• @[email protected]
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    3511 months ago

    Games are cheap and include notable titles, it has HDMI and so looks decent on modern TVs (unlike the PS2 and Wii), it can play DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, and as the firmware isn’t being updated, you can jailbreak it without playing cat and mouse with Sony.

  • @echo64
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    2611 months ago

    It helps that (most) games for it are really cheap pickups, and you can’t play a large portion of the library on modern systems. I still have a ps3 backlog.

    Played Raven Softwares’ last game before being turned into a Call of duty helper studio a few weeks ago. “Singularity.” Nothing to write home about, really not worth spending time and money on a remaster but a fun weekend of a unique story (time travel sovietpunk shooter) that only cost me about 4 money’s with shipping.

    There’s still a lot of fun to be found in these old boxes.

    • ඞmir
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      511 months ago

      that only cost me about 4 money’s

      lol

  • @the16bitgamer
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    2211 months ago

    How else am I suppose to play Infamous 1 & 2, LittleBigPlanet, the best Killzone games, Metal Gear Solid 4 and 3D Dot Game Hero?

    The sheer number of games stuck on PS3 is immense.

    • Kiwi_Girl
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      711 months ago

      I emulated some games using RPCS3 a few months ago, was easier than I thought it would be.

  • Flying Squid
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    1011 months ago

    The teen room at the local public library has a PS3. Kids seem to enjoy it. Although admittedly they did just get a new XBox and that’s more popular right now. But it’s also new.

  • @PlasticExistence
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    811 months ago

    Many (most?) are capable of being jailbroken with just a software hack too. I re-purchased a PS3 from a Craigslist ad expressly for that purpose. They are fun to play with once jailbroken with many interesting homebrew apps available, including emulators.

  • kratoz29
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    411 months ago

    Free online gaming folks, we really had it all.

  • @Duberstein
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    411 months ago

    I’m on my 10th season of MLB The Show 16 and have no intention of slowing down.

  • @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    Playing the Batman Arkham collection - lighting and textures are a bit low-fi but still worthy.

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  • @[email protected]
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    011 months ago

    I sold mine recently because of how good RPCS3 has gotten recently. My CPU isn’t good enough to run it but will be one day.

    • @[email protected]
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      711 months ago

      If a game is listed as playable on rpcs3 the game is pretty flawless to emulate. But, some games like mgs4 and infamous series are buggy and don’t have good performance, so that’s when I turn to the actual hardware.

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        311 months ago

        The thing with the PS3 though is most games don’t even get good performance on the original hardware. With the speed at which PS3 emulation is improving I’ve no doubt it will be THE way to play all PS3 games fairly soon.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          Yeah, the games the are playable on rpcs3 are the definitive way. Playing it at 4k/60 really makes the games shine in a new way.

  • @AshMan85
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    -1711 months ago

    That is hardly going strong.

    • @gardylou
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      3711 months ago

      PS3 came out 17 years ago. I’m impressed it still has 2 million active users a month personally.

      • @AshMan85
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        611 months ago

        it is really impressive how long both ps2 and 3 lasted. i still have my ps3 so i can play mgs3!

        • @bighatchester
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          211 months ago

          I still use my ps2 and ps3 fairly often even though I have a ps4 and ps5 . My son is getting into gaming and he likes alot of older ps2 movie based games like toy story and ratatouille . Also just played through MGS Peace Walker in my ps3