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The PS3 is my PlayStation GOAT
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cinnamonandgravy
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fat ps3 forever
still need to buy a white one as a back up
janky, retarded, and beautiful all at once
still need to buy a white one as a back up
janky, retarded, and beautiful all at once
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
A great console, and it was my salvation from that generation.
It has some really good exclusives.
I hope this game comes out on Nintendo Switch.
It has some really good exclusives.
I hope this game comes out on Nintendo Switch.
hououinkyouma00
Member
I still think that PlayStation 2 is the greatest console of all time but PS3 is right up there and looking at it from a first party and features perspective it's easily above PS2.
I own the grand total of 15 games for PS3 that's how meh the 3rd party library was for someone who likes unusual games it was slim pickings after coming from the S tier PS1&2 libraries of games PS3 felt like the weird fun had started to slowly vanish seemed less 3rd parties were wanting to release the odd stuff and things were becoming more dull & boring which is where we are now at PS5.
Ninokuni was what got me to grab a ps3 slim and then i went looking for other stuff that would interest me. Having boku no natsuyasumi 3 was a huge draw as i adore that series sadly the last one ever to release on a console before sony relegated the series to PSP. Sadly came in way too late to get into eye of judgement i wanted to play but by then it was a nightmare to get hold of the cards used to play it. Probably only one of the few people that really loved wonderbook back when sony actually used to do fun risky shit like that & eye of jusdgement.
My weak ass PS3 collection, only beaten by how even less games i have on PSP.
Yeah... that's not a great library especially if you want to use it as proof that PS3 wasn't good. There are a few good games in there like Blood Curse, Journey, Okami, and Boku no Natsuyasumi (I'm assuming here because I love 2 but I've never played 3) but it's essentially a bunch of super niche budget games and missing nearly all of PS3's greatest games.
Deficit
Member
PS2 is the goat. But I rotate 360 and PS3 out at #2. I can't decide which is better. PS3 is up there alone for the 1st party lineup. But the 360 was a multiplat powerhouse, with a better online service and the controller was perfection.
hououinkyouma00
Member
I think for me I can easily put PS3 at the #2 spot and Xbox 360 at #3.
We didn't have a lot of money growing up (I was 14 when PS3 came out for reference) and I remember my mom asking me if I wanted a 360 but I said I'd rather wait for the PS3 because of Gran Turismo and MGS so I didn't get a Xbox 360 until Halo 3 (I was lucky to even be able to get a PS3 and it was a combo gift from my mom, dad, and grandparents) when I used money from cutting grass and saving Christmas/birthday money to buy it.
Xbox 360 for me was mostly a Halo, Gears, and Forza machine outside of exclusives and PS3 was my primary console so I spent way more time with PS3 then 360.
MrJangles
Member
I loathe Sony and pretty much everybody and everything associated with it but yeah, the PS3 was a great system with a fantastic library, blu ray playback, beautiful interface and it looked cool too. I dumped my PS1 & 2 but my PS3 is still hooked up to my setup.
If I like it it had to have done something very right.
If I like it it had to have done something very right.
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Sleepwalker
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Incredible console, still have an OG 60gb fatty.
Physiognomonics
Member
I am still playing the Infamous games from time to time. There is nothing like this on current platforms.
Indeed but a few of them are surprisingly great / OK. Like the dead space games, the Arkham games, Battlefield 3 and Tomb Raider.
DEAD ORIGINAL
Member
PS2 and Xbox 360 are the definitely the top 2 I think 360 just edges it.
Roman Empire
Member
Had a fat og one back from release. Too bad it got the YloD. Later got a slim one, and for last a super slim.
The super slim was ugliest piece of hardware I ever had lol.
The PS3/360 era was by far the best and most fun I had with things like multiplayer games. And the cadence of games was impressive back then, as we had entire franchises rise and fall with multiple entries in a single console gen.
The super slim was ugliest piece of hardware I ever had lol.
The PS3/360 era was by far the best and most fun I had with things like multiplayer games. And the cadence of games was impressive back then, as we had entire franchises rise and fall with multiple entries in a single console gen.
vodka-bull
Member
Well it was the best media player. But no 4k, no HDR, no .mkv, PS3 is not up to todays standards and I heard XSX handles all kinds of media and formats way better, didn't try it yet though.
Then again, I tried PS3, PS5, an old windows laptop, an iPad and my Steam Deck, none of these devices could handle the 4k HDR version of Oppenheimer. The only thing that did it without a lot of tweaking and app installing was the Macbook Air. All other devices failed.
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Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Took my old 80GB with back compat to the old Mom and Pop in the sky.
I'm down to a really small super slim PS2 and a really tall PS5.
I'm down to a really small super slim PS2 and a really tall PS5.
Werewolf Jones
Member
When we all playing Terminator Salvation for the easy Plat?
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Still use my PS3 as my 3D Blu-ray player. Also gave the remote for it. Excellent stuff.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Looking back it's easy to see how much better 360 ports were sometimes so I get why people prefer it but for me I didn't care. Halo is one of my favorite franchises of all time and the 360 was literally the meme of Halo/Gears/Forza for the most part personally.
The 360's last years were so weak that even just based off of that alone I would have trouble putting it next to the PS3.
cartman414
Member
They completely blew their 3rd party dominance with this console though. That which made PS1 and 2 unassailable. Think about that.
nordique
Member
I really liked the ps3
I still remember getting it when metal gear solid four came out, I managed to get a really great deal on the 80 GB non-backwards compatible version. I think I only owned middle gear solid 4 and uncharted for a little while just because multiplatform games perform so much worse on PS3 compared to Xbox 360 and I had an Xbox 360 already
But then, when the slim came out, I remember trading that fat model in for a slim to get the upgraded hard drive space, uncharted two, God of war three and all those games just made it the go to platform for me. When I look back at that generation, I think about wii and Xbox 360 as were, I played most of the games but when I really think back 2010 onwards was mostly PS3 for me.
I still played multi platfrom Games on the 360 just because it was usually the lead platform and multi plat Games looked and performed better, but the way Sony handled the end of the PS3 generation made me feel like OK. PS4 was gonna be my day one console the next GEN.
I know some people feel like Microsoft lost that following generation but because they got pretty lazy towards the end of the Xbox 360 generation and many people like myself switched more towards PS3 for single player games, I had already made up in my mind. I was going to get the PS4 as a result.
So many good memories from the PS3, mgs4, the uncharted trilogy, the ratchet and clank future games, sly Cooper HD remastered, God of war 3, kill zone, and resistance, journey, flower, does anyone remember Tokyo jungle? Good times.
I still remember getting it when metal gear solid four came out, I managed to get a really great deal on the 80 GB non-backwards compatible version. I think I only owned middle gear solid 4 and uncharted for a little while just because multiplatform games perform so much worse on PS3 compared to Xbox 360 and I had an Xbox 360 already
But then, when the slim came out, I remember trading that fat model in for a slim to get the upgraded hard drive space, uncharted two, God of war three and all those games just made it the go to platform for me. When I look back at that generation, I think about wii and Xbox 360 as were, I played most of the games but when I really think back 2010 onwards was mostly PS3 for me.
I still played multi platfrom Games on the 360 just because it was usually the lead platform and multi plat Games looked and performed better, but the way Sony handled the end of the PS3 generation made me feel like OK. PS4 was gonna be my day one console the next GEN.
I know some people feel like Microsoft lost that following generation but because they got pretty lazy towards the end of the Xbox 360 generation and many people like myself switched more towards PS3 for single player games, I had already made up in my mind. I was going to get the PS4 as a result.
So many good memories from the PS3, mgs4, the uncharted trilogy, the ratchet and clank future games, sly Cooper HD remastered, God of war 3, kill zone, and resistance, journey, flower, does anyone remember Tokyo jungle? Good times.
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German Shocks
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Sexy looking beast.
My only niggling complaint is the Spider-Man font.
Sony used to be so good with hardware aesthetics.
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EverydayBeast
ChatShitGPT Alpha 0.001
Including the super slim version, it's good looking as well. PS3 was the very definition of "next gen", when you talk about the PS3 it's the remote play with the PSP, the great accessories like the keypad, the eye toy, motion, etc. SONY just kept it alive, year after year, time spent on PS Home, revival servers today.
People trolled that hardware aesthetic as an ugly Goerge Foreman grill. It would have got dunked on.Sexy looking beast.
My only niggling complaint is the Spider-Man font.
Sony used to be so good with hardware aesthetics.
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German Shocks
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Yeah the pace at which games get released really feels like it's slowed. I know we get more games released than ever, but it feels different compared to that era where we were getting 3 Uncharted games, the Last of Us, 3 Mass Effect games, 2 Fallout games, 2 Elder Scrolls games, 3 Bioshock games, 3 Batman games, and so many more all in the span of a few years.
It's been 9 years since Horizon Zero Dawn released and there isn't a time frame for a third game. It's not unrealistic to think someone born in the year the first game came out will be old enough to drive by the time the next one comes out. Just insane when compared to the pace we see gaming franchises develop these days.
Pimpbaa
Slop Inspector
PS3 was kinda shitty early in that gen. 360 was easily better in regards to games. Although that changed later in the generation with the PS3 getting much better and pulling ahead (IMO). Unfortunately it was hard to get a PS3 that still had PS2 BC when the PS3 started to get really good unless you bought used or something. That gen definitely had good games, but between the 360 hardware failures and the PS3 being overpriced with shitty games early on kinda tainted that gen for me.
I FREAKING LOVE the PS3 and the Xbox 360 was pretty great too. This gen was one of my absolute favorites. My fave gens by FAR was Genesis/SNES (Much preferred SEGA when growing up). Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox and PS3/360. Those were by FAR my favorite gens. PS4 was meh to me. Xbone was atrocious. Xbox Series continued the atrocious and PS5 decided to follow them this gen.
alf717
Member
After owning all Gen 6 consoles I decided being a Nintendo / PC gamer was the way to go. Some how ended up working on a lot of PS3 consoles that well did what the images says above. I do own a PS3 slim 3001 model that I got after working on a job helping a friend fix their home camera system a couple of summers ago. I ended up putting homebrew on it and use it mostly for testing. Got a CECHL01 from a flea market for a dollar and after a deep clean it actually worked fine. Gave it away to my brother's friend whose CECHG01 broke and does... you guessed it. Recently got a broken PS4 Pro from the same flea market for $20 fixed it by swapping out a bad HDD. My buddy gave me a copy of Uncharted 4 and honestly I think the game is pretty good but this is a PS3 thread so I'll leave it at that.
Probably take a lot of crap for this but PS1 was the only console I actually liked and it was kind of by default. Being a fan of Nintendo I had to get one because of the games. Honestly felt nothing for the PS2, it was a GTA machine. Most of the games I cared about didn't turn out so great on PS2.
SkylineRKR
Member
Well yeah development cycles are a thing. R&C and Resistance trilogies from Insomniac. 2 GTA games with expansions, RDR, Max Payne 3, Midnight Club, LA Noire from Rockstar. A Dead Space trilogy. And lets add it in.. a Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. Imagine, a trilogy released in a single console gen. It still happened.
Some forgotten gems:
Driver San Francisco; one of the best games of that gen. Its incredibly fun and due to its 60fps it still holds up well.
Ridge Racer Unbounded; I like its OST, UI and general aggressive driving. I am happy I still own it.
DiRT trilogy; Esp 1. Its not as nerve wracking as DR but rather good simcade with stages being around 3-4 minutes. I love it.
Puppetteer; great platform game. Came out late.
Warhawk; you can fill this in. PvP game with free online play. Deep and the Warhawks were awesome as fuck. This should come back instead of funding shit like Concord.
Fight Night: yes, admit it, you forgot there were 3 of these as well. These games were awesome. Esp. 4 and Champion.
NBA Street Homecourt: Piss filter is shit, yes. But, this game is incredible. Not as good as 1 and 2, no, but its awesome to pick up, play Vs. and style eachother. There is nothing like it on PS5 (well, that shitty looking spiritual sequel). I beat the career last year, I was just hooked. Your creation ends up being a god with perfect stats. Looks really good at 1080p, but framerate is going places when this res is checked.
NBA Jam; the EA freebie with Elite 11/on fire edition. It was an awesome revival thats sorely missed.
Virtua Tennis 3; 1080p/60 so still looks delicious on my TV. Don't start this career mode. I couldn't stop playing it.
Its kind of hard to argue with PS3 being the best if I take into consideration that it natively plays PS1 and PS2 games.
But if we're going by the time they released in, I'd pick the PS1 and PS2.
Some forgotten gems:
Driver San Francisco; one of the best games of that gen. Its incredibly fun and due to its 60fps it still holds up well.
Ridge Racer Unbounded; I like its OST, UI and general aggressive driving. I am happy I still own it.
DiRT trilogy; Esp 1. Its not as nerve wracking as DR but rather good simcade with stages being around 3-4 minutes. I love it.
Puppetteer; great platform game. Came out late.
Warhawk; you can fill this in. PvP game with free online play. Deep and the Warhawks were awesome as fuck. This should come back instead of funding shit like Concord.
Fight Night: yes, admit it, you forgot there were 3 of these as well. These games were awesome. Esp. 4 and Champion.
NBA Street Homecourt: Piss filter is shit, yes. But, this game is incredible. Not as good as 1 and 2, no, but its awesome to pick up, play Vs. and style eachother. There is nothing like it on PS5 (well, that shitty looking spiritual sequel). I beat the career last year, I was just hooked. Your creation ends up being a god with perfect stats. Looks really good at 1080p, but framerate is going places when this res is checked.
NBA Jam; the EA freebie with Elite 11/on fire edition. It was an awesome revival thats sorely missed.
Virtua Tennis 3; 1080p/60 so still looks delicious on my TV. Don't start this career mode. I couldn't stop playing it.
Its kind of hard to argue with PS3 being the best if I take into consideration that it natively plays PS1 and PS2 games.
But if we're going by the time they released in, I'd pick the PS1 and PS2.
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Yep, it was the tale of two gens. PS3 was pretty awful in the beginning (Didn't even have rumble in the controllers) and 360 was amazing. Second half of the gen Microsoft just commited to the Gears, Halo, Forza formula down the stretch and I never liked any of the franchises. I would have went strickly PS3 the 2nd half of that gen but third party games were a lot better on for the most part on 360 so I had to keep one around. PS3s second half of that gen lineup was INSANE. So many amazing games down that stretch abd very unique games at that.
Ha, I am a bit different on this one. I have lived through every video game generation and the PS1/N64 gen I absolutely HATED. Don't get me wrong, I was 16 when that gen started so I did a TON of playing them with friends but It was the one gen where I never cared if I owned one of the systems and just played wherever someone had one.
After owning all Gen 6 consoles I decided being a Nintendo / PC gamer was the way to go. Some how ended up working on a lot of PS3 consoles that well did what the images says above. I do own a PS3 slim 3001 model that I got after working on a job helping a friend fix their home camera system a couple of summers ago. I ended up putting homebrew on it and use it mostly for testing. Got a CECHL01 from a flea market for a dollar and after a deep clean it actually worked fine. Gave it away to my brother's friend whose CECHG01 broke and does... you guessed it. Recently got a broken PS4 Pro from the same flea market for $20 fixed it by swapping out a bad HDD. My buddy gave me a copy of Uncharted 4 and honestly I think the game is pretty good but this is a PS3 thread so I'll leave it at that.
Probably take a lot of crap for this but PS1 was the only console I actually liked and it was kind of by default. Being a fan of Nintendo I had to get one because of the games. Honestly felt nothing for the PS2, it was a GTA machine. Most of the games I cared about didn't turn out so great on PS2.
I saw an article in Game Informer years back where they asked the editors what gen they hated the most and Imwas shocked I wasn't the only one but some of the editors hated that gen too and they stated that it was the first gen where games really became 3D and not 2D and the hardware just wasn't up to the task yet. There are so many shit games in that gen imo. They looked absolutely atrocious and it's a gen that has aged so badly, I never want to go back and play for those consoles. The N64 was especially bad imo sure they had some absolute bangers but they were so far and few between. No gen has aged worse imo .
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I was a bit younger and it was rougher than the apotheosis of 2D we reached with the previous generation (so so close to arcade) considering size and cost of the console too, but come on… it brought us Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil, Battle Arena Toshinden (hey, it impressed the heck out of the child me looking at the demo kiosk in the Geant store in Briançon), WipeOut, Silent Hill, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, Goldeneye, DOOM 64, Turok, etc…
SkylineRKR
Member
The 360 should have been called the 180.
I've never seen such a turnaround. The console started out awesome with a hardcore library of east and west. They published stuff like NG2, Lost Odyssey but also Halo and PGR. In the meanwhile they beat Sony. And then.. MS just wanted that Wii money. They completely alienated itself from the audience that made the console a success and pumped out shovelware and avatars. Fuck that new dashboard too. Blades all the way.
Early 360 was bad hardware with lame HDD support and no HDMI. But had MUCH better games and OS.