In certain titles, loading times do improve significantly. The Last of Us was a clear example of that. Before Naughty Dog patched the PS4 version to improve load times even on HDDs, the PS3 was faster loading a save file in TLoU with an SDD compared to a PS4 with just an HDD. GTA V also sees an improvement in loading times and texture streaming. Mainly games which have lots of texture streaming either due to the massive amount of detail or because of a large open world will absolutely benefit from that SSD. It's so nice to see people who upload videos about the PS3 and you've made a nice video here for sure. Greetings from MV btw.
Thank you so much for the feedback. Another game that benefits from the SSD is Resistance 3. For some reason the game suffers from audio glitches from time to time which completely dissapeared after I installed my SSD..
that's because of the firmware my dude, we are constantly updating and working on new projects every few weeks. we share our codes and try to help each other with writer block or patching up errors or glitches. We are tired of these companies half assing every that they do, crazy how we do it better than those who went to school or it huh?
@@katatastrofa6136 you're missing out on a lot of games my guy. don't just look at old games and say "oh, what trash graphics are this?". Honestly, older games / series were made with even more effort because they had to fit in such a limited hardware.
@@lorefox8628 i never look at games because of graphics, in fact my favorite game is half life and it looks really outdated. I just don't care about ps1-ps3 games
The PS3 slim is probably one of the best cosmetically looking consoles made so far. Bought mine back in Jan 2011 and just recently had to replace the hard drive.
I like the media features the most. I can rip audio CDs to mp3s, save pictures, play and save mp4 movies, transfer files to and from USB sticks, and it has a nice music player with live wallpapers. Don't forget you can sync a PS4 controller to play games. I wish Fight Night Champion was playable on PS4/PS5.
I was about to get a PS4 again but I'm going to hold off because there's so many good games on PS3 at a good price that I haven't played/finished yet. Sly series, ratchet and clank, Jak and Daxter trilogy and G.O.W.
Another pro tip, if you do upgrade to an SSD and have several other consoles you play, hold onto the hard drive for safekeeping. Well SST’s have better longevity while running, hard drives have better longevity while inert. If you leave you a PS3 with an SSD sitting there for 2 to 5 years without playing or running power through it, The SSD could lose retention of its data. If you use it daily it’s not an issue at all, but if you use it very VERY occasionally at any point, it ‘could’ become an issue at some point. Heading to hard drive as a back up will least get you back up and running with the original operating system more quickly, and could save some of your digital games from an untimely death.
@@ozmond Is this your field of expertise? Feel free to elaborate. I’m pretty certain this information is reasonably accurate, but I’m open to being corrected.
I bought a PS3 last year, modded it with HEN and was able to play PSP games. I further modded it to CFW and was able to play PS2 games (on this non-backward compatible model). Through Multiman, I'm also able to watch region-locked Blu-rays.
The design of the PS3 slim is probably my favorite look of any Playstation console. Not blocky like the 2 or 4 and no sharp edges. Plus the glossy part is very small, so there are less distracting scratches and smudges over the front. Was also the first version of the PS3 I owned, until I tripped over a cable and pulled it off the stand. Got the super slim as a replacement and it still serves me well
Sure the design of the PS5 might look futuristic and high-tech, but even if I had one, I couldnt put it anywhere cause its such a bulky mess. the PS3 (all models for that matter) look great but are also compact enough to blend in with your furniture.
I just did... I bought 2 days ago a 2nd used unit (57€/Slim model/3years warranty) cuz I do care A LOT about this hardware. Great games combined with very simples but yet strictly necessary features gives a lot of enjoyable entertainment STILL in the years to come. Besides my 1st unit is having some kind of issue and it's getting old (Fat model from 2009) anyway. I do have a PS5 tho but I like to play from time to time some specific games that are only available in this PlayStation system (Killzone 2&3/Dead Space/Jericho/Aliens Colonial Marines etc...). I decided to install an SSD on it in order to make it even more enjoyable, durable, functional, and ultimately BETTER. 🎮 GREETINGS from 🇵🇹✓
I got a original phat model in November last year for 50 quid with 2 controllers and 6 games guy said he used it a handful of times since new and I believe him as the controllers and console are absolutely mint and little to no dust in the air vents. I’ve put hen on it so I can get any game I like free and it’s amazing I find myself playing it more than my Xbox series X! By far my all time favourite games console I hope they don’t shut the online down for many years to come
Its really great console you can play god of war 1, god of war 2 & ghost of sparta & chains of olympus on it and many other games which you cant on ps4 and ps5 and all for free🙌
@ztvztv1 I just completed chains of olympus and ghost of sparta a few days ago on a a ps3 I bought off ebay. What do you mean free? I paid £16 for coo and gos as a bundle on the ps3 store, is there a way to get them for free? 😅
@@reviewrattlesnake eh its not impressive at all considering the ps2 could do the same shit. What was cool though was the big fat model ps3's being able to play ps2 games.
SSD's have a high reading and writing speed but it heats up super fast, while the HDD* has a better and longer lifespan. Installing an SSD into a super old system(like ps2/ps3) makes no sense, cuz the CPU and the GPU etc. are slow af - which makes the SSD capped. Don't really waste your money for old systems man. It's not worth the short time.
@@xShizuma Thanks for that data! I'll be sure to keep an eye on the heat. I've found so far that the SSD is cooler than the HDD I originally had but I just put it in there.
It's crazy I found mine at a goodwill for $9.50 today with no way to see if it was working I took it home and it works grate I feel like I got such a good pick up only thing is that the contoler I bought for it was $10 lol
Bought a modified PS3 Slim in January of this year, best decision ever as PS3 games (both 1st and 3rd party) are great and memorable to me. Along with my modified PS Vita Slim and PSP Go, I'm quite satisfied as with it.
If you're new to gaming, then this is the best console to start with. At the time, the PS3 was the best console of the 7th Gen in terms of tech specs and exclusive titles. Also, to compensate for the removal of PS2 backwards compatibility, Sony released HD remasters of many PS2 classics, which I think play much better on the PS3. This was a console worth having back then, and still worth having now
There is no way in hell im gonna sell my ps3 slim and Xbox 360 E for years to come. I have way too many games and memories on those systems, and besides they still work beautifully to this day. I haven't gotten a ps5 yet because imma wait for the pro version to come out.
Don't ever sell them! I got the same systems. I got a PS3 Slim, and an Xbox 360 E. I also got a 360 Slim too. I'm never selling any of them. I plan to make them last my lifetime
I upgraded to an SSD as well. Demon's Souls loadscreens are around 20 seconds shorter, other games as well and as you mentioned the system itself becomes faster. I definitely recommend it. Just dont get a cheap SSD.
nah getting a cheap ssd is fine, ps3 has sata 1 so it supports a max speed of 150mb/s and ssd's are way faster than that so.... nothing to worry about xd
Ive sadly sold my super slim 2 years ago, and i badly regret it, now im here to reminisce :(. When I get a job ill definitely look into buying one back. Ill get a slim instead of a ss because its looks better if i had the chance. Rlly will forever miss the toploader tho :')
PS2 backwards compatibility can be restored to a respectable level on the slim consoles. But that involves doing a soft jail break which I'm not ashamed of doing. I own legal copies of my favourite PS2 games (NFS Underground 2 🤩) and a pc with a DVD drive. I got my super slim for 50 euros. I'm not paying stupid amounts on eBay for a FAT version to die on me real soon.
I only have 4 systems for games these days, the PS3 being one of them. - PS3 60GB Japanese launch model with full PS2 hardware - 1TB HDD upgrade and CFW (to avoid PS2 region locks). Where I play my PS3 and PS2 games. - Xbox 360 Slim - 1TB HDD upgrade and the RGH mod (to boost compatibility with the classic Xbox). Where I play my Xbox 360 and classic Xbox games. - PS Vita Slim - 128GB SD card upgrade and CFW (to have SD card support and full PSP/PS1 compatibility). Where I play my PS1, PSP and PS Vita games. - PC for modern games because Sony & Microsoft are on Steam. I'm pretty happy with the results, there are only 2 classic Xbox exclusive games I want that don't work at all but other than that, every other game I want I can play using one of these systems. And we are talking about nearly 500 games, so a small price to pay to have a clean setup like this.
Even after a year head start, the pathetic LBOX 360 couldn’t beat the PlayStation 3. I absolutely love the launch 60GB model and own three of these gaming and entertainment beasts.
Just got a PS3 Super Slim 500GB and 2 controllers for 50$ , so far I got , GoW all of them , Resistance 1/2/3 , Killzone 2/3 , Heavenly Sword , Infamous 1/2 , GT5/6 , MGS 4 , I also try to find Folklore and Puppetter but in my country those games are extremely rare :/.Also I rly like the PS3 menu so clean and nice
Its 2023 and the kids and I still play out ps3 little big planet for them and metal gear for me. Still a dope console. Not to mention you can put movie and music files on it in case your internet's down and no region lock is a bonus and of course soft mod!
Can The Game Console of PS3 be repaired. I found out recently mine once connected to the game would just start controlling it self with out me pressing a button
I still have my ps3 slim. Not my original bc that died but, the one i bought after in like 2011. I still love it to this day and still play games on it that ive yet to 100% or just feel nostalgic about
God job! Can you please explain more about changing the HDD for an SSD? What capacity should I choose? How can I transfer games that are in the HDD to SSD? And can I download free games if I had internet?
Not retro yet, but it's coming close. I recently added one to my collection. It sits proudly next to three C64's, an Amiga 500, a Sgi Indy and an IBM Aptiva from 1998.
@@RogueBoyScout Thanks! This is my first ever PlayStation and I must say, its a very sweet system. The games are still very playable. Even on a 4K screen. Recommended.
an ill tell you why cause the nostalgia of the past is so powerful to overcome just trying to beat every game I didn't have time to as a kid it's just hard to battle.
Bro me too i buy ps3 4.84 yesterday and I updated it to 4.88 now I can go online too I have Han in my os3 too I go online too youtube Netflix browser gaming no problem it's so good I love ps3 it's a best for those who cannot afford ps5 or ps4 right now well ps3 is similar to those 2 just a little bit different
@@שלומייוחאי yea it's ok in all ps3 but I recommend you ps3 slim not superslim it's easy to do with that and yeah you can ask me if you need help in updating your ps3 to 4.88 or how to download han
I saw very little different between the Xbox 360 and the zbox1 . I also saw very little difference between the PS3 and the PS4 . In my opinion the PS3 outsold the Xbox360 because Microsoft's red-ring problem was alot bigger than we were told . I'd say that a lot of the 360s maybe half the number made were replacements of red-ring consoles .
The only console I cared to collect to, I'm almost at 250 discs, never cares for ps4 until now that the ps5 can play ps4, I'll get one in a couple of years
I still remember that night they announced the originally price of the ps3 ..blow my mind.. when the slim came out really miss the ps2 backwards compatability but it was a good trade off for being able to afford one seeing that I still own a originally ps2
Yeah, $499 back then was enough to make your heart miss a beat! Way more than what one could build a decent PC for! In now a days dollars, it must equate out to close to $1000 bucks! :(
even now is a better time. been seing more popin online cause its free and covid. so cheaper especially for third world countries were a ps4 is out of the question.
They're pretty cheap, just got 2×PS3 slim for 30€ shipped, one is missing a drive, they both needed a cleanup (one was from a smoker) but else they work perfectly, already with a CFW so that's perfect for my use. Just a repaste, new BIOS battery and good to go I also have a 35€ super slim coming, with CFW. The games are good, the online community is shit and was shit back in the days compared to the Xbox 360, but damn is the PS3 powerful. Few games which really were developped for the console were truly beautiful looking But to me Xbox 360 with Halo, Fable, Forza, calls with friends, multiplayer with very very few kiddos (as it was paid) were the best fecking years of my gamer life x)
and you can get 1TB SSD for Very cheap now so ya its worth it if you want an ssd but SSHD will be just fine actually when i changed my SSHD to SSD i didnt see any improvement at all maybe few seconds here and there but thats nothing
The controller of the ps3 is the best one ever i own ps3, ps4, ps5 and i can tell you this much i wish that the ps5 controller would last as long as the ps3 i mean shit i can play the whole week and still have battery
Deimantas Kivilius: no the PS3 controller does sucks but by the PlayStation 3 console go to settings and on Bluetooth you could hook up your PS4 and PS5 controller on the PS3 console
In the USA we have a thrift store called Goodwill. I used to go there a lot because you simply can't believe the great stuff I've stumbled across! I found an absolutely cherry, like brand new, PS3 there several years back. At the time, you could find many XBOX360's, but rarely a PS3. On one day a week they have half price on a certain color of price tag. My luck had me find this PS3 on half price day with the correct colored price tag, so it wasn't $80, it was $40. I've found some before at $80, but often they looked like they had exceptionally hard wear on them. This one looked brand new, so it came home with me! :) A very nice video, for sure! LIKED.
I put a 500GB HDD back in my ps3 slim. SSD only makes XMB go faster. I put 1TB SSD in my PS4 pro and wow. However PlayStation games are capped at fps. SSD doesn't make better fps but faster load times and installs. The real only way to get stable 30 or 60 fps is to lower the ps4 pro to 1080p.
I just bought me a ps3 again a couple months ago. Already have about 30 games. Love that it's region free as well. I have all 4 dynasty warriors gundam (cost $40 for all 4 vs $40-$50 each for us versions), a korean version of heavenly sword ( can select english and play full game in english) and pal version of house of thr dead overkill because it came with 3d glasses sealed (as far as I know the US version didn't come with it). It's been fun to collect for. I also can play every metal gear on my ps3. I got metal gear legacy collection (it has download codes for mgs1 and vr missions and codes still worked in 2022) legacy also has metal gear 1 and 2 from msx, mgs 2, mgs 3, mgs4, metal gear peacewalker. Then I have mgs V: ground zero, and MGS5 (very impressive that it runs as good as it did on ps3) and metal gear rising! Such a great console. Also collected ps move stuff. Got 4x move controllers 4x navigation controllers and 12 move compatible games. If you plan on getting move controllers though plan on replacing the batteries. Shelf life on them is about 10 years. Every one I got had bad batteries I even bought a brand new one and it had a bad battery. Luckily the batteries are super easy to change. Cost me $15 for x2 batteries and tools. My next things I'm gonna go after is eye of judgement card game and the book of spells augmented reality book for ps3 and maybe the racing wheel that works with move controllers. I also have 2 guns for the ps move controllers.
Doesn't improve load times? Bullshit, it took 20 minutes to boot up the ps3 and load gta iv, and get into the game... Since I put in an ssd, it doesn't even take 2 minutes to turn the ps3 and and zoom through the loading screens of gta iv, I can't even get 5 to load up that fast on ps4/5.
I had similiar results with GTA 5 recently, it does appear to be much faster... oddly enough, some of the comments here insist on something else and vice versa. Quite frankly i'm sick and tired of this discussion, for me personally it's SSD all the way.
I still play my ps3 and Xbox 360 every now and then, great games like the last of us, uncharted, dead space, gears of war the list goes on and on, also the PS3 plays all PS1 games and my 360 almost every Xbox game
I bought a fat 80gb cechj model for 29 € and a slim 3004 for 34€. Fully functional, the fat was of course scratched to oblivion. They are so cheap now.
I have a fat 60gb ps3 fully modded with a 1tb SSD fully backwards compatible & will never prefer another model besides it. So worth the investment you can control the fan speed and much more if modded.
My reason: bad company 1, btf 1943 free internet service, code Veronica remaster you won't be getting any of that in the ps4/ps5 never ever and btw sony tried to kill the PS3 this year and people stood up and they backed out of the decision for now.
I use one in my camper for camping and road trips. It's mounted vertical on the side of a closet right under the TV. It plays blurays and DVDs excellent, you disconnect the power to the camper and move it the Blu-ray and DVD pick right up where you left off. We stream RU-vid, Netflix, Amazon prime through a hotspot. Play games anywhere and during road trips you find yard sales with PS3 and DVDs for a few bucks each. It will play audio cds as well. Best thing ever.
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Dragon's Crown on the PS3 are absolutely GLORIOUS!! I keep it around for those two titles ALONE!! plus? My 8 years old daughter LOVES IT!! Lmiao. Great video. 💜
I just bought it. it is very nostalgic playing some old PS3 exclusive. i think PS3 have some of the best exclusive in consoles history. so when I got it i am very excited immediately hooked it up to my 65 Inch LG G2 oled. playing killzone 3 in my surprised the graphics is sooo jaggies hahahaha but it fun. i remember it was very crisp back then yet i was using 32 inch full hd tv back then.
No console is perfect but the ps3 ended up doing a pretty good job. And the price was not overpriced. DVD player and game machine for that price is not bad. Sony had the best games and a great machine. Xbox wishes they had the games that Sony has
I really wanted to love the 3, but it just doesn't do anything for me, the ONLY reason I don't get ride of it, is because I have the Ratchet and Clank: Collection, and All-4-1. But the other games are just NOT good.
