The PS5 is out! Time to buy a used PS3 - (PS3 in 2021)

The PS3, right now, in 2021, is a bargain. An absolute steal. It can play three different generations of games, PSP games, it is a capable media device, including apps like KZbin, Twitch, Netflix and Amazon Prime video and, if hacked, does only become better and better. So sit back, relax, and enjoy my recap of all that makes the PS3 so great in 2021. Especially if you get to pay it 30$ like I did.
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[@olizelda]

My ex's parents got me a Ps3 when we were together and it's probably the best thing I got from that relationship

[@flareblitz2466]

Legendary comment

[@f4micom]

Fun fact: this is my first video edited and rendered on Final Cut Pro. I am finally abandoning that spaghetti-code mess called Vegas Pro.

[@ITzTravelInTime]

Nice, i reccommend you to try and memoryze some keyboard shortcuts to get up to speed with editing, using just the mouse takes way too long

[@idc128]

Hi from Reddit

[@MatiEP09]

Nice!

[@strykah92]

It’s always refreshing to see new people getting into the PS3, and it’s ‘all-purpose’ nature is something I really miss on newer consoles. It’s crazy that you managed to get one with some games for €25, the console alone is usually at least £40 here in the UK! Also, your dry humour throughout the video was brilliant. Especially the WordArt joke. You’ve earned my sub.

[@charlottearanea7507]

Wait how do I turn it into a rocket ship?? But seriously I've been thinking of getting in on the PS3 and this sold me on it lol

[@f4micom]

You have to be near NASA, in Washington, and press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X and finally O I swear it works my cousin did it probably

[@boogaboom]

Proud owner of a modded PS3 as well. You didn't mention emulators! With Retroarch you can use your PS3 to play practically every 8 bit, 16bit console, arcade and so forth. I play NES, SNES, GB, GBC and GBA on mine and it also has them sweeeet CRT shaders. Anyway, just subscribed :)

[@GrianyBunch]

What is a emulator?

[@XPimKossibleX]

Even has 480i/480p composite/ponent out! with a gbs-c you have beautiful 240p coming out of the little boy

[@doitallYT]

Don't tell Sony, if you use PS3xPAD you can add support for Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers on your PS3 🤫 I experienced a tad bit of input lag when I tried it, but for the laugh I got it was well worth it 😁👍 Excellent video, I learned quite a bit! The region free blueray had never crossed my mind, good stuff!

[@Bruhmaster9000]

I have owned three ps3’s in my lifetime. I sold the first two as I was still a foolish c h I l d but I recently picked up a slim to finish off my PlayStation collection. Genuinely the PS3 is an insane console, it’s hard to wrap your head around that this console came out in like 2006. I wish I could have picked up a PS3 Fat for the PS2 compatibility, but I ended up getting a PS2 Fat right before I picked up a PS3 slim. I will say the controllers are usually pretty crusty these days, the one that came with mine was COVERED in the most disgusting v I l e SLIME that I still haven’t completely gotten off. I’ve used so much isopropyl trying to disinfect that DualShock and the fact I can’t get an original DualShock without playing Russian roulette with the eBay algorithm is annoying. But in all seriousness, this is one of the best consoles ever released. The console exclusives are fantastic, and it’s in that absolute sweet spot where we have an insane amount of resources for (like mentioned) emulation and hacking. For 50-150 bucks this is a hell of a console to pick up if your interested in a dedicated emulation machine or classic Sony exclusives.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Thank you for furnishing the aftermarket with two PS3s, your generosity has helped people like me hop on board retro PS3 collecting with the supply of cheap consoles and games. 😇

[@12pkTommy]

Very informative, entertaining, humorous and well edited video! I already knew most of this stuff, but still enjoyed watching you put it all together together in one short video. And I would definitely love to see a PlayTV vid if you ever get around to making one!

[@KyleYoung2012]

I absolutely love the ps3 I still play it to this day and I always recommend it because of the great library and the fact is it's easily mobile like you said

[@lucymorrison]

Another use for PlayStation 3: it serves as an amazing music player! It can read all different types of music files, categorise them into playlists and it even has a cool visualiser effect for music, you can also play music while in a game!

[@GrianyBunch]

Spotify doesn’t work anymore....😭

[@lucymorrison]

@@GrianyBunch good.

[@99percent_]

You just sold the ps3 to me, tbh. Once I get a stable place to live, I'm gonna get one

[@mozi7987]

We need an update. Did you get a stable place?

[@unamelable256]

When f4mi tell everything that that uber-media combine could do. Its actually sound like Xbox One tried to be but miserably failed. And the fact that many media serviced works fine with PS3 im genually wanna buy it for my Dad. Just because our smart tv (from 2012) cannot open KZbin anymore. Even Netflix

[@FullaEels]

2024, absolutely agree. found a ps3 in the trash basically at my work, cleaned it up, took it home and slapped a spare 1tb ssd i had, works a charm. helps that the games for it are dirt cheap atm

[@skymin]

i picked up a busted original PS2-compatible PS3 from a coworker for $20 in 2020, fixed it up somehow, and sold it off a few months later (because i thought it would YLOD any day - it was a little unstable lol) and used the profit to pick up a 120gb blue super slim, and as of now the PS3 is my tv media center, music library, and all around fav console

[@TheCerpinTaxt]

Eyy, thanks for upload a new video, i really like your content and the way you make your videos, i hope you are doing well, greetings from México

[@f4micom]

Hey! Thanks a lot! I'm doing great :) I hope you are doing well too!

[@XylitoI]

Alright, I definitely need to pause this video to catch Mitsuyoshi singing karaoke to his own Daytona USA songs, be right back.

[@XylitoI]

Woah, I never knew that amazing studio recording of Let's Go Away was recorded for the promotion of the digital rerelease, I thought it was just a nice treat for the Internet. You learn something new every day!

[@Alex_dlc]

The best and most important reason to own a PS3 is to be able to play Portal and Portal 2, at least for people that don’t have PCs. I still hope they make a Portal remaster or something for current gen consoles.

[@CritikalJari]

Also if you havent play the Ratchet and Clank ps3 games as they are fantastic especially A Crack In Time

[@oil_moon]

I still get my PS3 out when I fancy a game of Tekken 5 DR or Divekick. Oh, and Super Stardust HD - that was the first PS3 game I ever saw running on an HD tv (back when they weren't common) and it blew my mind.

[@96Houndoom]

I'll take 1 playTV video please

[@amzy1496]

How did you manage to mod a super slim ps3?

[@RetroMoments]

Awesome video! I'm also using my PS3 for PS1, PS2 and PS3 games. I have no interested in PS5 yet since there's so many games I didnt play on PS3. I also think the graphics are great but that might be me used to retro games haha. Half in toThe Last of Us now :)

[@YaGirlZero]

I bought a WiiU recently (stronger wii/GCN for around the same price that can also play WiiU games)

[@YaGirlZero]

Around the same price of a Wii, not a GCN

[@AmirZaimMohdZaini]

Currently I have my PS3 superslim and then my younger brother wants PS3 superslim as well. Will find the new/used unmodified ones in local market. And oh...at first glance I hear the accent that something like Indian accent but slightly different.

[@scottmurray1525]

Hope to see something on the PSTV soon. Grabbed one shortly after it was discontinued, cool little console not a lot of people even know about.

[@magnvs_]

25€ for that? Wow, that really is a steal. Even here in France it's not that cheap. Most people would sell it for 50€.

[@f4micom]

ps3s here can usually be found for 30-50€, but I got a great deal on this one ^^

[@anothervoyager9654]

​@@f4micom​ I bought a 500gb super slim with a controller practically unused for 50e, couldn't be happier, what an awesome console. Here in europe less than 50e are usually faulty at something or broken.

[@justasleebylilguylittlesle1496]

I would honestly be really interested in that PlayTV video if that's something you can ever get around to, and as a person who only had a PS2, I legitimately had no idea about ...most of this, honestly. I'm a bit late, overall, but I'm definitely going to try my luck with this, because ... wow. Totally worth it. I mean there are so many games I want to play, and the versatility is just insane.

[@LoveBbyJay]

please do the PS3-tv addon video!!!! also I love this so much!

[@user-gj1lb6xp3t]

I recently picked one up for $25 at a thrift store, it's an awesome console

[@negritoojosclaros]

What a nice vid!!

[@mimimimeow]

If you could source a 45nm CECH-21/2500 Slim PS3, you should make a 2024 edition video because GPU and VRAM overclocking is now a thing! Some managed to overclock to 1GHz!

[@harrisonfackrell]

PS3 controllers tend to break in *really* weird ways, because all of its buttons are fully analog. Which is absolutely insane.

[@bombjack1984]

PS3 is still my main gaming system, seeing off a PS4, PS5, Series X and PC over the years. As well as installing CFW, I'd recommend installing an SSD (makes a big difference overall, don't listen to the doubters, they're wrong), and if you have a Slim model (not Fat or Super Slim), looking into GPU overclocking. Be careful with the last one as you can brick your PS3 if you go too far, but it also makes a big difference if your machine is capable.

[@queefcheif9306]

really appreciate the obligatory anime waifu figure during the ps3 glamor shots

[@matt4193]

have you played From Soft's magnum opus on the Playstation Triple? Yeah I'm talking about 3D DOT GAME HEROES. check out the european version either disc or digital since it has an europe-exclusive update that fixes some loading bugs and whatnot.

[@Fighter_Builder]

Somehow managed to snag a working fat ps3 for 15 bucks recently and it's easily of my favorite game consoles. Kinda wish I got one sooner ngl

[@GrianyBunch]

I was already so scared of hacking my PS3 that now knowing you can get banned from PSN and banned in your country is exactly why it made me scared in the first place, I don’t want to risk it, i didn’t and don’t know what could happen and if it’s bad to the point of getting banned from PSN...god even my PS3’s Time thing I have to sign in and the time thing always shows up I don’t wanna mess around. Technically I need to remove the Time thingy and replace it by opening the PS3 up...but no way I am risking that! ...i don’t know what to do!

[@XPimKossibleX]

If you want to play Crazy Taxi with the original soundtrack, all you need to copy in the original sound files, renamed to the new ones. Luckily the PC mod for restoring the game has all of these renamed sound files inside it!

[@Bort_86]

I just realized I still have one of those here (I got it even cheaper, as a friend got rid of it and gave it to me for free) and yeah, I think I am gonna set it up. Finally something relatively recent I could still connect to my CRT!

[@WalrusStu]

Nice vid! I have a backwards compatible fat PS3 and I love it to death.

[@emilianovillarruelhernande343]

Sounds nicer to own it when you put it this way but my ps3 keeps collecting dust, after I finished my metal gear phase I’ve had almost no use for It, I just found it much better to use any other device to do its job and I kinda regret buying it but mine was like 90 and I just have a cheap 3rd party controller cause the one it came worked pretty poorly. Maybe I should give it another try

[@Alex_dlc]

I personally hate the design of that Super Slim PS3, that plastic sliding disc cover makes me want to scream and vomit at the same time. Ew.

[@queefcheif9306]

fuck i should get a ps3 now that im the targeted age group for the console and before it loses internet connection

[@dymardo_]

PS3s are too expensive in Spain. Beat up ones can be seen for 50-60€ on eBay or more. I once saw three for 20-30€ each at a local flea market, but I don't trust buying a FAT version at a place like that and find that it's dead when I come home. Those have overheating problems like FAT Xbox 360.

[@athanagames]

it's been a while but i still really want the playTV video

[@VandelayIndustries1982]

Just discovered your channel and I'm watching every video. Love your content so far! Awesome. I also love famicom and pirate carts.

[@Carcosahead]

Jokes on you, I already bought a PS2 HAHAHAHAHAHandInowneedaPS3fuck!

[@tartarold]

there is a misunderstanding when you mentioned play tv not working in the uk due to DVB T2 as DVB T is still used for most SD UK tv broadcasts

[@accountid9681]

Every PS3 exclusive that I like already works on RPCS3, but I might get one anyways to mod it.

[@Zulf85]

I own my gf's late dad's PS3. I'm very careful with it. I play so much Project Diva...too much Project Diva. I need to make the most of it lmao

[@arbi9506]

It's a steal... but the controllers are shit. We're at the stage where the small bit of foam in every PS3 controller that ties the whole thing together is degrading, so sometimes it'll start spazzing out. If you play fighting games this is a big deal.

[@piotyrholbion]

I have a american backward compatible that I had a friend delid so it runs cooler. All 3 original playstation gens in one console plus a blu ray player, so good!

[@theautomaticfiend]

The original ps3 is the greatest console ever made and nobody can convince me otherwise.

[@nuclearbiologist]

I really hope my model of ps3 can be hacked cuz ive been craving some little big planet and that'd be a fun project to hack it and play it

[@guywiththetaco]

PS2 emulation is tempting HMMMMM

[@f4micom]

it's honestly one of my favourite PS3 CFW features, since it lets me play a big part of my playstation library and only keep my PS3 plugged in

[@guywiththetaco]

@@f4micom i wish i had known about it before i went out and bought the tomb raider and prince of persia trilogies 😭

[@perpetualcollapse]

That’s what I was thinking recently lol

[@f4micom]

I think it's also mostly the same for Xbox 360 but it being less hackable and less capable as a media player gives the "budget console crown" to the ps3 tbh

[@ZxLayER]

Move games ( esp gun games) they’re the best. Better than wii and Xbox 360

[@TerenceA72]

I have a Play TV dongle in the UK, Still works fine :)

[@seeblu]

I haven't checked if you have or haven't yet but I really hope that you did go ahead and make that PlayTV video.

[@ComeAlongFriend]

Fun fact, I’m from the UK and play TV still works with a digital arial :)

[@sumbigboi4386]

5:18 this is also possible if you have a modded ps2. Use elflauncher to copy ps1 memcard saves to pc, and convert them to .psv which is what the ps3 uses i believe. Was able to convert a ps3 save to a ps1 memcard that way

[@xX2kawaii4uXx]

Fuck I'm so happy you showed some love to Daytona USA

[@FoundOasis]

Just wait for rpsc 3 to get better

[@RosalinaSama]

damn u really got me up ready to skip the sponsored bit lmao

[@Alex-vz2qk]

God I would love to import Initial D extreme stage, but my 15€ PS3 have a broken optical drive. Quindi PlayTV usa il DVB-T ancora attivo in Italia? Potrebbe essere interessante.

[@f4micom]

You can do three things: either replace the drive (you can find spare drives for cheap on eBay). backup the imported game on another PS3 and transfer the files over to your own (modded) PS3 to run it from the hard drive, or if the game is downloadable from the Japanese PSN, you can also make a japanese account and download it from there Also, yes, Italy is still using DVB-T for now and PlayTV does work, but it's in the process of transitioning to DVB-T2, so you should check when your specific region will shut down the "normal" DVB-T signal as that varies depending on your area

[@ian3109]

Ahhhh i really wish i could buy a ps3 but im even more broke than you

[@yermides]

11:20 you can patch the music with a pkg, so that's even more reasons to do cfw on it really :)

[@DE23]

How did you get a PS3 so cheap a quick browse on eBay shows a lot more

[@TTV_TOMTISM]

i have a late generation ps3 with a honking huge HDD in it. time to transform it

[@iraptor5504]

i want to see the PLAY TV on the PS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ShuAsphalt]

I got one for only €15 and hacked it! its nearly better then a modded wiiu 😅

[@arctis_shark]

I got a ps3 super slim for FREE from one of my neighbours

[@gamesnstuff_x]

25 euros that's crazy 😱

[@muffinposter]

I have 3 PS3 consoles all in need of cleaning. I don’t even have the tools to open them…

[@megustalapizzaxd2463]

ngl i bought it to play dantes inferno lol and now im addicted to hack n slash games

[@backon2227]

i got a white ps3 from japan for 140 dollars

[@lostwheat5806]

Literally the only way to play MGS4

[@ishashka]

It's the only console that runs all the canon Metal Gear games (including the MSX2 titles which are included in MGS3). The only one missing is Portable Ops, but IIRC Kojima wasn't involved in that, so I consider it semi-canon. That's the main reason I bought a PS3 from my friend recently, in case I wanted to replay any of them Metal Gears. But idk if I'll ever have time for that, and the controller is broken, so it's sitting in a box for now. I'm thinking of getting into collecting anime blurays, so at least it'll be useful for that

[@onstageoffstage]

Why the hell don't you have more views. Start a patreon mate

[@greenhillnerdnew8148]

play\ do a video on sonic the figters if you dare>

[@magooskee]

How about a phat for 10$ AUD?

[@SireEvalish]

Looking at this in 2024 is kinda weird. RPCS3 has reached a point where many of the games you would want to play can be emulated using a PC at higher resolutions and frame rates than the original console. The blu ray player also occasionally has issues with newer discs due to changes in DRM.

[@bombjack1984]

PS3 emulation needs a fairly beefy PC though, that costs many many times what a used PS3 does. Also missing the point, which is highlighting the PS3's all-round capabilities, not just its own library.

[@AndreasJordanidis]

ah yes, the piss3

[@Rick_Makes]

I never knew about that USB memory card adapter I'm going to have to try and find one because I use my PS3 mainly for playing my PS1 games. I'm learning stuff with every video you post lately. Also woohoo I'm in the video :p

[@LiEnby]

It's also one of the easiest ways to install freemcboot on ps2

[@ScarLeRenard]

Why are you lining up your surround set on your desk ?

[@matt4193]

i want hte play tv thingie video

[@xTHETRINCHOx]

THX!!! New ideas for my ps3

[@Mazzancolla]

I really like you videos and i'm glad i discovered your channel but sometimes while you speak it sounds like you're about to burst into tears lol

[@Mazzancolla]

7:20 I think this is a good example

[@LiEnby]

Didn't know you could change the region of the dvd and Blu ray playback. That's neat

[@matthewblack2379]

TV play where?

[@SpaceshipMansions]

CFW is the way to go ;^)

[@thesaltgodfgc212]

I cried when I had to sell my ps3 slim because not only was it my stepdad's from my mom for Christmas in 09 before he passed it down to me once he got the white ps4, I knew how good it was and I knew getting another GEN ONE PS3 SLIM WITHOUT a yellow light of death wasn't gonna happen for a long time... When that hard drive finally died, a decade later, I upgraded it with a spare pc drive during my computer class before having to sell it due to hard times 3 years later... But this video made me realize that I can say fuck it, grab any model, and be juuust fiiine.

[@MrSpeedfox]

On Play-TV: It should still work in the UK, but you just won't be able to receive all channels because we run a mix of DVB-T and DVB-T2 transmitters. The one country where I can tell you it won't work at all is Croatia, where they have actually gone full DVB-T2. I know this because I helped a friend over there "fix" their old CRT TV by getting them a new DVB-T2 box. I then brought their old DVB-T box back to the UK and it could pick up some stuff. It was at least 30 channels, but I didn't bother counting.

[@dirant7713]

Buying a used console in Italy = FIFA. I bought a used PS3 back in 2015 and I got the same two copies of FIFA along with other games (I was lucky enough to get Deamons Souls tho).

[@rgracing4109]

The fact that you can use the tv remote to pause a movie playing on the ps3 explains why mine turns on every time i turn on the TV (Btw the fully backwards compatible ps3s are getting Frankenstein hacked together with more reliable processors and you can fet them on eBay with the name "Frankie mod" but you probably already knew that)

[@CosmicScaleFactor]

I used to have PlayTV and it was great. It should still work fine in the UK. We only use DVB-T2 for HD broadcasts. SD broadcasts still uses the older DVB-T. We don't even have that many HD channels on Freeview and the ones we do have are still available in SD.

[@Illusca]

so funnily enough i'm in the UK and I actually regually used playTV until fairly recently because for recording tv programs it was the smoothest experience so even though it doesn't work for the HD channels it does still work for the standard definition channels as they still use the DVB-T standard even now

[@NotReallyHifumiTakimoto]

I've got one of these too, the only problem is both my controllers have issues (one of them has a weird left stick, the other has inconsistent buttons)

[@f4micom]

There are some really useful tutorials here on youtube that can help you fix those issues if you are comfortable with tearing apart the controllers, that's what I did and I managed to fix it up ^^

[@NotReallyHifumiTakimoto]

@@f4micom Also, fun fact about my PS3: back in 2015, it got fried by a lightning strike and I only got it back in January this year

[@HUYI1]

that jingle intro is super Mario world! hope anyone can confirm! glad she is enjoying her cfw ps3 THO 😁😁

[@oakisap]

I’m getting a PS3 this weekend! I’m just.. worried that it’s a bad decision now that the ps5’s out. But i don’t want a PS5! :)

[@glenng8787]

👍