I've had my PS3 for 11 years now and I'm still getting games for it. one thing I feel PS3 does better than the 360 is it has more of a variety of RPGs.
I mostly play xbox 360/wii from that generation but mathematically its working out to the point that i may just grab a ps3 because you can get great rpg's for pocket change.
Absolutely. I mean if you're a Tales Of fan that system got a ridiculous amount of them. But Ni No Kuni, Eternal Sonata, 3 Disgaea games, Valkyria Chronicles, 3D Dot Heroes, Nier, Folklore, Hell Persona 5 got a release on it. The thing is a rpg powerhouse.
@@pongchannel. Just recently a few friends of mine have started to give away ps4 games and I'm seeing the games in thrift shops a lot more often. I think now is a really good time and its a great system.
U know no one of my good friends when i was kids still play it so every time i start the ps3 back up i almost burst in tears of the good memorys and things i did and i miss it
Dude, I just got a ps3 and started collecting in the past 6-8 months. so far it is an awesome console, and it's super cheap to get great games for the console!
I skipped out on an entire console generation so the most recent console I have right now is a PS3. It does it all - gaming (physical and digital), movies, streaming, music. Cheap looking as it is, my super slim has been absolutely bulletproof. Definitely a console I will regularly visit for years to come.
We've heard nothing but good things about the Super Slim and it's reliability. If we ever stumble across one in the wild we will definitely be picking it up. Thanks for watching and cheers to the PS3!
PS3 has been the system I've been playing the most during the pandemic. Love just how many games, and how cheap you could buy them for (which is quickly going up in value). I have 2 super slims to hopefully last me the next 20+ years. I agree, its a fun as hell collection to build, and the games are bad ass. My kind of video guys, good work!
Games are cheap for ps3. Ps3 has the best solo superhero games. A lot of gems to pick up for cheap. Thor god of thunder Spiderman classics Captain America Ironman 2 Wolverine Green lantern First 3 batman arkham games Injustice and mortal combat Playstation all stars
PS3 was my first Blu-ray player Bought the 80GB model for MYR1899 (approx. US$450 at the time) It brought me back to gaming too, after stepping away from gaming for a few years
Fun fact: Backwards compatibility was possible because the PS3 had an actual ps2 chip on the board. The 360 was emulating original Xbox games which was a modern miracle at the time considering how much emulator developers struggle to emulate it today.
I wish my 60 gig never yellow ringed. My goal is to get a fully backwards compatible PS3 again. With that being said, I played so many great games, but my nostalgia memories are of buying the PS3 for $700, then going to circuit city and buying a flat screened 720p CRT television with HDMI and playing Resistance Fall Of Man. The crispness absolutely blew me away.
Ya man that sucks. Do you still have it? We might be able to get it working. Probably a capacitor issue. Would be worth trying to recap it and see if we can't get it up and rolling. Dude you dropped some coin for that set up lol. Cheers!
Motorstorm sold me on a PS3. Loved all 3 games in the series. I'm shocked that Sony dropped series like they have. It should be a one of their go to franchises to fill in the arcade racing category.
The PS3 is my favorite Sony console of all time next to the PSP. I'm glad to see a buyer's guide because so many people neglected it for many reasons. I've recently have been spending tons and tons and tons of PSN content like DLC and digital games that are STILL not on Ps4 because I'm afraid of it's store being discontinued, and all my games don't take like 38% of my hard drive like the hungry PS4's are. After quarantine was over I specifically hunted down PS3 games in mid 2020 that aren't on PS4, physically anyway. Mirror's Edge, Binary Domain, Xmen Origins, Ratchet & Clank HD collection, Transformers War for Cybertron, Max Payne 3, Black Ops, Smackdown VS Raw 2011, Unreal Tournament 3 and Lost Planet 2. I have over 200 PS3 games while PS4 is just under 45 and it uses 1 1/5 TB of storage. Seriously, Kingdom Hearts on PS3 takes barely 10 MB but on PS4 takes 80 GB. No thanks, not re completing the entire trophy line up again just because the loading times are KINDA faster.
Awesome man! Free is always good :). Also, thanks for spinning us on Spotify. Always cool to hear. We actually might be playing live again soon which is nice. Cheers!
Definitely now is the time to grab a PS3 collection, though was probably a bit cheaper a couple of years ago. In 2019 I grabbed a launch edition full backwards compatible PS3 for $40 at Goodwill, fairly clean & no issues.....yet! 🙌🏼 Great Video Guys! 👏🏼
@@GamingOffTheGrid I know your mainly about collecting the physical games and I hear you, but seriously consider hacking a PS3. We have no idea when servers are going to shutdown. This means if you didn't update the games and you want to download from your account then your SOL. Not to mention when you hack it, you gain the ability to play PS2 games. With the PS5 out they may not last for much longer. At least consider upgrading the hard drive to keep as many games and updates on there as you can.
Hell yes, I’m having more fun playing through gen 7 games the last few months than I have since I got my PS4 and One X. Go back and play Instincts Predator on 360, the water graphics still haven’t been beaten IMO
So damn easy to get into now too. Games are available and typically way cheap. We'll check that game out. Not much experience with Far Cry. The only one I got into was Blood Dragon which was a spin off. Loved the 80's vibe in that one :). Thanks for watching. Cheers!
I bought an 80 gig FAT model. Came with Motorstorm. First games I bought was Orange Box and Unreal Tournament 3. Unreal Tournament 3 and COD World at War were my intro to multi-player shooters. Still my favorite FPS to this day.
Yeah, I was going to get a PS3 in spring of 2010 as a high school graduation gift. The slim version had just been released for $299 and they were sold out EVERYWHERE. I was surprised because up until that point I thought that Xbox was the clear front runner. I ended up going with the Xbox 360 elite because it was what was available, a decision I don't regret because I still have it and play it(and have gotten a lot of joy out of it). I ended up getting a PS3 down the line and it's an amazing console as well. I think this was my favorite console generation so far.
Bought my first PS3 new in 2015, it was a replacement for my 2005 PS2 that finally gave up, it's a 250GB Super Slim and still works fine today, it never gave me a reason to upgrade to the 4, yesterday I picked up 4 games at a thrift shop for $10, now that's another reason to stick with my old buddy
You guys should try Heavenly Sword - it's by Ninja Theory and stars Anna Torv and Andy Serkis plus the PS3 version of Mortal Kombat features Kratos as an exclusive guest character
Sounds good man. Thanks for the recommendations. We will keep a look out for Heavenly Sword. I'm pretty sure we picked up Mortal Kombat last summer but haven't given it a go yet.
Hit those garage sales! I got my PS3 slim for $20 at one. Flipped the component cable and 2 Move controllers for mucho profit, so the console was free. That impressed a buddy so he came garage sale-ing with me a few months later, and we found him a slim for $10. Retro Zelda fans need to check out 3D Dot Game Heroes, a PS3 exclusive.
@@GamingOffTheGrid Sometimes it freezes Does that mean that the hard drive needs replacing Or is it to do with the disk and the scratches on their I mean I’ve only noticed it when I’m playing WWE 12 Maybe the scratches on it could be the issue
@@GamingOffTheGrid now is the perfect time to get the ps4 acually because most ps3 games are ported to ps4 and games are cheap af on both the trick is to buy a 1 gen old console or buy a budgetish pc
Great video... I’ve just purchased a ps3 in 2021 and I’m enjoying playing games more than with my PS4 pro!!! Playing twisted metal everyday with my son and time crisis with a gun a piece.. couldn’t get hold of a ps5 but I’m kinda grad I didn’t as I have managed to get a ps3 slim, ps2 slim, wii, a wii u, an Xbox and a load of great games all in mint condition and I still have change! Its changed my opinion with gaming and I’ve become a collector by the looks of things.. love your vids. Thank you 🙏
I got the original design PS3 in 2008, but refurbished w/no box & manual from GameStop. Because, it was so difficult to find the first PS3 that was backwards compatible w/both PS2, and PS1 brand new. Sony removed the PS2 backwards compatibility. What’s interesting, a former co worker left the company and left behind an original PS 3 box w/the inserts and manual. As the admin assistant was about to clean out his desk, I asked if I can have it. So she gave it to me.
Damn, a 2021 video seems like yesterday! We’re almost half way through 2023 already! Time is flying and here we are in 2023 and the PSA is still out about the PS3, IT’S THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY FOR THE PS3!!!! I REPEAT BUY FOR THE PS3 RIGHT NOW!
Great video. There are a ton of PS3 games I want, all of the PS2 HD collection games is also something alone to get into itself. Loved the vid guys and I will be getting a PS3 this year. More like THIS MONTH!
I've had my ps3 since 2010 and I love it. I was a 360 kid back then but since about 2019 I've been a PlayStation guy and while I'm not a fan of the ps3 controller due to the batteries going on them, it's a relatively easy fix since it's just Philips head screws on the back. Also something I've noticed on the ps3 controller, I'm getting a bit of stick drift. But other then that I love my console to death and plan to stream it here soon. Thanks guys love the vids!
Yeah it's worth it, I got my ps3 hooked up in my room right now, the cross buys are the best. Buying Metal gear Solid, Castlenania Symphony of the Night, and Megaman games on PS3 then getting it on my Vita and Psp is Golden. Blue ray player, plus video game library, the best time to collect for PS3 is right now.
Been on a real ps3 kick lately ...on my 4th playthrough of metal gear solid 4 and 3rd of last of us. Decided to go through your archives and checkout some PS3 content ..great episode
March 2021, got a really clean 60g backwards compatible PS3 off of Craigslist for $225. Love it... plays the most scratched up ps1 and ps2 games flawlessly lol
So iv obviously been gaming since I was young, og game boy life and snes. BUT the ps3 is the first console I bought myself. I went out bought a 26 inch HDTV, a 60gig ps3 and an extra controller. Saved serious money making 9 bucks an hour at jiffy lube to buy it. It was my first hard core gaming with friends online. Ended up selling my 60 gig to buy a high end clutch for my racecar at the time and then got a 360. And loved the 360. They are both imo killer consoles can't go wrong either way.
@@russiankodiak6849 you got that right! Had it not been for the Xbox 360 and PS3, games wouldn't be what they are today. In all honesty, the 360 and PS3 are the best 2 consoles in history in my personal opinion, because they were the first to show improvements in graphics to look close to real life.
Generation 7 was awesome and we're still basically playing the same type of games since than. We're playing newer games with shinier graphics but no major revolutionary video game mechanics have being used since than other than the Nemesis System in Shadow of Mordor that was not possible to be implemented on the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. I had the original backwards compatible PS3 model but unfortunately it died last year. One other aspect to consider about that model (other than less reliability) is that it's very loud. I since got the latest Super Slim model and I like it much more. It's smaller, very quiet and I can change discs even when the console is off. I miss the PS2 backwards compatibility convenience but to be honest I prefer to play them on my PS2 anyway.
It's 2023 and I still play games on PS3. PS3 has such a huge library of games to play and a lot of them are really fun to play even to this day. PS3 was a console that had games that had a good balance between good graphics & gameplay. Some games I look at and think: "This is a PS3 game?" After PS3, Sony games just focus more on making the games more realistic & cinematic, to the point the games themselves become boring & just feel like movies, then game, but PS3 on the other hand has a lot of games that have good graphics, but never strayed away from actual gameplay of the games. I still love playing games like InFamous, Ratchet & Clank, GTA IV. God of War, Metal Gear Solid, etc. And the fact that PS3 also plays PS1 games physically is also a nice edition. I also like some of the HD Collections of the old PS2 games you can play on PS3. Some are good ways to play PS2 games that someone like me missed out on like Jak and Daxter or the old MGS games, but others like the Racthet & Clank HD Collection have some odd visual glitches to the point I go playing the PS2 trilogy on the PS2.
@@GamingOffTheGrid PS3 is also a good console, especially for those who can't afford newest consoles or hardware. I live in a small country called Latvia & I can't really afford stuff like XBOX Series X or whatever. I did get the Nintendo Switch, but it was a cheaper option & also I wanted to own a handheld console, so I don't feel like I'm falling behind the times. But anyways, some games on my laptop did not run well, so I bought a copy of the same game for the PS3 & didn't have problems running it. Also some PS4 games were released on PS3, such as Alien Isolation or The Evil Within for example & suprisingly those game run pretty well on a older hardware. It's just a shame that too many PS3 online servers are being shut down. I remember how much fun I had playing Killzone 2 Multiplayer, I honestly bought my PS3 when PS4 first launched & some games were still playable online. Killzone 2 was my personal favourite, some people even wanted me to join their clan, but I accidently declined them, since I had no idea how clan invites work, plus I don't play MP games that much, since I'm more of a single player type of person, then anything else. It's also a great DVD/Blu-Ray player for movies & TV shows as well. Unfortenatly, my PS3 is region locked, so I can't watch certain movies/TV shows from US for example.
This is why i'm glad i got alot of ps3 games in the past year. I have a BC 20GB ps3 so i'm good on that as well as 2 other ps3's (one slim and 1 super slim). games will start to climb very soon due to gamestop phasing out 7th gen games. out of all the 7th gens consoles, ps3 has the smallest selection when it comes to pre owned games at gamestop.
The PS3 is when I finally realized that this is where I'm going to draw the line in terms of collecting. The insane installation and load times to play a game if you don't have everything set up and ready to go is just soooo crippling for enjoying anything on the PS3.
One other thing I forgot to mention that I would love to get. I would love to get one of those PS3 Test systems that Radical Reggie has that play all Region PS2 and PS1 games and that allow you to force 1080P on PS3 games. That would be great to have.
Man, I’m so glad I never got rid of my OG 60GB model. I used to work at the Sony Store and won mine in a raffle. Still love it to this day, but the darn thing gets scratches all over it just by looking at it. If you can get past that, the fat model is totally the way to go.
Yeah its crazy you can talk to 50 people that had both and you probably get 25 25 split on which one was better! Its crazy! We had more luck with the slim! Cheers!
Triggers Ps3 are Convex, Concave is what they should have been! Concave goes in like a ‘Cave’.. But depending on where your basing this from it’s easy to mix up..
I feel like this is such an underrated console mainly due to releasing later than the 360 and being incredibly expensive at launch. But man, it has such an amazing library. It was my main console the later half of that gen and now I'm really trying to beef that collection up. I'd really like to add a backwards compatible fat to the collection as well.
The PS3 is one of my fave consoles of all time, though the remakes and remasters of most of its true great exclusives make it a bit of a harder sell to buy now in 2023! But a phenomenal console still with some amazing games still to collect!
Great video guys. I had the 360 first and loved it laterbhad the PS3 and wasn’t until almost end of life where I started collecting for. I have 2 slim models and just sold my fat backwards to a friend. But I will have to check out that metal gear solid game
MGS 4 is awesome. If you are a fan of the series you will really enjoy it. It get some hate for some reason but I've always loved it. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
Yes the launch ps3 was very expensive at a price point of $600 but lesser known was that it cost Sony $800 to manufacture...that's why there are so many variants
Unfortunately, you can't get my favorite PS3 game anymore, X-Men the Arcade Game. Glad I downloaded that in the brief time it was available. I would say Final Fantasy XIII, but...ehh. PS3 was my first Sony system, so it'll always have a place in my living room.
The price of the PS3 is the reason in huge sales for the PS2 which helped that system sales. The PS3 at $599 while the PS2 sold at $99 and for the first 18 months/ 2 years or so they were both coming out with the same games so simple math on which console were being bought by consumers until Sony finally discontinued the PS2 altogether.
While I prefer the 360 I actually don't have one at the moment. But I have a modded OG Xbox and a Series X so I think I'm mostly covered for anything Xbox I want to play. I do have a PS3 though I started collecting for maybe two years ago or so. The slim 120gb edition, although I upgraded the hard drive to a 500gb. I've got about 40 games including Heavy Rain, The Uncharted Trilogy, The Last of Us, both Infamous games, Twisted Metal, every God of War game, and let's not forget Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, that you guys were kind enough to send me. So basically all the required hits and a solid mix of action, platformer, rpg, shooters, sports. I'll collect more for it at some point. For anyone looking though, it's a great system to get into and the majority of games are dirt cheap, especially when compared to the 360 counterparts, which I'm sure is partially due to the backwards compatible features on the current gen of Xbox. And of course the PS3 does play original playstation games as well for anyone interested. Cheers fellas.
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Great video. I love my CECHA01 BC console and will never get rid of it. I picked up a Phat L01 today for $35.00 and will be flipping it so I can buy some more games.
All of my nostalgia for the PS3 mainly it was playing Gran Turismo five and Gran Turismo six racing and beating people online all around the world and having them call me a cheater even though I’m not-
I got my PS3 at a Thrift Store in pretty decent condition. It's a "second wave fat model"; so it's not able to play PS2 discs, but I still have my PS2; so it's not really that big a deal. I got really excited when I saw so many awesome PS3 games for dirt-cheap prices and bought myself quite a few PS3 games, so I have a pretty decent collection of PS3 games already.
I've had my PS3 Slim for a couple of years now and my list of wanted games has always been small because the 360 did all the 3rd party titles better. Still, there are some really cool games to play on the PS3. Anything that involves a light gun experience is always welcome on my shelf and/or digital library in the case of HotD4. Stuff like Razing Storm and HotD Overkill is the reason I own a Move setup and two GunCon 3's. The Resistance titles and Killzone games are also pretty cool, not Halo levels of good but still something different enough to have fun with. The PS3 is also the only way to play Gal Gun with a light gun-like controller via the Move, but you didn't hear that from me ok? lol :P Honestly, if I had to pick a few consoles that everyone should jump on before they get crazy expensive it would be the OG Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3. Everything older than those is already expensive so its too late to be thrifty there, but the ones I mentioned are still very reasonable to collect in most ways. Xbox 360 has a huge library of hidden gems just waiting to be explored, the OG Xbox is practically a ticking time bomb since every other console within its generation is climbing in price and the PS3 has no backwards compatibility with new consoles so it will hold its value for a long time.
You guys remind me of Bulk and Skull in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers lol! I have my (Slim) PS3 since 2013, now it's a little deteriorated on the I/O button which is now gone, but the contact underneath the button still works and I'm still using my PS3 regularly and gonna do that until it explodes or something lol. I'm kinda bummed that a lot of the people I used to play with during those years have sold their old PS3's by now but I was wise enough to keep it with me (even if still a little deteriorated as I said but still nothing that serious) and about a month ago I was talking about the future of PS3s as retro consoles with a guy who owns a store for 2nd hand consoles and games and he pretty much confirmed to me that the PS3 was "the last good console" as there was a bunch of awesome games for it and they are all physical discs, and so they will still have a long life (even if discs are not eternal). As the consoles nowadays are little more than a desktop computer's CPU without disc readers of any kind since all is going to be digital. And what's more, the PS3 has the "ability" to be jailbroken and modded, so it even has capabilities that the current or future consoles will have difficulty trying to attain.
I bought a PS3 Super Slim, this year from Goodwill. The Super Slim is my personal favorite version of the PS3 overall and the system is really good, but the major thing I hate about the PS3 overall is the amount of software updates.
The thing that sold me on the PS3 was the Blu Ray player. I actually didn’t get a 360 til after my PS3 and my library for it is 8x bigger. I still am collecting for it, play it a lot and use the Blu Ray player regularly too.
Yeah the PS3s are great, I believe I had the Xbox 360 first but as of right now in 2021, I only have 1 Xbox 360, but 4 PS3s. 2 fat models (1 non-backwards compatible and 1 semi-backwards compatible with software emulation with the E01 model - the A01 model is fully compatible and the B01 model doesn't have wifi if I recall) and I have 2 super slim models. There is one advantage with the super slims and that is the disc drive. If you have the original slim or fat model, you may have to get the system open to get the disc out if there's an issue with the drive but with the super slim, you don't need to worry about that.
We want to track down a super slim at some point and a fully backwards compatible version of the fat as well. Hopefully this garage sale season is fruitful :). Cheers!
so underated in 2020 still use my slim for netflix and youtube ,bbc player was recently removed tho in the uk also still play and collect ps3 games even tho most 3rd party are better on 360 but only really collect exclusives for ps3 but pads are so hard to replace in 2020
One thing you didn’t cover was that it’s very easy to jailbreak. It’s a fantastic way of getting your PS2 games on there and retro arch works really well.
@@GamingOffTheGrid I feel the xbox 360 was the better console in the 1st half of the 7th generation and then the 2nd half PS3 was the better console. Such a good generation that is great to collect for!
One thing that is worth mentioning is that the PS3 is Region Free. I imported some Dingers that are getting Pricey. Get them now before they are out of reach. Two Shmups, Ketsui and Mamarakun Curse! Also a 4 player version of the Dungeons and Dragons Collection (great arcade beat em up) and finally Vampire Savior Chronicles (Collection of Darkstalkers games in HD/ Great Fighting Games).
Yes! I was on the Xbox 360 side for many years. Recently got a PS3 and I've been grabbing up all the exclusives I can find! Just finished The Last of Us, such a great game!!
The first versions just need to reapply thermal paste so have proper coolibg of the cou and the yellow light of death just requires you to replace the nec/tokins capacitors. They will work like nothing happened after you replace them after that.
I remember the price point for the PS3 being so high at launch that a running joke online was to join the Wii60 family--that is, for the price of a PS3 you could buy a Wii AND a 360--and I think even have enough for a game too. I was a day one buyer of the PS2 but not the PS3--however, once MGS4 dropped I had to get one. Now is a great time to collect--we see these games in that great, cheap price point and often complete too. And hell yeah 2001 is a good time to buy a PS3--lol Future consoles for the win!
Same boat man.....MGS4 was what sealed the deal. That game gets some hate but I absolutely love it. It was an emotional journey as it felt like Snake was deteriorating right before your eyes. Cheers to good ol' MGS4!
I secured a Super Fat backwards Compatible PlayStation 3 for 160$ from some guy on offerup it’s hardly been used or touched has literally no dust specs … soon I’m going to be buying ps2 / ps1 games to play on the console & I also have a PlayStation 2 Fat original model still in the box never used or turned on before
