The best thing about the PS3 is it taught Sony a ton about what _not_ to do with a console. Funny though that in the end, the console still worked out for them.
The console didn't really worked out for them, they did make a huge comeback and did sell a good 86 Million units, but Sony overall took billions of dollars of losses on the PS3 just cause of the launch alone
Nawras Khalil Shemus Young has theorized that the PS3 wasn’t made the way it was for games but to to make it harder to port games to the 360 thus giving the PS3 a lot of de facto exclusives. Unfortunately, it hurt Sony big time
Agreed, but also this is important to know the PS3 was the last true original Sony Japanese system. The PS4/PS5 is the new California era, and it’s just not gonna match the quality of the Japanese did.
Yeah, as far as falls from grace go, this is one everybody would hope for. If such a botched start can still lead to beating out XBox, it’s not all that bad, even if they had much higher hopes initially.
@@afistfulofpimples1745 I don't know if the PlayStation 5 will be a failure because of a lot of PlayStation 4 users jumping to the PlayStation 5, I think it will be something like the 7th gen on steroids but this time Sony and Microsoft will be using the same architecture. both have really good advantages, Sony's got exclusives and Microsoft's got studios, Sony can keep on expanding on the franchises we as customers love and Microsoft can create franchises we will love, so it'll be hard to win this gen since Microsoft's doing almost everything the right way, and Sony hasn't spoken that much about the PlayStation 5, we know specs, controller and we had that Unreal Engine 5 demo that was made on PlayStation 5 hardware but since Epic Games is not exclusive to Sony well, that same tech demo could be run on XBOX Series X hardware, so, yeah. I can't tell the future, but Sony is loosing its shine, in terms of choosing a side, well I believe you can already tell by my comment.
exactly. people fail to realize that xbox is just a project to microsoft. and that microsoft is worth many times more than sony. so xbox failing costs less to microsoft than ps3 wining to sony,
@@randomthingz2showrandomthi208 Because ps3 nearly bankrupted Sony and they stuck to their guns. Microsoft would have abandoned xbox long before that point.
After the PS1's success, I'd argue. The PS2 was (and still is with homebrew) notorious for being way too complicated to program for compared to the other three consoles of that generation (and it's not even the strongest, the Xbox is). Sony simply carried this design mentality to the PS3, and it messed the system's launch up then.
I disagree. The PS3s funky architecture is so wonky, Sony still hasn’t figured out a way to easily port their games to fucking PS5. It’s Sony being unique for the sake of being different.
@@leeartlee915 that's never going to happen unfortunately, unless we go in a time machine and changed how the PS3 worked. PS3 emulation is still very poor on PC mainly because of the architecture, if it wasn't that cell bs we could probably run PS3 games on our phones by now
@@fiercelypolygons3696 Yeah which is why I don’t hold the PS3 in high regard. Fuck that console. If I hadn’t wanted to play Uncharted, I probably wouldn’t have bought on 4 years into its existence.
they took it how because it was used to hack the ps3 which is known as jailbreaking. but it was to late due the code being released to everyone, once something is on the internet its on the internet forever.
I remember getting my PS3 day one and actually just looking at it for about 10 minutes before turning it on. An Absolute beast of a console and when you think about it and total value for money. You could play Blu Ray , CD , DVD , PS1 , PS2 and PS3 👍
@@theplug4981 theres a lot of info out there that says every model supports ps1 emulation, but that ps2 hardware emulation was on cecha and cechb and then software emulation on cechc and e and every model afterwards has no ps2 backwards compatibility
My favorite Playstation so far. You can feel that it has been made with a lot of pretentiousness (in a good way) and you can feel it from the symphonic orchestra startup, the interface, it's execution to it's extra bass sound.
@Hybrid From Hell At least it didn’t break down constantly or even at all like the POC PlayStation 3. There’s a reason why gamers during that era preferred the Xbox 360.
@thegoodstuff3148 They fully refunded every hardware failure and you got a year of Xbox Live too, What did Sony do when their service was hacked for 3 months in 2011 and 100% of their customer base could not access multi-player? Let's not forget how many people had their credit card information compromised during this time and their shareholder even made an apology in a press meeting bowing down in shame. The ps3 had no games for 7 years and it's impossible to damage control a 16 year old failure by Sony.
@Hybrid From Hell fat model, was horrendous. The slim model was just as bad as the red ring off death. The Xbox 360 elites and pros didn’t have that problem and the system wouldn’t crash offline or online. PlayStation 3 didn’t have its momentum in the later years. But overall during its time Xbox was superior in this gen.
@@potatomatop9326 Can't really say Xbox whooped Sony at anytime, or anything. Sony has always had a better system, and development of games. Sales alone show this. I understand if you liked the 360, but it just wasn't as good. It's a simple fact.
PS3 outsold X360. Yes, they made some mistakes and thought they are on a high horse just because they thought so, but this has to be deserved. And they did deserve it by putting some effort into a console.
I still have my ps3 slim from 2010 or whatever. Absolutely countless hours of abuse. Still runs just as good as it did when new. Tht thing, like the GameCube, is a fucking tank
I actually sold my 2 ps3s (one was jailbroken and had a awesome skin on it) and I saved whole last year and was able to buy a good ass PC this Christmas. Well I build it by parts but still a PC lol Thinking of getting the xbox next year since Microsoft products are more compatible. For instance the wireless controller working with windows 10 through bluetooth which reduces quite a hassle.
@XBOXRULES I never had a xbox though nowadays i prefer it since I've got a windows PC and a xbox one s controller with bluetooth which is compatible with windows and android & iOS which us why I consider and prefer xbox. But damn dude you're some salty braindead fanboy. Just don't don't pay attention of other console players and enjoy your xbox instead. This is still about personal preference since people dont buy things based on what's worth for the money most. It's based on preference and often what you grew up with. I grew up with playstation but its meh and not my personal favourite when I grew older ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Despite the problems (like price and the yellow light of death), this was the console for which I had the most games. And I still love it’s interface to this day. It truly was the first all-in-one entertainment system, allowing video games, MP4 & MP3 playback, and it was my first Blu-ray player. I unfortunately had to junk my original one because the yellow light of death couldn’t be overcome but still, lots of great memories.
Yellow light of death effected less than than 0.05 percent of ps3s.... That's not very common... Is this all Xbots on this comment s section for as many Xbots that are here you would think they would sell more consoles but yet there in dead last again for the 4rth generation in a row...
@@CtheDead209-zt8tjMy understanding is that due to poor quality parts and deep design flaws, literally every fat PS3 is inevitably destined for the YLOD (unless potentially refurbishing like delidding, replacing the thermal paste, fan, etc). And I’m saying this as a huge fan of the PS3, it’s a real shame.
@@TokyoBayCity The Frankenstein mod is the only way to go for the original PS3 systems to be reliable in the first place with reballing with lead and using 40nm chips
Actual joke from Tonight Show with Jay Leno: "The CIA has suspended the search of trying to find [Al-Qaeda leader] Osama Bin Laden. They now have a new objective: trying to find a Playstation 3."
"What am I thankful for?" Finding this incredible channel! I was scrolling through TH-cam for an achievement guide for a game and I scrolled across this page. I honestly have no idea as too why this account doesn't have over 1 MILLION SUBS. Anyway, I love the content and keep doing what you're doing! 👍
@@crustychickenmcnuggets because you knew not that hard to read or understand tf he means. You said you were new. You've been missing out as in all the ones you missed. But what do I know. No hard feels, just a hardass that talks like this. Honestly if I was pissed or something you would know. Yall take care, good day/night!
Underrated: (verb) - underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something). if you're going to use the word, use it right. who here is underestimating the value of this channel? It may be overlooked in your opinion, most likely it's just a channel that's growing and you're unwilling to wait for the natural order that it will occur in, however, I see no evidence that it's an underrated channel in the slightest.
They did end up Outselling the 360, but Sony took so much losses overall on the PS3 that's it's hard to claim they won since the PS3 was far from profitable
@@weathersponge5000 BULL****.. That's absolutely not true. Do some research instead of spreading lies. Sony's PlayStation division started turning a profit on PlayStation 3 at the end of 2008. They were able to renegotiate contracts with their hardware partners such as IBM, which allowed them to reduce the PlayStation 3 retail cost to $300. From that point onward, Sony turned a profit each and every quarter and year over year. Meanwhile, Microsoft lost massive amounts of money on the Xbox 360. The 360 had a failure rate of over 54% due to them using cheap and crappy parts. They even lied about the severity of the problem for years until the hundreds of lawsuits started rolling in. When Microsoft finally acknowledged the problem, they had to write off 20 billion dollars in losses to fix the issue. That's not including the amount of money they were forced to pay to settle the lawsuits. Microsoft lost A CRAP TON of money on 360. Also, the sales figures for the 360, while accurate, are highly inflated. Most Xbox 360 owners had to buy the console at least 2-3 times. The actual percentage of people who REALLY owned a 360 was less than 50 million.
@@christiandyers6309 Yes the PS3 made profit in some quarters, but in general Sony lost money on the PS3 cause of their terrible launch, as the video states, Sony lost 4+ Billion dollars on the PS3 in it's first two years alone, yes they made profit several quarters after that, but it wasn't enough to make up the money Sony lost on the PS3 just cause of the launch.
9:53 I'm sure the Sony people were watching the Xbox announcement in 2013 and saying the EXACT same thing about Microsoft's $500 price tag and mandatory kinect peripheral. LOL
Xbox should have learned from PS3. Marketing your console too high compared to the competitor you’ve already lost. The Kinect was useless, and don’t get me started on the online only. (By the way, I’m not a Sony fanboy. I own a One S, the one got better once Mattrick stepped down and Harrison stepped up. The one’s launch was abysmal, that’s just fact)
@@burnertm nah tbh I rlly think Microsoft got overconfident too like Kutaragi when he was about to launch the PS3, Mattrick expects ppl to buy the XB1 with the Kinect (which no one wanted) for $500, but yet the problems before and after launch was so horrible that it affected sales hard and look how it turned out in the end
"No one wanted the kinect". Lmao u must be kidding. Kinect was the best thing i ever had and me and my friends gladly bought the the xbox package with kinect and it was actually pretty amazing
The PS3 was the console that I spent the most time with it, got one late in 2013, stayed with until all the way up to December 2017, then I bought a PS4. The 7th generation was the best, the best games are there. Good times :)
I don't know if it was the best -- (I'm old, so I have an affinity for the 5th and 6th gens, too) -- but it was pretty magical. I really miss those days of the 7th gen. There didn't seem to be anywhere near the output in games or excitement this gen. I really think the 8th gen kinda sucked. It's like a stagnant continuation of the 7th.
@@AgentMorgan2010 true, I love the 6th gen, but the 7th was just unbelievable good, this current gen is just boring, nothing really changed and such boring games. I hope the PS5 brings something really new.
I consider 2006 to 2009 as the PS3's Dark Age, it was starting in 2010 when the PS3 Slim model was just recently released and following the launch of critically acclaimed games like Heavy Rain, God of War III and Grand Turismo 5 , not to mention the successful launch of the PlayStation Move, this was when the future started to look bright for Sony once again.
Yup. I clearly remember being at Gamestop in those early years looking at the single shelve there was for PS3 games when the Xbox 360 had 3 and the Wii had 4. It felt empty and depressing. But one day, I stumbled on an original copy of Demon Souls and the rest is history.
@@66kaisersoza who could forget that. Sony was never the same again after that episode. They doubled down on DRM, slashing Linux support on PS3, etc. Back then me and my friends had a strong, very strong feeling that, if Sony had teamed up with Valve things would have been incredible. Sony focusing on hardware and Valve on software, providing Steam with everything that comes with it. We had a glimpse of that with Portal 2. But it ALL but vanished with the 2011 incident. Valve continued its journey with steam os, steam remote play, its own game controller and now the Steam Deck. Fast forward today and maybe the Vita would have had a second breath, you would get no PS+ BS as well, etc. I truly think they would have accomplish something great working together... If only Sony did that a year or 2 prior to 2011 when they were already struggling to keep up with Xbox game pass.
I'm 35...so I've been around since the NES and Sega Master System days...and to this day I don't think anything compares to the SNES vs Sega Genesis console wars. Kids would literally chose their friends based on what console they owned...it was that serious a topic. I've never seen such heated rivalry between console owners of different brands since then.
@@salty-as-heck9915 I heard that but where I came from it was a completely different experience,The Snes was more popular and some others had the Genesis too,maybe I was so young to remember
@@jamalonso2360 I was a little more open minded, so I did make a friend of someone who had a Genesis and I got to play his console's exclusives. For the most part I thought both consoles were pretty comparable, but I have to admit I was jealous of his Genesis because his version of Mortal Kombat had blood and gore , while the SNES version had no blood.
It sold very well, it just got off to a slow start. It surpassed the 360 when the price dropped and the incredible exclusives (MGS4,Killzone 2,God of War III,Uncharted 2 and 3,and The Last of Us) started rolling out. PS3- 87.4 million XBOX 360- 84 million
It's strange because I'm excited about TLOU2 , but felt part 1 was extremely overrated with very little freedom and outdated graphics that mostly didn't gel with me. And PS4 version only made It worse. Maybe technology finally caught up with It's ambition and I can appreciate the vision more clearly with part 2.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I also thought The Last of Us was extremely overrated but I have no idea what you're talking about with the graphics. The graphics were perfectly fine for the PS3 era and well above average.
Fawkk YuTuu what? The last of us graphically was above average at the time. The gameplay isn’t amazing but I enjoyed it. The meat of the game comes from the story, character interaction, and the post apocalyptic environment along with unique enemies(clickers). Just played the game on ps4 pro and it was good.
@Voytron I’ve seen plenty of people do it lol. If people compare the Switch to PS4 and XB1 (and they do a LOT), then why not compare the 360 and PS3 to the Wii? Lol. And if we’re talking in actual terms, the PS3 just BARELY beat the Xbox 360. If Microsoft didn’t pull support of the 360 early, it may have been a different story.
@Retendo While that may be true, how does that change the fact that the Wii won? If I was to say the PS4 is overrated anyway (which is an opinion, same as what you said with the Wii. Not a fact), then that means I could say Xbox One won this generation, which is completely false. Like bruh, it doesn’t matter if the system was overrated. IT WON 😂 And the Wii was great! What are you talking about? 😂😂😂
PS3 - Costly and complicated cell processor. Xbox360 - poor cooling design killing many early consoles. Got to give it to Sony, PS3 was in it for the long game. My xbox died 3 times and now obsolete while my PS3 is still playing high end games to this day =)
Back when I played Ps3 I remember being upset that Cod: world at war looked better on Xbox 360 coming to the conclusion that I got the graphically inferior console. However, I simultaneously thought that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was best looking game for its time. This video helped me understand why lol.
@@Науэль2002 imagine buying a gaming console to watch blu ray movies lol. As a gamer that literally isn't anything important. At the time 360 was the optimal gaming machine.
the initial price is what scared a lot of people away. i know it did for me. but, in its later years, it introduced me to the yakuza series and i have been a huge fan ever since. MAG was another game that blew me away with the amount of people that could be on the battlefield at once. some crazy fights
Honestly if you brought PS3 after the price drop you were actually saving money. Cause XBL was $60, consoles generally have 6 year lifespan so if you wanted the full gaming experience w/ online play, inv friends, watching netflix, etc you would paid $360 (span of 6 years) for their XBL alone, whilst PSN was free. Extra point for PS3 bec we had NO SQUEAKERS, bec nobody used their mics lol
Honestly the ps3 was a marvel of technology. The freaking military hooked a bunch of them up together and made them into a super computer server. It just sucks that Sony focused so hard to making it powerful and then didn't give game devs the information they needed to code for it. Otherwise it would have exploaded.
@@annettemaldonado3373 Did you watch the video? PS3 was cheap and Sony was losing substantial money for each PS3. But of course for consumer it was expensive but Sony couldn't make it any cheaper.
Game developer: Alright let's do this! Let's make the best game! CEO: Cool! Game Developer: i'll start on the story line first and plot then design. CEO: That's great! While you're at it start taking this course CS699: Introduction to CELL processor(120days). Game Developer: What is this? Wait, are you serious? CEO: Yeah, that's the first one. There are 4 levels. Game Developer: What is this? What's going on here? Am i being punk'd? CEO: Yeah buddy it's real. You need to relearn our stuff. Game Developer: hang on. *calls microsoft*
I remember the PS3 release. It’s crazy how revolutionary those graphics looked back then. Seeing them this many years later, and comparing them to what we have now is crazy. Technological advancement is wild. (I always hated my PS3 compared to all of my friends 360s. I felt like I definitely chose the wrong console for that generation)
@@princegroove PS2 aesthetic was the best, it felt otherworldy and surreal like you were stepping into the world of sony interactive entertainment...remember when OSes were 3d and tried to look sexy while still being usable like with the sega saturn and original Xbox? nowadays youve got ugly shit like the xbox one os, and the fugly switch os which just reeks of android, holy shit they put 0 effort into the switch's os.
Ps4 and ps5 killed playstation specially with the fact that you now have to pay to play online that's just low, i mean they make millions if not more with game sales, add on content, and consoles alone, greed is a bad addiction, oh wait its just business ( assholes ).
Probably the most beautiful console ever released in the history of videogames. It looks quality. Nothing has come close to it in design. The ps3 slim was a huge drop in build quality and Looks
The ps3 has free online play. It’s also simply a much more reliable console than the 360. No ring of death after only a couple years or so. The ps3, like the GameCube, is a tank; able to withstand years of use and abuse where the 360 would have stopped functioning long ago
Truth. I've gone through 2 DVD/Blu Ray players. . .My PS3 still chugs along. I'm still playing games on it. GTA V and MGS5 still have online servers running.
The Ps3 was a visionary piece of hardware. A built in hard drive. Blu ray. Ps1/Ps2 full backwards compatibility. A Cpu so powerful, that it outperforms the Processor in the PS4 in many tasks. It wasn't too expensive. For what you got at the time, it was an absolute bargain.
interesting how sony repeated some of the mistakes that sega made with the saturn: expensive hardware that is fancy and impressive but also hard to develop for so most developers did not use the hardware to its full potential or did not bother to develop for this platform alltogether the only reason this did not break sonys neck was because they had so much more money to burn
@@PeopleWithPlushies the console didnt even have a mainline 3D Sonic game meanwhile the playstation 1 was completely dominating with third parties and sony crapping out masterpieces every other day
@@64bitmodels66 Yeah, I totally agree with that. But don’t overlook the other hidden gems the Saturn had, such as Nights Into Dreams, Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter, Burning Rangers and a lot of quality fighting ports. While there wasn’t a mainline Sonic game, Sonic Jam sorta makes up for it in some way. The PlayStation had a lot more going for it though, so it was heavily overlooked.
@@PeopleWithPlushies Ehh, Daytona USA was complete garbage on saturn compared to the dreamcast, arcade version, and 360/PS3 ports. ran at like 20fps and why play virtua fighter when tekken exists plus if youre going to mention saturn gems it seems weird you wouldnt mention radiant silvergun or guardian heroes
Interestingly, the PS3 became a good console late into its lifecycle. Early on, Microsoft paid a lot of JRPG developer/publishers to make exclusives for Xbox 360 only, notably Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, SO4 was temporarily exclusive, etc. so as JRPG lover I starved on the PS3 early on, but later on Microsoft found it wasn't worth it to get JRPG exclusives, so they just stopped and PS3 got massive JRPGs later on its life cycle like many Tales of games.
Ryan has been the go to source for the PlayStation community on TH-cam for years and these documentary specials are just brilliant. Thanks brother for the effort & excellent content. The PS3 brought me back to gaming and is my favorite console. I always have gotten into new generations later in the life cycles i.e. I bought a PS1 in 1996, a PS2 in 2004 right after San Andreas came out and didn't get a PS3 until 2012. First off I go in phases with gaming from being excited and all in to not playing for months. What has happened with getting the new gens later in their life cycles is that when I do get them it's usually after the Slim hardware revision, so the hardware has been debugged and streamlined. As for software, there's a huge amount of AAA games that are now on sale and very cheap on the used market. By getting a PS3 shortly before the PS4 I got to experience all of the prior hits at lnd Last Of Us. In addition to a huge backlog and going in & out of gaming I just got a PS4 Pro last year. Just like with the PS3 I've enjoyed great deals on games that were just $60 a few years ago (just bought Assassin's Creed Odyssey for like $12 or something). I have had a blast with the PS4 Pro, but my PS3 Slim is still hooked up on my gaming 4K TV and is still fired up occasionally. This novella is to give kudos to Ryan but also , by giving my history with PlayStation, give my $0.02 on the upcoming PS5 launch. Like the other Playstation releases I am waiting on getting a PS5. Availability is probably forcing that even if I wanted to I couldn't get one, but my trepidation is down to the fact that Sony launch hardware (like all companies hardware for that matter) has had issues. Seeing that the SSD is married to the motherboard really concerned me and I would wager that in 2-3 years the Slim version will make the main SSD removable just like the extended storage drive option. Plus we are really in the depths of diminishing returns now. This isn't a leap like Atari 2600 to NES or even PS3 to PS4 (which was appreciable but not gobsmacking). The PS5 will perform better as far as frame rates and the addition of ray tracing and other graphical fidelity improvements but sitting 6-8 feet away I'd love to see what the A-B blind test reveals for CyberPunk on PS4 and PS5. I sincerely believe most gamers would have trouble distinguishing between the two versions. Patience friends.
here it is 2023 and i am enjoying my ps3 console as much today as the first day i purchased it. when it first came out. PS3- a great piece of art. THANK YOU SONY.
Damn only watched the intro and this looks so well pieced together keep up the Excellent work on here you really are a credit to TH-cam ps world of thing only one channel I need for ps news etc.. I need looking forward to watching this later on. thank you :)
Reallt can't fault this guys Channel at a very well researched and thought through documentary and ps news updated Great having just one place to go to that really does cover it's all
Watched it last night and enjoyed it loved hearing about the tech n spec side of it all more in-depth than I have ever heard before Great that he covered the Folding Home project and how people used this buy these to link them together Although am still unsure what exaclty this was all for :s lol
PS3 was a developers worst nightmare, due to the Cell technology, we only ever saw 40% of the PS3's true power. Wasted potential. PS4 was the complete opposite, thank God!
I know right? It was a shame but at least we have awesome games like the Uncharted trilogy, God Of War III, The Last Of Us, Metal Gear Solid IV, Persona 5 , etc
The "40% of it's power" statement was from Yoshida in like.... 2008. And I'm pretty sure it was in relation to Uncharted 1 which pales in comparison to later PS3 exclusives. Granted, it's entirely possible that the PS3's power wasn't 100% maxed out by developers, but even if the PS3 was Sony's main platform for longer, it's unlikely that PS3 games would've been much (if any) better than The Last of Us on a technical level.
Yeah not gonna lie, I respect ken for being very passionate about the ps3 he worked hard for something he loved even if it ended up being a failure at launch. I've had better memories with it and all its mutimedia functions and friends than I did with ps4. I was younger then, but just booting it up and looking at your friends list the little things, just wasn't the same on ps4.
Resistance: Fall of Man Ratchet & Clank Future TOD Heavenly Sword Uncharted DF MGS4 Resistance 2 MotorStorm PR LittleBigPlanet Fallout 4 So many awesome games just in the first 2 years
Sony seem to have learnt their lesson from the PS3 launch. Almost a blessing in disguise it flopped so hard at launch. It humbled Sony and they are better for it now.
I’m 33 now, so age is def a reflection of the times back then. I really wish you added the 2008 recession and Wii launch. These were a HUGE impact on the launch and added demise of the Ps3. Great video regardless.
Mystic thank you for this video, I used it for my college assignment on Sony, I used the Sony PlayStation 3 as an example of where Sony saw potential damages in promises and as well as cost considerations. Great Video.
Looking back on the 7th Generation of Gaming, its so strange that I consider it a generation that I would say, was better when it finally ended. I say that because if you think about it, all of the Big Three's had their own major problems to deal with while the gamers where in the middle of it. - Nintendo: While the original Wii sold extremely well for the company, many "hardcore" gamers saw the system as a motion controlled dust collector with mountains of shovelware and moved on to other things that caught their interest, despite a lot of great releases from both Nintendo and other companies. And on top of that, when third-parties actually did release a game on the system that was worth checking out on it (even if the game had normal controls), most third-party games didn't sell well on the system (aside from Just Dance, but I'm pretty sure that's not what most gamers are looking for, so moving on) all because of the image Nintendo put on themselves in this era. - Microsoft: While they were having a great time enjoying their success with the Xbox 360, the Red Ring had other plans for many gamers, out there and while the company definitely had the pockets to deal with it, it's something that the internet hasn't forgot about and something that Microsoft doesn't want to relive again. - Sony: (Pretty much everything Ryan said in this video), but its true. Right out of the gate, Sony was setting themselves up for failure the day they announced the official price tag of the PS3 at launch. We go from high price tag for the system (which would've hurt Sony regardless of the PS3 selling well because they wouldn't make any money back from any system sold) to features that were promised day one to developers having trouble making or porting their games onto the system to fast forward years later, the PSN hack. Then what happened the following generation? Pretty much history repeating itself.
Yeah, the 7th gen was like a comedy of errors. I'd like to add that the Wii is what killed the Wii U. The casuals thought the Wii U was just an addon for the Wii and they had already gotten bored with the Wii. Gamers weren't interested because it didn't have 3rd party support. 3rd party publishers avoided the Wii U because the Wii didn't sell software (the 360 and PS3 have more software sales despite selling 20 million less consoles) Nintendo's 7th gen mistake just took a little longer to catch-up with them.
7th gen was weak In the traditional single player sense , but It's strength IMO was console online social gaming and landmark multiplayer. The system Itself was beautiful , powerful , and complex but as a gaming console It will always be a letdown to me with a weak library. If COD4 MW didn't come out and do what It did for online FPS I would've said 7th gen was easily the worst console gen since the crash. 6th , 5th , 4th , and 3rd were the greatest so far imo... with 5th gen being the outright best ever IMO.
That generation will always be associated with M$’s shady anti-consumer tactics taking center stage; thus, history would repeat itself In 2013. Fuck the trashbox. I‘ve trusted in Sony since I got my first Sony TV and VCR as a kid in the 90’s. Sony and PlayStation for life!
Xbox's real problems started in 2010. Abandoning what made them successful (simplistic console with good video games) to turn their entire focus on the Kinect. Third party devs stopped making exclusives for them since the PS3 was getting easier to develop for. First Party devs also shifted their focus to Kinect and that allowed Sony to shine with their exclusives. Still, if it wasn't for Europe, the 360 would have beaten the PS3. Then they go into the next generation and just blow it. Despite being somewhat quick to fix the horrible PR disaster that was the Xbox One presentation, the damage was already done. The console was more expensive, launched with mediocre Kinect exclusives and an underwhelming Halo 5, lost their significant market share in Europe that the 360 worked so hard for and it was starting to be known as the "900p console". Finally dropped the Kinect, developed the Xbox One X (albeit a tad too late) and added backwards compatibility. Then they mess it up again by announcing "Play Anywhere" which basically meant no more exclusives for the Xbox One. It's a pro consumer move but I think in the end it ended up hurting the Xbox brand more than it did good. All this while Sony stood its ground for this entire generation with pretty much no mistakes besides the crossplay drama. I guess MS kinda gave up at this point and it's when they started pushing hard for services and streaming. Acquiring studios to constantly develop low effort mobile games to dump on Gamepass, focusing on xCloud, etc. 2010 was the beggining of the end for Xbox. The company took a massive dump on the traditional console player in favor of the mobile casual.
@@Manic_Panic Don't forget Titanfall flopped In a sense , which was supposed to be their killer app that would replicate COD's breakout FPS success all over again and give them an easy entry Into next gen sales from what was the biggest genre. Monsters like the cocaine level addiction COD franchise , or GTA franchise only come around once In a great while. Sony keeps creating and neevr just leaning on the multiplat 800 pound gorillas , they understand how Important hardcore exclusives and establishing franchises over time are and they protect their brand.
Naughty Dog I remember them saying for Uncharted 2 that they found ways to save on GPU memory and use the Cell to render graphics in some levels of the game. The Cell Broadband Engine was diffidently a powerful CPU for its time no computer was more powerful then the Cell back in the day. It’s crazy to think a game console held this much power.
I got my PS3 in Oct of 07. Still my overall favorite console of all time. It introduced me to HDMI, easy online gaming, Blu Rays, 1080p and not to mention the 4 USB’s. I got more use out of this console than any other. It was ahead of its time for sure
I wish it kept backwards compatibility with PS2, but otherwise I liked it. Free online multiplayer. My first Blu-ray player. And very convenient to back up saves. It had done a lot right.
@@sharjeelahmed7913Not at all. 1080p all the way. I preordered my copy here in EU (had to wait awhile longer). The full HD (i.e. 1080p) quality was absolutely stunning for the time - so crisp and clean! I remember getting a complementary BD of Casino Royale, courtesy of Sony for preordering it. I did play games on it, but I massively used it for watching BlueRay movies and series. At the time it was the absolute best BD player, bar none. And let’s not forget: it helped Sony win the disk war against HD-DVD and MS, the latter medium going extinct rather soon, whereas BD still survives to this day.
@@sharjeelahmed7913Most games were rendered at 720p, but there were some (mostly lighter titles, with the notable exception of the Gran Turismo series) that were able to run at true native 1080p. Of course everything outside of games ran at 1080p if you set it to that, like Blu-ray movies for example.
I am genuinely upset with myself for not having come across this channel (and especially these video game history docs) sooner! The level of detail, editing, narrative, technical explanations, and analysis is truly impressive. Yours is one of those rare channels that are such high quality that I actually feel a bit guilty that I’m not paying for this content. I don’t think I’ve ever subscribed faster
@@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI , hahaha! Indeed! What's the deal with "being upset at yourself" for not knowing about a TH-cam channel earlier? Chill out boys!
Not by much! PS3 launch price in Canada was 660 for 60gb and 500 for 20gb. PS5 launched price in Canada was 630 but due to inflation it goes up to 650. So it’s 10 bucks cheaper!
@@Generationalwealth94 Never heard of Yellow light of death, had a PS3 since 2007 and stopped playing on it 2013, not one single problem, same thing with my PS4, same PS4 and will have it until I get my PS5.
I loved Playstation 3. So many great games came out on that system. Uncharted 2 is still the single greatest gaming experience I've ever had. That game astounded me. And as a huge fan of shooters, the Pixeljunk Shooter games were unlike any shooter I'd ever played, loved those games.
Optamizm that’s why ps3 is great. Playing online with PS4 is like attending modern day football stadium, it’s not the real raw fans but those who can afford it only.
@@Lahmekful, it doesn't cost that much, especially if you wait to buy a 12 month subscription when it's on sale. There's at least one sale each year, but almost certainly more. Then you also get 24 "free" games each year with it, so you get to play some games you would never have bought outright, and that can be great.
I seriously started this video as I was walking out the house. Listened to it via bluetooth in my truck on the way to work. This was a great video even though all I did was listen to it. As a Playstation fan since day one this video makes me happy I was along for the ride. I made some great memories with the console.
What I find interesting about the fact that the PS3 font is the same as the original Spider-Man trilogy, is the parallel between the two. The first one was very good, the second was even better, but the third one, while not bad, didn't have the same success as the first two, both the Playstation and the Spiderman movies.
I remember as a teen when the Sega DreamCast and the PlayStation first came out. I wanted the Gamecast and I remember Sears being out...but they had a PlayStation. Long story short, I bought the Sony and became a fan overnight. Then the PS3 came out. I returned it the following week because of lack of games for it. Now looking back, I agree that the PS3 was great. Maybe even ahead of its time.
DC Williams I became a fan of Sony when the PS1 came out. Meaning I bought their product until the PS3 came out because I was disappointed with their lack of content.
The best thing about the PS3 is it taught Sony a ton about what _not_ to do with a console.
Funny though that in the end, the console still worked out for them.
I don't think the generation of folks who made this console were actually avid gamers, their business viewpoint was quite detached.
The console didn't really worked out for them, they did make a huge comeback and did sell a good 86 Million units, but Sony overall took billions of dollars of losses on the PS3 just cause of the launch alone
Nawras Khalil
Shemus Young has theorized that the PS3 wasn’t made the way it was for games but to to make it harder to port games to the 360 thus giving the PS3 a lot of de facto exclusives. Unfortunately, it hurt Sony big time
@G123
Initially, they didn't. Or PS3 ports were much worse. As a result, the PS3 had a small and underwhelming library from the beginning.
Only because of the Sony brand and ps2 success. If this were apple getting into gaming they would have went bankrupt.
That price reveal.. It's like Sony pulled a Sega and Microsoft pulled a Sony... XD. Deja vu
PS3 was a revolutionary piece of tech. Not topped by any other console to this day including PS4 and PS5
Agreed, but also this is important to know the PS3 was the last true original Sony Japanese system.
The PS4/PS5 is the new California era, and it’s just not gonna match the quality of the Japanese did.
Yeah, as far as falls from grace go, this is one everybody would hope for.
If such a botched start can still lead to beating out XBox, it’s not all that bad, even if they had much higher hopes initially.
Out of all consoles to suffer from “third console curse”, the PlayStation 3 was easily the most successful out of all of them.
Great console lol
I turn this video on again and again, just to see the awesome intro.
Documentaries on the PS3; that's how you know you're old
I'd like a documentary made about the failure of PS5.
@@afistfulofpimples1745 I don't know if the PlayStation 5 will be a failure because of a lot of PlayStation 4 users jumping to the PlayStation 5, I think it will be something like the 7th gen on steroids but this time Sony and Microsoft will be using the same architecture.
both have really good advantages, Sony's got exclusives and Microsoft's got studios, Sony can keep on expanding on the franchises we as customers love and Microsoft can create franchises we will love, so it'll be hard to win this gen since Microsoft's doing almost everything the right way, and Sony hasn't spoken that much about the PlayStation 5, we know specs, controller and we had that Unreal Engine 5 demo that was made on PlayStation 5 hardware but since Epic Games is not exclusive to Sony well, that same tech demo could be run on XBOX Series X hardware, so, yeah. I can't tell the future, but Sony is loosing its shine, in terms of choosing a side, well I believe you can already tell by my comment.
I’m 16, now you’re making me feel old. I feel like it was yesterday when I first started playing ratchet and clank.
ps3 , try snes lol
@@afistfulofpimples1745 It won’t fail dumbass.
I loved how the original PS3 font was the same as the Spider-Man trilogy (coincidently both made by Sony).
Same.
Spiderman franchise are exclusively licensed to sony by marvel.
Thankfully, they went back to the original font.
I would say both being made by Sony is the exact opposite of a coincidence lol.
I knew I recognized the font but I could never place it, so THANK YOU!
"Did you win?"
Sony: Yes."
"What did it cost?"
Sony:"Everything"
exactly.
people fail to realize that xbox is just a project to microsoft.
and that microsoft is worth many times more than sony.
so xbox failing costs less to microsoft than ps3 wining to sony,
Why are people saying Sony lost when their kicking Xbox in the teeth?
@@mitchconner2021 why are you saying "sony" (a large company) is winning against "Xbox"(a games console)?
@@randomthingz2showrandomthi208 Because ps3 nearly bankrupted Sony and they stuck to their guns. Microsoft would have abandoned xbox long before that point.
@@randomthingz2showrandomthi208 Economists still study how Sony came back from the brink of bankruptcy to this day.
Still can't believe that this old machine can run the last of us, gta V & uncharted series
I used my ps3 most for Final Fantasy 13, Mortal Kombat 9 and GTA5. These are the games that made me obsessed with high end graphics
Why
not that hard at 720p 30 fps no aa
Jeffrey Bozko For such an old piece of hardware thats amazing.
@@dutchvanderlinde9991 but the xbox360 does the exact same thing? How is it amazing i dont see it.
What a time in gaming, PS3 and Xbox 360, for someone who lived through all the game cycles, I say this was the Golden age of gaming!
Yeah, it was pretty special. The PS3 is a top 3 console for me.
I heard you could buy a broken 360 for 10.00 usd and fix it with a heat gun Flux and 99 percent alcohol. With ifix it tools.
No. Its the worst.
No. Its the worst.
No. Its the worst.
they got cocky after the PS1 and PS2'S success
After the PS1's success, I'd argue. The PS2 was (and still is with homebrew) notorious for being way too complicated to program for compared to the other three consoles of that generation (and it's not even the strongest, the Xbox is). Sony simply carried this design mentality to the PS3, and it messed the system's launch up then.
@@casualvanilla so difficult to work.
No they didn't, they just didnt know what to do since ps2 was nearly perfect for the time
PS3 is a awesome machine in my opinion.
Ps4 is trash and boring, very disappointed games and psn plus online is a joke, only few of them games are decent
I will forever love my PS3s It was and still is a bad ass system. Especially the original 60GB. It's the Lamborghini of gaming consoles.
ROME RUSH lol
ROME RUSH Facts. It only does everything. 😉
@@MrSuperVikingo 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
@homo_homura did it? the ps3 still got tons more 3rd part support compared to xbox.
@homo_homura Xbox one nintendo N64 -Wii U and Sega CD-Dreamcast would say otherways 😂 .
This was one of the best console redemption arcs ever.
Its impressive what silicon transistor size reduction can do.
I disagree. The PS3s funky architecture is so wonky, Sony still hasn’t figured out a way to easily port their games to fucking PS5. It’s Sony being unique for the sake of being different.
@@leeartlee915 that's never going to happen unfortunately, unless we go in a time machine and changed how the PS3 worked. PS3 emulation is still very poor on PC mainly because of the architecture, if it wasn't that cell bs we could probably run PS3 games on our phones by now
@@fiercelypolygons3696 Yeah which is why I don’t hold the PS3 in high regard. Fuck that console. If I hadn’t wanted to play Uncharted, I probably wouldn’t have bought on 4 years into its existence.
@@leeartlee915 Holy shit, the anger in this comment.
Sony: "It can be used for other stuff"
Also Sony: *Literally kills off other OS*
Well, when they sell them at a loss, and the military starts using them to build supercomputers, I don't entirely blame them.
@@dereklathan lol I forgot that was a thing, but yeah, the room full of PlayStation 3 consoles was hilarious
@@brunohernandez5284 I thought it was pretty badass, that it could have such a far-reaching application.
@@brunohernandez5284 hilarious how? At the time it was one of the most powerful computing clusters on the planet
they took it how because it was used to hack the ps3 which is known as jailbreaking. but it was to late due the code being released to everyone, once something is on the internet its on the internet forever.
Whos here after the PS5 PRO Launch ? History recreated ?
I wouldn’t say it’s been perfectly recreated since you can just buy the base ps5 which is much cheaper than the pro
I remember getting my PS3 day one and actually just looking at it for about 10 minutes before turning it on. An Absolute beast of a console and when you think about it and total value for money. You could play Blu Ray , CD , DVD , PS1 , PS2 and PS3 👍
Dont forget that the 60GB fat was required to play ps1 and ps2 games.
i remember seeing it on ebay for over 1k when it first came out
@Nintenblox Shorts no
@Nintenblox Shorts no
@@theplug4981 theres a lot of info out there that says every model supports ps1 emulation, but that ps2 hardware emulation was on cecha and cechb and then software emulation on cechc and e and every model afterwards has no ps2 backwards compatibility
I still use my PS3. It really was way ahead of its time.
So was the PSP as well.
And the PSX. The first Xbox one (media capabilities)
Sony is known for that proving it with both the psp and the vita
same
Yep, I still have 3 mint launch day 60GB PS3’s! 💯🔥
My favorite Playstation so far. You can feel that it has been made with a lot of pretentiousness (in a good way) and you can feel it from the symphonic orchestra startup, the interface, it's execution to it's extra bass sound.
I like PS4 better. Only thing 3 did better was call of duty games. As for exclusives PS4 was the best
@Hybrid From Hell At least it didn’t break down constantly or even at all like the POC PlayStation 3. There’s a reason why gamers during that era preferred the Xbox 360.
@Hybrid From Hell The Xbox 360 was a Far better Consol logistic wise and hardware wise
@thegoodstuff3148 They fully refunded every hardware failure and you got a year of Xbox Live too, What did Sony do when their service was hacked for 3 months in 2011 and 100% of their customer base could not access multi-player? Let's not forget how many people had their credit card information compromised during this time and their shareholder even made an apology in a press meeting bowing down in shame. The ps3 had no games for 7 years and it's impossible to damage control a 16 year old failure by Sony.
@Hybrid From Hell fat model, was horrendous. The slim model was just as bad as the red ring off death. The Xbox 360 elites and pros didn’t have that problem and the system wouldn’t crash offline or online. PlayStation 3 didn’t have its momentum in the later years. But overall during its time Xbox was superior in this gen.
The PS3 is the Super Sayian 3 of all the systems Powerful, sleek, lots of untapped potential yet no one could or can master it not even Sony or Goku.
But the 360 is janemba. Janemba whoop ssj3
True just look at the last of us and killzone3 just to name a few.
Except for Santa Monica Studio. But they did that with Ps2 aswell
@@potatomatop9326
Can't really say Xbox whooped Sony at anytime, or anything. Sony has always had a better system, and development of games. Sales alone show this. I understand if you liked the 360, but it just wasn't as good. It's a simple fact.
@@williamcortelyou4524 sales yeah but performance? Fucc no. I play pro level blazblue and ultimate marvel vs capcom 3 and 360 wins big time.
Thanks TH-cam recommendation
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@@flocca100 having a stroke?
It’s code
@@BravoTango-vt8em for what
@@paulburnell2610 Encrypted coordinates of where to find the Holy Grail.
PS3 outsold X360. Yes, they made some mistakes and thought they are on a high horse just because they thought so, but this has to be deserved. And they did deserve it by putting some effort into a console.
also XboX's red ring of death really helped playstation
My cousin had 3 Xbox 360's die on him within 2 years. Over 50% of them were faulty.
LOL True
I still have my ps3 slim from 2010 or whatever. Absolutely countless hours of abuse. Still runs just as good as it did when new. Tht thing, like the GameCube, is a fucking tank
karelpipa don’t forget the yellow light on PS3’s
It helped xbox too lmao, many people bought multiple xboxes
Who still has a PS3 here??
Rise up
Also hoping that I can somehow afford the PS5. Somehow
I actually sold my 2 ps3s (one was jailbroken and had a awesome skin on it) and I saved whole last year and was able to buy a good ass PC this Christmas. Well I build it by parts but still a PC lol
Thinking of getting the xbox next year since Microsoft products are more compatible. For instance the wireless controller working with windows 10 through bluetooth which reduces quite a hassle.
Joshua Ayuban I still play mine
@XBOXRULES I never had a xbox though nowadays i prefer it since I've got a windows PC and a xbox one s controller with bluetooth which is compatible with windows and android & iOS which us why I consider and prefer xbox. But damn dude you're some salty braindead fanboy. Just don't don't pay attention of other console players and enjoy your xbox instead. This is still about personal preference since people dont buy things based on what's worth for the money most. It's based on preference and often what you grew up with. I grew up with playstation but its meh and not my personal favourite when I grew older ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I do have all Ps's Console, just waiting for Ps5
@XBOXRULES I'm not surprised
Despite the problems (like price and the yellow light of death), this was the console for which I had the most games. And I still love it’s interface to this day. It truly was the first all-in-one entertainment system, allowing video games, MP4 & MP3 playback, and it was my first Blu-ray player. I unfortunately had to junk my original one because the yellow light of death couldn’t be overcome but still, lots of great memories.
Yellow light of death effected less than than 0.05 percent of ps3s.... That's not very common... Is this all Xbots on this comment s section for as many Xbots that are here you would think they would sell more consoles but yet there in dead last again for the 4rth generation in a row...
@@CtheDead209-zt8tjMy understanding is that due to poor quality parts and deep design flaws, literally every fat PS3 is inevitably destined for the YLOD (unless potentially refurbishing like delidding, replacing the thermal paste, fan, etc). And I’m saying this as a huge fan of the PS3, it’s a real shame.
@@TokyoBayCity The Frankenstein mod is the only way to go for the original PS3 systems to be reliable in the first place with reballing with lead and using 40nm chips
@@tougeruzbay I’ve heard about the Frankenstein mod consoles, are those actually 100% safe from YLOD or do they just have the lowest likelihood of it?
It's a shame you didn't mention the $1 billion loss by xbox on RRODs the only company that 'won' in that generation was Nintendo.
Ian H It’s a shame you didn’t mention the $1 billon loss by xbox on RRODS the only company that ‘won’ in that generation was Nintendo.
Bruv Nintendo is legendary.
In the words of PS3 guy: 0:41 "We are a sex."
@@justcesec5029 you only have super smash bros you have no point in talking
@@qp-r2276 yeah sure kiddo -_-
Actual joke from Tonight Show with Jay Leno:
"The CIA has suspended the search of trying to find [Al-Qaeda leader] Osama Bin Laden. They now have a new objective: trying to find a Playstation 3."
Lmao
I completely forgot about the old playstation store, it sucked but man that makes me nostalgic
If it weren’t for PS3; I don’t think I’d have ever developed a passion for the hardware side of gaming and technology in general.
@THE CRAZY GUY lol
@THE CRAZY GUY calm down nerd
@THE CRAZY GUY the sad thing is I agree with you. You just dont need to go into full geek mode.
@THE CRAZY GUY the fuck is wrong with you lol loser
THE CRAZY GUY you're a loser dude
"What am I thankful for?"
Finding this incredible channel! I was scrolling through TH-cam for an achievement guide for a game and I scrolled across this page. I honestly have no idea as too why this account doesn't have over 1 MILLION SUBS. Anyway, I love the content and keep doing what you're doing! 👍
U been missing out man love his content too
@@unfeelingss5178 Not sure why I'm missing out but okay. 👍
@@crustychickenmcnuggets because you knew not that hard to read or understand tf he means. You said you were new. You've been missing out as in all the ones you missed. But what do I know. No hard feels, just a hardass that talks like this. Honestly if I was pissed or something you would know. Yall take care, good day/night!
@@Mjdecker1234 Not once did I ever say I was new, but thanks the input.
@Bilbo Baggins Can't argue that my friend. 🐔
They still outsold Microsoft in the end on that console generation so everything’s Ight
I freakin love your documentaries man your channel is so underrated.
Underrated: (verb) - underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something).
if you're going to use the word, use it right. who here is underestimating the value of this channel? It may be overlooked in your opinion, most likely it's just a channel that's growing and you're unwilling to wait for the natural order that it will occur in, however, I see no evidence that it's an underrated channel in the slightest.
Bjorick - shut up geek
Your*
Bjorick whatever
Ah yes, “geek,” the single most worthless and weak insult to ever exist in the English language.
It still ended up outselling the Xbox 360. It had a larger total gaming library too.
@youre An idiot how is he a fanboy, he is telling the truth
@youre An idiot WRONG... Sony sold off their computer business YEARS AGO. Microsoft doesn't get a penny from them.
They did end up Outselling the 360, but Sony took so much losses overall on the PS3 that's it's hard to claim they won since the PS3 was far from profitable
@@weathersponge5000 BULL****.. That's absolutely not true. Do some research instead of spreading lies. Sony's PlayStation division started turning a profit on PlayStation 3 at the end of 2008. They were able to renegotiate contracts with their hardware partners such as IBM, which allowed them to reduce the PlayStation 3 retail cost to $300. From that point onward, Sony turned a profit each and every quarter and year over year. Meanwhile, Microsoft lost massive amounts of money on the Xbox 360. The 360 had a failure rate of over 54% due to them using cheap and crappy parts. They even lied about the severity of the problem for years until the hundreds of lawsuits started rolling in. When Microsoft finally acknowledged the problem, they had to write off 20 billion dollars in losses to fix the issue. That's not including the amount of money they were forced to pay to settle the lawsuits. Microsoft lost A CRAP TON of money on 360. Also, the sales figures for the 360, while accurate, are highly inflated. Most Xbox 360 owners had to buy the console at least 2-3 times. The actual percentage of people who REALLY owned a 360 was less than 50 million.
@@christiandyers6309 Yes the PS3 made profit in some quarters, but in general Sony lost money on the PS3 cause of their terrible launch, as the video states, Sony lost 4+ Billion dollars on the PS3 in it's first two years alone, yes they made profit several quarters after that, but it wasn't enough to make up the money Sony lost on the PS3 just cause of the launch.
What are you talking about? Even at the end ps3 outsold the xbox
barely lol.
9:53 I'm sure the Sony people were watching the Xbox announcement in 2013 and saying the EXACT same thing about Microsoft's $500 price tag and mandatory kinect peripheral. LOL
Xbox should have learned from PS3. Marketing your console too high compared to the competitor you’ve already lost. The Kinect was useless, and don’t get me started on the online only.
(By the way, I’m not a Sony fanboy. I own a One S, the one got better once Mattrick stepped down and Harrison stepped up. The one’s launch was abysmal, that’s just fact)
@@burnertm nah tbh I rlly think Microsoft got overconfident too like Kutaragi when he was about to launch the PS3, Mattrick expects ppl to buy the XB1 with the Kinect (which no one wanted) for $500, but yet the problems before and after launch was so horrible that it affected sales hard and look how it turned out in the end
It's cool to think that everyone learn from their mistakes.
"No one wanted the kinect". Lmao u must be kidding. Kinect was the best thing i ever had and me and my friends gladly bought the the xbox package with kinect and it was actually pretty amazing
@@azeemniazi8292 That must be you, as Microsoft more or less killed Kinect (which they wouldn't do if it was so successful)
The PS3 was the console that I spent the most time with it, got one late in 2013, stayed with until all the way up to December 2017, then I bought a PS4. The 7th generation was the best, the best games are there. Good times :)
Are you also thinking of buying PS5 in Holiday 2020?
I don't know if it was the best -- (I'm old, so I have an affinity for the 5th and 6th gens, too) -- but it was pretty magical. I really miss those days of the 7th gen. There didn't seem to be anywhere near the output in games or excitement this gen. I really think the 8th gen kinda sucked. It's like a stagnant continuation of the 7th.
@Apharmd Battler I have a 360 now, I bought a brand new to play the classics again ;)
@@AgentMorgan2010 true, I love the 6th gen, but the 7th was just unbelievable good, this current gen is just boring, nothing really changed and such boring games. I hope the PS5 brings something really new.
Still playing it. Trying to beat Bloodrayne.
I consider 2006 to 2009 as the PS3's Dark Age, it was starting in 2010 when the PS3 Slim model was just recently released and following the launch of critically acclaimed games like Heavy Rain, God of War III and Grand Turismo 5 , not to mention the successful launch of the PlayStation Move, this was when the future started to look bright for Sony once again.
Yup. I clearly remember being at Gamestop in those early years looking at the single shelve there was for PS3 games when the Xbox 360 had 3 and the Wii had 4. It felt empty and depressing.
But one day, I stumbled on an original copy of Demon Souls and the rest is history.
Metal Gear Solid 4 as well was the first system seller game
I thought psmove sold no units compared to kenict and wii
Don't forget the sony hack in 2011 👀
@@66kaisersoza who could forget that. Sony was never the same again after that episode. They doubled down on DRM, slashing Linux support on PS3, etc.
Back then me and my friends had a strong, very strong feeling that, if Sony had teamed up with Valve things would have been incredible.
Sony focusing on hardware and Valve on software, providing Steam with everything that comes with it. We had a glimpse of that with Portal 2. But it ALL but vanished with the 2011 incident.
Valve continued its journey with steam os, steam remote play, its own game controller and now the Steam Deck.
Fast forward today and maybe the Vita would have had a second breath, you would get no PS+ BS as well, etc. I truly think they would have accomplish something great working together... If only Sony did that a year or 2 prior to 2011 when they were already struggling to keep up with Xbox game pass.
For me the PS3 its the most lovely memorable times in videogames,that was a truly console war back in the day
Genesis vs Super Nintendo was brutal
@Kerry Howard Imagine doing console wars
I'm 35...so I've been around since the NES and Sega Master System days...and to this day I don't think anything compares to the SNES vs Sega Genesis console wars. Kids would literally chose their friends based on what console they owned...it was that serious a topic. I've never seen such heated rivalry between console owners of different brands since then.
@@salty-as-heck9915 I heard that but where I came from it was a completely different experience,The Snes was more popular and some others had the Genesis too,maybe I was so young to remember
@@jamalonso2360 I was a little more open minded, so I did make a friend of someone who had a Genesis and I got to play his console's exclusives. For the most part I thought both consoles were pretty comparable, but I have to admit I was jealous of his Genesis because his version of Mortal Kombat had blood and gore , while the SNES version had no blood.
In other words, Cell didn't sell.
I like what you did there
Steve Rogers understood that reference...
It sold tho
It sold very well, it just got off to a slow start. It surpassed the 360 when the price dropped and the incredible exclusives (MGS4,Killzone 2,God of War III,Uncharted 2 and 3,and The Last of Us) started rolling out.
PS3- 87.4 million
XBOX 360- 84 million
unfortunately cell is still impressive even today. sucks that it kind of met a dead end.
including Toshiba in this is probably why it failed, toshiba sux
At the end PS3 came back
The Last of Us showed it’s true potential 👍
It's strange because I'm excited about TLOU2 , but felt part 1 was extremely overrated with very little freedom and outdated graphics that mostly didn't gel with me. And PS4 version only made It worse. Maybe technology finally caught up with It's ambition and I can appreciate the vision more clearly with part 2.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I also thought The Last of Us was extremely overrated but I have no idea what you're talking about with the graphics. The graphics were perfectly fine for the PS3 era and well above average.
Fawkk YuTuu what? The last of us graphically was above average at the time. The gameplay isn’t amazing but I enjoyed it. The meat of the game comes from the story, character interaction, and the post apocalyptic environment along with unique enemies(clickers). Just played the game on ps4 pro and it was good.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 Exactly. I played the game on my ps4 and the textures were offensively ugly. Maybe it was good for the ps3 generation.
Nirvana One
Lol 720p and 20 fps is considered the “true power”
“The alliance was called STI”. Well damn.
Replace the I with a D, and you've got a helluva alliance
SEGA Technical Institute?
@@OmegaRejectz it's gonna be outdated till I give some of mine to u
ItzMrinyYo 🤣😂😭
Subaru Technica International?
But the ps3 won in the end which continues today
I mean, I hate to be THAT guy, but the Wii actually won lol.
I really dont know why MS dropped full support of X360 so early as they did. PS3 grew their momentum towards end and that was part of PS4 success.
@Voytron I’ve seen plenty of people do it lol. If people compare the Switch to PS4 and XB1 (and they do a LOT), then why not compare the 360 and PS3 to the Wii? Lol. And if we’re talking in actual terms, the PS3 just BARELY beat the Xbox 360. If Microsoft didn’t pull support of the 360 early, it may have been a different story.
@@stinkynacho2362 they pulled support early, but they also started a year earlier
@Retendo While that may be true, how does that change the fact that the Wii won? If I was to say the PS4 is overrated anyway (which is an opinion, same as what you said with the Wii. Not a fact), then that means I could say Xbox One won this generation, which is completely false. Like bruh, it doesn’t matter if the system was overrated. IT WON 😂
And the Wii was great! What are you talking about? 😂😂😂
PS3 - Costly and complicated cell processor.
Xbox360 - poor cooling design killing many early consoles.
Got to give it to Sony, PS3 was in it for the long game. My xbox died 3 times and now obsolete while my PS3 is still playing high end games to this day =)
Detroit Become human music
Connor's
THANK YOU! I knew I'd heard the music before but I couldn't put my finger on it lol
@THE CRAZY GUY
Well that's your opinion
I believe the game is amazing with an interesting and quite emotional story and the soundtracks are amazing
@THE CRAZY GUY lol ..for you maybe ..
And they still outsold the 360
I had a ps3 from day 1 and never once did I think Sony had fallen from grace.
i agree it was a rough start to them and look at how the make a good comeback to PS4
That's because you weren't the sucker who had to pay for it.
That’s loyalty, man.
Bad start n then psn hack was so damn bad
The lack of games certainly did suggest to me that Sony was struggling
I love the little Detroit music beats👌🏼👌🏼
I like how the cod games look so good because they USED THE POWER
Back when I played Ps3 I remember being upset that Cod: world at war looked better on Xbox 360 coming to the conclusion that I got the graphically inferior console. However, I simultaneously thought that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was best looking game for its time. This video helped me understand why lol.
Brandon Stout Same, here. I was underwhelmed and pissed off when I started Modern Warfare 2.
@@MrSuperVikingo MW2 looks good on ps3 though
Nahuel 2002.:. Yeah, it’s good but the 360 is cleaner and sharper; I have both versions.
@Apharmd Battler Well, just to have Blu ray movies, is an advantage over the 360...
@@Науэль2002 imagine buying a gaming console to watch blu ray movies lol. As a gamer that literally isn't anything important.
At the time 360 was the optimal gaming machine.
the initial price is what scared a lot of people away. i know it did for me. but, in its later years, it introduced me to the yakuza series and i have been a huge fan ever since. MAG was another game that blew me away with the amount of people that could be on the battlefield at once. some crazy fights
Chad warden wipes his ass with $600.
Honestly if you brought PS3 after the price drop you were actually saving money. Cause XBL was $60, consoles generally have 6 year lifespan so if you wanted the full gaming experience w/ online play, inv friends, watching netflix, etc you would paid $360 (span of 6 years) for their XBL alone, whilst PSN was free.
Extra point for PS3 bec we had NO SQUEAKERS, bec nobody used their mics lol
Honestly the ps3 was a marvel of technology. The freaking military hooked a bunch of them up together and made them into a super computer server. It just sucks that Sony focused so hard to making it powerful and then didn't give game devs the information they needed to code for it. Otherwise it would have exploaded.
It could've become the ultimate console if it wasn't so expensive (at launch) and so hard to develop for
@@annettemaldonado3373 Did you watch the video? PS3 was cheap and Sony was losing substantial money for each PS3. But of course for consumer it was expensive but Sony couldn't make it any cheaper.
@@blugaledoh2669 Well, I definitely doesn't look cheap when you compare the price to the Xbox 360 and Wii
@Dhruv Sharma compared to the price of manufacturing it, it was.
I got the OG 60gb- was able to play all of my old ps2 and some ps1 games . That piano black screams elegant. Till this day - still playing it.
jd5179 I used to have one before it pretty much broke, and it never worked ever again
@@EonServoXA fixable?
@@pirateclick1d169 Maybe, but idek where the thing is lol
@@EonServoXA find it
Game developer: Alright let's do this! Let's make the best game!
CEO: Cool!
Game Developer: i'll start on the story line first and plot then design.
CEO: That's great! While you're at it start taking this course CS699: Introduction to CELL processor(120days).
Game Developer: What is this? Wait, are you serious?
CEO: Yeah, that's the first one. There are 4 levels.
Game Developer: What is this? What's going on here? Am i being punk'd?
CEO: Yeah buddy it's real. You need to relearn our stuff.
Game Developer: hang on. *calls microsoft*
I like what you did there.
True
Who’s here after the Ps5 Pro announcement?
I remember the PS3 release. It’s crazy how revolutionary those graphics looked back then. Seeing them this many years later, and comparing them to what we have now is crazy. Technological advancement is wild. (I always hated my PS3 compared to all of my friends 360s. I felt like I definitely chose the wrong console for that generation)
I ended up going with the 360 but I appreciate playstation 10 times more now
PS3: dark color palette
PS4: vibrant and realistic
PS5: life like emulator
😉
@@deftoner718 Xbox 360 was lame, you had to buy so many add-ones to compete with PS3. 🤣
"looked back then"
Lol, newsflash, this is 2006-and up we are talking about.
@@princegroove PS2 aesthetic was the best, it felt otherworldy and surreal like you were stepping into the world of sony interactive entertainment...remember when OSes were 3d and tried to look sexy while still being usable like with the sega saturn and original Xbox?
nowadays youve got ugly shit like the xbox one os, and the fugly switch os which just reeks of android, holy shit they put 0 effort into the switch's os.
PS3 is still better than PS4, no pay to play online plus still more fun oriented games than ps4 online and remaster dominated games.
Ps4 and ps5 killed playstation specially with the fact that you now have to pay to play online that's just low, i mean they make millions if not more with game sales, add on content, and consoles alone, greed is a bad addiction, oh wait its just business ( assholes ).
thank capitalism
@@64bitmodels66 😁🙌🏻 not really tho hiji
Probably the most beautiful console ever released in the history of videogames. It looks quality. Nothing has come close to it in design. The ps3 slim was a huge drop in build quality and Looks
Their superior design came with a cost.
I respect your opinion but i kinda like the ps3 slim design more just because it has matte finish than glossy plastic
I just remembered how cool ps3 was,its a shame i cant get it when its launched due to my financial condition.
I have PS3 slim, and it's so sleek!
I disagree with that to be honest, the Sega Megadrive is my personal favourite
The ps3 has free online play. It’s also simply a much more reliable console than the 360. No ring of death after only a couple years or so. The ps3, like the GameCube, is a tank; able to withstand years of use and abuse where the 360 would have stopped functioning long ago
The ps3 has the red light of death
PS3 is a very tough console you have to hit it with a sledgehammer to break it whereas Xbox shatters to a hundred pieces when you drop it
"No ring of death after only a couple years or so."
Don't lie like that. A lot of launch PS3s ended up with YLOD (including mine).
The ps3 especially the fats got ylod recently discovered that the nec tokin capacitors were the main cause of failure
@@bloatersnake9787 you can't find the PlayStation 3 fat that isn't yellow lighted huge problem very huge look it up
...And to this day, my PS3 is still my most reliable and much preferred Blu Ray player
Truth. I've gone through 2 DVD/Blu Ray players. . .My PS3 still chugs along. I'm still playing games on it. GTA V and MGS5 still have online servers running.
I'm buying another Ps3. Haven't had one since 2014. I miss playing max payne 3, killzone, god of war 3, kane & lynch 2, gta 4, the list goes on.
@Nickolas Schneider Honestly yeah
@@ThePeanutButterCup13 how does gow 3 suck
@Darth Kennedy GTA IV sucks?
Lionel Messi lol he’s wild for that one
try the Ratchet and Clank trilogy
Microsoft: We can win this
Sony: I’ve been doing this longer than you’ve been alive.
Sony is new in the field .. Nintendo is old
Xbox Tempesta Pc master race wins it always
And yet Xbox won this gen.
@@fcukugimmeausername 7th gen? No its 3rd because ps3 beat it at its final year, and the wii sold more units than both the ps3 and xbox 360.
Nintendo > Sony > Sega > Microsoft...by age!
Microsoft > Sony > Nintendo > Sega...by how much the'r worth!
The Ps3 was a visionary piece of hardware.
A built in hard drive.
Blu ray.
Ps1/Ps2 full backwards compatibility.
A Cpu so powerful, that it outperforms the Processor in the PS4 in many tasks.
It wasn't too expensive. For what you got at the time, it was an absolute bargain.
interesting how sony repeated some of the mistakes that sega made with the saturn: expensive hardware that is fancy and impressive but also hard to develop for so most developers did not use the hardware to its full potential or did not bother to develop for this platform alltogether
the only reason this did not break sonys neck was because they had so much more money to burn
and also because they didnt fuck up their game library as badly as sega did with the saturn
@@64bitmodels66 Naw, the Saturn library was good. Compared to other consoles at the time though, it didn’t stand a chance.
@@PeopleWithPlushies the console didnt even have a mainline 3D Sonic game meanwhile the playstation 1 was completely dominating with third parties and sony crapping out masterpieces every other day
@@64bitmodels66 Yeah, I totally agree with that. But don’t overlook the other hidden gems the Saturn had, such as Nights Into Dreams, Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter, Burning Rangers and a lot of quality fighting ports. While there wasn’t a mainline Sonic game, Sonic Jam sorta makes up for it in some way.
The PlayStation had a lot more going for it though, so it was heavily overlooked.
@@PeopleWithPlushies Ehh, Daytona USA was complete garbage on saturn compared to the dreamcast, arcade version, and 360/PS3 ports. ran at like 20fps
and why play virtua fighter when tekken exists
plus if youre going to mention saturn gems it seems weird you wouldnt mention radiant silvergun or guardian heroes
Interestingly, the PS3 became a good console late into its lifecycle. Early on, Microsoft paid a lot of JRPG developer/publishers to make exclusives for Xbox 360 only, notably Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, SO4 was temporarily exclusive, etc. so as JRPG lover I starved on the PS3 early on, but later on Microsoft found it wasn't worth it to get JRPG exclusives, so they just stopped and PS3 got massive JRPGs later on its life cycle like many Tales of games.
Still can not beat Xbox 360 S and E versions.
PS3 went out with a bang in terms of JRPGs when they released fucking Persona 5.
Nobody buys jrpg games
Ryan has been the go to source for the PlayStation community on TH-cam for years and these documentary specials are just brilliant. Thanks brother for the effort & excellent content.
The PS3 brought me back to gaming and is my favorite console. I always have gotten into new generations later in the life cycles i.e. I bought a PS1 in 1996, a PS2 in 2004 right after San Andreas came out and didn't get a PS3 until 2012. First off I go in phases with gaming from being excited and all in to not playing for months. What has happened with getting the new gens later in their life cycles is that when I do get them it's usually after the Slim hardware revision, so the hardware has been debugged and streamlined. As for software, there's a huge amount of AAA games that are now on sale and very cheap on the used market.
By getting a PS3 shortly before the PS4 I got to experience all of the prior hits at lnd Last Of Us. In addition to a huge backlog and going in & out of gaming I just got a PS4 Pro last year. Just like with the PS3 I've enjoyed great deals on games that were just $60 a few years ago (just bought Assassin's Creed Odyssey for like $12 or something). I have had a blast with the PS4 Pro, but my PS3 Slim is still hooked up on my gaming 4K TV and is still fired up occasionally.
This novella is to give kudos to Ryan but also , by giving my history with PlayStation, give my $0.02 on the upcoming PS5 launch. Like the other Playstation releases I am waiting on getting a PS5. Availability is probably forcing that even if I wanted to I couldn't get one, but my trepidation is down to the fact that Sony launch hardware (like all companies hardware for that matter) has had issues. Seeing that the SSD is married to the motherboard really concerned me and I would wager that in 2-3 years the Slim version will make the main SSD removable just like the extended storage drive option. Plus we are really in the depths of diminishing returns now. This isn't a leap like Atari 2600 to NES or even PS3 to PS4 (which was appreciable but not gobsmacking). The PS5 will perform better as far as frame rates and the addition of ray tracing and other graphical fidelity improvements but sitting 6-8 feet away I'd love to see what the A-B blind test reveals for CyberPunk on PS4 and PS5. I sincerely believe most gamers would have trouble distinguishing between the two versions. Patience friends.
here it is 2023 and i am enjoying my ps3 console as much today as the first day i purchased it. when it first came out. PS3- a great piece of art. THANK YOU SONY.
I just finished my exams and now you dropped your new documentary this has to be my lucky day 😁😁👍
Damn only watched the intro and this looks so well pieced together keep up the Excellent work on here you really are a credit to TH-cam ps world of thing only one channel I need for ps news etc.. I need looking forward to watching this later on.
thank you :)
Bro this guy makes high quality documentaries
Reallt can't fault this guys Channel at a very well researched and thought through documentary and ps news updated
Great having just one place to go to that really does cover it's all
Watched it last night and enjoyed it loved hearing about the tech n spec side of it all more in-depth than I have ever heard before
Great that he covered the Folding Home project and how people used this buy these to link them together
Although am still unsure what exaclty this was all for :s lol
Thank you!
The PS3 gave birth to some of the most iconic and best exclusive franchises. Such as Little Big Planet, Uncharted and more.
Meh
Both the franchises you mention are dead and has ended lol
And also the last of us
ps3 has nogaems
@Geassmaster55 bruh you just focused on little big planet yet completely ignored uncharted which had all of its games being hugely successful
2020.. And The PS3 still the Best Console for me until now.
I bought ps3 super slim 500GB in 2020
the 360 is better
Who still plays on PS3?
Barack Obama meeeeeeee
@@GrainMuncher I do and I have a PS4 but PS3 games are way better
PS3 was a developers worst nightmare, due to the Cell technology, we only ever saw 40% of the PS3's true power. Wasted potential. PS4 was the complete opposite, thank God!
Truth!
I didn't believe the 40% thing til Yoshida said it himself
I know right?
It was a shame but at least we have awesome games like the Uncharted trilogy, God Of War III, The Last Of Us, Metal Gear Solid IV, Persona 5 , etc
@@Ezequielroldan2901 Agreed! Love those games :)
The "40% of it's power" statement was from Yoshida in like.... 2008. And I'm pretty sure it was in relation to Uncharted 1 which pales in comparison to later PS3 exclusives.
Granted, it's entirely possible that the PS3's power wasn't 100% maxed out by developers, but even if the PS3 was Sony's main platform for longer, it's unlikely that PS3 games would've been much (if any) better than The Last of Us on a technical level.
The PS3s biggest problem was it was too advanced for smol American branes
Looking at your spelling,..... Nevermind 🤣
[insert that one reddit meme]
Still play mine in 2019
Or what's left of 2019 .
Me as well...me as well..........
(add me my PSN id is Markregamer I'm really lonely lmao)
Playing through the Jak HD collection right now.
@@mark030a what games do you have ?
@@myyt7590 Way too fucking much, lol
(over 40 games, that I can guarantee, I can send you a list over PSN chat if you'd like)
2020
Yeah not gonna lie, I respect ken for being very passionate about the ps3 he worked hard for something he loved even if it ended up being a failure at launch. I've had better memories with it and all its mutimedia functions and friends than I did with ps4. I was younger then, but just booting it up and looking at your friends list the little things, just wasn't the same on ps4.
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ratchet & Clank Future TOD
Heavenly Sword
Uncharted DF
MGS4
Resistance 2
MotorStorm PR
LittleBigPlanet
Fallout 4
So many awesome games just in the first 2 years
Ali Hani Fallout 4? Don't you mean Fallout 3?
@@mickyfitzy13 yes 3, I'm sorry
Ali Hani it's ok, could add Elder Scrolls Oblivion too 😅
i like how ps3 games before 2010 had the playstation logo on the cover art of game boxes vertically with that ''spiderman" font.
@@bimmer8602 oh yeah
Sony seem to have learnt their lesson from the PS3 launch.
Almost a blessing in disguise it flopped so hard at launch. It humbled Sony and they are better for it now.
TJae Speaks I agreed. I just hope Sony doesn’t take PS4’s success for granted and do the same thing again with the PS3 all over again.
@youre An idiot It just hit $50 a share. Should have bought in earlier to be honest.
Bro they’re still better than Microsoft tf u talkin about
I’m 33 now, so age is def a reflection of the times back then. I really wish you added the 2008 recession and Wii launch. These were a HUGE impact on the launch and added demise of the Ps3.
Great video regardless.
@Apharmd Battler The 360 sold less than the PS3 😁
@Apharmd Battler wow you showed him
@ yeah...i bought 2 , solely due to Forza games....
@@maxwelsh6121 i had a blast on forza 2 in a hyundai tiburon that beat almost every car (be doing 200mph on side of wall passing people)
@ loool 😂😁😀
Mystic thank you for this video, I used it for my college assignment on Sony, I used the Sony PlayStation 3 as an example of where Sony saw potential damages in promises and as well as cost considerations. Great Video.
Ah yes my old friend the PS3, I actually still have it and the games lol
Every time they say cell
Cell: "absolute perfection"
@maltese 84 Well, they did it their way.
same thought
Looking back on the 7th Generation of Gaming, its so strange that I consider it a generation that I would say, was better when it finally ended. I say that because if you think about it, all of the Big Three's had their own major problems to deal with while the gamers where in the middle of it.
- Nintendo: While the original Wii sold extremely well for the company, many "hardcore" gamers saw the system as a motion controlled dust collector with mountains of shovelware and moved on to other things that caught their interest, despite a lot of great releases from both Nintendo and other companies. And on top of that, when third-parties actually did release a game on the system that was worth checking out on it (even if the game had normal controls), most third-party games didn't sell well on the system (aside from Just Dance, but I'm pretty sure that's not what most gamers are looking for, so moving on) all because of the image Nintendo put on themselves in this era.
- Microsoft: While they were having a great time enjoying their success with the Xbox 360, the Red Ring had other plans for many gamers, out there and while the company definitely had the pockets to deal with it, it's something that the internet hasn't forgot about and something that Microsoft doesn't want to relive again.
- Sony: (Pretty much everything Ryan said in this video), but its true. Right out of the gate, Sony was setting themselves up for failure the day they announced the official price tag of the PS3 at launch. We go from high price tag for the system (which would've hurt Sony regardless of the PS3 selling well because they wouldn't make any money back from any system sold) to features that were promised day one to developers having trouble making or porting their games onto the system to fast forward years later, the PSN hack.
Then what happened the following generation? Pretty much history repeating itself.
Yeah, the 7th gen was like a comedy of errors.
I'd like to add that the Wii is what killed the Wii U. The casuals thought the Wii U was just an addon for the Wii and they had already gotten bored with the Wii. Gamers weren't interested because it didn't have 3rd party support. 3rd party publishers avoided the Wii U because the Wii didn't sell software (the 360 and PS3 have more software sales despite selling 20 million less consoles) Nintendo's 7th gen mistake just took a little longer to catch-up with them.
7th gen was weak In the traditional single player sense , but It's strength IMO was console online social gaming and landmark multiplayer.
The system Itself was beautiful , powerful , and complex but as a gaming console It will always be a letdown to me with a weak library.
If COD4 MW didn't come out and do what It did for online FPS I would've said 7th gen was easily the worst console gen since the crash.
6th , 5th , 4th , and 3rd were the greatest so far imo... with 5th gen being the outright best ever IMO.
That generation will always be associated with M$’s shady anti-consumer tactics taking center stage; thus, history would repeat itself In 2013.
Fuck the trashbox. I‘ve trusted in Sony since I got my first Sony TV and VCR as a kid in the 90’s.
Sony and PlayStation for life!
Xbox's real problems started in 2010. Abandoning what made them successful (simplistic console with good video games) to turn their entire focus on the Kinect. Third party devs stopped making exclusives for them since the PS3 was getting easier to develop for. First Party devs also shifted their focus to Kinect and that allowed Sony to shine with their exclusives. Still, if it wasn't for Europe, the 360 would have beaten the PS3. Then they go into the next generation and just blow it. Despite being somewhat quick to fix the horrible PR disaster that was the Xbox One presentation, the damage was already done. The console was more expensive, launched with mediocre Kinect exclusives and an underwhelming Halo 5, lost their significant market share in Europe that the 360 worked so hard for and it was starting to be known as the "900p console". Finally dropped the Kinect, developed the Xbox One X (albeit a tad too late) and added backwards compatibility. Then they mess it up again by announcing "Play Anywhere" which basically meant no more exclusives for the Xbox One. It's a pro consumer move but I think in the end it ended up hurting the Xbox brand more than it did good. All this while Sony stood its ground for this entire generation with pretty much no mistakes besides the crossplay drama.
I guess MS kinda gave up at this point and it's when they started pushing hard for services and streaming. Acquiring studios to constantly develop low effort mobile games to dump on Gamepass, focusing on xCloud, etc. 2010 was the beggining of the end for Xbox. The company took a massive dump on the traditional console player in favor of the mobile casual.
@@Manic_Panic Don't forget Titanfall flopped In a sense , which was supposed to be their killer app that would replicate COD's breakout FPS success all over again and give them an easy entry Into next gen sales from what was the biggest genre. Monsters like the cocaine level addiction COD franchise , or GTA franchise only come around once In a great while. Sony keeps creating and neevr just leaning on the multiplat 800 pound gorillas , they understand how Important hardcore exclusives and establishing franchises over time are and they protect their brand.
This made me appreciate PlayStation more. I ended going with the 360 during that time but I’m 200 percent with PlayStation these days
I went the other way once Sony started to fuck over their backwards compatible market.
Naughty Dog I remember them saying for Uncharted 2 that they found ways to save on GPU memory and use the Cell to render graphics in some levels of the game. The Cell Broadband Engine was diffidently a powerful CPU for its time no computer was more powerful then the Cell back in the day. It’s crazy to think a game console held this much power.
Yeah true
Ryan Scherbluk still very powerful ps4 isn’t even powerful enough to run ps3 games. Even PC’s barely can.
I got my PS3 in Oct of 07. Still my overall favorite console of all time. It introduced me to HDMI, easy online gaming, Blu Rays, 1080p and not to mention the 4 USB’s. I got more use out of this console than any other. It was ahead of its time for sure
I wish it kept backwards compatibility with PS2, but otherwise I liked it. Free online multiplayer. My first Blu-ray player. And very convenient to back up saves. It had done a lot right.
Wasn't PS3 gen supposed to be 720p?
@@sharjeelahmed7913Not at all. 1080p all the way.
I preordered my copy here in EU (had to wait awhile longer).
The full HD (i.e. 1080p) quality was absolutely stunning for the time - so crisp and clean!
I remember getting a complementary BD of Casino Royale, courtesy of Sony for preordering it.
I did play games on it, but I massively used it for watching BlueRay movies and series.
At the time it was the absolute best BD player, bar none.
And let’s not forget: it helped Sony win the disk war against HD-DVD and MS, the latter medium going extinct rather soon, whereas BD still survives to this day.
@@skycloud4802the very first year of models could play ps2
@@sharjeelahmed7913Most games were rendered at 720p, but there were some (mostly lighter titles, with the notable exception of the Gran Turismo series) that were able to run at true native 1080p.
Of course everything outside of games ran at 1080p if you set it to that, like Blu-ray movies for example.
I am genuinely upset with myself for not having come across this channel (and especially these video game history docs) sooner! The level of detail, editing, narrative, technical explanations, and analysis is truly impressive. Yours is one of those rare channels that are such high quality that I actually feel a bit guilty that I’m not paying for this content. I don’t think I’ve ever subscribed faster
Same here
Thats rather illogical but hey, you're here now so cheerio...
@@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI , hahaha! Indeed! What's the deal with "being upset at yourself" for not knowing about a TH-cam channel earlier? Chill out boys!
Still got my ps3 connected..💪
Please like when someone realizes that the background music is from the game "Detroit become Human" in PS4. Amazing song.
Sony messed up when it was revealed the ps3 would cost $600 at launch
PS5 costs less lol
and the second job part.
@@bloatersnake9787 way less if you think about Inflation
@@bloatersnake9787 yes
Not by much! PS3 launch price in Canada was 660 for 60gb and 500 for 20gb. PS5 launched price in Canada was 630 but due to inflation it goes up to 650. So it’s 10 bucks cheaper!
Ps3 is easily my faforite console ever, because of the exclusives!
It has a lot of Battlefield games too
The only good thing when you bought a PS3 slim was one: NO RED RING OF DEATH.
you mean Yellow Light of Death?
Microsoft fanboy spotted. It's YLoD you stupid
@@John-X what the fuck are you even talking about, you fucking idiot?
@@Generationalwealth94 Never heard of Yellow light of death, had a PS3 since 2007 and stopped playing on it 2013, not one single problem, same thing with my PS4, same PS4 and will have it until I get my PS5.
@@MonkeyDLuffy60073 sure my PS3 Slim was bought in like 2008 and it never happened, but its still a possibility
I really wanna watch this but it’s 2 in the morning and I have an exam tomorrow🙃
Go to sleep
Good luck!
"Go to fuck to sleep"
I loved Playstation 3. So many great games came out on that system. Uncharted 2 is still the single greatest gaming experience I've ever had. That game astounded me. And as a huge fan of shooters, the Pixeljunk Shooter games were unlike any shooter I'd ever played, loved those games.
Love these documentaries!
PlayStation fell off when they introduced paid membership for online users 👎👎👎
They did that with PS4. So did Xbox One. PS4 is still selling well.
Optamizm that’s why ps3 is great. Playing online with PS4 is like attending modern day football stadium, it’s not the real raw fans but those who can afford it only.
@@Lahmekful, it doesn't cost that much, especially if you wait to buy a 12 month subscription when it's on sale. There's at least one sale each year, but almost certainly more. Then you also get 24 "free" games each year with it, so you get to play some games you would never have bought outright, and that can be great.
Ps3 was fantastic.
I seriously started this video as I was walking out the house. Listened to it via bluetooth in my truck on the way to work. This was a great video even though all I did was listen to it. As a Playstation fan since day one this video makes me happy I was along for the ride. I made some great memories with the console.
LaRonStar I do the same while driving to and from work, he’s a great narrator.
@@MrSuperVikingo my thoughts exactly. A podcast of sorts would be pretty cool. Unless that exist and I'm not in the know.
I’ll never forget that MGS4 install time...
lol 😂😂
I installed that game pretty quickly last week.
Yea but you get to watch Snake smoke.
@@jadedheartsz internet speeds weren't that same back then :P
Kept You Waiting Huh?
What I find interesting about the fact that the PS3 font is the same as the original Spider-Man trilogy, is the parallel between the two. The first one was very good, the second was even better, but the third one, while not bad, didn't have the same success as the first two, both the Playstation and the Spiderman movies.
And of course, the PS3 and Spider-Man 3 shared a font for their logos...
I remember as a teen when the Sega DreamCast and the PlayStation first came out. I wanted the Gamecast and I remember Sears being out...but they had a PlayStation. Long story short, I bought the Sony and became a fan overnight. Then the PS3 came out. I returned it the following week because of lack of games for it. Now looking back, I agree that the PS3 was great. Maybe even ahead of its time.
DC Williams I became a fan of Sony when the PS1 came out. Meaning I bought their product until the PS3 came out because I was disappointed with their lack of content.
Fucks a Gamecast