Why PS3 Still Has 2 Million Users

[@_techspark_]

Correction - Playing online using a jailbroken console is not safe. You can get banned for connecting to PSN.

[@Ssebyt12]

who told u this joke?

[@oldzorg7582]

So this is correct or not? ​@@Ssebyt12

[@Ssebyt12]

@@oldzorg7582 well i saw jailbreak players on gtao etc and never got banned

[@ben-tol]

nopeeee 😂

[@Ssebyt12]

@@ben-tol 50/50

[@imtiazalam724]

charging people to play online should be a crime

[@abrahamabdul1160]

Man seriously 😒 it's just not fair. It's sad

[@senseiii3986]

How else do they maintain the server?

[@senseiii3986]

We were very lucky to exist in a time where PS3 had free online multiplayer. Shit isn't quite as simple nowadays :/

[@firzokkhan6443]

@@senseiii3986 Sony only maintains PSN servers hence when one buys a game from PSN 30 percent of the cut is handed over to Sony by the publisher of any respective game which should cover the cost and net them a profit on top of that while game servers are maintained by the publishers of the respective game and Sony does not maintain those servers.

[@ghalilahloumimiseconde3771]

​@senseiii3986 developers and sony we spend many $ on games. Sony takes 35% of every digital purchase in ps store.

[@MissinNo]

I still have my PS3 hooked up next to my PS5. I actually use it more than my PS5.

[@pepsidude8919]

Same here. I actually still use my main PS3 every so often and I still use my PS5 a lot as well. I actually have two PS3 systems hooked up to my TV. One PS3 that I have is one of the PS3 Slim models which I use as my main PS3 for playing PS3 games with, and the other PS3 that I have hooked up to the TV is one of the original launch models which is backwards compatible with PS2 games too.

[@HavelsRing96]

Same my PS3 is running cfw so I mostly play PS1 and PS2

[@M.sami12]

Hell yeah. Me too.

[@Promamn1]

Me too and I skipped the whole ps4 generation

[@christianhenry4173]

I use mine for trophy haunting

[@DeadPiixxel]

7th Gen is peak gaming PS3 is my favorite console

[@threefiveseven]

My favorites are #1 360, then ps3, PS2.

[@MdAnan8536]

For real

[@dzdogg]

Still playing my PS3

[@pepsidude8919]

Same here!

[@thebulldozer9198]

Me too. Amazing console and can also play PS1 and PS2 games if you have the original model.

[@FTC_Modding]

Just got A PS3 recently!

[@pepsidude8919]

@@FTC_Modding I have a PS3 myself too! In fact, I actually still have two working PS3 systems so far for the time being! I have a PS3 Slim model which I use as my main PS3 and all, and the other PS3 that I have is one of the original launch models with PS2 backwards compatibility as well.

[@BeanVirtualEngineering]

Me too

[@ghalilahloumimiseconde3771]

Charging people to backup their saved data (ps5 games) and to play online should be illegal. Imagine European Union does the same thing to sony (remember when they forced apple with usb c and to add the ability to use others stores other than apple store)

[@ross3695_basedhax]

I always wonder how sony and Nintendo get away with charging you to connect one box to another AFTER they sold it to you wtf

[@ross3695_basedhax]

and not give any of it to the publishers actually hosting the server

[@ghalilahloumimiseconde3771]

@@ross3695_basedhax yeah , I hope sony will experience the same thing as apple experienced with EU.

[@sush4nz1...74]

The Universal USB C thing was not just for the convinience, it was just so there would end up being less waste. Its not like they were specifically poing at apple and they would have gotten away if it werent for it.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

@@ghalilahloumimiseconde3771 The PSN backup requirement for PlayStation 5 was removed several updates ago, the option to backup everything to a usb flash drive has existed for quite a while now

[@therealdomingo]

Hooking up my ps3 slim tonight

[@pepsidude8919]

I still have a PS3 Slim myself too which is already 13 years old now and it stills works pretty well so far after all these years!

[@dlcgamer2019]

Playing GTA IV is the sole reason I play Ps3.

[@李乐-p6y]

我的第二个原因是rdr1

[@le4-677]

You can play at 60 fps on a series s though

[@kevinrosario2729]

​@le4-677 Problem with playing GTA IV on Series S is that some of the songs have been removed and there's a game breaking glitch at the last mission where you can't enter the helicopter needed to finish the game

[@hellohello285]

The PS3 had better games than we have today. For example, Resistance trilogy, Killzone 2 and 3.

[@MCharlesPainting]

Just wondering: why do you like those games so much? Story or gameplay or other reasons?

[@threefiveseven]

@@MCharlesPainting gameplay

[@AaronBiswas]

Not only ps3 games but we could play ps2 games natively on ps3 so that just makes it have more games than any other playstation console.

[@pbear7304]

Infamous 1 and 2 were bangers as well. And don't forget Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction and A Clank in Time, awesome platformers that I play till this day.

[@hellohello285]

@@MCharlesPainting Resistance 2 had everything. Story, gameplay and multiplayer was really fun to play.

[@zoltanszabo5868]

Too many games that never got ported to other platforms. While the library was not as insane as a PS2, it still has a huge number of great A/B/C-tier games literally locked to the platform.

[@MCharlesPainting]

I'm upset it didn't get more PS2 games. However, as I move to PS4, I'm upset so many games are locked to PS3, haha. PS3 has a truly great library. If you like the PS library more than Xbox/Nintendo/SEGA, etc., it's likely the best ever. PSP is also great, but the gameplay is not nearly as good due to hardware, though it's portable and looks decent due to tiny screen size, and plays disc movies! Amazing little thing, but it's costly now and difficult to find really high-quality PSP consoles, sadly. I really wanted more PS2 and PS3 remasters and remakes on PS4, or just ports. That time has passed, and we are unlikely to see much of that on PS5, too. Other than all the Call of Duty and Resident remakes, of course. PS3 is literally a device 'between generations'. Beyond PS2 and below PS4 in terms of library of games and graphics and controls, etc. It's really great, but sadly lacking a little -- which is reasonable. It still has like 2,000 games to offer, some of which are PS3-only! I use PS3 most of the time and have since about 2017, as it's my DVD/Blu-ray player, too. I also used it for KZbin, but that app seems broken now, at least for me. I used to play online for free, too, which was nice. Online severs bad nowadays, though, for many games. They now focus on PS4 and PS5 severs. Even some PS4 online games are trash. It only takes 3 years for Call of Duty severs to be filled with hackers and the games to be unplayable. That's one of the things I hate most about such online games. I'll tell you a little secret: if Call of Duty 4 had flawless severs (no lobby hackers, etc.) forever on Xbox 360, I'd likely be playing nothing else, or not much else! I know millions of people still want to play those older CoD games but are forced to move on. I know they made a remastered version, but no nowhere near as good and has its own hacker problems, too. But, it was very popular for a few years. I'm just depressed at gaming at this point, so I refuse to go online for anything, ever. I'm going to try play everything offline. Any online game I want or want to keep playing, I just accept the reality and move on. This is true for PS3 and PS4. (I won't ever be buying PS5, I assume.)

[@Omega-jg4oq]

Not having Sonic unleashed in Pc is Absolute crime

[@Larry]

The games are also super cheap to buy, you can pick up PS3 games for pennies in some used game stores. Also, no installation times! Stick the disc in, boom, instant game!!!

[@adrenaliner91]

Some games forced installation, like Yakuza 3. And some installations were optional. It's better to have an option imo. The 360 did it right with installing any full game as an option, better for the disc drive.

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Got a Fat Lady gen1. Plays all ps1,ps2,ps3 games. Just stick in the disc and off you. No BS subscriptions, pay to plays etc..etc

[@dutchgamer842]

@@adrenaliner91Well the PS3 also uses Blu-ray, the Xbox 360 doesn't

[@adrenaliner91]

@@dutchgamer842 I know.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Partially true. Many games require to install data, from 100mb to even 6gb (Rage by ID Software), and I remember Gran Turismo 5 had a huge optional install file. And many games aren't cheap. Take for example the Spider-Man games, like Web of Shadows, Shattered Dimentions and Edge of Time, they cost a lot!

[@Alex-ng6hc]

I still love the PS3, and I still use it to play Assassin's Creed, Arkham Origins, Demon's Souls, Mirror's Edge, Warrior Within, Jak 2, Ratchet and Clank 2, Tools of Destruction, Sly 2, Shadow of the Colossus, and Tomb Raider Underworld. Just because it's an old console doesn't mean we shouldn't use it anymore

[@MCharlesPainting]

If you like PS3-only games, and PS2 games and PS4 games or PS4-like games, then the PS3 is maybe the best library of all time. Thousands of fairly cheap games, too. That's crazy to think about. I also like how PS3 was maybe the last 'modern' system to actually be fairly silent and functional without overheating (though it can become a problem if you never clean it and don't house it properly). There are some problems with PS3, such as Minecraft, the controller, and original model, etc., but Xbox 360 had major issues and was more costly, overall, at the time. It's also a Blu-ray player and has a nice menu system (at least, I like it and the PSP menu). PS3 might go down as the greatest console ever. Only reason it's not the highest-selling console of all time is due to a bad start and extremely high price and Xbox 360's Call of Duty mania. Even without just the former issues, I think it would have sold about 100-120 million units, making it about the fourth-best-selling of all time. Without the latter, easily 140-150 million. As it stands, it still sold about 85 million units, which is great. P.S. Some Xbox 360 sales are misleading. I know for a fact millions of Xbox users bought 2-3 Xbox 360 consoles over a 10-year period, so it's not like 85 million people bought Xbox 360 consoles. More like 50-60 million players. Of course, PS3 sales are misleading, since some number of millions (?) of people bought them largely for the Blu-ray player and/or free online play. If we also factor in how only a handful of Xbox 360 games were super popular, it's more of a CoD machine than gaming machine. I'm willing to guess that PS3 did 'better', overall. You can get a sense of this by looking at best-selling games. For Xbox 360, it's Halo, CoD, GTA, Gears of War, Batman, and Fable. Ranging from 3 to 20 million sales. For PS3, it's GT 5, Last of Us, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Batman, Final Fantasy, Heavy Rain, LittleBigPlanet, CoD, and GTA IV. Ranging from 3 to 30 million. GTA V sold 10 million more copies on PS3 (20 vs. 30 million). Best-selling game by far, and one of best-selling of all time. Maybe due to some influx from Japan (Xbox 360 was tiny there), or simply since the PS GTA fans bought PS3, or since PS3 was a bit more popular than Xbox 360 in Europe. Maybe Europe loves GTA more than America? Maybe Xbox 360 users simply stuck to CoD; hence, fewer players bought GTA V. No idea. Sales are stronger for Xbox 360 on top titles, but mostly Call of Duty and Halo. PS3 has many more games that are high-selling, and of various genres and styles. Xbox 360 also had a big push to sell the console bundled with Halo and such, compared with PS3 (though I think Uncharted was a big bundled offer at one point). Both systems also have great exclusive games (possibly better than PS4. Certainly better and more on offer than PS5). I'm guessing, PS5 won't really 'shine' until about 2027, and get many of its best games by then. We'll see how it goes, and if they shift to PS5-only games or PS5 and portable down to PS4 still, and the direction of games (single player vs. live service types, etc.). By then, it will be PS5 Pro and even more powerful tech, but will this really help with game design? Unlikely. PS5 already has a fairly large 60 million unit sales now, though this is very bad for a PS console. It's about halfway through its main life cycle (4 years). It really should have more to show by now, not just upgraded PS4 games and one or two great PS5-only games, and endless live service nonsense.

[@Alex-ng6hc]

@MCharlesPainting The 7th Gen consoles were really a blueprint for what would become the standard for consoles afterwards, serving as multimedia devices in addition to being game consoles. I will defend the Xbox 360. Despite the red ring of death hiccup, games were easier to make for the 360's xenon processor, and it brought us the Gears of War series. The PS3 was the better console in terms of technical performance, being twice as powerful as the Xbox 360. It was also the first console to have an HDMI port, and continued and introduced some of the best gaming franchises that are still going strong today. Everything that we love about the PS4 and PS5, we owe it all to the PS3

[@Re_Lay]

I still use it for split screen gaming when I have friends over, recently we setup a lan party where we would play on two ps3's and play zombies with 4 players lan split screen

[@ross3695_basedhax]

Miss when games had that

[@Cyber_Helghast__]

0:55 Yes, Every PS3 has The Feature of playing PS1 Physical Games. But only The PS3 Fat's 20, 60 and some 80GB Models have The Feature of playing PS2's Pyhsical Games.

[@HeyThere_205]

Quick question does it have any effect on PS3 fat when playing PS2/PS1 games? I’ve heard it overheat quickly

[@Cyber_Helghast__]

@@HeyThere_205 Unfortenetly I don't know. Because I'm not using the Fat Model. Try ask to someone who knows more about PS3 Fat.

[@234trhbgfdert]

@@HeyThere_205 Yes, PS3 playing PS2 games don't have a curve of fan, so the PS3 overheat and the fan don't goes up in RPM.

[@fuzzylogic3017]

Still playing on my PS3 nearly a decade after I bought it. One of the greatest consoles ever made.

[@MMillsEntertainment]

I have been on holiday for 1.5 months and been spam watching ps3 videos. When I return home, I'm going to pull it apart, clear the dust, replace the thermal paste, install a 1tb ssd, maybe jailbreak it, hook up my modded ps5 dualsense controller (yes, all ps3's support this), hook it up to my projector and hope my girlfriend doesn't leave me.

[@Vewk]

I wish you good luck boss man

[@unlimitedslash]

If GF leaves you for doing this then she wasn't the one... So put that Demon's Souls disc back in and keep playing.

[@tobyevans78]

You can also hook up Bluetooth Xbox one controllers, Nintendo Wii U Pro controllers, and also Nintendo switch pro controllers, along with any other Bluetooth controller or mouse you want.

[@asideofbeans5803]

I definitely recommend jailbreaking it! There’s options in the jail broken software that allow you to still use psn and online games

[@artiss9070]

I have my PS3, PS4 and PS5 hooked up and play all three. PS3 is still awesome and still show good graphics. And playing online is free, still.

[@liaml1694]

I must ask why you bother playing your PS4 still when the PS5 is backwards compatible with 99.9% of games? Do you just so happen to have that one game that doesn't work on the PS5, or do you continue to play it for the fun that can be had with hacking?

[@artiss9070]

@@liaml1694 I have all three set up as an preference only. I understand that I can play PS4 games on my PS5.

[@nicibrugier]

​@@liaml1694I also have both hooked up next to each other. Unless there's massive graphical/performance improvements, I don't want to reinstall all if my games on the ps5 and waste the disc space of it. Also I do actually kind of prefer the dualshock 4, and really like the ps4 in general

[@liaml1694]

@@nicibrugier It's a great console, and I can see the logic in that.

[@EggscellentTree]

​@@liaml1694 Maybe has some physical games that the person cant put in all digital ps5. Or maybe wants the ps5 to last longer.

[@crocs_n_socks]

It has games. It has classics from previous generations on the store. It had a blu ray player back when blu ray movies were the big new thing. It adopted the identity of the perfect multimedia device when streaming as we know it gained traction. It had PSHome. It had no extra cost online. It just worked. Also, for someone like me who likes niche Japanese games, it's a dream console for sure.

[@Sasha_wolters]

I know this comment is 6 months ago but if you can would you mind recommending some of those japanese games im getting my ps3 slim deliverd tomorrow and i want to collect some japanese games for it

[@goodwiil]

2006 was almost 20 years ago 😥 feels like 10 years ago 😥

[@JohnDoe-ef3wo]

I was 18 and now I'm 36 🤯😭

[@ranz8762]

Dawg let him be in peace ​@Rocka7038

[@JohnDoe-ef3wo]

@Rocka7038 hell no. I'm retro gaming for nostalgia

[@ShakilMia-gz6mp]

​​@@JohnDoe-ef3wo I was 9 know im 26

[@theglassarrow_]

Still play my ps3, probably about as much as I play my ps4. For me, its because it has so many great games that will probably never come back, but also great prices and still supports trophies.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Also, Playstation 3 was the final console that the creator and founder of the console, Ken Kutaragi, before he departed from Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2007. Needless to say, without him and the CEO at the time of Sony Inc. in Japan, the Playstation brand would have not taken off as it did back in it's heyday up until the late 2000s.

[@alexm.r.6087]

It still alive because it is a revolutionary and legendary console, it have an amazing run of games but most importantly it have FREE online, something that none of the current gen consoles have sadly...

[@TheDunbartxeen]

It is my favorite Blu-Ray Player and it does run Netflix. That's why i still use my PS3

[@adrenaliner91]

Oh boy, use a real BD Player and a HDMI stick if you don't want to burn your money. The PS3 just uses too much power for something simple as that.

[@TheDunbartxeen]

@@adrenaliner91 it's not worth it for my usage profile. I have the super slim version of thr PS3. why invest 150€+ for two devices when i have one that can do both?

[@Pepperoni421]

​@@adrenaliner91you are overheating things here. The power usage is not this bad. At least not on a slim or superslim model.

[@adrenaliner91]

@@Pepperoni421 it is unnecessary much for things like this, it's ten times higher than a HDMI stick at minimum.

[@Pepperoni421]

@@adrenaliner91 but i guess using an hdmi-stick is not the same feeling for this guy. You can argue the same about old retro cars. Why even driving them? They are expensive, often need repair and use a lot more gasoline. In the end the passion wins i guess.

[@RokushoHasashi]

This is the same reason why I still have my Xbox 360 Slim, to play Original XBOX and Xbox 360 games that aren't backwards compatible with the Xbox Series X.

[@nestormelendez9005]

To me there's also just something satisfying about playing a game on the console it was released for

[@iKennyHD]

7th Gen is the best online gaming era and 6th gen is the best video game era of all time!

[@casper001971]

I just got my PS3 out of the closet where it’s been for the last 10 years. I got it out and hooked it up to make sure it still works. It had an update, so I updated it. I got it out of the closet to sell it. I went on youtube to see what the proper steps are needed to format it to sell. After watching this video, I'm not sure if I want to sell.

[@anwar5129]

PS3 for the win! i dont care how advanced ps4 or 5 or even 6 in the future, we grew up with ps3, and we'll always prefer it!

[@shanezoerb7678]

Games were better back then

[@shejan0986]

Big thing missed here as part of the media center, the PS3 is the last machine by Sony to support ripping Audio CD and Data CDs that had audio files on them. I probably have every single album I have ever got my hands on backed up on my PS3 from 2012 forward (even ones I sold off later). its Audio visualizers were also some of the best ever created, such as the Gaia visualizer, truly incredible.

[@Mysticbladegod]

I play my PS3 regularly. It's nearly a perfect console and is great for retro gaming fans like myself

[@fatcatfroggie]

I love using my PS3 from time to time. I like collecting trophies, and revisting childhood games to get 100% brings me a lot of joy. Especially since your trophy collection is shared between Vita, PS3, 4, and 5!

[@OmakYaHabibi]

Ultimate media device indeed. I used to do homework on the ps3 web browser

[@SlverNexus]

I still have and use my PS3. It’s been my boy-ray player, my original streaming device, and my favorite game Twisted Metal 2012 has features that are still more fun than a lot of newer games..

[@supers1xone870]

Hell Yeah 😍 I love my PS3. I use this system everyday. I own over 70 games AGAIN. Of course, I have newer consoles but I feel my Playstation 3 so much more. Oblivion Skyrim The last of us Red dead Redemption Killzone Fallout Motorstorm GTA Bioshock Infamous Metal Gear And so on....... Playstation 3 is my favorite console ever. ❤❤❤

[@leoblessin2934]

This a dope ass video I hope your channel grows exponentially brother

[@BavarianM]

And i hope they dont close it soon, the ps3 has been amazing

[@pepsidude8919]

I also hope the PlayStation Store and the online service for the PS3 never shuts down either although eventually, Sony might still decide to pull the plug on the PS3 sooner or later since nothing lasts forever, unfortunately. They almost closed down the PlayStation Store for both the PS3 and PS Vita systems back in 2021, but they reversed their decision to do so after the negative feedback they received from many fans. So far, the PlayStation Store as well as the PSN online service are still active on the PS3 and PS Vita systems for the time being, but I don't know either how much longer they'll probably last. Nintendo already shut down the DSi Shop application for the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL handheld game systems back in 2017 as well as the Wii Shop Channel for the Wii game console back in 2019, and they even just closed down the Nintendo eShop early last year in 2023 for both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS game systems. Microsoft will also be shutting down the Xbox 360 Marketplace, or the Xbox 360 Store rather, for the Xbox 360 console later this summer at the end of July from what I've heard.

[@Beresunablle]

Well it takes money to run those server so sooner or later they have to close it.

[@pepsidude8919]

@@Beresunablle I also agree too even though I really don't look forward to that happening either since it's going to be sad once the digital storefront for the PS3 closes. I know nothing lasts forever though, unfortunately, and like you said too, sooner or later Sony will have to close up shop.

[@Talon97]

@@Beresunablle You still believe that myth? lol.

[@Beresunablle]

@@Talon97 So whose paying for the electricity bill, and the server there using you?

[@CMONCMON007]

Still buying games for the PS 3 love it !

[@pepsidude8919]

Nice video, and I also still use my PS3 as well every now and again for playing my favorite PS3 games, especially considering that PS3 game discs aren't backwards compatible on the PS4 and PS5 game consoles either since I would still need an actual PS3 system for playing PS3 games. I actually have two PS3 systems hooked up to my TV so far and they both still work fine for the time being. One PS3 is a PS3 Slim model which I use as my main PS3 console, and the other PS3 that I have hooked up is one of the original launch models with PS2 backwards compatibility which is the 60 GB PS3 since I can also play PS2 game discs on that PS3.

[@snake2106]

One day ur console hardware is going to die, ur physical fetish also

[@blackbook668]

How about "I payed a lot of money for it and I'll be damned if I have to stop using it because the corporate goons in charge have decided it's irrelevant"?

[@jordane813]

Yeah as a gamer I don’t care about “generations” or when they “end.” The console and all of the games I bought for it don’t become worthless to me as soon as the next gen comes out.

[@jimmyharlow8904]

I own a PS3 and PS4 and I still play on the older console often. The reason for its longevity is basically the fact that it had lots of games including the exclusive titles. People say that PS5 has very little games. Well compared to the PS3 standards even PS4 has not that many exclusive titles. The second and main reason is that these games did not age that bad at all, even when it comes to graphics. Even if some of these games look ugly now, they still are not ugly enough to make the game unplayable like PS2 or PS1 era ones due to very low resolution back then. The most important are the game mechanics thou. And they have not changed drastically one bit from 2013. You can even say that almost every game mechanic that is in usage now had its roots in the 7th generation of consoles. There hasnt been such a substiantial quality leap like for example in case of PS2 to PS3 transition. Therefore the PS3 is still a very potent gaming machine.

[@stephendavis1274]

Keep posting man! You will have a ton of subscribers before long! Great channel name and really great content. Can only get better from here

[@noodleman4555]

Still my primary bluray player in my bedroom.

[@christhechilled]

PS3 is the best all rounder console I've ever played!

[@anonimoushacker6591]

The ps3 has more players than concord has ever seen in his lifetime

[@KaeMcSpadden]

I like that I can access some classics that are unavailable on PS4 and PS5, like ps1 games or ps2 games like fatal frame.

[@werewolffox8918]

Deep software library, multiple video outputs. I have one on an y component on a full 1080 a game like ncaa football 14 looks brand new and I have another on a crt for older games and music and wrestling on KZbin from back in the day

[@msanchez1680d]

I recently bought my first ever PS3 console and my god is an incredible game machine, I'm starting collecting physical games and it looks amazing in my 4k TV, I have a PS5 and I prefer play games on the PS3.

[@ltraltier6009]

tl:dw: It has actual games on it.

[@tobyevans78]

I still play Minecraft online with my friends on PS3 and when I am not doing that, it is my dedicated CD ripping machine.

[@MisterIt0o]

I just came back to PS3 last month and bought a Brook Wingman adapter to enjoy it even more It's SO much better than PS5, which has no games 4 years after release

[@MSorge13]

Outside of playing CDs, I don’t use my PS3 all that much for games anymore. However, I still have a big backlog of physical (and digital) games I haven’t touched yet, so I’ll get to it eventually.

[@Majimba_Enjoyer]

i would love to get a ps3 simply for rdr and mgs4

[@yoshichannel17]

I still use my jailbroken ps3 to this day

[@mrjsv4935]

Bought my PS3 Slim 120gb console in 2009 and still have it in working condition. Love the games, and for a long time it was my only blu-ray movie player as well. Sometimes watching KZbin as well with the app, as I only have a regular dumb tv. And, I admit I'm in the "tight budget" group.

[@abdulmuhammad-wc9do]

I totally agree, PS3 indeed revolutionized modern gaming to the extreme, Xbox 360 does have the red ring of death, so this is not a contest.

[@watchdogsplaythroughs9852]

I don't have a massive library of (physical) PS3 games but I still play them; I bought my PS3 console in 2014 and about 3 dozen games in the following years.

[@Fonzflicks]

I still have my PS3 connected to my television, but do not play it often. I did finally turn it on to beat the Saboteur finally. Every time I turn it on, it takes me down memory lane. It still has games only available on this system. When I turn it on and start playing high velocity bowling, I remember how I used to be addicted to this game and would play with my sister's kids. Now they are all grown up, so I just have the memories. The media functionality is also nice. I like that it can store videos, photos, and music.

[@maxg9165]

Love my ps3!! Personality its my favourite console just edging out the ps2, i think its also the last innovation sony was known for back then, the cell processor was hard to develop for but it paid off in the end. Imo ps3 has some of the best explusives which still look fantastic todays, it has my favourite operating system, plus with its vast media support and bluray drive makes it my all time favourite console to date. Only sad thing is that the earlier ones which had backwards compatibility with ps2 have a large failure rate so the best one to own is the first gen slim version which play ps1 games but not ps2. You can alyways buy an original one and get it moded but sadly they are starting to get rare and expensive, also modding them isn't cheap unless you can do it youself but its not exactly easy.

[@thatradioboy]

I have two PS3’s, a regular slim and a red super slim I bring around in my backpack. The games are still solid and KZbin and other services still work, I use them more than my PS4 and they’re both amazing media players.

[@samamir8765]

The PS3 isn’t dead cause it has trophies and you can play online free but I play cause of the trophies the same goes for Xbox 360 I play for the achievements but who’s dead is the Nintendo Wii no achievements no reason to want to play on the Wii Nintendo did this to themselves made their console useless

[@Patrickkw2fm]

I have a ps3 super slim it’s great but it’s just with a super slim you can’t do backwards compatibility

[@fatobeko3181]

wat i love about the console is after almost 20 years its still works and sounds like a airport

[@animegirlsfan02]

PS3 plane. We about to take off😂.

[@accountteam9859]

Well, my PS4 is the airport. PS3 is just one of the planes. Anyway, welcome to Sony Airlines. 😊

[@agus.lorenzo]

I use my PS3 more than my PS5 and Xbox Series X

[@HATSUCHl]

I spent hundreds of hours enjoying ,PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 I must say, being able to store photos, videos, and music on the PlayStation 3 was always something I found cool back in the day. I remember I had downloaded the entire anime Kill La Kill, and placed all the episodes on my PlayStation 3 to be able to quickly show my brother episodes whenever he came to visit. I also remember I had a photo folder for screenshots of the movie Resident Evil Afterlife. And I would press play slideshow. And then go to music, and press play on Resident Evil Afterlife soundtracks. PlayStation 3 was the first and last multi media console. It feels more and more like Sony wants to control how people use newer PlayStation consoles. We can’t even add a custom photo background on PlayStation 5.

[@TheTech660]

Glad there's a strong Playstation 3 community. Unfortunately I skipped the PS3 Generation and came back to the PLAYSTATION with the 4 and 5. I hope to keep the PS4 alive as long as possible as well. In the meantime, Ill be looking for the PS3, thats backwards compatible to the PS2 Games. I have tons of those! Thanks for this!

[@kevinnguyen3389]

I love playing my PS3. I love playing the variety of games like Star Wars The Force Unleashed, inFamous 1 and 2, MW2 and Black Ops 1, etc. I like how DLC was usually a compliment to a game in this era, whereas I feel like DLC feels like a requirement to make a lot of current games complete (like Star Wars Battlefront 2015)

[@BrotherShield]

Agreed the PS3/PS vita Era was Peak Playstation

[@josephbruceismay6832]

I love my PS3. That old beast has been running strong since we got it and I'm sure she's still got many years to go! Ol' Reliable never ceases to bring me joy and entertainment (and occasionally anger). Best console I've ever had. (and still have it)

[@bencrosbie]

I got fed up of ps5 and stopped paying for ps plus. went back to ps3 now for free online. I'm a busy man and not always get the chance but I get some random spare time to go on it and had more fun off ps3. I'm cutting back on expenses.

[@ThePatronSaintOfNewMarais]

Ps3 was my first ever gaming console and as my life has gone, it's my main console

[@S-1_24-25]

My PS3 stopped working a few months ago and I miss using it

[@virtual-adam]

Be great if Sony made a batch of new PS3 controllers. Opened mine up and cleaned all the pressure strips with IPA, but the aftermarket replacement contact pads for the buttons are a bit rubbish. Put the original pads back in and they work ok, but it would be nice to have some new controllers. Even just a kit of original contacts pads from Sony would be good.

[@ViewtifulAce]

I just wonder what Kevin Butler would think of this?

[@hottakes216]

you can also connect your PS4 controller to the PS3

[@curiousmind_]

But don't work on all games

[@coledoco7841]

Ps3's Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 3 Cooperative and Dark Souls 1 multiplayer modes are still quite active today.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Yes, this year I've started the Souls series and I was surprised by the amount of players on Dark Souls 1. Demon's Souls has the fanmade customer server which is pretty empty (at least the European one), but it's cool to see messages and phantoms. I've played Dark Souls 2 during March, and the servers were about to close on the 31st. Despite that I've met just two people during the whole game! But Dark Souls 1... That was a surprise! I've played with many randoms, sometimes even two together, and helped them defeating a lot of bosses. Probably it's helped by the humanity system in DS1. You can't become human when you want, only at bonfires, so players leave their summon signs close to the bonfire or on the road to the boss

[@desmondgovender3142]

Off the top of my head... Good library Console is cheap to buy Free online

[@anthonylu1237]

I love my PS3 too, even though I have PS4 and PS5 in my collection. I still go back to PS3 as it's the true pinnacle of gaming. I even created the PS3 series on my yt channel too. : D

[@ediosmollai8785]

A reason for me is the fact that I can play all old-school god of war games on my modded PS3 superslim hen and if you know what you're doing it doesn't take more then 30 minutes to set it up

[@MaxRickmers]

I have all the playstations, and the ps3 is still amazing even with ps5 available

[@Snakedirge]

My favourite console of all time: the best days of COD, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield... Great exclusives like Demon's Souls, Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War Ascension, Drakengaard 3, Infamous, (not to mention all the exclusives that are also on ps4). The PS3 was also a huge jump in graphics from PS2 and now It's also cheap.

[@pepsidude8919]

I agree too! One of my most favorite PS3 games is MGS4 which I still really enjoy playing every now and again, especially considering that MGS4 is only playable just on the PS3 so far for the time being. Hopefully, maybe MGS4 will be included in Volume 2 next of the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection compilation set soon sometime for the current-gen systems which would be so awesome.

[@curiousmind_]

​@@pepsidude8919 it won't be lol

[@pepsidude8919]

@@curiousmind_ I know because there is a possibility that MGS4 could be remade next for the current-gen game systems, or it might be included next in Volume 2 of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection.

[@pepsidude8919]

I have another PS3-related question in case if anyone here may happen to know the answer to it too, especially for those who still have or owned one of the CECHE01 models of the PS3 a.k.a. the original 80 GB fat model. Apparently, the first 80 GB model of the PS3 that was released, which was the CECHE01 model, was also backwards compatible with PS2 game discs, but it used software emulation though instead of the actual PS2 hardware chips. I saw something online though from a while back something about if the 80 GB PS3 is connected to the Internet and if it is updated with the latest system firmware update, it apparently removes the backwards compatibility support for PS2 games. Is that really true, or no? I was just wondering since I just thought of asking. I know the 20 GB and 60 GB PS3 models use the actual PS2 hardware chips in them for PS2 backwards compatibility which will never disappear no matter what system firmware update the consoles are on, but I wasn't sure about the 80 GB model though since it only uses software emulation for playing PS2 games. I've had an 80 GB PS3 which was backwards compatible with PS2 game discs, and it even came with the MotorStorm video game too since I got the 80 GB PS3 MotorStorm bundle set, but it only lasted for a few years though before it finally stopped working on me. The system never got the YLOD or anything like that, but the disc drive or the laser must have gone bad or something since the system won't read any discs I insert in the console now, no matter what disc I put in. I also never had it connected to the Internet or anything either since I was still able to play PS2 game discs on it before the system stopped reading them.

[@briangayton9932]

I still use my ps3 slim 😊I bought it back in the day when it came out and till this day i still buy games for it .

[@Steve_gb]

Yo,still play it today

[@JonaaBLKWL]

Still play Warhawk, Fat Princess, Monopoly, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax and Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 on PS3. Also, since I have an older model, I like to just turn it on in the winter and it heats my whole bedroom!

[@Beresunablle]

Ah Fat Princess one of my favorite games on psp.

[@李乐-p6y]

胖公主仍然有大量玩家在线

[@harman950]

PS3 forever baby!!!

[@CubeAnimator]

0:53 that was only for ps3 consoles made from 2006-2007 The only ps3 consoles that are backwards compatible with ps2 and ps1 games are: CHECHAxx CHECHBxx CHECHCxx CHECHExx

[@hunter_cr0wbar152]

The last gen console that actually released games year after year. Not based on remakes, remasters but new real games for the console itself. Sure there are some bits of microtransactions but its not that overblown and obvious compared to the 8th and 9th gen. How I wish those days were back.

[@DaakkuuYRS]

A week andd half ago I've played Asura Wrath on ps3 and it was great. There are enough games that you can play only on ps3 such as Tales of Xillia 1, 2, Tales of Graces, Yakuza Dead Souls, Ratchet Crack in Time, Gow Ascension, etc. It is a great console. And just a trivia- you clan it with PS4 controllers (the only minus is you can't use the select button. Which is critical for some games)

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Just played Asura's Wrath a few days ago, it was a blast! Expecially the ending of Act II

[@javionwiltz3776]

Im still playing PS3 in 2024

[@lm4585]

PS3>PS5.

[@yarpen26]

Ah yes, PS3, the only console that I'd ever owned in my entire life. Got it for my 18th birthday in 2008 and it has been with me ever since, with intervals since I left to study abroad and didn't get back to it until after I was done. These first few years, I remember I played and beat so many games, that's what made them special to me, considering how many of those on PCs I gave up long before watching the credits. Every single one on PS3 in turn was original, no piracy there, so you dedicated yourself more. Sony had an amazing run of exclusives at that time. So many years I hated myself for never having picked up the original Last of Us (as it came out around the time I left the country and I just didn't have time), but I finally did beat it last year (the very first original version, not a single drop of remastered blood in its veins) and now I'm almost done going through PS2-emulated Revenge of the Sith, of all games (just really felt like trying out that game). Got it off my American account on PS Store that I build 16 years ago, it's amazing how at the time it simply bought on face value that I lived in the US and never tried to verify that, lmao. ☺ Thanks to this, my access to classics is much more robust than it would otherwise be. Sadly, it seems to be slowly dying on me, it keeps crashing and dusting it doesn't help. I'd love to try out some other games from PS Store, but I'm just afraid that at some point it simply won't turn on again and I will just never get to finish a game. 😪

[@SOTP.]

2008 ps3 that is scary…

[@yarpen26]

@SOTP. Actually, I got it fixed and the guy at the store said it was in amazing condition, all things considered. Once I'm done with the game I'm currently playing on my PC, I think I will grab the emulated PS2 Bully.

[@SOTP.]

@@yarpen26 i like hearing that ngl, usually if you have models that are really old you have the 90 nm rsx and your console ends up dying

[@TheSoundChronicles]

Crazy content. Incredible narration 🎉

[@maelbarraud3087]

What has been said between 0:54 and 0:59 is false, more than 99% of ps3 are only backward compatible with ps1 physical games, not ps2, and the only version of ps3 backward compatible with ps2 games are the ps3 fat with 4 usb port instead of 2, and these model are so rare that they are almost unfindable

[@joseparcenary4706]

I rem loving PS3 and being excited to pick up PS4 and continue my gaming adventure with it. A key feature to my enjoyment was the online play. However, I was surprised when I booted up the PS4 and learned I'd now have to pay to play on line. Long story short, my PS4 has been gathering dust for a decade and I never even bothered buying a PS5 after that. In the unlikely chance someone high up from Sony reads this, I've never paid for online play .... and I never will.

[@RAKUNTU]

Me too my friend.... Stay strong

[@iframes2d]

I still have mine . Far cry 3 servers are still running. It being free online came in clutch when I was a student 😅. Saved me loads of money and switched from Xbox 360

[@midnight_cardinal_99]

Have nostalgia for PS3 when the Lego Games and the Ghostbusters Video Game came out. Currently have the slim model and use it to play the non-movie Spider-Man games, watch dvd/ blurays, and even play games for the first time like Metal Gear Rising. PS3 games are also great to find for cheap at thrift stores!

[@chican_0]

I miss my PS3. One of the best console ever.

[@graememccabe5267]

The 7th gen rules because games were/are fun and were finished before being released. Why should gamers and why do gamers buy unfinished products?

[@B-hoster]

Can u do a full tutorial how to jailbreak a ps 3 super slim?

[@vergil1155]

My PS3 died after 6 years and I can feel the pain. So many memories. Original AC games, uncharted games, gow games etc. The only other route is rpcs3. If you don't have a beast PC, better not even bother with it.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

Or your local repair shop to revive your death console

[@vergil1155]

@@bamban_garcia5562 they are prone to failure again after a while if they go. Plus mine was in a bad condition anyway so it's partly my fault. It had been collecting dust for a while. However, for now I do have. Decent pc that can play ps3 games good and a ps4 for most of the remastered exclusives. I'll have it checked though because it's still a great machine.