It is worth noting that the PS3 Store's listings don't actually list everything. There are various games that, for whatever reason, are only accessible by searching for them by name directly. A lot of stuff has since been delisted without notice over the years, but there are some other games (like some extra PS1 & PS2 Classics) that may still be on the Store itself but only by using the search bar.
Same with a couple DLC. And on top of that there were even some DLC that can't even come up with search either. You could literally only find them through the old browser store that's now defunct by searching for them with google. I think XBlaze Lost had a small but significant bit of story DLC that you can't find now iirc.
I have gotten bored with the current generation. I have hooked up my PS3 & 360 again, and I'm having a blast. The games are just fun. I don't even think it's nostalgia. The 7th generation was just better. The proof of how good the 7th gen was is all the games from that generation that they keep remastering.
Facts. I recently replayed Prototype, Bulletstorm and for the first time, Saints Row 4- Yeah I loved them all. There was such a different energy with games of that time that really focused the attention on making something genuinely FUN more than anything
Its never nostalgia. Games from that point and before then were made to be more fun than anything else. As time went on gaming became more focused on being bigger and slower. The games from the PS3 & 360 generation were the right combination of speed & size.
@@pretentiouscameron7815 I even say the PS2 generation with games like Spider-Man 2, Saints Row 1/2, early GTAs and a lot of action games of that era were combining a fantastic mix of fun open worlds capable of simply that Fun. Just go crazy!
I just pulled out my PS3 that I bought my kids when it first came out. It's in mint condition as my kids were more interested in Nintendo at that time. It was the first time it's ever been connected to the Internet and I had to download a bunch of updates. I love that I can find tons of great games on eBay for dirt cheap.
Sad that the PS3 went unused for so long but if it’s one of the early ones (06-07) you can play ps1 and ps2 games on it, if not you can still play ps1 games on it. You’ll be able to find tons of great games to play on it since the library is so large
I used my PS3 up until 2020. Last year I gave it to a friend and him and his son are loving it. I think the PS3/Xbox360 generation had matured to a point where there could be improvements but it didn't matter as much.
Something else pretty huge about the PS3 is it supported custom themes. Unlike the 3DS there was no need to mod it or anything, it is natively supported. You could make a theme on your PC or download themes other players made and install them via USB. Customize not just the background but all the icons and even the sound effects as well.
The cool thing is it is still possible to download PSP games despite the store not being functional anymore, but you need an old wifi router that supports the outdated radio and authentication protocols. It's only 2.4ghz wifi and either open or ancient WEP and WPA security.
If you have spectrum, you can connect to your 2g network, and it'll work. However, it will be slow😢 or you can connect to a hotspot if your phone has good internet🙏
9:53 Can confirm, I just did this with Toy Story 2 like two weeks ago. Bought it on the PS3 store for like 2€, and IIRC it showed up in my PS4 library immediately. For games that I already owned before they got rereleased on PS4/PS5 (E.G. Daxter), I had to claim the game (for free) on the modern PS store (either console or browser version) for it to show up in my PS4 library
Bought a mint PS3 and purchased many games on the Store last month. Happy Sony still got this one running. I can finally play many older games stuck on this console.
I managed to get a backwards compatible PS3 the OG model 2 years ago completely rebuilt and restored with custom firmware. I play all the time it was lucky too cuz it only has 63 days of cumulative usage time on it so it's practically brand new in a way. I got one of those adapters that lets you use a PS5 controller on it so I grabbed the black dual sense and now playing PS3 is sooooo good. Once you get rid of that crappy DualShock 3 it all feels new again on the PS5 controller.
9:58 This is correct. But it'll just mark the price on PS5 to "Free" so you still have to download it that way. But that is, of course, provided it's available to purchase to begin with, and that Sony doesn't take a remastered version and pass it off as a "classic" like they've done before.
I can confirm if you buy a game on PS3 that is part of the Classic updates on the PS5 you get the PS5 version from the purchase. I recently bought Wild Arms and got the ability to claim the PS5 version for free from the store. It doesn't work in reverse though, I bought the PS5 version of Legend of Dragoon, but it didn't give me the ability to download or claim the verison on PS3.
Just keep in mind I think there were a few random games that didn't work correctly. So just to be safe google one you're going to buy before doing so. Also I think was a rare case or two where it was cheaper on PS5, but didn't back purchase, so then you have to kind of make a decision how much you care about the PS3 iteration.
@@chettlar212unless you're talking about dino crisis and resident evil. Those r limited time exclusive so eventually they will let u download for free if u bought it on ps3
I can confirm If you’ve bought classics on the PS3 you’ll get them for free on the PS5. That happened with both Dino Crisis & RE Director’s Cut. Main plus are the neat little updates they added such as different aspect ratios & save states.
I have been doing that for years, a best way to get some PS1 games for cheap. One example in the PS Stores of Europe they sell Toy Story 2 for 2€ (or 3€ in a bundle with a Toy Story kart game) which is way cheaper than buy it on PS4 since cost 10$/€ over there. And yes, buying the PS3 version gives you the PS3/PSP/Vita AND the PS4/5 version.
i just got a fat ps3 yesterday for 50 euros and a friend looked at it and told me it's one of the rarest models. i don't know what it means but i'm excited to finally start collecting games for a sony console!
He probably saw that you have a backwards compatible ps3, which means that you can just play ps2 discs on it without needing anything else. You gotta be careful with those, because they tend to die easily.
Specifically, they tend to die from overheating. Replacing the thermal paste is recommended if it hasn't already been done and keeping it in an area suitable for ventilation (I.E. *not* a cupboard or anything like that) is a must I speak from experience here as well - my fat backwards compatible PS3 died from overheating about 6 months after launch
I’ve actually been exploring the ps3 store again lately. Redownloading a bunch of ps1 games I bought over the years just in case the store does close down. Been buying new ps1 and ps2 games also.
With regards to ‘Legend of Dragoon’ for example, I can 100% confirm. I had actually bought it digitally through PS3 store at the time for I think $5,- (like >5 years ago), and possibly then it didn’t even have trophy support (but I might be wrong about that. I have my European physical copy, but wasn’t able to play it on my US acquired PS3 slim. When I got the PS5 on launchday, it (LoD) wasn’t yet available or playable, but when it did suddenly it appeared in my list and I was able to download and play it with trophy support.
On themes, you could also just put in a usb drive and put whatever pictures u wanted as the background. Never again will we get the freedom that we had with ps3.
Man, nightmares trying to navigate through that storefront. It was so sluggish. I used to download really cool themes off the web browser straight to the system lol.
I really hope it doesn’t shut down. A lot of games that are on PS3 are not on a lot of modern systems so to see these games that are digital go away would be very sad.
I had one theme on the ps3 and that is the fallout 3 theme that turned it into a Pip Boy. I thought it would go over to the ps4. I do have a dynamic Ghost of Tsushima theme on my PS4 that’s really nice and has red leaves that float around every so often. Just enough to be pretty but not intrusive.
I have both versions, but if you can't afford to get your hands on the PS1 version of Fromsoft's "Shadow Tower," i highly recommend grabbing the digital version on the PS3!! It's an awesome 1st person dungeon crawler and one of my personal favorite games on the console!
I used to make my own themes on the PS3 and it was faitly easy. You could also make them semi-dynamic by adding multiple screens and the system would pick one at random. That was when it was fun to own a specific condole as each had it's own identity and personality. Now we just turn them on to get to the game.
Confirmed. I just bought legend of dragoon on ps3 and watched my Ps5 in real time, go from asking 10 bucks to a download icon. Also. On ps5 they want 10, I just paid $6.35 on Ps3.
I really love it. I play MGS and RE2 at least once a year using the ps3. In fact, I have so many ps1 digital games on that console that I take it with me when I have to travel for work training.
I've been having a blast getting cheap ps1 titles that are available on ps5. But yea, downloads are slow, and finding things is rough. Hope we get more titles with license transfers
Fight Night Champion still looks really good on ps3, i plug my ps3 every so often to play that, Demon Souls, Valkyria Chronicles and the Uncharted trilogy.
Yeah, this year or 2026 is probably the last year. The PS4 is already losing ps plus support in 2026 so the writing's on the wall. So get what you want, play what you can and make those memories!
I loved the 360 (even though my system did need to get replaced no matter how hard I took care of it), the Wii, and eventually I got and loved my PS3. I skipped the PS4, Wii-U, Xbox One generation and left gaming many years. After coming back I really love the Switch and I love my PS5 for the PS4 games, but good god is the update/install/download/install/update mess is miserable. THIS Gen. (PS3, 360, Wii) was soooo good. Budgets and download sizes had not ballooned out of control, online features (online multiplayer, updates to games, digital games, etc.) had mostly not interfered with the local features (games on the disc, local multiplayer, games packed with content and not stripped for micro-trans.), and the prices were soo reasonable.
I miss being able to use my own custom background as you could on the ps4. I loved that I could use a breath of the Wild image as my background on the PS4.
Man look at the list of first party releases from playstation and xbox during the 7th gen vs the 8th and 9th gens. Its probably tied to development times and budgets, but we dont get the same quantity of games or variety of games we used to.
It still remains to be seen what will happen with PS2 games released on PS4/5 that were also on PS3. Someone a long time ago expected to get Sly Cooper 1 for free, and I explained that Sly 1 that he owned was technically not a PS2 game, but the game on both PS3 and PSVita.
I still miss the dynamic themes, I paid for on called corn love which was just corn on the cob being slowly roasted over an open flame. I would pay for it again.
I remember buying Fatal Frame 1-3 and Silent Hill 1 on there. You cannot beat their prices! Sure I would love to own the physical copies of those games, but sellers have ruined the entire market with their absurd prices.
It’s a bit disheartening looking back at these eras and how amazing the games were, especially from studios like Naughty Dog and Rockstar. They focused on delivering a great gaming experience. Compared to what these studios are doing now, what they’re infusing the games with, it’s not quite the same. That’s not to say we don’t get good games…
Dude, sony doesn't care about the majority of their IP. Twisted Metal, Infamous, Jak & Daxter, Killzone, Ape Escape, Medievil, Patapon etc etc. It's fucking sad.
I wish they would make old game stores have good sales. I'll spend 100 bucks if I can get a great digital catalog on a ps3 at 5 bucks a pop. That way they would always be on that console downloaded ready to go.
One recommendation is that you can still purchase the OG version of Dark Souls II, which I vastly prefer. I think it was only $20. Shadow Tower is on there too, but no King's Field games. MGS VR Missions is on there for $5.99 There's also all of those demos. If you had a favorite demo back in the day it should still be available.
The PS3 was the last great console that Sony ever created. Everything after that (minus the Vita) was just them not ebven wanting to try to be unique and/or stand out amongst the rest. I miss the days when we had actually innovative home gaming consoles.
You can actually see the storefronts original design (part of it anyways) if you browse your transaction/purchase history from your account settings. I was going through ps3 myself a couple days ago. The nostolgia is strong. A lot of great memories.
Still use my PS3 cause of the PS1 disc support (not a PS2 model sadly) and the old games buyable on the PS Store I don’t even use my PS4 anymore and never got a PS5 I just don’t see a point, but I still use my PS3, I find that funny Just went and bought some Mega Man games, the Complete Works versions, from making a Japanese PS account The 3 genuinely has a really valuable place in the ecosystem that will be disappointing to see go away, truly the last system to allow for and encourage playing old games on it without them being publisher-driven ports or re-releases
I got onto the store last week and it was bad seeing how many games were delist from PS3/vita stores, what the hell sony? This helped all scalpers in hiking up physical games to prices we haven’t seen before
I still use my original 60gb ps3 every day and buy games, themes, etc. on the playstation store. Nothing will get me to buy a new console ever again, this was absolute peak gaming
Yes, any ps1 or psp game that you purchased from the ps3 will register for ps4/ps5 once those versions are released. I tried with Ridge Racer Type 4 and it worked.
PS3 stil has Warhawks DLC available for purchase. If you get a disc copy of Warhawk, you can take advantage of the PSOne private servers and play Warhawk online. I went back to gaming on PS3 and its been amazing. Trying to get some rare trophies like beating Bionic Commando Re-armed on the hardest difficulty.
That's why I still kept the Xbox One X. Just got Ninja Gaiden Black for $5, Fight Night Champions for $3, Would have liked to have gotten that version Medal of Honor Frontline but they ported only to the PS3 with different lighting and controls as a deluxe bonus for one of the reboot games. Alot of backwards compatibile OG Xbox/360 games are really cheap on the store all the time.
It is worth noting that the PS3 Store's listings don't actually list everything. There are various games that, for whatever reason, are only accessible by searching for them by name directly. A lot of stuff has since been delisted without notice over the years, but there are some other games (like some extra PS1 & PS2 Classics) that may still be on the Store itself but only by using the search bar.
What games would those be? Is their a lost somewhere?
Same with a couple DLC. And on top of that there were even some DLC that can't even come up with search either. You could literally only find them through the old browser store that's now defunct by searching for them with google. I think XBlaze Lost had a small but significant bit of story DLC that you can't find now iirc.
Thought that was just a pal region issue
@@HobzVHS At this point it's nigh impossible to tell, as many games have since been outright delisted & can't even be searched.
If you want wallpapers for your ps3,just download it from the browser
I have gotten bored with the current generation. I have hooked up my PS3 & 360 again, and I'm having a blast. The games are just fun. I don't even think it's nostalgia. The 7th generation was just better. The proof of how good the 7th gen was is all the games from that generation that they keep remastering.
Facts. I recently replayed Prototype, Bulletstorm and for the first time, Saints Row 4-
Yeah I loved them all. There was such a different energy with games of that time that really focused the attention on making something genuinely FUN more than anything
Better or not, I still enjoy the remasters, especially since they're free. PS3 still has a lot of unremastered stuff i occasional revisit
Its never nostalgia. Games from that point and before then were made to be more fun than anything else.
As time went on gaming became more focused on being bigger and slower.
The games from the PS3 & 360 generation were the right combination of speed & size.
Not just better but so many games were just so based!
@@pretentiouscameron7815 I even say the PS2 generation with games like Spider-Man 2, Saints Row 1/2, early GTAs and a lot of action games of that era were combining a fantastic mix of fun open worlds capable of simply that
Fun. Just go crazy!
I just pulled out my PS3 that I bought my kids when it first came out. It's in mint condition as my kids were more interested in Nintendo at that time. It was the first time it's ever been connected to the Internet and I had to download a bunch of updates. I love that I can find tons of great games on eBay for dirt cheap.
A launch model ps3 that hadn't been updated? RIP
Sad that the PS3 went unused for so long but if it’s one of the early ones (06-07) you can play ps1 and ps2 games on it, if not you can still play ps1 games on it. You’ll be able to find tons of great games to play on it since the library is so large
@@Progamer-vz8hd No, it's sad that it's probably harder to mod now!
@@Jobenblue ohh, that’s true. RIP
I have a cecha01 that's currently on 4.88 ofw I plan to mod soon it prompted me to update past that and I just haven't used since.
Sony just needs to bring backwards compatibility with the PS5 or at least the PS6. Then open up the PS3 store to that system.
I used my PS3 up until 2020. Last year I gave it to a friend and him and his son are loving it.
I think the PS3/Xbox360 generation had matured to a point where there could be improvements but it didn't matter as much.
The PS3 Store has lived on a super long time!
It has and honestly if they cleaned it up and dropped prices and had sales they could still make money on it.
PS3 store must remain open eternally.
PS3 store must remain open eternally.
Every time I think about the Infamous Collection only being on ps3 and nothing else I get so mad. Like seriously just port it Sony! PLEASE
Something else pretty huge about the PS3 is it supported custom themes. Unlike the 3DS there was no need to mod it or anything, it is natively supported. You could make a theme on your PC or download themes other players made and install them via USB. Customize not just the background but all the icons and even the sound effects as well.
The cool thing is it is still possible to download PSP games despite the store not being functional anymore, but you need an old wifi router that supports the outdated radio and authentication protocols. It's only 2.4ghz wifi and either open or ancient WEP and WPA security.
If you have spectrum, you can connect to your 2g network, and it'll work. However, it will be slow😢 or you can connect to a hotspot if your phone has good internet🙏
9:53 Can confirm, I just did this with Toy Story 2 like two weeks ago. Bought it on the PS3 store for like 2€, and IIRC it showed up in my PS4 library immediately. For games that I already owned before they got rereleased on PS4/PS5 (E.G. Daxter), I had to claim the game (for free) on the modern PS store (either console or browser version) for it to show up in my PS4 library
I just recently used the PS3 store to purchase and download the 3 original PS1 classic Spyro games.
Bought a mint PS3 and purchased many games on the Store last month. Happy Sony still got this one running. I can finally play many older games stuck on this console.
I just checked the PS3 store last week and there’s quite a bit of stuff on there. They need more ps1 games tho.
I managed to get a backwards compatible PS3 the OG model 2 years ago completely rebuilt and restored with custom firmware. I play all the time it was lucky too cuz it only has 63 days of cumulative usage time on it so it's practically brand new in a way. I got one of those adapters that lets you use a PS5 controller on it so I grabbed the black dual sense and now playing PS3 is sooooo good. Once you get rid of that crappy DualShock 3 it all feels new again on the PS5 controller.
9:58 This is correct. But it'll just mark the price on PS5 to "Free" so you still have to download it that way.
But that is, of course, provided it's available to purchase to begin with, and that Sony doesn't take a remastered version and pass it off as a "classic" like they've done before.
I can confirm if you buy a game on PS3 that is part of the Classic updates on the PS5 you get the PS5 version from the purchase. I recently bought Wild Arms and got the ability to claim the PS5 version for free from the store. It doesn't work in reverse though, I bought the PS5 version of Legend of Dragoon, but it didn't give me the ability to download or claim the verison on PS3.
Just keep in mind I think there were a few random games that didn't work correctly. So just to be safe google one you're going to buy before doing so. Also I think was a rare case or two where it was cheaper on PS5, but didn't back purchase, so then you have to kind of make a decision how much you care about the PS3 iteration.
@chettlar212 all PS3 classics u buy will also give u access to all ps5 classic games that were released on ps3
@@chettlar212unless you're talking about dino crisis and resident evil. Those r limited time exclusive so eventually they will let u download for free if u bought it on ps3
@ wait what. Where was that announced
@@chettlar212 what was?
The PS3 Store is the place for all the PS2 megaten games at a good price
Man, that PS3 classics section is depressing. So much bigger than what we got here in the UK.
I bought Dino Crisis on the PS3 and I was able to get it on the PS5
I can confirm If you’ve bought classics on the PS3 you’ll get them for free on the PS5.
That happened with both Dino Crisis & RE Director’s Cut.
Main plus are the neat little updates they added such as different aspect ratios & save states.
I have been doing that for years, a best way to get some PS1 games for cheap.
One example in the PS Stores of Europe they sell Toy Story 2 for 2€ (or 3€ in a bundle with a Toy Story kart game) which is way cheaper than buy it on PS4 since cost 10$/€ over there.
And yes, buying the PS3 version gives you the PS3/PSP/Vita AND the PS4/5 version.
i just got a fat ps3 yesterday for 50 euros and a friend looked at it and told me it's one of the rarest models. i don't know what it means but i'm excited to finally start collecting games for a sony console!
He probably saw that you have a backwards compatible ps3, which means that you can just play ps2 discs on it without needing anything else. You gotta be careful with those, because they tend to die easily.
jabrilanderson0 thanks for the heads-up!!
Specifically, they tend to die from overheating. Replacing the thermal paste is recommended if it hasn't already been done and keeping it in an area suitable for ventilation (I.E. *not* a cupboard or anything like that) is a must
I speak from experience here as well - my fat backwards compatible PS3 died from overheating about 6 months after launch
@@kev1nno ooof, 6 months is rough
@@jabrilanderson0especially at the low price of “599!”
I’ve actually been exploring the ps3 store again lately. Redownloading a bunch of ps1 games I bought over the years just in case the store does close down. Been buying new ps1 and ps2 games also.
PS3 Store must remain open eternally.
I wanna get a steam deck so i can emulate pretty much every game that ps3 store has to offer
With regards to ‘Legend of Dragoon’ for example, I can 100% confirm.
I had actually bought it digitally through PS3 store at the time for I think $5,- (like >5 years ago), and possibly then it didn’t even have trophy support (but I might be wrong about that. I have my European physical copy, but wasn’t able to play it on my US acquired PS3 slim.
When I got the PS5 on launchday, it (LoD) wasn’t yet available or playable, but when it did suddenly it appeared in my list and I was able to download and play it with trophy support.
On themes, you could also just put in a usb drive and put whatever pictures u wanted as the background. Never again will we get the freedom that we had with ps3.
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Man, nightmares trying to navigate through that storefront. It was so sluggish. I used to download really cool themes off the web browser straight to the system lol.
I really hope it doesn’t shut down. A lot of games that are on PS3 are not on a lot of modern systems so to see these games that are digital go away would be very sad.
I had one theme on the ps3 and that is the fallout 3 theme that turned it into a Pip Boy. I thought it would go over to the ps4. I do have a dynamic Ghost of Tsushima theme on my PS4 that’s really nice and has red leaves that float around every so often. Just enough to be pretty but not intrusive.
Good lord, The Misadventures of Tron Bonne is as low as $366 and as high as $1,349!
I have both versions, but if you can't afford to get your hands on the PS1 version of Fromsoft's "Shadow Tower," i highly recommend grabbing the digital version on the PS3!! It's an awesome 1st person dungeon crawler and one of my personal favorite games on the console!
I used to make my own themes on the PS3 and it was faitly easy. You could also make them semi-dynamic by adding multiple screens and the system would pick one at random. That was when it was fun to own a specific condole as each had it's own identity and personality. Now we just turn them on to get to the game.
Abeg money wey I borrow u wey u tell me mouth ending I no suppose de remind you
Abi ur madam never pay you?
This store is the only way yakuza fans can play dead souls natively. Shame RGG hasn’t made it widely available
I have it on disc...
@ it’s so expensive to get second hand
There’s a physical 🎉
I got a PS3 super slim a few months ago, and started a college. Also buying PS1 games damn it nice.
Oh The Fuckin Themes. They were such a cool Touch. That Uncharted 3 theme was a mainstay for system.
I bought that dynamic fireplace theme to elevate the ambiance at my crib after a date.
Because the store is still up i bought a bunch of ps1 classics and ive been having a blast
Confirmed. I just bought legend of dragoon on ps3 and watched my Ps5 in real time, go from asking 10 bucks to a download icon.
Also. On ps5 they want 10, I just paid $6.35 on Ps3.
I really love it. I play MGS and RE2 at least once a year using the ps3. In fact, I have so many ps1 digital games on that console that I take it with me when I have to travel for work training.
I've been having a blast getting cheap ps1 titles that are available on ps5. But yea, downloads are slow, and finding things is rough. Hope we get more titles with license transfers
just a heads up the ps3 store is the last place outside of an arcade where you can still purchase access to Daytona USA
Fight Night Champion still looks really good on ps3, i plug my ps3 every so often to play that, Demon Souls, Valkyria Chronicles and the Uncharted trilogy.
Yeah, this year or 2026 is probably the last year. The PS4 is already losing ps plus support in 2026 so the writing's on the wall. So get what you want, play what you can and make those memories!
i still buy dlc every month, little by little, i hope it still stay for a while
This video will probably generate more revenue than the ps3 store did last month.
False as many people still purchase ps3 games on the store 😅
Heck no my FOMO with this shop closing soon/games being delisted has me spending triple digits
To each their own
I recently got a ps3 slim from my sister in mint condition and bought about 15 games from a retro game store for about $80 and I love it
This store will shut down one day, and it'll be a terrible day. But hopefully it'll be remembered for being open that long.
PS3 Store must remain open eternally.
I loved the 360 (even though my system did need to get replaced no matter how hard I took care of it), the Wii, and eventually I got and loved my PS3. I skipped the PS4, Wii-U, Xbox One generation and left gaming many years. After coming back I really love the Switch and I love my PS5 for the PS4 games, but good god is the update/install/download/install/update mess is miserable. THIS Gen. (PS3, 360, Wii) was soooo good. Budgets and download sizes had not ballooned out of control, online features (online multiplayer, updates to games, digital games, etc.) had mostly not interfered with the local features (games on the disc, local multiplayer, games packed with content and not stripped for micro-trans.), and the prices were soo reasonable.
I have my PS3 on wifi and it doesnt take too long to load the store. Now downloading something, thats another story
i thought the ps3 store would have been shut down in 2024, now that its 2025 I have no idea when they will shut it down.
I really clicked on this expecting Mystic but I'm not disappointed
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I miss being able to use my own custom background as you could on the ps4. I loved that I could use a breath of the Wild image as my background on the PS4.
Man look at the list of first party releases from playstation and xbox during the 7th gen vs the 8th and 9th gens. Its probably tied to development times and budgets, but we dont get the same quantity of games or variety of games we used to.
I visit the store and download all the free E3 reveals, trailers, Demos, themes and occasionally buy classics.
It still remains to be seen what will happen with PS2 games released on PS4/5 that were also on PS3. Someone a long time ago expected to get Sly Cooper 1 for free, and I explained that Sly 1 that he owned was technically not a PS2 game, but the game on both PS3 and PSVita.
You need to sync your trophies before getting on psn. It helps so much with load time
I still use my PS3 & the digital store is just as atrocious to use as the eshop on the Nintendo switch.
I bought God Hand a few months ago on PS3. Super fun, I was NOT expecting to fight monsters 😅
I still miss the dynamic themes, I paid for on called corn love which was just corn on the cob being slowly roasted over an open flame. I would pay for it again.
I'm going to look for this theme and buy it when I get home tonight.
I remember buying Fatal Frame 1-3 and Silent Hill 1 on there. You cannot beat their prices! Sure I would love to own the physical copies of those games, but sellers have ruined the entire market with their absurd prices.
It’s a bit disheartening looking back at these eras and how amazing the games were, especially from studios like Naughty Dog and Rockstar. They focused on delivering a great gaming experience. Compared to what these studios are doing now, what they’re infusing the games with, it’s not quite the same. That’s not to say we don’t get good games…
Why did Sony try to make the PS3 like the PS4 by changing the store and giving its last games blue box art?
I recently booted mine up too. Played some Motorstorm Pacific Rift and was wondering why Sony doesn’t have a new entry in that franchise today…
They’ll have a great open world arcade racer soon, FH5
Dude, sony doesn't care about the majority of their IP. Twisted Metal, Infamous, Jak & Daxter, Killzone, Ape Escape, Medievil, Patapon etc etc. It's fucking sad.
Im still waiting for another Syphon Filter… only 20+ yrs now Sony 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽
Damn there is some bangers, I missed out on ps2 and ps3, 😢 and vita
I wish they would make old game stores have good sales. I'll spend 100 bucks if I can get a great digital catalog on a ps3 at 5 bucks a pop. That way they would always be on that console downloaded ready to go.
I think I have a few dozen dynamic themes. Some came bundled with games and dlc
I wish sony would release a special ps5 that can play ps3 games it would have sick 😢😢
They should make a playstation ultimate! And make it play ps1-ps5 discs! I would probably buy 2
It’s called a PC
People really like to beat dead horses, don’t they?
@gorillagroddgaming you can put ps disc in a pc?
No need when you can download the rom @BRAVOROBINSON
Download Silent Hill. That game costs over $200 now.
One recommendation is that you can still purchase the OG version of Dark Souls II, which I vastly prefer. I think it was only $20. Shadow Tower is on there too, but no King's Field games.
MGS VR Missions is on there for $5.99
There's also all of those demos. If you had a favorite demo back in the day it should still be available.
I'm selling my ps5 to get back to this.
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Everything is STILL full price in 2025 😭
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I have Siphon Filter on ps3. Never bout it on ps5. They all are available for download on ps5.
Ive bought so much stuff on the store lately, gotta dig, but theres a lot of treasure on there
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The PS3 was the last great console that Sony ever created. Everything after that (minus the Vita) was just them not ebven wanting to try to be unique and/or stand out amongst the rest.
I miss the days when we had actually innovative home gaming consoles.
I had the underworld rise of the lycans theme it downloaded when I put in the blu ray and has 3 different savers… awesomeness ahead of its time
The PS3 store is legitimately being held by duct tape. Life support at this point. Put it out of its misery.
I wish Sony would do a closing down sale on ps3's psn. I think that would make them shutting down psn sting a whole lot less
10:29 casually scrolling past Parasite Eve 😮 I know what I’m playing tonight!
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Been downloading game updates on my whole ps3 collection just incase it goes down.
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Never saw any themes on my few friends' ps3 consoles.
You can actually see the storefronts original design (part of it anyways) if you browse your transaction/purchase history from your account settings. I was going through ps3 myself a couple days ago. The nostolgia is strong. A lot of great memories.
Still use my PS3 cause of the PS1 disc support (not a PS2 model sadly) and the old games buyable on the PS Store
I don’t even use my PS4 anymore and never got a PS5 I just don’t see a point, but I still use my PS3, I find that funny
Just went and bought some Mega Man games, the Complete Works versions, from making a Japanese PS account
The 3 genuinely has a really valuable place in the ecosystem that will be disappointing to see go away, truly the last system to allow for and encourage playing old games on it without them being publisher-driven ports or re-releases
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PS3 and Xbox 360 have become weirdly nostalgic
Some games unlock on PS5 for some reason resistance retribution doesn't unlock on my PS5 I had to rebuy it
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I thought I clicked on a new mystic video but it was just Jon lol
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EVERY GAME NEEDS A DEMO
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@ 12:18 Man you not joking lol saw one on ebay over 300 (and even higher). Thats ridiculous
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Yes I bought legend of dragoon on ps3 and I have it on ps5 at no extra charge 11:04
I got onto the store last week and it was bad seeing how many games were delist from PS3/vita stores, what the hell sony? This helped all scalpers in hiking up physical games to prices we haven’t seen before
Well they make it very hard to support the store. Can't simply use a credit card to purchase is crazy.
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I still use my original 60gb ps3 every day and buy games, themes, etc. on the playstation store. Nothing will get me to buy a new console ever again, this was absolute peak gaming
Theres alot more PS1&2 games available we just have to search for them
In my case Contra Shattered Soldier an Shinobi had to search an purchase
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so hard to find a game in HD-remix and black ops 2 . how much longer does sony keep ps3 online running ?????
Damn i might need to buy a "new" ps3 before the store is taken down
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Yes, any ps1 or psp game that you purchased from the ps3 will register for ps4/ps5 once those versions are released. I tried with Ridge Racer Type 4 and it worked.
At 8:22 I thought my kids were screaming, lol.
Yeah same here 😅
You didn't mention ps1 classics. Some good old stuff on there.
PS3 stil has Warhawks DLC available for purchase. If you get a disc copy of Warhawk, you can take advantage of the PSOne private servers and play Warhawk online.
I went back to gaming on PS3 and its been amazing. Trying to get some rare trophies like beating Bionic Commando Re-armed on the hardest difficulty.
That's why I still kept the Xbox One X. Just got Ninja Gaiden Black for $5, Fight Night Champions for $3, Would have liked to have gotten that version Medal of Honor Frontline but they ported only to the PS3 with different lighting and controls as a deluxe bonus for one of the reboot games. Alot of backwards compatibile OG Xbox/360 games are really cheap on the store all the time.
Whats cool is that sonic adventure is 4 to 5$ and sonic adventure 2 is 7 to 8$
We need a list of gems to grab before it shuts down for good.