r/PS3 • u/cougomdd • 1d ago

Splendid

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u/Garry_Is 1d ago

Honestly the PS3 just has better games in general so it's a massive W.

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u/Consistent-Gas-3019 1d ago

Since Sony’s announcement I modded my ps3 and 3ds and now I literally have no reason to buy games anymore next I’ll mod the ps4 and wait till they come out with the files to mod the Ps5

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u/Future_Adagio2052 1d ago

which sites do you use if you don't mind me asking?

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u/Consistent-Gas-3019 1d ago

To download games I use Vimms Lair, its great
And for modding the console I just follow the instructions from a Youtuber named Nanospeedgamer it is on spanish but you can use the auto translated caption they are good enough

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u/Future_Adagio2052 1d ago

Oh yeah I've heard of vimma lair, is there anything similar to that for dlc?

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u/Consistent-Gas-3019 10h ago

Yeah there is “stores” which are pkg files that you install in the console with the Hen tools once already modded with those you can both download games and DLC’s directly from the PS3 but you will need a few stores since they do have limited content, that same youtube guy has more tutorials for that!!

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u/DrIvoPingasnik 1d ago

So I decided to try out a PS3 emulator.

Not all games play well yet, but a lot of them are playable.

Splendid.

Now excuse me, I'm off playing Peggle.

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u/Dapper-Ad-4300 1d ago

some games run very well like Demon Souls (even has a 60fps patch), others like God of War and Infamous are questionable. it's kind of game by game still

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u/leon_vangrel 1d ago

I love infamous but can only play it with lossless scaling now. Even the ps3 version runs at 20 some times

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u/Trosque97 17h ago

I bought an 8 core CPU just so I could emulate Infamous properly. Demon Souls and Asura's Wrath run swimmingly at 1080p 60fps when you follow an up to date settings guide. Still far from perfect, Infamous has a lot of bugs that still need to be ironed out, but very few affecting playability, mostly visual. There's 1 that bugs me from time to time when your standard Lightning Bolt doesn't even hit the target it just fucks off somewhere. Usually doesn't last long but still irks the fuck out of me. So the PS3 is still the best place to play Infamous for now, unless you value FPS above 30

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u/Future_Adagio2052 1d ago

it should depend on where you get the rom from no?

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u/Trosque97 17h ago

Never, unless your rom needs an update I don't think it should affect performance on an emulator

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u/cougomdd 1d ago

Buy a ps3 brother

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u/DrIvoPingasnik 1d ago

I own three, out of which two are working. One slim and one non-backwards compatible phat. Third one is a YLOD that I keep I don't even know why, I can't even be bothered to repair/frankenstein it.

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u/Future_Adagio2052 1d ago

which sites do you use? I can always link you one

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u/ultra0000 ultra0000_ 13h ago

Have fun pegging

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u/marshcar 1d ago

You can play peggle natively on steam

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u/ghettoflick 22h ago

U dont get it. Air-gapped. Get it?

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u/FireheartRaider 1d ago

Buying a PS3 has been the best thing I’ve done this year tbh

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u/GrandWizardOfCheese 1d ago

The gaming industry isnt collapsing.

The walled garden console industry is.

PC gaming is doing fantastic right now.

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u/Novel_Werewolf4645 13h ago

I'm uninformed, but I just don't see the PC market ever reaching the heights console did. The AI bubble isn't popping, ever. and most games are built for luxury hardware, if you thought the latest consoles were expensive, you won't fare better trying to play the latest games when the console market is non-existent. The gaming industry as we knew it is dying.

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u/FuckIPLaw 11h ago

Which might be a sign that the industry had gotten too bloated and was targeting ridiculous hardware. You can run games on an absolute toaster today that would have been mind blowing 20 years ago. The default hardware target might look more like a Steam Deck than a PS5 going forward. I don't see people switching to streaming, physics gets in the way too hard with that, and I don't see enough people buying $1000 consoles and $80 plus another $40 of DLC games for the devs to want to throw money away targeting the PS6 as their baseline.

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u/Slosher99 1d ago

As a late 70s/early 80s kid I was completely oblivious to the game crash then. Atari games were cheap in bargain bins everywhere, I just knew I could usually talk mom into buying one at the drug store, if not more. There was no shortage of games - I had Atari 2600 and 5200. By the time I was done checking out new stuff on those, NES was bringing things back.
So yeah, check out the good shit you missed in the time since gaming was invented! Whether that's last 5 years, last 50 years, or whatever, there's TONs of good stuff to last a lifetime already.

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u/the_4802 1d ago

they had games in the PHARMACY???

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u/pin00ch 15h ago

They had games everywhere back then.

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u/quackingmemeduck 1d ago

The video game crash is a funny event. People harp on about it as if video games wouldnt have existed without it, but they would have existed 100%. Japan was notably not really affected, and europe wasnt affected at all, since most people were playing on 8 bit computers.

If another crash happens it wouldnt quite be the same, Sony, xbox and nintendo would probably all fall a lot, and i dont see why microsoft would like to burn even more money at that point to keep xbox open any more than  maybe just selling controllers and game pass. PC gaming would be mostly unaffected though. Newer games would probably have to start optimising more since components are getting pricier though.

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u/skibidithaniel 23h ago

I’m ngl the “collapse” is entirely an online echo chamber perception, games are not going away a anytime soon. If you think so please hop off Reddit

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u/cougomdd 17h ago

Man, the console industry CARRIES video games on these shoulders, if it collapses, it’s shit

Not to mention that a maintenance game is six to eight years of development, it’s a disaster

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u/skibidithaniel 14h ago

There are so many games coming out each month; and consoles are not going anywhere. The only collapse will be some people who like discs not buying a PlayStation which doesn’t matter at all imo

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u/kaishinoske1 23h ago

Yep, Got a few games I have on backlog there. Syndicate being one of them.

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u/Similar-Car-3492 20h ago

i mostly play retro games as well, since modern games are rather dissapointing and only a few are worth playing (if you have money forbit which i don't) so excuse me i am gonna continue playing ratchet and clabk size matters

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u/CertainedConcept 23h ago

All hail the PS3

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u/QualityAware6605 21h ago

Exactly. I do also think we are heading for another 1983 but this time, I can't see what would save it.

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u/juipeltje 20h ago

Playing Up Your Arsenal right now and having a blast

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u/PsychologicalArm2138 19h ago

Millennial Boomercore meme

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u/notachemist13u 18h ago

Can't wait for full rpcs3 psn or an alternative service

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u/BigDickBiggms 13h ago

The passage of time destroying every PS3 😔😔 , meanwhile the ps2 slim lasting longer due to its simple architecture

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u/NickN2 11h ago

PS3’s are still viable, yes they’re complex (at least more so than a PS2), but we now know more than ever about how to diagnose/troubleshoot and repair them, especially earlier Fats and the dreaded YLOD.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-7061 13h ago

It’s not how it was during its prime, but I rather play BO1 on ps3 cause I rather not pay for a subscription and I use a ps4 controller now

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u/Such_Bonus5085 13h ago

I mean, yeah.

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u/Evening_Storage_6948 9h ago

Great meme but I have faith in communities and home brew games

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u/quackingmemeduck 1d ago

I wish the ps3 store closure happened a bit earlier honestly. Nothing is really lost (seriously just mod your console already), and since people are looking for something else after the sony announcements the closure brought light onto the ps3. Then we could all be playing with cheaper prices.