Why Gamers Need a PS3 in 2024? | Is the PS3 still Worth it? 

Thanks everyone who’s commented so far. Not gonna lie, I got pretty overwhelmed by all the comments. Wasn’t expecting the video to do this well. If you’re curious to what other games I have in my PS3 collection, come check this video out . My PS3 Collection in 2024 (90+ Games) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GdxFndD47c8.htmlsi=-VTZ0rYTrDZ-6xe9

The PS3 / Xbox 360 generation had better games than PS4 and Current Gen. so many good games on the PS3

I purchased a 60gb backwards compatible ps3 the other week and man ohhh man… it’s perfect👌🏽

Another great feature of the PS3 is that you can play online for free just like on PC. Definitely worth it!

The psp ps3 days were fun , wish we could go back 😢

The ps3 is 100% still worth getting. It’s one of the best media hubs that money can buy Nice video dude

I have two PS3s set up that I still play regularly. I have great memories of the console and really miss PS Home. PS4/5 era just hasn't been as much fun. Keep up the awesome work!

My PS3 is my bluray player.

Awesome video… I myself been rocking the PS3 hard in 2024 and so many gamers as well lately. There’s definitely something special about it, and I’m sure we all know why that is. Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.

I’m glad to own 3 models of the ps3. One of my favorite systems of all time

Ive bought ps3 console more times than i bought a ps2. I really love this console

There's a strong case to be made for keeping a PS3 around these days since it's possible to play PS1 and PS3 discs out of the box which still remains impossible on PS4 or PS5, and now with the magic of homebrew it's even possible to play most PS2 games from disc after ripping and encrypting them to the hard drive, even on later slims and super slims.

I loved the PS3 from release. I still have a slim model hooked up in hopes that I'll finish all those games for it. But these days it mainly gets used as a blu-ray or DVD player. (It's kind of amazing how much worse the blu-ray UI is on PS4 and PS5 than the PS3)

I have 3 ps3 consoles so many games still hold up great today I have a lot of consoles I use the ps3s the most

I got my first PS3 for Christmas of 2018. I now have over 200 PS3 games.

Glad someone else retweeted your video as I might have missed it. Confession time is that I have three working ones at the moment, though I'll be preparing one for my daughter. There are a lot of relatively inexpensive games out there for it, and it is a good system to start a physical collection with.

Bought my first ps3 in 2022 and love it

Just bought a super slim ps3 can't wait to dive into Arkham origins, Castlevania Lord's of shadows, the force unleashed, and operation raccoon City games you can't get without a paid subscription. I'm super excited. Loved the video by the way.

I bought the slim in 2011, and it still works perfectly.😊

Bought my PS3 in 2007 for $220 and still have it, it works. I like the interactive fitness games, like skiing, tennis etc..., I may dust off my PS3 and play them again, it was fun. I like the tennis game, but my shoulders are shot, so had to stop it. I'm 67, so I don't know what these new consoles, PS4, 5 can do or if better? I'm stuck with my old ways, I guess! Excellent review, Thx! 😄👍

my ps3 is plugged in next to my ps5. Until emulation compatibility improves the console is still the boss.

Recently bought one to relive some nostalgia you could still use this console for everything you need in 2024

Great video! I still have one and hooked it up recently to play some PS1 games. It doesn't get a ton of use these days, but I still have 3D Dot Heroes, Folklore, LBP, Kingdoms of Amalur and the Dragon Age games. Watching this makes me want to hook it up again.

Bought one again a week ago and the whole cod series and thank God Its still alive online (and free to play online) still love it 💪🏻

Still play online for free. Every Sunday morning, there is a bunch of people playing Daytona USA(still downloadable on psn)

Man it's been years since I owned a ps3. I was gifted one in 08 but since i was fresh out of high school, I didn't give myself much time to play it. Only game I owned was COD: Black Ops So i missed out on a lot of great titles That I'm just finding out as of recent thanks to great videos like this. Awesome work as always, PK

Love the ps3, one day ill own the full backwards compatibility model lol

still have my super slim PS3 since 2012 brand new, mainly my Blu ray and CD player on surround sound but I've been gaming a bit more on it lately and grabbing games for it, awesome video my man!

I just got PS3 again (as old one I gave away to friend) so was looking at youtube videos to remind me which games to get. You included Heavy Rain and Uncharted, and when they are good games they are available on PS4 so I'll probably skip getting these games (again). Still, solid video! Also if you're into JRPGs there's Tales of Graces f / Xillia 1&2, I'm still sad that they didn't get remastered still and also there's Yakuza (Like A Dragon) Dead Souls, which I doubt will get remaster which is shame as I really enjoyed that one. Finally, my favourite - Everybody Golf World Tour (Should be Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds for those in US), there is also another Everybody Golf but that's also available on PSVita too.

You were able to download full movies from the PS3 store, I no longer see that option. But if you did, you could still download them if you bought them. When the internet goes down, the PS3 still plays the movies. So it makes a awesome backup system. That and the light gun options for shooting games is better than the Sinden gun, well except for the recoiling version.

I got a PS4 a couple of years back. Can't think of any good games to play that are up my alley, so I gave it to my brother. Bought myself a PS3 Slim. 2nd time I owned one since my fat 80gb died on me. Never got to mod the old one, so I got the opportunity to go nuts and mod the new one: 1TB drive, and loaded with games I've played back in the day, and some I never got the chance to. Loved it so much, I bought a second one, this time the one with full PS2 support. This'll be loaded with PS1 & PS2 games once I got the YLOD issue sorted

I rock 3D. So glad you mentioned this. There’s like 40-50 games in 3D (I have them all). I play 3D games all the time, and watch 3D movies (like 200 3D blu rays in my collection). I highly recommend getting a 3D projector for this. DIY a screen or something as big as you can go. It’s absolutely incredible. I made a DIY 175” 16:9 screen and it’s like a movie theatre. The PS3 is the heart of it all, and I’m going to keep 3D alive because it’s so awesome. I wish more people could experience it the way I do because it’s quite an experience when it’s done properly.

I have my ps3 hooked up to a dvd recorder via the standard definition output. This enables me to record off of youtube. I have a dvd player in my car and i can make custom mix dvds of all the music i love.

As one 3D collector to another, I applaud you lol. My Vizio died about a year ago and I ended up getting a LG. I’ve always gone passive 3D so I don’t know how an active 3D tv compares with gaming. Crysis 2 and Resistance 3 amazing 3D games.

I still have my 2nd PS3, a slim model. I have a racing rig but I don’t have the space to do triple-screens at 43” per TV. Also, you need a separate PS3 and copy of the game to do multi-screen in Gran Turismo 5/6. You have to network all the systems together on a LAN to do it.

Good video, tbf I never owned a PS3 so I never saw a point to collect one but i now have some reason to buy one

if you're thinking about it do it, I did not regret it a single bit. matter fact it made me buy more games for it (ik this console will be the shit 30 years from now)

Great video man! Hell yeah ofc is ps3 more than enough worth to have in 2024, as for me that playing JRPGs there are many of those on the ps3.

Damn bro you said ps3 like 50 times in the first minute 😆 apart from nice cool video👍

Great vid, playing alien vs predator today on my PS3. I have a PS5 rarely touch it. Sad.

Ive had good games for PS3 and i still have one this is my second one and i enjoy my childhood games like GTA V NCAA football 11 and Madden NFL 11 12 13 10 09 and 08 and COD BLACK OPS AND MW3 AND UFC UNDISPUTED 2010 AND OTHERS AND THOSE GAMES ARE AMAZING FR FR BECAUSE THIS GAME SYSTEM IS JUST THE BEST EVER MADE

My PS3 is now used for when I’m away with work, finally got a copy of f1 championship edition too and that game still brilliant to play

3D Dot Heroes is a game I still need to try out and I've always thought the Killzone series looked really good. Damn shame Sony kinda swept that IP under the rug! Also, thanks for reminding me that I need to play some of the PS1/PS2 titles I downloaded on the PS3 yeaaars ago that I never got around to startin, haha!

The only thing I used my PS3 for was NCAA Football. I missed out on a ton of games during college lol.

Loving that FC Twin in the back. Thats what i use.

I understand in now days people just want more singleplayer games than anything and I've seen some of Playstation's first party developers dip their toes in going back to that old model of having a kick ass Singleplayer and then adding on a online multiplayer to it's game like Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Multiplayer. I like to see more of that and not this live service video game future we're in now. Back on the PS3 there were soo many first party Playstation studios doing a single player and a multiplayer mode, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Last of us Multiplayer, Uncharted Multiplayer, Starhawk.

A cool thing about the PS1 and PS2 games you can get off the PS3 store is that when they get released on PS4 and PS5 as PS+ premium games, you can download them there for free, too. Even better, they are like 5 bucks cheaper on the PS3 and you now have a copy you can download on multiple generations. I've noticed some games get removed from the PS3 store once they get added to PS+ but not always. So if you see a game get put on Premium, buy it for cheaper on PS3 and you'll now have the enhanced versions on the later systems. Sadly it won't work the other way around. I bought a PS1 on PS4 but it wouldn't let me have it on PS3.

Don’t forget the PS5 controller works with PS3. 😁

I own Brave on the Xbox 360, it was so fun when I was younger

I have been picking up so many titles for my ps3 recently. I just hope sony doesn't shut off all online support for it anytime soon. Have another 80+ titles to finish.

Did get myself a Backwards Compatible PS3 about a year ago, had to change some parts, clean it out and change the cooling paste, but now it works really well, and I don't have to have to have more than my PS3 out for PS1 to PS3 gameplaying needs. In regards to the PS3 store, they were planning to shut it down, but in the end protests got them to stay their hand.

The ps3 having such a great Catalog of games is why I don’t have a PS5.. I play newer games on my switch so with everything I own I have a crazy backlog as it is.

Got my Slim last week. Just waiting on a replacement controller. Works great! Just have a sticky disc drive so it slow ejects. Any advice on how to fix it?

My go to system for light gun games..... playstation move is still great fun, House of the Dead 3,4, The Shoot, Resident evil Chronicles, killzone 3, Sorcery, Sports Champions 1,2 and many more. A great feature. I still have my LG 3D HD tv and playstation 3 3D games look amazing on it. I've just fitted a WD ssd 500 gb in it and my PS3 runs like a dream. Great system.

I still have 3 PS3’s. I play guitar hero. It has really good games, even games that Playstation has been remaking such GTA5, The Last of Us, Resident Evil 4,… Dead Space. I still have Dead Space 2 (and the action figure too),.. I love that game. But my favorite of all time is The Last of Us (which has been re-released on ps4 and ps5). I have used the PS3 for watching downloaded movies since its release. Also, I still have a 3D tv, so maybe I should get Gran Turismo 5 🤔

I still own my ps3 slim that I will not get rid of. I have it installed with hen on it so I can play games on my hard drive. I plan to get some more games for the system soon.

I have all of the play stations still my ps3 and ps4 are still used. Should I keep my ps1 and ps2?

I probably lucked out big time i recently scored a cech a01 fully backwards compatible ps3 off offerup recently for 80 bucks. Its amazing paring that console with my ps5 i can basically play ps1-ps5 with just those two consoles its absolutely amazing

I still play the PS3, some of the old games are retro classics. It is what it is. Great video man

Still got my mgs4 80gb version . It's 🔥. Got SF3 third strike online edition on it. Never gonna sell it because of this game and also reliability, and backwards compatibility.

PS3(slim) UNTIL I DIE !!!

WAIT, are you telling me that GT 5 runs on 3D!? I have the Playstation Monitor AND the 3D Glasses! Never played anything but Motorstorm 3 until now. Damn, I gotta revisit it RIGH NOW! Cheers and congrats for the channel, great work!

I still keep my ps3 to play sports champions with the move sticks. My kids enjoy that. My wife plays dj hero every now and then. We don't play any games with the regular controller. The ps3 slim was my main console from 2010 to 2018 til I got the ps4 pro. I recently got an xbox series s and I found a good number of 360 games that I used to love on ps3.

Other then 4K the PS3 supports practically everything from disc formats to file formats. Those ads that said it just dose everything is practically true. There’s a setting that lets you wirelessly print pictures from the PS3 to a printer it’s crazy why would you need a feature like that but it’s a thing.

I just found one at the goodwill in mint condition, what a steal. The prince will sit by the king ps5

mine is collecting dust but I will never get rid of it because it's one of the first gifts my wife got me. It just feels weird tho. PS4 and PS5 are cool, but the PS3 just feels muddy. But it still is a good console to boot up every now and then.

Hey man, Im seriously thinking of getting a PS3 again these days. Wasn’t sure about digital versions of ps2 games available on psn though. Now that u said they are there on psn that would change big time for me. Do we have any model better than others? I was thinking of getting a fully backward compatible but man those are crazy expensive ( 400 or 500 for a ps3) now that u assured me that I can have digital version of ps2 it change the whole thing. Btw give Ico a try as well if u have not played it yet. There is an HD version of that with the shadow of the colossus on ps3. Cheers

I love my PS3, but the one I had stopped working so I had to buy another one - Hope this one doesn't fail me. Just a pain to re-download everything.

First of all, hello to everyone. I have my ps3 the slim version, and it still works perfectly. I still play it in an LG 3D TV 42-inch. (Model: 42LW5300-UC) from 2011. I still use the 3D feature, which is awesome.

PS3 is better than any console out there much love and support to the Sony company ❤

Just dusted mine off. Just for that nostalgia. That’s worth it weight in gold alone,

Ps3 is definitely still worth every penny i never bought a ps4 because of my backlog and was pissed with sony for dropping backwards compatibility. My mgs4 80gb model died back in 2016 and I've had the super slim since. Back in 2020 when we all had nothing to do i added hen to mine and started ripping my games to the hdd along with bringing back ps2 compatability thanks to ps2 emulation on every ps3 but being locked by sony.

I still play and love my ps3

Its still worth it, great multimedia center. And the 3D option is very cool ,Crysis 3 in 3D. Installed a 500 Gb SSD got a small speed bump in loading times and its a bit quieter also. SSD does not affect the game loading times from CDs. Thats not maybe too important put if you shut down the PS3 with regular HDD it takes a bit of time to shut off, but with the SSD it instantly shuts off.

I am a fan of the Disgaea series and sometimes dont have the best internet connection so I if I want to reliably play D2 and Disgaea 3 need that PS3

Yeah I still use my PS3 quiet often few times weekly

Jailbreaking your PS3 or softmodding it with PS3HEN like I have both done is a very cool thing to do, it can make the PS3 *even more* worth getting!

Buying a ps3 tomorrow. Found a store that has ps3s for only 99 usd. Already have a ps4, but unlike the ps4, the ps3 can play dvd and blue rays without having to download anything first. And ps3 has many more and better racing games than ps4 in my opinion. Loved Metal Gear solid 1 and 2 , So looking forward to playing metal gear solid 4 and other good games on ps3 that I missed until now. Right now ps4 is also mostly remake and remastered games, So looking forward to playing great original games. Also fantastic that you can play ps1 games, but strange that you can't also play ps2 games on ps3.

I just copped a slim in great condition off the street right as it started raining. Took it apart, no water got inside. Dusted it and booted it up days later and i'm happy to say i have a new blu ray player for my monitor

Hi great video i got a 80 gig fat ps3 yesterday will this version play ps2 and 1?

Good to hear someone bring up 3D. It’s gimmicky but it help me feel more engaged when watching 😂

We waited years for MGO4 +MGO Online it was absolutely Amazing back then

I remember playing metal gear guns of patriots on the ps3 , those were the good days I don’t know how old I was as I I was born in 2000 but yeah man these games were the best ever in the ps3 and Xbox 360 was great aswelll

I picked mine up in spring 2012, have been using it since, it runs like a top but to be honest, I have cleaned it 2-3 times so it has always run fairly cool, plus its a slim so it is more efficient than the og ps3.

The best console ever i still have my very first one from 2006

Cool honest review dude... n yes still have ps3....

The 3d ability of the PS3 is a digital time capsule when everyone thought 3dTV was the future. I bought a PS3 3dTV when ToysRus was getting rid of them out for $79. One thing I think you missed was the PS3 had a lot of 2-3 full games on a disc. There's quite a lot of them and to get 3 games for one price is a great benefit. I don't think PS4 ever had these types of collections. (X360 had them too).

You need to play Blur is a amazing game and still have multiplayer on that can stack up to 20 players on lobby

I enjoying playing resistance and Killzone 2 on higher resolution/FPS on RPCS3 but im hang on the PS3 just in case RPCS3 is taken down but i doubt it.

PS3 so Relly nostalgia First Multiplayer Online 😁

Someone gave me a first gen backwards compatable cause she thought it was broken. It just wasnt set to hdmi settings lol.

I never understand how people go through multiple PS3s I’ve had the same PS3 since 2011 and works just fine. I even jailbroke it recently too.

What we need is a system that can run AA games with minimal internet connection. I want 100% finished single player AA games that I can physically own. My emphasis in AA is because game studios are creating this super graphic 120fps ray tracing "experiences" that I don't care about. I don't know who the F is playing Starfield, to name one. Yet we are here playing old games. PS3 era was the last one for creativity.

I got my PS3 2012 and I still have it today before that I have PS2 which is a great system in itself and the PSP 3000 I still enjoy please find consoles today no I will not be buying a PS4 or PS5

I do own a PS3 slim. There’s a few excellent exclusives on it.

I been playing my ps3 I love it better then today's games

A hacked PS3 is glorious!

A close friend recently picked up a PS3 up so he could get back into his Guitar Hero games and he was gutted as all his paid for DLC for those series had been removed from his download history, no way of getting it back! That's a possible downer of getting back in to PS3 & XB360 if you have an old account. Generally Xbox better on that side of things but the 360 store is soon to be taken down so it's anyone's guess what might happen. Me, I'm 360 all the way and much of my DLC is backed up on multiple memory sticks as a just incase. If you have DLC on PS3 you want to keep back it up as soon as possible.

With the Arkham Asylum game, you'll just need the Red and Blue 3D glasses. No real 3d tv required. The Xbox 360 version came with 2 3D glasses packed in. You'll have to go in settings and hit the 3D switch.

Need for speed Undercover. For that need for speed nostalgia.