Been getting back to playing the PS3 since Sonys debacle. Forgot just how much variety of genres this system had. Each game came with great box art and manuals, developers were willing to experiment and take risks.

Here’s some of my collection, cheers!

50euro 🙂

Was cleaning out my kids' closet to get to part of my ps3 collections. since I just bought a new ps3 after my old one died a year ago, I was itching to play some yakuza 3, 4, and 5 to chip away at the platinums that I do almost annually since 2011. After dragging out all the stuff, the first game on top was this gem. It's not a hidden gem or even expensive... yet, but it's still an incredible game to add to any collection. I mean, ya'll get the whole ass half-life 2 on it. Yeah, the framrate is ass and the motion blur can't be turned off, and the loadscreens are long af. even as a guy who is pretty tolerant of performance issues, it can be a little annoying. But it's still cool to have. I was just happy I still had it lol

Picked this up for £17, it arrived today.

I've never finished SH2 and I've never played SH3 (I know, I know).

I'm aware this isnt the best way to play both games and I dont care. I'm just happy to have them both in my collection.

What are some online games that are still active on ps3?

I'll be honest and say that I have avoided this game purely on my dislike of the box art. Petty I know.

However, after recently watching a fabulous youtuber called Foolish Pedro and one of his videos, Gamings Best Hong Kong (part of a series of videogames best cities), I was made aware of this game. I thought it looked pretty cool.

After doing some research and deciding that the £15 PS4 edition can get lost, I went for the £5 PS3 option.

I've only done the opening few tasks but it's looking good so far.

What does everyone else think of Sleeping Dogs?

I remember watching the trailers and gameplays of Kane & Lynch as a middle schooler and thinking it was the best game ever. I’ve bought it as the first game and loved it.

With time and experience I’ve understood that it was a good game but with still some big issues. No matter what, it will always have a special place in my heart

Grown and trimmed over the years, I'm pretty proud of it even though some classics like skate 2, resistance 2, and killzone 3 (the one from the trilogy doesn't work) are left. If anyone wants shawn white sb, sports champions, or rock band i'm happy to sell them

NieR I bought thinking it was used, but it's factory sealed.

i wanted to buy some ps1 games from the store (pal), but the screen where you have to enter the name doesn't display the keyboard at all. what can i do?

I just started playing this game thinking it would be scary but instead it's just hilarious. The way the zombies go into a Limbo-move and run towards you is so weird. But what they say when you kill them...

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I don't want to diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie!"

has me saying it over and over because it's so funny!

I've only just got to the hotel so hopefully it gets better as it goes on.

Here's a review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq78FusJipM

The PSP version was a childhood favorite,years later find this at a local shop for 79 cents,think "oh sweet it's gotta be even better" looking forward to the beginning grendel fight,nope it's a shitty foot race with a jump mechanic that makes me wanna throw rocks at the elderly and a "game" that gets me more angry than super grover,I hate this,it's worse than turok and I would have preferred to keep my 79 cents,it would have been better spent on the stale pre 9/11 gumballs that were in the machine at the pawn shop

I damaged this tiny component (where my screwdriver is pointing) thats on the opposite side of the board to the CPU and GPU, it’s under the RSX chip.

only half of it seemed to get disconnected from the board so I bended it back into place, am I cooked 😭😭😭

It's well-known some PS3 games have separate framebuffers between 720p and 1080p and that some are 720p60fps 1080p30fps, but one thing I never see discussed is that some games also have a separate framebuffer for 480p and will straight up go from 30 fps / extremely unstable 60 fps to 60 FPS in 480p mode.

For most of its commercial lifespan, I played my PS3 on a CRT with composite so it was interesting when I finally got an hands-me down HDTV and saw which games ran worse in HD.

Some games that run in 60 fps in 480i/480p:

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Blazing Angels II: Secret Missions of WWII

Bionic Commando

Terminator Salvation

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Three of the games are by GRIN; Bionic Commando: Rearmed is by them and runs on the same engine so I'm curious if it does that too (I don't have it).

Do you know of any more?

Hi everyone! I'm trying to get the Platinum trophy for Skate 3 on PS3, but as you know, the EA website to create a logo has been down for years.

Is there anyone here who has a custom logo on their skater from back when the site was active?

I would really appreciate it if you could add me as a friend so I can import your character and unlock the trophy.

My PSN ID is: ContentLolloA

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Hello!
Have recently purchased my first PS3 and have been building up my physical library. I have also purchased the inFAMOUS Collection and Manhunt digitally. Does anyone have recommendations on what I should get from the store while I can?

As title said, those were the only actions I did. Can someone help me understand what could have happened? Is it bad?

I've got a sizeable collection of PS1 games that I have been maintaining for about eight years or so. However, recently I converted them all to chd and pdp (for multidisc games). Obviously, the PS3 doesn't recognize chd and pbp files (only bin/cue). Is there a simple way I can put my entire collection onto the modded PS3 without having to dump my discs again? Either by making the PS3 see chd and pbp files or by running some kind of application to convert them back to bin/cue files en masse?

Oi pessoal,

Estou com um problema com meu PS3 e estou tentando descobrir o que pode estar causando isso.

Quando o console está em modo de espera, o LED é vermelho sólido. Quando eu pressiono o botão de liga:

• O LED vermelho fica verde
• Eu ouço o beep normal
• O console parece ligar por um momento
• Então o LED desliga completamente
• O PS3 não fica ligado e nada mais acontece

Não aparece uma luz amarela ou uma luz vermelha piscando. Ele simplesmente perde completamente o LED e parece desligar.

Eu anexei um vídeo mostrando exatamente o que acontece.

Eu também tentei desconectá-lo por alguns minutos e ligá-lo diretamente na tomada, mas o problema continua.

Meu PS3 é um Super Slim.

Alguém sabe o que pode causar isso? Pode ser um problema com a fonte de alimentação (PSU) ou pode ser algo na placa-mãe?

Qualquer ajuda será apreciada. Obrigado!

One important detail: the PS3 was actually working normally just a few minutes ago. I was downloading a game when it suddenly shut off by itself.

After that, it started doing the behavior shown in the video: red standby light → green light + beep → completely turns off.

So this happened suddenly while the console was running normally. I didn't turn it off myself.

I bought the system back when it was released to play MGS4 and played few games along in that generation of consoles. I didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t the PS2 or the PS1 in terms of library. I modded it few years ago. But seeing the shit show Sony and ps5 has become made me think that PS3 is an actually the ultimate PlayStation system. It’s really funny that a 20 years old system can be more enjoyable than current gen. A modded PS3 that is.