne 3, killzone, god of war 3, kane & lynch 2, gta 4, the list goes on.

[@ThePeanutButterCup13]

@Nickolas Schneider Honestly yeah

[@LionelMessi-jv4pb]

@@ThePeanutButterCup13 how does gow 3 suck

[@jayv8068]

@Darth Kennedy GTA IV sucks?

[@deftoner718]

Lionel Messi lol he’s wild for that one

[@dankolord]

try the Ratchet and Clank trilogy

[@MarkGrouch]

I love the little Detroit music beats👌🏼👌🏼

[@Fascistbeast]

At the end PS3 came back The Last of Us showed it’s true potential 👍

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

It's strange because I'm excited about TLOU2 , but felt part 1 was extremely overrated with very little freedom and outdated graphics that mostly didn't gel with me. And PS4 version only made It worse. Maybe technology finally caught up with It's ambition and I can appreciate the vision more clearly with part 2.

[@BigBoss7777777]

@@fawkkyutuu8851 I also thought The Last of Us was extremely overrated but I have no idea what you're talking about with the graphics. The graphics were perfectly fine for the PS3 era and well above average.

[@punctuationman334]

Fawkk YuTuu what? The last of us graphically was above average at the time. The gameplay isn’t amazing but I enjoyed it. The meat of the game comes from the story, character interaction, and the post apocalyptic environment along with unique enemies(clickers). Just played the game on ps4 pro and it was good.

[@vijayvishwa6512]

@@fawkkyutuu8851 Exactly. I played the game on my ps4 and the textures were offensively ugly. Maybe it was good for the ps3 generation.

[@Vitor.S.]

Nirvana One Lol 720p and 20 fps is considered the “true power”

[@sararichard5117]

I like how the cod games look so good because they USED THE POWER

[@brand0lakes]

Back when I played Ps3 I remember being upset that Cod: world at war looked better on Xbox 360 coming to the conclusion that I got the graphically inferior console. However, I simultaneously thought that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was best looking game for its time. This video helped me understand why lol.

[@MrSuperVikingo]

Brandon Stout Same, here. I was underwhelmed and pissed off when I started Modern Warfare 2.

[@Науэль2002]

@@MrSuperVikingo MW2 looks good on ps3 though

[@MrSuperVikingo]

Nahuel 2002.:. Yeah, it’s good but the 360 is cleaner and sharper; I have both versions.

[@Науэль2002]

@Apharmd Battler Well, just to have Blu ray movies, is an advantage over the 360...

[@theplug4981]

@@Науэль2002 imagine buying a gaming console to watch blu ray movies lol. As a gamer that literally isn't anything important. At the time 360 was the optimal gaming machine.

[@jaydenlopez8165]

This channel deserves so much more love. It’s so clear how much effort you out into these videos. This channel truly is the best place for all PlayStation news

[@isaacsteen4828]

...And to this day, my PS3 is still my most reliable and much preferred Blu Ray player

[@BlueFox284]

Truth. I've gone through 2 DVD/Blu Ray players. . .My PS3 still chugs along. I'm still playing games on it. GTA V and MGS5 still have online servers running.

[@cherifmihoub]

2020.. And The PS3 still the Best Console for me until now.

[@yassergamerksa5893]

I bought ps3 super slim 500GB in 2020

[@Dash120z]

the 360 is better

[@GrainMuncher]

Who still plays on PS3?

[@adrianenciso612]

Barack Obama meeeeeeee

[@RiGrêmioNetoo]

@@GrainMuncher I do and I have a PS4 but PS3 games are way better

[@adercader1]

“The alliance was called STI”. Well damn.

[@itzmrinyy7484]

Replace the I with a D, and you've got a helluva alliance

[@Ronan34753]

SEGA Technical Institute?

[@itzmrinyy7484]

@@OmegaRejectz it's gonna be outdated till I give some of mine to u

[@MrSuperVikingo]

ItzMrinyYo 🤣😂😭

[@chaseman94]

Subaru Technica International?

[@03chrisv]

The PS3 was a monster and definitely ahead of its time. The Cell processor was the precursor to what we consider CPU parallelization, in fact in some ways the Cell was structured like a GPU. If Sony had beat Microsoft to launch maybe third party devs would have catered to the PS3 a lot more, but that's not what happened. The 360 was generally better at third party games, but the PS3 definitely had the best looking first party games of the generation.

[@alihani1830]

Resistance: Fall of Man Ratchet & Clank Future TOD Heavenly Sword Uncharted DF MGS4 Resistance 2 MotorStorm PR LittleBigPlanet Fallout 4 So many awesome games just in the first 2 years

[@mickyfitzy13]

Ali Hani Fallout 4? Don't you mean Fallout 3?

[@alihani1830]

@@mickyfitzy13 yes 3, I'm sorry

[@mickyfitzy13]

Ali Hani it's ok, could add Elder Scrolls Oblivion too 😅

[@bimmer8602]

i like how ps3 games before 2010 had the playstation logo on the cover art of game boxes vertically with that ''spiderman" font.

[@alihani1830]

@@bimmer8602 oh yeah

[@LaRonStar]

I seriously started this video as I was walking out the house. Listened to it via bluetooth in my truck on the way to work. This was a great video even though all I did was listen to it. As a Playstation fan since day one this video makes me happy I was along for the ride. I made some great memories with the console.

[@MrSuperVikingo]

LaRonStar I do the same while driving to and from work, he’s a great narrator.

[@LaRonStar]

@@MrSuperVikingo my thoughts exactly. A podcast of sorts would be pretty cool. Unless that exist and I'm not in the know.

[@Duskets]

The 7th generation was a case of polar opposites. The Xbox 360 raced out of the gate, but a substantial hardware issue, a less than exceptional reception in Asia, and gradual diminishing of exclusive titles narrowed the gap after every year. The PS3 had a very tumultuous start, but strong support from first party developers, fortuitous adoption of Blu Ray as opposed to HD-DVD, and a commitment to delivering incredible exclusives all the way up until the end of its lifecycle definitely helped carry it over the finish line in terms of bang for buck. Jack Tretton’s commitment to 10-years of support might have seemed like a massive cope in the moment, but looking back, he definitely wasn’t wrong.

[@TJaeSpeaks]

Sony seem to have learnt their lesson from the PS3 launch. Almost a blessing in disguise it flopped so hard at launch. It humbled Sony and they are better for it now.

[@thaiboypsp3000]

TJae Speaks I agreed. I just hope Sony doesn’t take PS4’s success for granted and do the same thing again with the PS3 all over again.

[@dondraper4438]

@youre An idiot It just hit $50 a share. Should have bought in earlier to be honest.

[@ja4309]

Who still has a PS3 here?? Rise up Also hoping that I can somehow afford the PS5. Somehow

[@businessmail4929]

I actually sold my 2 ps3s (one was jailbroken and had a awesome skin on it) and I saved whole last year and was able to buy a good ass PC this Christmas. Well I build it by parts but still a PC lol Thinking of getting the xbox next year since Microsoft products are more compatible. For instance the wireless controller working with windows 10 through bluetooth which reduces quite a hassle.

[@goldandcryptonewsandupdate8199]

Joshua Ayuban I still play mine

[@businessmail4929]

@XBOXRULES I never had a xbox though nowadays i prefer it since I've got a windows PC and a xbox one s controller with bluetooth which is compatible with windows and android & iOS which us why I consider and prefer xbox. But damn dude you're some salty braindead fanboy. Just don't don't pay attention of other console players and enjoy your xbox instead. This is still about personal preference since people dont buy things based on what's worth for the money most. It's based on preference and often what you grew up with. I grew up with playstation but its meh and not my personal favourite when I grew older ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@cream_coffee6107]

I do have all Ps's Console, just waiting for Ps5

[@businessmail4929]

@XBOXRULES I'm not surprised

[@lukasfranca1292]

What I find interesting about the fact that the PS3 font is the same as the original Spider-Man trilogy, is the parallel between the two. The first one was very good, the second was even better, but the third one, while not bad, didn't have the same success as the first two, both the Playstation and the Spiderman movies.

[@rf64tchi13]

And of course, the PS3 and Spider-Man 3 shared a font for their logos...

[@spitfirelast8761]

Game developer: Alright let's do this! Let's make the best game! CEO: Cool! Game Developer: i'll start on the story line first and plot then design. CEO: That's great! While you're at it start taking this course CS699: Introduction to CELL processor(120days). Game Developer: What is this? Wait, are you serious? CEO: Yeah, that's the first one. There are 4 levels. Game Developer: What is this? What's going on here? Am i being punk'd? CEO: Yeah buddy it's real. You need to relearn our stuff. Game Developer: hang on. *calls microsoft*

[@TheSilviaGuy]

I like what you did there.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

True

[@gwinbeer]

Actual joke from Tonight Show with Jay Leno: "The CIA has suspended the search of trying to find [Al-Qaeda leader] Osama Bin Laden. They now have a new objective: trying to find a Playstation 3."

[@S1dra.]

Lmao

[@MyBoyPacks]

Damn bro I've been a subcontractor for years you even made a video of one of my topic about what game could bring the PS.VITA back from the dead. All I'm trying to say is your doing a great job and this was a great video about the PS3 . Thank you for always keeping me up to date with everything Playstation. Keep up the awesome work you've done over the years

[@aksport1720]

Thanks Ken Kutaragi and co for delivering an amazing console, packed with features highly regarded in those days. Appreciate the fact that you didn't allowed financial limitations to hinder the development of a console the way it was imagined to be.

[@agantrenown3959]

Ken Kutaragi is just plain old, and don't know what a good hardware should be. that's why ps3 was such a disaster to develop on. the reason why naughty dog and sony other studios can do so much on their game is because how big the budget was. for other studios, it's not worth the investment. xbox360 was a much better hardware and easier to develop.

[@kimnorth7060]

Honestly the documentaries you make are the best thing you do, you should do it more often

[@_afxc]

Love that your docs are objective and cleanly executed. There’s no huge segments about how “this was my favorite console and I have a special place in my heart for …” etc. Great job!

[@tinman9341]

I remember as a teen when the Sega DreamCast and the PlayStation first came out. I wanted the Gamecast and I remember Sears being out...but they had a PlayStation. Long story short, I bought the Sony and became a fan overnight. Then the PS3 came out. I returned it the following week because of lack of games for it. Now looking back, I agree that the PS3 was great. Maybe even ahead of its time.

[@tinman9341]

DC Williams I became a fan of Sony when the PS1 came out. Meaning I bought their product until the PS3 came out because I was disappointed with their lack of content.

[@KlonoaPrime]

Fucks a Gamecast

[@KenjiTech]

interesting how sony repeated some of the mistakes that sega made with the saturn: expensive hardware that is fancy and impressive but also hard to develop for so most developers did not use the hardware to its full potential or did not bother to develop for this platform alltogether the only reason this did not break sonys neck was because they had so much more money to burn

[@64bitmodels66]

and also because they didnt fuck up their game library as badly as sega did with the saturn

[@PeopleWithPlushies]

@@64bitmodels66 Naw, the Saturn library was good. Compared to other consoles at the time though, it didn’t stand a chance.

[@64bitmodels66]

@@PeopleWithPlushies the console didnt even have a mainline 3D Sonic game meanwhile the playstation 1 was completely dominating with third parties and sony crapping out masterpieces every other day

[@PeopleWithPlushies]

@@64bitmodels66 Yeah, I totally agree with that. But don’t overlook the other hidden gems the Saturn had, such as Nights Into Dreams, Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter, Burning Rangers and a lot of quality fighting ports. While there wasn’t a mainline Sonic game, Sonic Jam sorta makes up for it in some way. The PlayStation had a lot more going for it though, so it was heavily overlooked.

[@64bitmodels66]

@@PeopleWithPlushies Ehh, Daytona USA was complete garbage on saturn compared to the dreamcast, arcade version, and 360/PS3 ports. ran at like 20fps and why play virtua fighter when tekken exists plus if youre going to mention saturn gems it seems weird you wouldnt mention radiant silvergun or guardian heroes

[@HybridAngelZero]

For me personally, despite being a hardcore RPG nerd, I actually had a 360 almost a year before I owned a PS3. But once Tales of Graces f hit and brought a deluge of RPGs with it, combined with the library of PSone Classics, it eventually became my most played console of the generation

[@Merle1987]

None of the other companies ever come close for real RPGs.

[@HybridAngelZero]

@@Merle1987 I would say the Switch is probably the first non-PlayStation home console since the Super NES to really compete when it comes to RPGs. But ye, Sony was still the first place to go for the genre for over two decades

[@ryans413]

Naughty Dog I remember them saying for Uncharted 2 that they found ways to save on GPU memory and use the Cell to render graphics in some levels of the game. The Cell Broadband Engine was diffidently a powerful CPU for its time no computer was more powerful then the Cell back in the day. It’s crazy to think a game console held this much power.

[@umaryusha1678]

Yeah true

[@lilken21]

Ryan Scherbluk still very powerful ps4 isn’t even powerful enough to run ps3 games. Even PC’s barely can.

[@ronin6327]

I have to say, when I opened my ps3 on day 1 of release I must have stared at it for a minute like Patrick Bateman looking at the business cards in American Psycho. The ps3 at the launch was (at that time) the height of playstation. I was in gaming heaven. The ability to play ps1, ps2, and blu ray movies along with mgs4 was such a wonderful time. It's a shame how the way the ps3 was made would be a disaster for developers and not being backwards compatible with future games on the ps4. Given that, I have zero regrets buying one. Wonderful documentary! More like these documentaries please!

[@sumrandumguy7177]

The ps3 has free online play. It’s also simply a much more reliable console than the 360. No ring of death after only a couple years or so. The ps3, like the GameCube, is a tank; able to withstand years of use and abuse where the 360 would have stopped functioning long ago

[@twin_rks4717]

The ps3 has the red light of death

[@bloatersnake9787]

PS3 is a very tough console you have to hit it with a sledgehammer to break it whereas Xbox shatters to a hundred pieces when you drop it

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

"No ring of death after only a couple years or so." Don't lie like that. A lot of launch PS3s ended up with YLOD (including mine).

[@kylecalobtraceharper]

The ps3 especially the fats got ylod recently discovered that the nec tokin capacitors were the main cause of failure

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@bloatersnake9787 you can't find the PlayStation 3 fat that isn't yellow lighted huge problem very huge look it up

[@JDGamez15]

The development may have been difficult as hell but I'm happy the PS3 has risen up to the occasion and is doing well even these days. I've had several PS3's over the course of 9 years and I've only ever had 1 old PS3 have the yellow light of death. Every PS3 since has worked fine and now I have 3 PS3's (1 of them a friend's). It also has a great library of exclusive games that I play today.

[@zensai-gaming]

ps3 is one of my favorite consoles. still have my 60gb og system. lots of great games on it. plus you just cant beat the backwards ability to play ps1 and ps2 because they actually stuffed the ps2 system into this beast of a console.

[@Wreav]

That is the reason I git myself a series X now, cant beat 4 Generations on one system including improvements on the old games (like good old swbf2 from 2005) I liked my ps3 but the ps4 was a huge disappointment so I switched and haven't regretted it. Sad to see the guys got rid of bsckwards compatibility

[@abdul4611]

Detroit Become human music

[@unknowunknow8637]

Connor's

[@StrawberryRaine]

THANK YOU! I knew I'd heard the music before but I couldn't put my finger on it lol

[@johnpotatogaminggr900]

@THE CRAZY GUY Well that's your opinion I believe the game is amazing with an interesting and quite emotional story and the soundtracks are amazing

[@namandu9454]

@THE CRAZY GUY lol ..for you maybe ..

[@andyburton1160]

Damn only watched the intro and this looks so well pieced together keep up the Excellent work on here you really are a credit to KZbin ps world of thing only one channel I need for ps news etc.. I need looking forward to watching this later on. thank you :)

[@tigerchillyable]

Bro this guy makes high quality documentaries

[@andyburton1160]

Reallt can't fault this guys Channel at a very well researched and thought through documentary and ps news updated Great having just one place to go to that really does cover it's all

[@andyburton1160]

Watched it last night and enjoyed it loved hearing about the tech n spec side of it all more in-depth than I have ever heard before Great that he covered the Folding Home project and how people used this buy these to link them together Although am still unsure what exaclty this was all for :s lol

[@MysticRyan]

Thank you!

[@AJ72281]

Fell from grace? Well, the PS3 is my favorite system of all time up to this point.... Absolutely had a blast with that system and still do to this day.....

[@305SEGA305]

Still got my ps3 connected..💪

[@princegroove]

I don’t intend to retire my launch day 60GB PS3s, of which I own three; I just hope they don’t YLOD on me. I may have the latest PC tech and a PS4 Pro, but I’ll keep enjoying the awesome PS3 as long as it’s alive, well, and kicking tons of ass. ☝🏻

[@Vitor.S.]

Prince Groove Ur may be trying to keep it alive, but sooner or later, Sony will kill it by closing its online systems

[@princegroove]

Vitor S Unfortunately, I fear that day will come sooner than later. 😭

[@notduane7327]

@@Vitor.S. nah it won't look at ps1 it's still kicking

[@saddlesore_adventures]

Ps3 won my heart anyway. I owned xbox360 back in the day but sold it mid-cycle for PS3 and never looked back. What a great console it was. Lots of gorgeous games, and amazing backwards compatibility back in the day.

[@nsgames24]

Looking back on the 7th Generation of Gaming, its so strange that I consider it a generation that I would say, was better when it finally ended. I say that because if you think about it, all of the Big Three's had their own major problems to deal with while the gamers where in the middle of it. - Nintendo: While the original Wii sold extremely well for the company, many "hardcore" gamers saw the system as a motion controlled dust collector with mountains of shovelware and moved on to other things that caught their interest, despite a lot of great releases from both Nintendo and other companies. And on top of that, when third-parties actually did release a game on the system that was worth checking out on it (even if the game had normal controls), most third-party games didn't sell well on the system (aside from Just Dance, but I'm pretty sure that's not what most gamers are looking for, so moving on) all because of the image Nintendo put on themselves in this era. - Microsoft: While they were having a great time enjoying their success with the Xbox 360, the Red Ring had other plans for many gamers, out there and while the company definitely had the pockets to deal with it, it's something that the internet hasn't forgot about and something that Microsoft doesn't want to relive again. - Sony: (Pretty much everything Ryan said in this video), but its true. Right out of the gate, Sony was setting themselves up for failure the day they announced the official price tag of the PS3 at launch. We go from high price tag for the system (which would've hurt Sony regardless of the PS3 selling well because they wouldn't make any money back from any system sold) to features that were promised day one to developers having trouble making or porting their games onto the system to fast forward years later, the PSN hack. Then what happened the following generation? Pretty much history repeating itself.

[@fattiger6957]

Yeah, the 7th gen was like a comedy of errors. I'd like to add that the Wii is what killed the Wii U. The casuals thought the Wii U was just an addon for the Wii and they had already gotten bored with the Wii. Gamers weren't interested because it didn't have 3rd party support. 3rd party publishers avoided the Wii U because the Wii didn't sell software (the 360 and PS3 have more software sales despite selling 20 million less consoles) Nintendo's 7th gen mistake just took a little longer to catch-up with them.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

7th gen was weak In the traditional single player sense , but It's strength IMO was console online social gaming and landmark multiplayer. The system Itself was beautiful , powerful , and complex but as a gaming console It will always be a letdown to me with a weak library. If COD4 MW didn't come out and do what It did for online FPS I would've said 7th gen was easily the worst console gen since the crash. 6th , 5th , 4th , and 3rd were the greatest so far imo... with 5th gen being the outright best ever IMO.

[@MrSuperVikingo]

That generation will always be associated with M$’s shady anti-consumer tactics taking center stage; thus, history would repeat itself In 2013. Fuck the trashbox. I‘ve trusted in Sony since I got my first Sony TV and VCR as a kid in the 90’s. Sony and PlayStation for life!

[@Manic_Panic]

Xbox's real problems started in 2010. Abandoning what made them successful (simplistic console with good video games) to turn their entire focus on the Kinect. Third party devs stopped making exclusives for them since the PS3 was getting easier to develop for. First Party devs also shifted their focus to Kinect and that allowed Sony to shine with their exclusives. Still, if it wasn't for Europe, the 360 would have beaten the PS3. Then they go into the next generation and just blow it. Despite being somewhat quick to fix the horrible PR disaster that was the Xbox One presentation, the damage was already done. The console was more expensive, launched with mediocre Kinect exclusives and an underwhelming Halo 5, lost their significant market share in Europe that the 360 worked so hard for and it was starting to be known as the "900p console". Finally dropped the Kinect, developed the Xbox One X (albeit a tad too late) and added backwards compatibility. Then they mess it up again by announcing "Play Anywhere" which basically meant no more exclusives for the Xbox One. It's a pro consumer move but I think in the end it ended up hurting the Xbox brand more than it did good. All this while Sony stood its ground for this entire generation with pretty much no mistakes besides the crossplay drama. I guess MS kinda gave up at this point and it's when they started pushing hard for services and streaming. Acquiring studios to constantly develop low effort mobile games to dump on Gamepass, focusing on xCloud, etc. 2010 was the beggining of the end for Xbox. The company took a massive dump on the traditional console player in favor of the mobile casual.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@@Manic_Panic Don't forget Titanfall flopped In a sense , which was supposed to be their killer app that would replicate COD's breakout FPS success all over again and give them an easy entry Into next gen sales from what was the biggest genre. Monsters like the cocaine level addiction COD franchise , or GTA franchise only come around once In a great while. Sony keeps creating and neevr just leaning on the multiplat 800 pound gorillas , they understand how Important hardcore exclusives and establishing franchises over time are and they protect their brand.

[@aliendin9373]

I grew up with the ps3, and I am so happy for it. Ps3 had the perfect mix of fun singleplayer and multiplayer games. Playing games like Uncharted, Infamous and Ratchet and Clank were fun while playing cod zombies with my family and friends was also really fun. The ps4 isnt anywhere near the ps3, even when it comes to library. Ps3 had some dissapointing games like The Last of Us, but was overall the best console ever imo.

[@vladscarkovskis8845]

Why was Last of Us dissapointing for you?

[@Jonnyd05]

Got to admit that cell processor is a beast and would beat modern cpus , also last gen in processor power

[@BlitzvogelMobius]

In simplified terms, Cell is just a glorified vector processor with a relatively simple PowerPC based processor core at the head (the PPE) with a bunch of semi-independent vector processors tied to it (the SPEs). The SPEs themselves were akin to the capabilities found in VMX vector processing units on the PPE core and other PowerPC based processors, but lacked the more robust set of capabilities found in an actual general CPU core like branch prediction. Functionally they still required a command core of sorts (the PPE) to organize, orchestrate, and synchronize their processes and heavy developer focus on hand tuning memory control. The secret sauce in Cell was not just the ability to theoretically produce it's massive vector floating performance, but to actually get near it by having the prerequisite architecture to allow such a high flow rate of data in and out of the SPEs. Doing it in such a relatively affordable package with a reasonable number of transistors for the time was nothing short of breathtaking, but it was only doable at the cost of more traditional forms of processing. Outside of math heavy operations, even single core Athlon 64s, Pentium 4s and PowerPC 970s would eat Cell for lunch, but they were not designed for specifically high vector performance as needed for a game console (graphics, physics, sound, animation, etc) within a reasonably small affordable package. All the Cell equipped servers IBM designed still used some kind of general processor like an AMD Opteron with the Cell acting as an "accelerator" because the PPE was not good enough in this regard. What is interesting in relation to that is IBM taking the PPE core which they developed for the Cell, and used it to make the Xenon CPU in the 360, using three PPE cores instead of one and ditching the SPEs. While the PPE's branch prediction, load/store, integer capabilities were still well under that of the previously mentioned general single core CPUs, the Xenon with 3x PPEs was much better equipped to handle a more PC like processing environment, and therefor easier for developers to grasp, while still retaining the blistering vector performance that the on-PPE VMX unit provided, esp since the PPE core was designed for 3.2 GHz - much faster than Athlon 64s and PowerPC 970s in 2005. Infact the VMX on Xenon was modified with expanded capabilities that are not found on the PPE in Cell, like the ability to be accessed by both PPE hardware threads. Having that vector performance on the CPU core itself is easier for developers. Xenon could still do a bunch of the broadband data flow capabilities directly into the VMX units that could be done with Cell's SPEs too. You also need to consider that PS3 was sort of a Frankenstein's monster when looking at the total system config. There were many design changes as Sony started to realize how technically limited the Cell really was in alot of ways. Sony first dabbled into using two Cells for all computing + rendering, then looking into using a Cell based GPU (SPEs coupled to Texture Units and ROPS). Sony realized that an actual GPU made by a company whose main product was GPUs (Nvidia) would be a better solution (cheaper and readily available), though the RSX is basically just a cut down Geforce 7800GTX. The addition of a proper GPU and Microsoft doubling the 360's memory to 512 MB would force Sony to add the additional VRAM so the PS3 too would have 512 MB total (256 MB XDR DRAM + 256 MB GDDR3 VRAM). The RSX needed fast memory access and going through the Flex IO to the XDR DRAM, while available, was slower than using the dedicated pool of GDDR3 VRAM. The Xenos GPU in the 360 was much more advanced (unified) and appeared a full year earlier, though to be fair the 7800GTX had been available in summer of 2005.

[@KadeemG61]

I had fond memories with the PS3 and even though they made great games like Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, God of War 3, The Last Of Us, and more, I think the lack of innovation, the infamous Sony E3 2006 presentation, the infuriating $599.00 price (the 360 was $200.00 less than the PS3 at that time) and the PSN hacking scandal of 2011 hurt the PS3’s diminishing sales and lost to the dominance of the XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii.

[@ashleythomas4112]

Hurt PS3's diminishing sale? You do realise PS3 outsold 360 despite a year less on the market right?

[@shoaibzafar5663]

The vision of kutaragi on creating a design or architecture for a chip that support multi threading of way was ahead its time . The SPE and PPE for sequential and parallel processing cores was actually hardware based tools that could more complex realtime computations like physics simulation. The case of astro physicist that clustered ps3s as a mini server farm for crunching those realtime simulation clearly explains that vision of kutaragi was actually was to design one hell of a chip that can do everything from gameing to sciencetific simulations 🔥

[@Lupo32]

Still play mine in 2019 Or what's left of 2019 .

[@mark030a]

Me as well...me as well.......... (add me my PSN id is Markregamer I'm really lonely lmao)

[@MrRubberduck645]

Playing through the Jak HD collection right now.

[@myyt7590]

@@mark030a what games do you have ?

[@mark030a]

@@myyt7590 Way too fucking much, lol (over 40 games, that I can guarantee, I can send you a list over PSN chat if you'd like)

[@AUBCodeII]

2020

[@lordcbh]

The PS3 is easily my favorite game system of all time. The rocky start gave way to a stellar last half. I still play my PS2 compatible one today and it still has a permanent spot in one of my HDMI ports.

[@AmeenAltajer]

As somebody who've programmed for the CELL processor, I really loved this video, superb work.

[@killahkyle9113]

You do amazing documentaries I can imagine how much work in time you put into it but on the other hand thank you very much I enjoy the PF3 is my favorite playstation consul could that worth to underrated

[@babyfudge]

What an awesome documentary! I look forward to these. Still have my original release day 60GB PS3 and I will never let it go. Too many memories and a great library of games

[@caidenmerritt1930]

this console was my childhood i played bo2, lbp, lord of the rings conquest, warhawk, batman arkham city, portal, journey, rayman, limbo, bad company, battlefield 1943, motorstorm, sonic, gran turismo, and more. loved playing this thing with my brothers

[@matthewtheobald1231]

Every time they say cell Cell: "absolute perfection"

[@mark030a]

@maltese 84 Well, they did it their way.

[@VegitoBlackk]

same thought

[@kyoki86]

But the ps3 won in the end which continues today

[@stinkynacho2362]

I mean, I hate to be THAT guy, but the Wii actually won lol.

[@wolfgangvonhertzen9820]

I really dont know why MS dropped full support of X360 so early as they did. PS3 grew their momentum towards end and that was part of PS4 success.

[@stinkynacho2362]

@Voytron I’ve seen plenty of people do it lol. If people compare the Switch to PS4 and XB1 (and they do a LOT), then why not compare the 360 and PS3 to the Wii? Lol. And if we’re talking in actual terms, the PS3 just BARELY beat the Xbox 360. If Microsoft didn’t pull support of the 360 early, it may have been a different story.

[@adambanon3263]

@@stinkynacho2362 they pulled support early, but they also started a year earlier

[@stinkynacho2362]

@Retendo While that may be true, how does that change the fact that the Wii won? If I was to say the PS4 is overrated anyway (which is an opinion, same as what you said with the Wii. Not a fact), then that means I could say Xbox One won this generation, which is completely false. Like bruh, it doesn’t matter if the system was overrated. IT WON 😂 And the Wii was great! What are you talking about? 😂😂😂