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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2020
- The PS3, right now, in 2021, is a bargain. An absolute steal. It can play three different generations of games, PSP games, it is a capable media device, including apps like TH-cam, Twitch, Netflix and Amazon Prime video and, if hacked, does only become better and better. So sit back, relax, and enjoy my recap of all that makes the PS3 so great in 2021. Especially if you get to pay it 30$ like I did.
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My ex's parents got me a Ps3 when we were together and it's probably the best thing I got from that relationship
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Fun fact: this is my first video edited and rendered on Final Cut Pro. I am finally abandoning that spaghetti-code mess called Vegas Pro.
Nice, i reccommend you to try and memoryze some keyboard shortcuts to get up to speed with editing, using just the mouse takes way too long
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Nice!
It’s always refreshing to see new people getting into the PS3, and it’s ‘all-purpose’ nature is something I really miss on newer consoles. It’s crazy that you managed to get one with some games for €25, the console alone is usually at least £40 here in the UK!
Also, your dry humour throughout the video was brilliant. Especially the WordArt joke. You’ve earned my sub.
2024, absolutely agree. found a ps3 in the trash basically at my work, cleaned it up, took it home and slapped a spare 1tb ssd i had, works a charm. helps that the games for it are dirt cheap atm
Don't tell Sony, if you use PS3xPAD you can add support for Xbox One and Xbox 360 controllers on your PS3 🤫 I experienced a tad bit of input lag when I tried it, but for the laugh I got it was well worth it 😁👍
Excellent video, I learned quite a bit! The region free blueray had never crossed my mind, good stuff!
Another use for PlayStation 3: it serves as an amazing music player! It can read all different types of music files, categorise them into playlists and it even has a cool visualiser effect for music, you can also play music while in a game!
Spotify doesn’t work anymore....😭
@@MistyBubble1 good.
I absolutely love the ps3 I still play it to this day and I always recommend it because of the great library and the fact is it's easily mobile like you said
Very informative, entertaining, humorous and well edited video! I already knew most of this stuff, but still enjoyed watching you put it all together together in one short video.
And I would definitely love to see a PlayTV vid if you ever get around to making one!
Just discovered your channel and I'm watching every video. Love your content so far! Awesome. I also love famicom and pirate carts.
Proud owner of a modded PS3 as well. You didn't mention emulators! With Retroarch you can use your PS3 to play practically every 8 bit, 16bit console, arcade and so forth. I play NES, SNES, GB, GBC and GBA on mine and it also has them sweeeet CRT shaders.
Anyway, just subscribed :)
What is a emulator?
Even has 480i/480p composite/ponent out! with a gbs-c you have beautiful 240p coming out of the little boy
Eyy, thanks for upload a new video, i really like your content and the way you make your videos, i hope you are doing well, greetings from México
Hey! Thanks a lot! I'm doing great :) I hope you are doing well too!
Hope to see something on the PSTV soon. Grabbed one shortly after it was discontinued, cool little console not a lot of people even know about.
I stumbled upon your video and it is good! Great video, great content. My PS3 will always be my favorite piece of technology. Keep up! Greeting from Portugal
Excellent video, you really cover a lot of features that other US gaming TH-camrs don't even consider, really useful info. I'll be trying the Netflix app to see if I can bypass the pc browser problem of having terrible video buffering even though I have a good internet connection.
You just sold the ps3 to me, tbh. Once I get a stable place to live, I'm gonna get one
THX!!! New ideas for my ps3
please do the PS3-tv addon video!!!! also I love this so much!
Nice vid!
I have a backwards compatible fat PS3 and I love it to death.
Awesome video!
I'm also using my PS3 for PS1, PS2 and PS3 games. I have no interested in PS5 yet since there's so many games I didnt play on PS3. I also think the graphics are great but that might be me used to retro games haha. Half in toThe Last of Us now :)
What a nice vid!!
This video made me appreciate my ps3 even more, gonna clean it and try to use it more often
I would honestly be really interested in that PlayTV video if that's something you can ever get around to, and as a person who only had a PS2, I legitimately had no idea about ...most of this, honestly. I'm a bit late, overall, but I'm definitely going to try my luck with this, because ... wow. Totally worth it.
I mean there are so many games I want to play, and the versatility is just insane.
a video about the playtv would be really cool
I have owned three ps3’s in my lifetime. I sold the first two as I was still a foolish c h I l d but I recently picked up a slim to finish off my PlayStation collection. Genuinely the PS3 is an insane console, it’s hard to wrap your head around that this console came out in like 2006.
I wish I could have picked up a PS3 Fat for the PS2 compatibility, but I ended up getting a PS2 Fat right before I picked up a PS3 slim. I will say the controllers are usually pretty crusty these days, the one that came with mine was COVERED in the most disgusting v I l e SLIME that I still haven’t completely gotten off. I’ve used so much isopropyl trying to disinfect that DualShock and the fact I can’t get an original DualShock without playing Russian roulette with the eBay algorithm is annoying.
But in all seriousness, this is one of the best consoles ever released. The console exclusives are fantastic, and it’s in that absolute sweet spot where we have an insane amount of resources for (like mentioned) emulation and hacking.
For 50-150 bucks this is a hell of a console to pick up if your interested in a dedicated emulation machine or classic Sony exclusives.
Thank you for furnishing the aftermarket with two PS3s, your generosity has helped people like me hop on board retro PS3 collecting with the supply of cheap consoles and games. 😇
I still get my PS3 out when I fancy a game of Tekken 5 DR or Divekick.
Oh, and Super Stardust HD - that was the first PS3 game I ever saw running on an HD tv (back when they weren't common) and it blew my mind.
Didn't know you could change the region of the dvd and Blu ray playback. That's neat
Someone gave me a crt, ps2, and ps1 last month and it's been a blast.
I haven't checked if you have or haven't yet but I really hope that you did go ahead and make that PlayTV video.
damn u really got me up ready to skip the sponsored bit lmao
Sounds nicer to own it when you put it this way but my ps3 keeps collecting dust, after I finished my metal gear phase I’ve had almost no use for It, I just found it much better to use any other device to do its job and I kinda regret buying it but mine was like 90 and I just have a cheap 3rd party controller cause the one it came worked pretty poorly. Maybe I should give it another try
so funnily enough i'm in the UK and I actually regually used playTV until fairly recently because for recording tv programs it was the smoothest experience so even though it doesn't work for the HD channels it does still work for the standard definition channels as they still use the DVB-T standard even now
I just realized I still have one of those here (I got it even cheaper, as a friend got rid of it and gave it to me for free) and yeah, I think I am gonna set it up. Finally something relatively recent I could still connect to my CRT!
that jingle intro is super Mario world! hope anyone can confirm! glad she is enjoying her cfw ps3 THO 😁😁
I never knew about that USB memory card adapter I'm going to have to try and find one because I use my PS3 mainly for playing my PS1 games. I'm learning stuff with every video you post lately.
Also woohoo I'm in the video :p
It's also one of the easiest ways to install freemcboot on ps2
5:18 this is also possible if you have a modded ps2. Use elflauncher to copy ps1 memcard saves to pc, and convert them to .psv which is what the ps3 uses i believe. Was able to convert a ps3 save to a ps1 memcard that way
I discovered this channel a few weeks ago yet I actually did buy a used PS3 in the time period this video was uploaded, interesting isn't it?
I have a Play TV dongle in the UK, Still works fine :)
Currently I have my PS3 superslim and then my younger brother wants PS3 superslim as well. Will find the new/used unmodified ones in local market.
And oh...at first glance I hear the accent that something like Indian accent but slightly different.
Somehow managed to snag a working fat ps3 for 15 bucks recently and it's easily of my favorite game consoles. Kinda wish I got one sooner ngl
I used to have PlayTV and it was great. It should still work fine in the UK. We only use DVB-T2 for HD broadcasts. SD broadcasts still uses the older DVB-T. We don't even have that many HD channels on Freeview and the ones we do have are still available in SD.
i already had a ps3 slim for years now
like since 2015!
i never modded it but what it can do is already enough for me tbh.
and i did get one japenese game in 2016 that was puyo puyo tetris... yeah this was before the english release... honestly im proud of it if it ever gets rarer...
I recently picked one up for $25 at a thrift store, it's an awesome console
Fuck I'm so happy you showed some love to Daytona USA
Wait how do I turn it into a rocket ship??
But seriously I've been thinking of getting in on the PS3 and this sold me on it lol
You have to be near NASA, in Washington, and press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X and finally O
I swear it works my cousin did it
probably
On Play-TV: It should still work in the UK, but you just won't be able to receive all channels because we run a mix of DVB-T and DVB-T2 transmitters. The one country where I can tell you it won't work at all is Croatia, where they have actually gone full DVB-T2. I know this because I helped a friend over there "fix" their old CRT TV by getting them a new DVB-T2 box. I then brought their old DVB-T box back to the UK and it could pick up some stuff. It was at least 30 channels, but I didn't bother counting.
have you played From Soft's magnum opus on the Playstation Triple? Yeah I'm talking about 3D DOT GAME HEROES. check out the european version either disc or digital since it has an europe-exclusive update that fixes some loading bugs and whatnot.
Fun fact, I’m from the UK and play TV still works with a digital arial :)
11:20 you can patch the music with a pkg, so that's even more reasons to do cfw on it really :)
Every PS3 exclusive that I like already works on RPCS3, but I might get one anyways to mod it.
there is a misunderstanding when you mentioned play tv not working in the uk due to DVB T2 as DVB T is still used for most SD UK tv broadcasts
Kinda late to the party, but still.
So, basically, it's a (in France) 25€ FireTV stick, BluRay reader, and 120+ ms of input lag console (up to 200 on LOTS of games! It's because of how the PS3's "CPU" works, most games are really badly optimized for it, including the emulators. Burnout Paradise, for example, is one of the games that is actually well optimized and doesn't suffer of this issue... And the only one I find when I measured the input lag on ~60 games). So, it's a FireTV stick since BluRay reader is kinda useless if, like most people, you're not a collector, and if you're a gamer that actually cares about playing in decent conditions.
A FireTV stick that takes space, is noisy, can heat, but cost 25€ instead of 35. Oh, and it can also act as an FTP server, or as a NAS, for one "external" HDD and one internal. Considering the prices of a NAS, this isn't a bad use case at all, considering how the PS3 doesn't like to run permanently and is noisy, it's still not a good idea.
If you wanna play to PS1/2/PSP games, try the emulators. Pretty much everyone can use PS1 and PSP emulators on their phones (I know I do since a few years! Always a delight when you have 1 hour to fill to just boot Silent Hill Shattered Memories hehe), and PS2 emulators are easy to run on pretty much every PC nowadays, including kinda olds laptops. And, well, PS3 exclusives games that didn't made it on PC nowadays aren't that interesting for me, and I couldn't bear the input lag the first time I had one in my hands, still can't use the PS4 because of this exact same issue, so ya.
Just a toy, sadly. No real long term use case. Still cool that you can use it for various little things, but it will still sit 99% of the time on a shelf, unused.
The fact that you can use the tv remote to pause a movie playing on the ps3 explains why mine turns on every time i turn on the TV
(Btw the fully backwards compatible ps3s are getting Frankenstein hacked together with more reliable processors and you can fet them on eBay with the name "Frankie mod" but you probably already knew that)
nice intro :D
I really like you videos and i'm glad i discovered your channel but sometimes while you speak it sounds like you're about to burst into tears lol
7:20 I think this is a good example
I bought a WiiU recently (stronger wii/GCN for around the same price that can also play WiiU games)
Around the same price of a Wii, not a GCN
I cried when I had to sell my ps3 slim because not only was it my stepdad's from my mom for Christmas in 09 before he passed it down to me once he got the white ps4, I knew how good it was and I knew getting another GEN ONE PS3 SLIM WITHOUT a yellow light of death wasn't gonna happen for a long time... When that hard drive finally died, a decade later, I upgraded it with a spare pc drive during my computer class before having to sell it due to hard times 3 years later... But this video made me realize that I can say fuck it, grab any model, and be juuust fiiine.
i have a late generation ps3 with a honking huge HDD in it. time to transform it
Looking at this in 2024 is kinda weird. RPCS3 has reached a point where many of the games you would want to play can be emulated using a PC at higher resolutions and frame rates than the original console. The blu ray player also occasionally has issues with newer discs due to changes in DRM.
The best and most important reason to own a PS3 is to be able to play Portal and Portal 2, at least for people that don’t have PCs. I still hope they make a Portal remaster or something for current gen consoles.
Literally the only way to play MGS4
It's the only console that runs all the canon Metal Gear games (including the MSX2 titles which are included in MGS3). The only one missing is Portable Ops, but IIRC Kojima wasn't involved in that, so I consider it semi-canon.
That's the main reason I bought a PS3 from my friend recently, in case I wanted to replay any of them Metal Gears. But idk if I'll ever have time for that, and the controller is broken, so it's sitting in a box for now. I'm thinking of getting into collecting anime blurays, so at least it'll be useful for that
I still have my ps3 fat 80GB somewhere in my closest. The bad thing is that the big boy had some problems with the GPU, the common yellow light of death. I hope one day I will get it rapair
I hope you can do that: fat ps3s are awesome
If you want to play Crazy Taxi with the original soundtrack, all you need to copy in the original sound files, renamed to the new ones. Luckily the PC mod for restoring the game has all of these renamed sound files inside it!
I have a american backward compatible that I had a friend delid so it runs cooler. All 3 original playstation gens in one console plus a blu ray player, so good!
The things that you can do with a PS3 are amazing, is a bummer that mine broke (I have one of the original models with the YLOD problem)
You can try reflowing it, it's not probably going to last forever but it's a fun project to try out ^^
Well I did try once and then after some months it broke again, so I got a PSVita cause the games I played there are on PSVita too, also that's amazing for homebrew and things like that
@@frikkofrik PSVita is an awesome homebrew machine, I will try to get ahold of one as soon as I find one for sale for cheap in my area (and I also love OLED screens sooooo I'm already sold on it lmao)
Well actually I'm italian like you (I know from some older videos where you can see italian stuff lol) and on eBay you can find them but they are kind of expensive sadly
eBay is unfortunately quite expensive for consoles of this generation, I prefer to look facebook marketplace up since it usually provides you with the best local deals (like this ps3)
i picked up a busted original PS2-compatible PS3 from a coworker for $20 in 2020, fixed it up somehow, and sold it off a few months later (because i thought it would YLOD any day - it was a little unstable lol) and used the profit to pick up a 120gb blue super slim, and as of now the PS3 is my tv media center, music library, and all around fav console
I have 3 PS3 consoles all in need of cleaning.
I don’t even have the tools to open them…
How did you manage to mod a super slim ps3?
Why are you lining up your surround set on your desk ?
How did you get a PS3 so cheap a quick browse on eBay shows a lot more
The PS3 port of Daytona USA is THE REASON to own a PS3 period.
Finally you're back! ♥ ️ I'm a young 15 years old boy with a passion for retro gaming and I love your channel. Thanks to you I was able to play Super Mario Bros for NES on my PSone. You are the best, keep it up💪
I've got one of these too, the only problem is both my controllers have issues (one of them has a weird left stick, the other has inconsistent buttons)
There are some really useful tutorials here on youtube that can help you fix those issues if you are comfortable with tearing apart the controllers, that's what I did and I managed to fix it up ^^
@@f4micom Also, fun fact about my PS3: back in 2015, it got fried by a lightning strike and I only got it back in January this year
ngl i bought it to play dantes inferno lol and now im addicted to hack n slash games
25€ for that? Wow, that really is a steal. Even here in France it's not that cheap. Most people would sell it for 50€.
ps3s here can usually be found for 30-50€, but I got a great deal on this one ^^
@@f4micom I bought a 500gb super slim with a controller practically unused for 50e, couldn't be happier, what an awesome console. Here in europe less than 50e are usually faulty at something or broken.
God I would love to import Initial D extreme stage, but my 15€ PS3 have a broken optical drive.
Quindi PlayTV usa il DVB-T ancora attivo in Italia? Potrebbe essere interessante.
You can do three things: either replace the drive (you can find spare drives for cheap on eBay). backup the imported game on another PS3 and transfer the files over to your own (modded) PS3 to run it from the hard drive, or if the game is downloadable from the Japanese PSN, you can also make a japanese account and download it from there
Also, yes, Italy is still using DVB-T for now and PlayTV does work, but it's in the process of transitioning to DVB-T2, so you should check when your specific region will shut down the "normal" DVB-T signal as that varies depending on your area
That’s what I was thinking recently lol
I think it's also mostly the same for Xbox 360 but it being less hackable and less capable as a media player gives the "budget console crown" to the ps3 tbh
I own my gf's late dad's PS3. I'm very careful with it. I play so much Project Diva...too much Project Diva. I need to make the most of it lmao
I was already so scared of hacking my PS3 that now knowing you can get banned from PSN and banned in your country is exactly why it made me scared in the first place, I don’t want to risk it, i didn’t and don’t know what could happen and if it’s bad to the point of getting banned from PSN...god even my PS3’s Time thing I have to sign in and the time thing always shows up I don’t wanna mess around. Technically I need to remove the Time thingy and replace it by opening the PS3 up...but no way I am risking that! ...i don’t know what to do!
CFW is the way to go ;^)
TV play where?
Id love to see a ps3 play tv video it is possible and affordable
i actually bought one to make a video around a year ago, but the dvb-t1 antennas in my area shut down so i can't really showcase how it worked :(
@@f4micom aww thats too bad but i get it.
i want to see the PLAY TV on the PS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m getting a PS3 this weekend! I’m just.. worried that it’s a bad decision now that the ps5’s out. But i don’t want a PS5! :)
i want hte play tv thingie video
Why the hell don't you have more views. Start a patreon mate
The original ps3 is the greatest console ever made and nobody can convince me otherwise.
I got one for only €15 and hacked it! its nearly better then a modded wiiu 😅
Also if you havent play the Ratchet and Clank ps3 games as they are fantastic especially A Crack In Time
Buying a used console in Italy = FIFA.
I bought a used PS3 back in 2015 and I got the same two copies of FIFA along with other games (I was lucky enough to get Deamons Souls tho).
I'll take 1 playTV video please
Jailbreak it "Do it" 😈
How about a phat for 10$ AUD?
PS2 emulation is tempting HMMMMM
it's honestly one of my favourite PS3 CFW features, since it lets me play a big part of my playstation library and only keep my PS3 plugged in
@@f4micom i wish i had known about it before i went out and bought the tomb raider and prince of persia trilogies 😭
I really hope my model of ps3 can be hacked cuz ive been craving some little big planet and that'd be a fun project to hack it and play it
im trying to convince my dad to get me one instead of the ps5 i can buy it myself but he wont let me
When f4mi tell everything that that uber-media combine could do. Its actually sound like Xbox One tried to be but miserably failed. And the fact that many media serviced works fine with PS3 im genually wanna buy it for my Dad. Just because our smart tv (from 2012) cannot open TH-cam anymore. Even Netflix
PS3s are too expensive in Spain. Beat up ones can be seen for 50-60€ on eBay or more. I once saw three for 20-30€ each at a local flea market, but I don't trust buying a FAT version at a place like that and find that it's dead when I come home. Those have overheating problems like FAT Xbox 360.
It's a steal... but the controllers are shit. We're at the stage where the small bit of foam in every PS3 controller that ties the whole thing together is degrading, so sometimes it'll start spazzing out. If you play fighting games this is a big deal.
I got a ps3 super slim for FREE from one of my neighbours
Move games ( esp gun games) they’re the best. Better than wii and Xbox 360