Thread 718686283

OK? There's a board for discussing retro consoles you know

no gaems

>>718686283 (OP)
Blu-ray players alone were like $400 at the time so he's right.

>>718686368
>2006 is retro

Kys.

Sure, I still think it was cool (aside from the grill design) but at the end of the day, there's still a cheaper alternative when my only goal of spending said money was to play new video games

>>718686283 (OP)
And nowadays consoles have zero backwards compatibly because you have to spend an extra hundred dollars to buy a disk drive

>>718686470
more time has passed from 2006 to now, than from the release of the SNES to the release of the PS3.

>>718686470
Two decades old isn't retro? That's plenty old

>>718686283 (OP)
>599 USD for faulty hardware with no games
Brutal.

>>718686550
"Backwards compatibility" to console peasants means buying the same game again, this time for more money then you paid for it last time, but it's "super HD definitive remastered edition" that was outsourced to Team Jeet and features "AI" upscaled textures, FMVs and a worse soundtrack and voice acting and no way to switch back.

>>718686283 (OP)
>snoycoping for the fucking ps3

>>718686283 (OP)
Zoomers dont realize that a console for $600 in 2006 is more like a console for $800 today

>random bullshit, all in 2006??? Insane
holy negro

>>718686470
It's been alomst 20 year anon....

>>718686283 (OP)
he forgot free online too

PS3 was a beast.

Also the $600 price was only for the highest end model and within a few years it dropped to $299, there was a huge marketing push for that $299 and people bought it in droves.

>>718686470
The Wii is now older than the SNES was when the Wii launched.

>>718686635
>>718686673
>>718686883
>>718686917
SHUT UP AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>718686368
Not retro by /vr/'s rules, newchud.

>>718686283 (OP)
Only the very first run of consoles had those features, by the the time it was released worldwide they had already cut a bunch of them, and they are almost as much of a tickling time bomb as the X360 anyway, that's the worst part.
Plus, they sound like a jet plane taking off, not really the best Blu-Ray you could get.
The Slim editions with the cutdown price are nice though.

>>718686853
Bluray players were $1000 standalone in 2006. I know because I bought one.

>>718686283 (OP)
Also you could use it as a (Linux) computer (until sony pulled the plug)

>>718686283 (OP)
>TOSHLINK

>>718686283 (OP)
Having DVD and BlueRay didn't mean diddle squat when DVDs prices dropped to rock bottom around that time, and as for CDs people where using ipods up the ass, the rest is mumble jumbo with no real merit when there wasn't games to play, the backwards compatibility was cool but spending 600$ just to keep playing PS and PS2 games was awful, the PS3 pricing was terrible, Sony knew it and the people knew it.

>>718686470
Okay grandpa lets get you to bed.

>>718687137
But that didn't enable video games so literally no one wanted to do that until they were told that they couldn't

anon
>hey the ps3 was cool
Random faggot
>ACKSHUALLY HERE'S WHY IT SUCKED!!!

>>718686917
I shall now bestow upon you cursed knowledge

>>718687389
My Wii mote was also uncircumcised

>>718686283 (OP)

also, free online and used what was a standard USB cable at that time to charge the controllers. probably the best dualshock imo. great console. the last good playstation.

>>718686283 (OP)
Zero mentions of any game. Now you know why it tanked. Nobody was going to buy a 600 bucks console to play ps2 games.

>>718686470
The PS2 and PS3 were retro when they released because they were just copying the PS1 Dualshock controller with only minor alterations even after 90s consoles got left in the dust by PC's mouselook. The Dualshock 3 even deliberately discarded any aesthetic deviation from the OG dualshock so that it could keep being retro.
The 360 is also retro because it removed face buttons to be more like the Dreamcast, but the Xbox is not.

Fucking face it, the amount of consoles after the 2000s that aren't deliberately retro can be counted on one hand and pre-2000s consoles have become retro by way of embodying an older way of doing things.

>>718687503
Dualshock 3 had a 30 hour battery life on one charge. I wish Dualsense had that.

PS3 was the last time i had job.. bought it off some guy at the warehouse for $250 bucks
Went home and cranked up God of War, it was so good. Epic battle of deities on mount olympus, turned up the sound hoping family would watch new thing and share in it.
Mom just told me to reduce the volume..
Dad died shortly afterwards on the cold hard concrete floor of a warehouse

family was never the same, feels bad man.

>>718687350
This entire board is just people being negative to get attention. Ignore the faggots and have fun.

>>718686283 (OP)
Honestly I was also bummed at the PS3's launch even if it had some fun games (warhawk mainly) I felt it was a big let down compared to the PS2 first couple of years but HOLY SHIT did I not expect the absolute shit state that the PS5 is in, it should get all the 'no gaems' memes times a thousand such a shit console gen

>>718686368
>ps3 is retro

>>718686470
phantompaindoctor.jpg

>>718686283 (OP)
Nah nigga I bought that shit for like €170 5 years later since I could also get a lot of Japanese exclusives for cheap that I wouldn't otherwise get on my PC.
Nowadays, with the PS5? There are no exclusives and shit is getting more expensive. What the fuck.

>>718687687
Nothing compares to the PS2s opening year tbqh

>>718686283 (OP)
>>718686447
>>718687102
>Sony's history is marked by several instances where its pursuit of proprietary disc formats and associated technologies created significant issues and drawbacks for consumers.
Sony has always been a disc mobster and a blight on the industry.
It takes a real retard to think 'wow Sony somehow made affordable what nobody else could' when Sony spent so long being a proprietary rights nigger, constantly gatekeeping disc tech they 'helped' develop using legal walls as long as they could.

>>718687350
Nobody is saying it wasn't cool it had a lot of great games, deal is retards saying that it was hot shit from the get go when it took like 3 fucking years to get good.

>>718686470
PS3 is older than practically all teenagers in 2025
What did you consider retro when you were 16?

>>718687973
Nintendo literally gatekeeps gameplay mechanics

>>718688030
Retro is 30+

>>718687007
With each year your interests are becoming irrelevant to everyone and you will die in obscurity, having left no valuable mark on this world.

>>718688191
No. You are 30+. You are an old man.

>>718686470
Everything becomes retro eventually

>>718688239
Okay but 19 years isnt retro. Thats barely legal.

>>718687026
So will the definition of 'retro' shift over time or will there be people fifty years from now still arbitrarily insisting that a game HAS to be from 70 years ago to be called that, a 60-year-old console and its games are NOT retro

Retro is 2D. PS1 and N64 aren't retro even if they're pretty old.

>>718688370
Let me guess, it’s not retro until it can drink?

>>718688252
I'm 24

>>718688191
So when PS3 came out (2006) the Atari 2600 (1977) was not yet retro? Really?

>>718688405
Silksong is retro then

Is the 3DS retro now?

>>718688516
Si senor

>>718688457
you're basically a fossil, move on gramps

>>718686853
Zoomers today literally defending the $700 PS5 Pro so I think they're okay with paying $800 for a console. I'm fully expecting the PS6 to cost that much or slightly below it.

>>718688612
No but manchildren have caused the price to be extortionate

Honestly, I really I wish had an OG PS3. Being able to play PS1 and PS2 games on a HDMI output is fucking nuts.

>>718688378
To answer your question, retro is a relative definition and shifts with time. It's not a fixed point in time like boomer, gen x, millennial, etc. Retro is everything 6th gen and below, probably will start including 7th gen pretty soon.
Atari and all the other pre-NES stuff will shift from retro to antique in a decade or two as well.

also you can play online for free. but this models got the YLOD issues that the slim don't have

>>718686283 (OP)
I think I bought the Killzone 3 PS3 bundle for $300, then I installed CFW.

>>718688531
You know damn well I was talking about consoles.

>>718686283 (OP)
I'd buy the $500 version if I had a way to wire it to the router (the ones I own now are both connected to switches so it works).

>>718686283 (OP)
PS Triple

>>718686283 (OP)
>fully backwards compatible
Not all models
>CD and DVD
Anyone interested in either of these that could afford a PS3 already had dedicated players for these
>Blu-Ray
This was the main thing that sold PS3s. It was comparable in price to other players at the time. Sometimes cheaper depending on the model.
>everything else
irrelevant/nobody gave a shit

>>718686283 (OP)
not with that dogshit build quality

>>718686368
/v retro/ won't allow 7th gen for some reason. 20 years is enough time for something to go retro IMO. Maybe next year they'll allow PS3 and Wii into /vr/
>>718686283 (OP)
I mean, I don't disagree. The PS3 could play PS1 and PS2 discs natively, in addition to its own library. It had the built-in SD card readers in the front and 4 USBs in the front. After the PS3 Sony started fazing out features of PS4 and PS5. The fact PS5 cannot read PS1 discs is insane.

>>718689489
Kill yourself :)

>>718686283 (OP)
$600 in 2006 is almost $1000 today, it was laughably overpriced and Sony was still losing money on every sale.

>>718689841
>$600 in 2006 is almost $1000 today
These sorts of statements are so fucking stupid because they don't acknowledge improvements in anything. Back in the 1960s the first colour TVs would cost you $5000. What's $5000 in today's money? Does a colour TV still cost that much?

>>718687973
Their proprietary hardware is what killed the PSP and Vita.

didn't it also support sacd?

>>718688105
meh that's not as bad since you can just do your best trying to walk around it/loophole it

even by 2006 none of those features are useful, how do you not already have a pc to do all of that?

>>718690310
Kys

a blu ray player at launch was what, $1k? SA-CD player was kinda around the same price range.
the ps3 was totally worth it at that price
people say muh no games but that shit plays thousands of games across ps1-ps2 libraries, name a bigger library of games

>>718686470
The NES was retro in 2006, and it came out in 1985. See where this is going?

>>718690491
windows vista

What is with all of the "PS3 was actually good" threads on here these days? I had one and it was a piece of shit. It had no games, games ran like shit, and they let everyone's credit card info get stolen.

>>718690823
You're a faggot

>>718688105
>>718690310
What gameplay can't other developers use?
Or is it like the Nemesis system when you need to make your own?

>>718690823
zoomers are getting old, fat, and nostalgic

>>718690870
oh so it's just sonyfags acting like they always do

>>718686283 (OP)
Vanilla fat PS3 didn't have retro compatibility. Nice history revisionism.

>>718690823
It had plenty of games after a few years, Uncharted, MotorStorm, Infamous, Killzone, Resistance, Ratchet & Clank, and others.

>>718690823
zoomers are old enough to post, have been for a few years now.

>>718691034
uncharted is a movie, tho, it stars tom holland

>>718686470
Twenty years old is retro you fucking retard

Why doesn't the OP list Linux support as one of the features?

>>718686368
A ten year old console isn't "retro," it's still has at least another year of support.

>>718687182
Lol, not only that but Toslink has been around since like the 80s. Everyone things it's much newer than it really is.

>>718691107
Sure, if you're a retard.

>>718689680
The PS3 has the most recent GTA title released. If the latest entry in one of the biggest franchises in the industry is already retro, then retro is a meaningless label. Might as well just call it old.
Retro is much more useful as a term if it refers to a specific period rather than anything that is older than X years.

Launch PS3 also had native PS and PS2 support.
Sadly it is the worst piece of shit I ever owned. Had to get it repaired 3 times and eventually I gave up and sold it.

>>718691246
>Retro is much more useful as a term if it refers to a specific period rather than anything that is older than X years.
But that's not what the term means.

>>718687554
How do you survive without a job?

>>718691382
They leech off someone.
-Family
-Government disability benefits
-Spouse

>>718691107
Twenty years old? The current year is 2016, the PS3 is barely a decade old.

>>718688772
How much money we talking

>>718691369
Technically retro doesn't refer to old things at all, it refers to new things in the style of old things, so if you want to go by the term then a new game that looks and feels like a PS3 game is retro, not an actual PS3 game.

>>718690823
current gen makes it look utopian

>>718688772
Are there any new 3DSes being produced? Of course prices will be up if there is limited supply.

>>718691091
Some zoomers are in their mid 20s. They've been posting for a decade.

>>718686283 (OP)
>$600 for a motorstorm machine

>>718691583
This is true, but a lot of people mix up "retro" with "vintage".
The PS3 is vintage technology.

>>718691696
Ohhh my god
Just fucking kill yourself

>>718691681
closer to $1k after inflation, too

>>718691792
It is though, you can't deny that.
The PS3 is '06 vintage technology.

>>718691696
this is the gayest thing i've read since moby dick

>>718691792
>>718691851
sorry anons, but we're getting old.
mid-2000's tech is now vintage.

>>718691964
did you get this image from a magazine for queers?

>>718690501
Super Mario Bros 1 vs Super Mario Galaxy
GTA V vs GTA V (non-shit performance edition)

Spot the difference

>>718692018
no, from duckduckgo

>>718691792
Don't say that. Suicide is a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

>>718686283 (OP)
launch models did NOT have 4 usb ports

>>718692048
i get it, if i were looking up gay porn i would probably also use the privacy search tool

>>718692160
I don't trust (((google)))

>>718691696
Well if you said the PS3 is vintage I would have no issue with it. Retro is style, not age.

>>718691536
$200 for a 10 year old Pokemon game

>>718692285
Ah, a vintage '99 spongebob classic

>>718691536
Too many moneys

>>718692301
no shot it's that much, i only paid $100 for my 20 year old pokemon cartridge

>>718686368
>technically it is retro
>mentally people consider only 8/16bit pixel games to be called retro

>>718692274
I ain't the original anon that said it was retro

>my hot take from when I wasn't even born
Why are lil zooms so cringe?

>>718688370
>Okay but 19 years isnt retro
They made GTA Vice City in 2002 and the game was about 1986 and it was considered old as fuck, mega retro and all
It was just 16 years between these two years

SAD!

>>718692285
>accuse anon of being a fag
>uses fagbob memes

>>718692301
>>718692395
I remember selling HeartGold with the PokeMeter for $60 a decade ago.
I have sealed copy of Black 2 and that looks to be $60 or more.

>>718686283 (OP)
Then they all would yellow light, and you were expected to buy a downgraded version of the thing. Fuck Sony, and that's why I'll never buy another piece of hardware from them.

>>718690823
Based. PS3 was fucking trash.

>>718692610
>fagbob
You're funny
Do you have any more funny words?

>>718686283 (OP)
Ok that's all great but third party games all ran like dogshit on PS3.

>>718686368
kek

Another twitterfag thread, this time with an actual nigger and a faggot. A niggerfaggot.

>>718689458
help an ESL here: how would you transcribe the sounds he's making here

>>718692907
yeah, but 9m views, it's a proven success

>>718686635
There's a vast difference between a SNES game and a PS3 game and not much difference between a PS3 game and a PS5 game.

>>718693275
that's because sony is stuck, not because the industry hasn't moved on

>>718693275
>not much difference between a PS3 game and a PS5 game.
Anyone that says this clearly hasn't touched a PS3 in over a decade. Side-by-side with current gen, the difference is extremely obvious.

>>718686635
It's not retro because I say so.

>>718686283 (OP)
Sure, in a vacuum it was worth it, Sony even took a loss on it, but we're talking about game consoles here, they are supposed to be cheap boxes that play video games for the masses, not premium products for a small minority that can afford them. It was a blunder from Sony's side, the 360 had similar capabilities when it comes to video games, better even in most cases and cost almost half of that.

Imo it's why the Switch 2 is gonna underperform long term, Nintendo misreads and misunderstands the market and their main audience. Then we get cope like "the market is shrinking", yeah no shit if you outprice the average normie living paycheck to paycheck they're gonna move to something else. I hope Valve can make the Deck 2 affordable and wreck the market to teach the niggers in charge at these companies a lesson.

>>718692596
That's because of lifestyle changes. The internet changed everything about how people interact and live their lives. But there has been no equivalent paradigm shift since.
20 years ago I was playing vidya, watching pirated animu and talking about weeb shit online. The main difference to now is that the animu isn't in 30MB rmvb files anymore.
Back then, looking back 20 years would mean all of the things I was doing would be impossible to a kid my age.

>>718688191
>Retro is 30+
>>718688252
>No. You are 30+.
Help, i'm dying lol

>>718688030
>PS3 is older than practically all teenagers in 2025
holy shit

>>718686283 (OP)
He forgot Super Audio CD playback.

>>718686635
>>718686673
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>>718687262
>718687532
>718687879
>718688030
>718688304
>718690501
>718691107
I don't know how much samefaggotry is going on here (a lot I assume) but alottle hot take here:
Retro isn't defined by how much time has passed since release but by how much technological development has occurred since then. And since between NES and PS3 there was a much bigger leap than between PS3 and PS5 (and most likely any system that will follow it) PS3 is not retro (and most likely never will).

>>718693959
The difference is extremely obvious because of visuals. SNES to PS3 you can see the difference in game design from a screenshot alone. It's a completely different experience.
The 2022 best seller and industry defining Elden Ring is a minute iteration on how Dark Souls played on the PS3.
Same as DMC5 to DMC4, Ninja Gaiden 4 to Ninja Gaiden 2, Bayonetta 1 is still my favorite in the genre.
Now compare NES Ninja Gaiden to Ninja Gaiden 2.
PS3 games are modern.

>>718686283 (OP)
I bought a slim ps3 in christmas 2010 and it was a great system, played lots of awesome games and used the browser to download media and watch livestreams

>>718686368
It's retro. You may not like it, but PS3, Xbox 360 and the Wii are all retro. The DS and PSP are too

>>718694230
Would you say that the industrial revolution and deployment of rail and steamboats had a bigger impact on humanity or the internet? How do you think historians in 500 years will set the cutoff for the current epoch we're living in?

>>718694447
nuclear cope

>>718694521
On the contrary, there's a huge difference between the respective system architecture and operating systems of the PS3 and PS5. The lack of innovation in game design speaks more to the talents of the game developers, than it does the hardware.

>>718686470
What's the solution then? Make new board /vmillennial/ ?

>>718686368
>PS3
>retro
Zoomercuck...

>>718695150
The PS3 is mid-2000's vintage.

>>718695150
Most zoomers were not even born when the PS3 released. There are people on this site right now younger than the PS3.

>>718686283 (OP)
The OG PS3 was, simply put, the sleekest most aesthetic looking console ever made.

>>718695528
why did they choose the spiderman 3 font?

>>718694541
Are you me?

>>718694521
Did it myself just to exemplify.

>>718694859
Sure, I completely agree that it's not a hardware limitation. Still, PS3 games are modern in design.

>>718695845
I don't really agree but it's not relevant anyway, as the PS3 itself (as hardware) is vintage, whether you consider the games to be vintage as well is a separate topic.

>>718694785
I don't fucking know, if I could answer this I would probably be making more money than I do.

>>718686735
>faulty
Still using my ps3 fat.

>>718695594
Cause it looks cool.

>>718696072
But that separate topic is all that matters. If you go on /vr/ right now most people aren't discussing architecture and OS, they're discussing games.

>>718696107
All 90nm RSX will die from the same fundamental design flaw.

>>718696072
The point of gaming hardware is to play games.

>>718696276
>>718696490
I feel that early PS3 titles could be argued as "vintage" today. Warhawk, Motorstorm, and Lair are all games of their time that don't hold up today (from a game design point of view), but late PS3 titles still play like modern titles.

>>718695594
12 of the top 15 grossing Sony movies are Spider-Man. It's all they have

>>718687828
this image broke /djt/

>>718686283 (OP)
Wow 4 USB ports what a deal! This console has more SD card slots than games.

>>718694786
>discussion about ps3
>shows graphics from ps1, ps2 and n64
Who's coping now?

>>718686283 (OP)
I had a slim but its Media server compatibility and just overall functionality was incredibly based. I wish mine hadn't died.

>>718686283 (OP)
Backwards compatibility was worthless. You could buy an Xbox 360 and a PS2 for less than a PS3.
It got even more ridiculous later on with the final retail price of a PS2 slim being 130 bucks. No point tacking on extra price on every PS3 when a brand new PS2 was that cheap. And that's not even taking into account how most people already had a PS2 and used ones were worth even less.

If there's a topic that gets popular on twitter it WILL be reposted on 4chan. Indians are annoying as hell.

>>718689360
All consoles are 3D shapes of plastic

>>718698917
I know but the mods dont seem to do anything about the Famitsu threads...

>>718699137
I am agree saar famitsu must going.

>>718686283 (OP)
wtf, it plays blu-ray? I am now angry, been spending months collecting dvd's when I could have just got blu ray.

>>718686283 (OP)
Kinda, yeah. I mostly used mine as a DVD/Blu-Ray player because there weren't that many games to play.

>>718691654
Oldest zoomer would be around 27 or 28 by now. Nearly 30 years of age.

the ps3 is pretty damn amazing, but it almost nuked sony. it only managed to pay off when gamers realized they didn't wanna pay xbox subscription and were bored of the wii waggling.

>>718699252
Saar do not delete the famitsu!!

>>718697734
I got a used slim recently, I don't want it die. I love it already.

>>718686283 (OP)
we didnt know how good we had it.

>>718694447
Holy shit, this cope.

>>718703654
Zoomer boy im sorry you missed out
I know ps4/5 has no games let alone good ones, but you can always ask someone older to let you borrow their ps3 and games to play for a bit.

>>718694447
>Retro isn't defined by how much time has passed
No, it very much is.

>>718704104
No, it very much isn't. That was the point.

>>718688030
>store is still online
>still officially supported
>retro
?

I was going to get a couple PS3's to store for backup. What is the best way to store them? Should I buy one of these?

>>718687554
You still live with your mom in your late 40s I take it

>>718686283 (OP)
Also no paid online.
I knew how good we had it because I always dunked on xkeks with that fact.

ive always thought the launch ps3 was hideous
sony used to have genuine visionary design philosophy, they dropped the ball with this one
it's round so you can't place anything on top
glossy plastic just scratches
it has a door you can't open (until someone said what if that door that doesn't open could be opened)
and choosing an ugly movie font for the logo was just poetic

>>718686470
three museums near me have sections for 00's stuff.

>>718686283 (OP)
It's a video game console, it's ability to play video games is what matters. The GPU is worse than the 360, the cell was a meme that ended up being a huge waste of time of money, the only real advantage was blu-ray holding more than hd dvd.

Worth $600? Sure
Needed to play video games? Not at all. The USB ports, Micro card slots, RSX GPU, HDMI and backwards compatiblity were great bonuses for it, but for people who play video games, Sony really struggled to market it in a way that would make people actually see the result of the RSX GPU.

Its also worth keeping in mind that the PS3 that was backwards compatible FULLY is only the base 20GB launch PS3, which had no Wi-Fi and no flash card reader.
As much as the Blu-ray and graphical synthesizer were COOL and they were unique, it for a lot of people, wasn't worth being $600 even IF the entire package was worth it for all the features it did have.
People wanted a console.

>>718694447
anon, go play an early ps3 game and come back telling me it feels like playing a current game. try something like the first darksider

>>718691964
based image. Retro is shit like boomer shooters, not actually old games

>>718694859
The last meaningful jump in technology for gaming happened between the ps2 generation and the PS3, for the love of fucking god the most recent GTA is literally a cross platform game from the ps3 to the ps5.

Yes you can make more pixels and yes you can make the ai more advanced, but beyond that their really isn’t that much that has changed

>>718711243
>for the love of fucking god the most recent GTA is literally a cross platform game from the ps3 to the ps5.
It was technically remastered twice.

>>718694521
>it's not retro, because the games still.... seem similar to me
not what retro means but ok you're allowed to have your headcanon and definitions

>>718691034
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift my beloved

>>718686283 (OP)
It also played SACDs, and had WiFi which wasn’t necessarily a crazy feature but the 360 wouldn’t get built in WiFi till 2010 because they sold so many of those dongles.

>>718686673
Two decades is nothing. Four decades? Sure definitely retro but 2 is very little time 80s stuff wasn't retro in the 2000s

>>718686283 (OP)
The only thing on that list I actually gave a shit about in 2006 is backwards compatibility. The rest is bloat and a waste of money.

>>718686283 (OP)
>no good games (backwards compatibility is great over time but at that time, it was crazy cheap to get a PS2)
>faulty hardware
>vent problems
>low stock with overinflated resellers

The PS3 may look like a good deal right now, and it was for the home entertainment department they were aiming at, but it was a terrible console at launch.

>>718686470
oh my sweet summer child, you don't know about /vr/ they HAD BEEN making mass effect, oblivion, bioshock and even nds threads in the last weeks.

Just wait until november 2025 you are gonna burn.

>>718686283 (OP)
And all that shit meant better games?
Don't bother answering, we all know it already.

>>718687973
CDs distributed by an actual multinational corporation are much better than cartridges distributed by penny-pinching ex-yakuza pachinko operators

>>718686283 (OP)
Every console that lasted more than one year has at least 3 great games you can play if you are not a little bitch

>>718686283 (OP)
If i want a bunch of stuff for high price i buy a fucking pc. Console its a cheap platform made for games,and a little bonus.

>>718686283 (OP)
its the only console I ever owned that failed completely from normal use.

It was a piece of shit and the thousands of others that had to tear it apart to reflow the chips would agree.

That aside, it had no good games. It's truly a blight to sony's console portfolio.

>>718686283 (OP)
My friend gave me one of these. Complete with the sixaxis. Should I try to run ps2 games on this instead of emulating if I ever decide to play ps2 games?

>>718686283 (OP)
no it wasn't.
>blu-ray
optical media was on the way out. drives couldn't keep up and loading times were abysmal
>ps2 backward compatibility
only for the 20 and 60GB launch models in murrica and japland. ps: no wi-fi on 20gb model
>optical audio
360 had that too
>card slots
waste of time. external HDD support would have been a bigger boon considering the advent of incomplete games with patches and dlc, and (((digital))) games

>>718686283 (OP)
>also the PSfat bricks itself within 2 years
No he's not.

>>718686368
FUCKING ZOOMER

>>718686368
Expert bait

>>718712003
80s shit absolutely was considered retro in the early 2000s zoomie

>>718691014
It literally had a ps2 inside retard and the ps3 could be used to smooth and enhance ps2 games

Funny how OP image doesn't mention games lol

>>718686283 (OP)
PS3 would be $1000 if it released today
>>718686470
>tfw the PS3 is so old if it were a person it would be a legally fuckable college student

>>718716654
>I'm a faggot
We know.

>>718719472
Probably because its about hardware you stupid cumbrain

>>718686368
You can still easily discuss the PS3 here. It's not retro, after all.

>>718686283 (OP)
I don't care about all those things, I just want to play video games.

You fucking niggerchimp retards.
How many times it need to be explained to you that "retro" means shit of an anachronistic design?
It has NOTHING to do with how arbitrarily old it is (Vintage) or how noteworthy it was (Classic).
Yeah it fucking sucks the fattest dick on planet earth that what's made Gen 7 FINALLY retro is the fact that everything is violently dogshit marketer slop, but STILL that has pushed Gen 6 and 7 into being retro.

>>718686283 (OP)
All this for the low, low price of $600. Hours of fun not playing games and defending the product online for free!

>>718686447
>Blu-ray players alone were like $400 at the time so he's right.

Yeah and hd media players were half that. We went to a movie theater expo in 2006 and saw maybe two actual blu-ray players, everyone else was using HDD players with ESiR/CtrlHD encodes to showcase the latest HDTVs or projectors. We were laughing our asses off that we went to see the latest bluray shit and instead they were playing the same files we also downloaded.

>>718688239
>this revelation makes me sad
>but then remember it happens to everyone
>mfw knowing one day zoomers and gen alpha will screech bloody murder everyday wondering why beta and gamma won't stop calling them millenials
All the more reason to just take it easy because Earth is gay as fuck anyway

>>718711330
I don’t think you can count the ps4 release a remaster, it was more just the actual base game since it was made for that platform in mind.

>>718721672
I have one those media players from that era and i didn't think it was very good. Today there are amazing media players.

>>718722085
>knowing one day zoomers and gen alpha will screech bloody murder everyday wondering why beta and gamma won't stop calling them millenials
It really felt like some Karen clapped her hands and shit out a diarrhea rainbow when they changed the name of Gen Y to mIlLeNnIaL

>>718722085
>knowing one day zoomers and gen alpha will screech bloody murder everyday wondering why beta and gamma won't stop calling them millenials
Fucking grim

>>718686771
you are a fat smelly retarded loser that lives in his mom's basement. kill yourself immediately

>>718695473
Mid 2000s isn't vintage.

>>718723271
Post Sanae already. 80s games were considered vintage in the mid 00s and I fucking dare you to claim otherwise.

I got my OG Fat PS3 because my ex-gf went to a Goodwill in 2018 and found one. Turns out it was hacked with a custom OS that had a shit ton of ps3 games, goth and fake mother/daughter porn downloaded directly from Xvideos.com and this song would instantly play on startup: https://youtu.be/NoyJgR_09Vw

it was a relic of the early 2010's from some dude who loved PS3 and fapping and I was sad when my ex got rid of the goth and faux incest videos after I showed her they were on it.

That's my PS3 story, thank you.

>>718722441
>I don’t think you can count the ps4 release a remaster
I'm not.
At some point, the PC port got a graphical upgrade, and it's not the same graphical upgrade as the PS5 edition either.

>>718723271
I hate to break it to you, but next year the PS3 will be 20 years old and therefore considered vintage.

Feeling old yet?

>>718723362
When weren't spekky games vintage? They were made vintage. They were old before they were even printed. Spekky games were your grandparent's games but made for the current generation of now grandparents. Time is a slug fallen out of a cheap electrical box.

>>718722441
>>718723542
An earlier graphical overhaul was at some point around 2020, I think. It's hard to pinpoint an exact date as it was improved more gradually at that time, but I did notice an improvement when I was fucking around in 2018 compared to when I checked it out again in 2022.

Enhanced Edition (the PS5 raytracing upgrade), came to PC March of this year.

I wish PS3 had a simple all-in-one guide like the 3DS does for being able to just download whatever games/homebrew you want on the console itself and it just werks
I figured it all out eventually but it took a couple hours

>>718705295
what the fuck is this, a humidifier? you'd be better off just doing that to a whole room or closet since you'd get more area.

>>718686283 (OP)
>every new update removes features

>>718686470
A machine with HDMI output,high speed internet capabilities and Blu Ray has no business being considered retro. The PS3 is old but it's hardly an obsolete piece of hardware especially when so many current games are just remasters or remakes of things that were released on it

>>718686283 (OP)
The PS Triple stresses ABAP
Aight, I dunno if y'all niggas know what ABAP means, aight
ABAP means AS BALLA AS POSSIBLE

Could also play sacd's

>>718686283 (OP)
Did they drop the price when they removed almost all of that in the 2nd version?

vintage and retro are faggot ass words that does nothing but make shitty threads like this
Can we just call shit old

>>718686550
>And nowadays consoles have zero backwards compatibly
Nigger what
The PS5 can play PS4 games natively, Switch 2 can play switch 1 games natively, and the Xbox Series X can play Xbox One games natively and play some 360 and original Xbox games with emulation. There's plenty of backwards compatibility.

>>718725473
Yeah, although I wish Sony would sell PS1/2 games on the same scale as they did during the PS3 gen and of course it'd be great if they'd sell PS3 games too. But they say PS3 games are too hard to emulate. Even though they made the console they can't figure out how to emulate it? Gee

>>718725853
you need a fairly decent cpu for ps3 emulation, something that is out of reach for modern shitstations

>>718694447
>Retro isn't defined by how much time has passed since release but by how much technological development has occurred since then
true. Literally everyone knows this. it is just that people don't give a fuck.

>>718686283 (OP)
shame its an overheating piece of shit
but i guess a frankstein modded 4 usb port phat ps3 is the best you can get

>>718721386
you remind me of this

The Pson1 to Ps3 was the best era for video games i have experienced.
The fact the Ps3 had free online was amazing, I had so much fun with PS Home, mod nation racers and all the other games I played online. I used to import a ton of games from Play Asia. Good times that will never come back since the economy is going to the toilet everyone on the planet.

>>718686470
There's an oblivion thread up on /vr/ right now, so yes 2006 is definitely retro
>nooo what 4chan officially constitutes as retro doesn't count
Go back.

>>718695528
its too round, the ps2 and ps4 mog

>>718724556
especially when it's current hardware.

>>718693006
*failed attempts at whistling*

>>718686283 (OP)
>no rumble controllers
>no headset
>no HDMI or component cables included, only had composite packed in, for an HD console
>2006 PSN was barebones
>no achievements if you liked those
>every time you turned it on there was an update (took forever for speeds at the time)
>Sony promoted Folding@home as a killer app
what a steal for $600

>>718725257
>Can we just call shit old

>>718727363
>lists lack of achievements as a negative

>>718727363
>no headset
There's never been a system sold with a headset.

>>718686470
You're going to have to cope with the fact that time has moved past you whether you like it or not.

>>718728002
As soon as 360 and PS3 are accepted into /vr/ it is the end of /vr/
And I'm sure what ever comes next will be far less shitty than this site.

>>718686470
Based boomer

>>718712003
>4 decades
youre tripping

>>718727894
Ps4 came with a mic at least.

>>718723362
80s games weren't considered retro in the 2000s because they reached a certain age. I fucking dare you to claim otherwise.

>>718728284
>As soon as 360 and PS3 are accepted into /vr/ it is the end of /vr/

>>718686635
And? Retro is an all encompasing style of a medium, not an age. The style hasn't changed.

>>718728284
People said the same for the Xbox and the PS2 and somehow /vr/ is still a board that exists despite all the wannabe secret club gatekeepers proclaming doom.

>>718710567
Sure thing anon. I just played PS3s GTAV and Souls, and it feels exactly the same as modern games.

>>718726371
>what 4chan officially constitutes as retro doesn't count
Correct.

>>718728667
Are you implying I can't find a games in 2006 with a completely different style than games in 2025? You wouldn't say that would you anon...

>>718686447
The thing is that I didn't want a blu-ray player considering nobody was buying physical movies anymore and barely anyone had a HD TV.

Why do zoomies act so antagonistical with time
Do they not know nor care it will happen to them as well

>>718727894
360 had a wired to the controller headset included.

>>718728284
Who fucking cares? /vr/ is autism daycare

>>718727852
>if you liked those
retard

>>718728883
No Im not implying that. I can find games from february 2025 that are drastically different than july 2025 and it means absolutely nothing

>>718728956
>I catered my post towards idiots
Yeah we could tell

>>718729041
Yeah the design philosophy for modern games is very different from that of games from 20 years ago across the entire industry. They look drastically different as well, so you're wrong from both angles

>>718728725
And it immediately got noticeably worse. And the change that comes with PS3/360 will be unbearable.

>>718729104
>ESL cannot pick up Achievements was framed as a negative "if you liked those"
literal assclown

The PS3 was not worth $600 when that was its pricetag. No fucking shot.
It was however worth $300 in 2011, which is when I bought one.

>>718726260
Can you elaborate?

>>718688030
The problem is nothing has changed since then, so there's nothing about it to consider retro. The SNES was clearly different from the PS3.

>>718729235
That's great anon, but I was talking about the all encompassing style of a medium, not graphics looking better. Try to keep up.

>>718686470
Retro is an aesthetic, not an arbitrary age.

>>718729346
Nah it wasn't framed as a negative, it was there as a cushion for you to fall back on when people pointed out you're points were fucking stupid

>>718690823
Yeah I had one too and it was fucking suffering, specially from 2006 to 2010, the 360 was getting all the games and multiplats ran better while being fucking CHEAPER, what a travesty.

>>718729329
/vr/ was always a shit board for people who cared more for looking old and relitigating dead console wars than actually discussing old video games. Changing the target for what was retro didn't change a damn thing.

>>718729394
Okay then tell me what elements make up the "all encompassing style of a medium"

>>718686470
/vr/ sticky covers up to 2007 I believe

>>718686283 (OP)
My friend had it, wildly overratted unless you were big on movies at the time as well as its small selection of games

>>718729471
I kinda liked mine until it yellow lighted on me when I was playing Deus Ex Mankind or what ever the fuck the PS3 game was called. I had a 40GB that I got new for a good price.

>>718729493
Always doesn't equal the past couple years that you're actually aware of.

>>718686283 (OP)
If the OG line-up of PS3s didn't have guaranteed YLOD problems due to a flaw in nVidia's design with the RSX, I'd agree.

>playing PS3 games
>"wow I can't imagine games looking better than this"
>they still don't

>>718729750
I was surprised last year when I got into PS3 emulation, and seeing how many fucking games had far more detail than the PS3 could even resolve due to shit texture filtering, resolution, and crap AA solutions blurring away all of the detail.

>>718686283 (OP)
it was not worth it for upgrading of PS2. the backwards compatible was strange because everyone still had a PS2 and it's not like you could sell it since you could get one used for like 50 bucks at the time. nobody still had a HD TV yet, blu ray sitll barely had movies and it was expensive compared to DVDs, everyone still had a DVD or CD player too. it quite literally made no sense at the time why it felt like a upgrade other than being a new console. the Xbox 360 did the transition right, and it felt like you actually got value of the money of the time. yes the PS3 made it up years later but nobody was actually certain new technologies were going to stay, people just wanted a new console to play games on and Sony didn't do much for that in the first year of it

>>718711243
Can you really make the AI more advance? I don't think enemy AI has taken advantage on modern CPUs since at least the PS2, they still just follow a couple of routines or react to some stuff, it can barely be called AI, just a decision tree that can be simulated in a fucking commodore 64.

>>718729947
>everyone still had a PS2
Factually incorrect because I didn't have one

>>718686283 (OP)
All that shit
All that hardware
All that price tag
And yet still

NO GAEMS

>>718729974
>Can you really make the AI more advance?
Yes, but you need smart programmers and devs to do so. So it'll never happen. Anyone hired by an HR department will never improve enemy AI from where it's been.

>>718730043
The Ps3 did launch with games you fucking retarded subhuman

>>718730112
IT'S A MAEME!

>>718730112
Talladega Nights is not a video game.

>>718730015
it sold like 120 million units right as the PS3 came out, even if you didn't have one, you couldve got one used for like 50 bucks at gamestop or eb games

>>718730076
I remember when play testing Halo they asked the players which demo they thought had better enemy AI, what they didn't know is that they were both the same, but they chose the one where enemies had more health. The point here is that there's not much to be gained from improving AI anyway.

>>718729507
Input styles for hardware, software formats, console and PC hardware, display types, market activity, popular genres, etcetcetc. It's everything about the medium.

>>718686283 (OP)
I played Resistance Fall of Man co-op with a friend and had a blast. That was my only experience with the ps3.

>>718730228
To think it had way more games than the PS5.

>All that time elapsed
>Not a single good gaem

>>718686470
Just a year shy of the same age that the NES was in 2005 when Nintendo revealed the Virtual Console service for the yet-unnamed Wii and people were already calling that and even the SNES and Genesis retro. Yes 2006 is retro also. You're getting old dumbshit, get used to it.

>>718728284
who's gonna tell her

>>718730650
If a game can be remastered without touching up the gameplay and sold for full price then it's not retro.

>>718730337
You didn't make a point except people artificially believe difficulty is an improvement.

>>718687102
are you a bit daft?

>>718730908
Yeah so why put the effort in making better AI?

>>718730650
>i don't know what retro is so retro is age

>>718731195
>nooooo, you can't give retro a definition you have to leave it undefined so I can pretend that old things aren't retro and without having to justify my claim!

>>718731517
Already defined it >>718728667 >>718730383

>>718731784
Your definition is fucking retarded and only held by you and you alone.

>>718686283 (OP)
I had that that and no. The disk reader breaks easily.

Until we get an actual whole new control scheme, I can't see PS3/360 as retro given 80% of that DNA is still in modern games with regards to how things are controlled, and how you interface with digital stores/multiplayer/etc. Especially when we're still getting regular 'remastered' ports of games from that era.

>>718730650
>You're getting le old
Sorry our fragile bodies are tied with time, gen 7 is still not retro

>>718731964
I disagree.

>>718686283 (OP)
retarded bait
>>718686368
good bait
learn the difference

>>718724759
Shut up Chairwood.

>>718711498
Refer to:
>>718691583
Retro does not mean old in the first place. Don't correct people on the meaning of things if you're using it wrong to begin with.
DMC5 and Ninja Gaiden 4 are retro games, by definition.

>>718686283 (OP)
I'd rather have this over a ps4 or ps5. It's better in literally every way other than graphics.

>>718733996
I'm still holdin hope PS6 is just full BC with every prior Sony platform, because there's no excuse for it not to with more CPU power, given it can just bruteforce PS3.

>>718734851
>he thinks the ps6 will be powerful enough to brute force ps3 emulation

>>718687350
Zoomers don't know how much the PS3 sucked until Sony got their act together and realized "features" don't mean shit if you have nogames. It took a redesign, a significant price cut, and completely changing their plans for game releases for the PS3 to actually be better when looking back at it.

>>718686368
We also have a board for mobile gatcha slop, but that doesn't get used either.

>>718695594
They owned Spider-Man's font

>>718686635
And yet GTA5 is still a current gen game

>>718724105
opposite actually, it's a dehumidifier so you can store your camera equipment without risking damage to the lenses.

>>718686883
>one piece
You are fat and retarded

>>718686283 (OP)
it wasn't about the hardware

>>718686370
Proven false.

>>718686283 (OP)
>all that shit
>not a single game
LMAO

>>718737202
See >>718737174
Also Tokyo Jungle and Demon's Souls.

>>718737202
nigga we had mgs4 and gt6. what more do you need? guns and cars. boom you're set.

>>718686771
Isn't backwards compatibility literally the opposite?
NOT having to rebuy games because your Wii still runs Gamecube games?

>>718737287
>MGS4
>the "game" where you had a cutscene every 10 steps
out of all things you had to use that?

>>718734851
Xbox ran into licensing with their backwards compatibility that kept many titles from being available and it's likely Sony would as well. There was no technical reason why the Xbox One and the Series X couldnt have been fully backwards compatible with the entire libraries. Gaming companies don't want you to have the ability to just buy a game once and keep playing it forever. They'd must rather just spruce up the old version slightly call it a "Remaster" and then try selling it to you again at full price on your current gen system.

>>718737443
ye

>>718687026
And /vr/s rules are retarded 'muh feelings' shit
Ps3 is more than 2 console generations old and almost 20 years old. You don't have to like it but it is a retro console.
If you have any problem with it your issue should ve said to the devs who have made no real innovation since retro titles

>>718738609
So by that logic do you consider Grand Theft Auto 5,Skyrim,Alien Isolation and Metal Gear Solid 5 to be retro games? Because they were all available on the PS3

>>718738609
Nope! Retro is a style, not an age.

>>718739081
Facts don't care about your feelings.

>>718738902
>devs are so shit they keep developing current generation games for retro hardware
>console makers are so shit they still cant make something that actually gets people to move to the newest hardware
All this is proof of is that consoles hold the industry back.

>>718739081
So are you saying certain modern indie games (such as pixelshit) count as "retro" games?
Do you ever proofread before posting and think "Maybe this sounds retarded" or do you just sit there huffing your own farts?
I guess The Messenger, Shredder's Revenge, River City Girls, Bleed, Gravity Circuit, Drainus, and the latest Touhou Project games are all retro games. Who knew.

>>718739132
Same.

>>718738902
>So by that logic do you consider Grand Theft Auto 5,Skyrim,Alien Isolation and Metal Gear Solid 5 to be retro games?
At this point, as much as it pains me to say, yes.

>>718739321
By the definition of the word, yes they are.

>>718739386
Based retard.

>>718686447
The blue ray player in a ps was absolute bottom of the cracker barrel

>>718686771
>for more then you paid
Illiterate fuckwit

>>718739425
>>718739462
>>718691964

>>718739546
goodmorning saar

>>718739321
>So are you saying certain modern indie games (such as pixelshit) count as "retro" games?
They cound as retro styled games, yeah, because they imitate the retro era.
>Do you ever proofread before posting and think "Maybe this sounds retarded" or do you just sit there huffing your own farts?
I didn't come up with this definition. It's THE definition. I'm just referencing it.
>I guess The Messenger, Shredder's Revenge, River City Girls, Bleed, Gravity Circuit, Drainus, and the latest Touhou Project games are all retro games.
They're all imitiative of retro games, yes.

>>718700623
how old r u. that was the #1 marketing line for the PS3 on release

>>718691964
We're discussing video games, not antiques

>>718686283 (OP)
It had some very infamous flaws like units needing to be reballed and such. It's a very complex system with parts that have been discontinued entirely, namely the exotic CPU that can't be easily replaced. There will be a time where there will be almost zero functioning phat PS3s and way more classic systems like the NES, SNES, Mega Drive, PSX, etc. A darn shame. The phat PS3 is in principle the ideal system for a minimalist set up, but in reality it's just a notoriously unreliable console prone to catastrophic failure.

>>718694447
Mass repliers get the rope.

>>718686913
I got the one that came with MGS4 in 2008.

>>718739905
>retro styled
>imitative of retro games
No skirting around it, are they RETRO or not?

>>718741250
They're not. They imitate the style of the retro era. I already said this

>>718741914
No. "Retro is a style." That means if it was developed with retro sensibilities (genres like side-scrolling beat-em-ups, bottomless pit platformers, and shmups, for example) then they are truly retro. Not "retro styled," not "imitating retro"-- RETRO. Just retro. No more prefix or suffix words needed.

>>718741451
Look it up if you don't believe me. Two clicks away.

>>718742225
I did. The result I found was "more than 20 years old." But I'm playing by the "retro is a style" schizo's rule set.

>>718741914
If retro is just a style then they arebt imitating anything, they simply are retro.
Undertale is a retro game

>>718695528
What ages these devices the most is the chrome design on the disc entry

>>718742086
A game made immitating the retro era I suppose could be called just retro, but that doesn't mean it was released during the era that retro refers to.

>>718742434
>I suppose could be called just retro
There we go.

>>718742294
No you didn't. You don't have to lie to me. I have google too.
>>718742324
Retro is also an era. It can be both.

>>718687389
Hitler killing himself was closer to the release of Super Mario Bros than Super Mario Bros is to present day

>>718742460
Yup there we go.

>>718742490
>I have google too.

>a common consensus places retro items in the range of 15-20 years old, while other sources define vintage as 20+ years

Source: Google when searching for (in verbatim) "how old is retro"

>>718686283 (OP)
I still have many fond memories with my PS3.

Xbox for playing with friends and allt he community stuff that the NXE had going on at the time. The golden age, basically. Then I picked up my PS3 just before the outage specifically for Mortal Kombat 9, and it ended up being my single-player relaxation hub.

I had some really nice animated backgrounds and used it to play all of my music. PS Home was criminally underrated. The freebie games after the outage were nice and kind of cemented it as my solo console. Been on PS since although I still get xbox peripherals for my PC.

We were so wrapped up in console wars that we didn't realize how good everything really was at the time, or maybe all the shit going on now just placed the bar for satisfaction in hell.

>>718686283 (OP)
first
>he
second
$600 and no fucking games

>>718686447
Because Sony set the fucking prices. It's their format. Utterly insane that everyone just let a single company dominate physical HD media.

>>718742490
>Retro is also an era. It can be both.
>Retro just means whatever is convenient for me at the time

>>718742620
Google AI isn't a trustworthy source

>>718742771
>$600 and no fucking games
The Ps3 launched with 14 video games

>>718742797
>Google it but if one of the results agrees with you then ignore it. Only pay attention to the results that agree with me

>>718742784
Not my fault the word retro is commonly used in the vidya medium to refer to an era, while simultaneously retro means style of the past as a oiteral definition. I didn't decide this. Words have multiple meanings. Just open a dictionary if you don't believe me.

>>718742883
If you can't follow instructions that's on you.

were multiplat this bad on PS3?

>>718743586
No, it's over exaggerated. 4-5 fps difference in the most extreme examples, regardless on either console you're dealing with shitty frame rates

>>718686283 (OP)
The PS3 was THE entertainment system. Little known fact, the PS3 could also play Super CDs which were a fairly new, hi-fi, audio CD. These things were Sony's attempt at getting the highest quality audio at a regular CD/DVD size. The issue is that they were expensive and players cost an arm and a leg, in the thousands region, IIC. OG PS3 played them. Collectors would buy PS3s just to convert their collection.

>>718686283 (OP)
There was a good reason why $600 was a big deal back then

>>718733729
> Don't correct people on the meaning of things if you're using it wrong to begin with
But you're wrong in your definition. It's a (you) problem if you can't see the differences between modern games and 7th gen, spoiler: it's not just graphics. Naming new series iterations from creatively bankrupt companies doesn't help you either.
Back in 7th gen big game companies were bolder with new IPs, the games themselves weren't concerned for checking all the boxes, and the technology was there to let you tell a story much better than even a gen6 game could. Even when you look at snoy games, there's a massive gap between gen8 and gen7 exclusives alone.
Once again, a /vr/tard shows he doesn't know shit about games, what a surprise.
>>718686283 (OP)
Too bad nobody bought it before slim came out, lmao.

>>718743837
Ps3 versions used to also have no AA compared to western multiplats on x360.
Jap companies often released better versions on ps3 though, although in rare cases they made it worse (NG2S, for example).

>>718744729
uh, Capcom games and such?

>>718745028
Star Ocean 4 and Tales of Vesperia both started out as x360 exclusives and then were ported to ps3 with additional content.
> Capcom
Not all thankfully, DMC4 was fine, but FFXIII on x360 was a shitfest.

>>718745175
additional content =/= better perf

>tfw just discovered that my cech-c model can play super audio cds
crazy shit.
which ones should i buy to test it out?

>>718745175
>Star Ocean 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLEzESDCBA
you can click on whatever part of the video, and it will be a cinematic

>>718745216
Yes, and? I never said they had better performance, read the original post again.
Also there were some games with better perf on ps3, NG2S and FFXIII aside. Mostly jap games from my experience, like Castlevania Lords of Shadow both versions run like shit on gen7 though, but ps3 has a couple extra fps.

>>718686283 (OP)
On paper maybe but Blu-Ray was a format that went nowhere so the Blu-Ray reader barely mattered.
Retro compatibility is cool and all but it wasn't that rare back then. 4 USB ports didn't matter that much when most games didn't support 4 player couch coop.
The average gamer was not taking any advantage from most of those, maybe the retro-compatibility but PS2s were everywhere so it wasn't that big of an advantage.

>>718686283 (OP)
the games were dogshit unlike ps1 and ps2 which also had good media playback

>>718686283 (OP)
>600 bucks in 06 is almost 1k today
Why is it impossible for a snoy to remember this when talking about other consoles?

7th gen was the last one with soul, and it ended more than a decade ago

>>718745028
Yeah, Capcom was hit or miss back then. DMC4 ran great on PS3, and RE5 was solid too. But MT Framework shit was always better optimized for 360 first, then ported over. Lost Planet ran kinda rough on PS3 for a while. Japan definitely treated the PS3 as the lead more often though-SNK, Fromsoft, Namco Bandai, Atlus, etc. But when it came to western devs like Bethesda or Ubisoft? PS3 lucky to hit 30 fps and not freeze during loading.

Ohhhhhh, sweet Alice-chan

>>718747963
> Lost Planet ran kinda rough on PS3 for a while
LP ran meh on x360 too, not the hardware's fault, the game's just shit.
The rest of the post I agree with, it's a bit sad ps3 got the preferential treatment for no apparent reason at all. I mean, it wouldn't cost them anything significant to release the expanded versions on x360 too, unless sony was paying them for exclusivity (I doubt that).
The FFXIII is the biggest enigma, because x360 had a 3-disc game on launch, so at least disc space wasn't an issue.

>>718694447
your eyes are just bad and cant see the difference

>>718686283 (OP)
I had one of these and it WAS fantastic. Mine got the YLOD and I imagine most of them have by now.

>>718739364
>as much as it pains me to say
See? That wouldn't have to be the case if you acknowledged games barely changed in last 2 decades and labelling old things that are exactly the same as new ones "retro" makes no sense.

>>718690823
seriously. I am still seething about the PS3 and I bought the 60gb on launch. I waited years for games to come out and every exclusive that came out felt less and less exciting. Wasn't until the gen was over did I realize I got the shit end of the stick with multiplatform games. fuck sony and fuck the ps3 never bought a console again.

>>718693275
cartoony ass smoke

>>718686368
>>718686470
>the rules for retro are as follows:
>if it was before companies started trying to sell your internet access, it's retro
>this line will never shift
ps3 was on the cusp. 360 will never be retro.

>>718694786
>"graphics will never get better than this [gamecube 1st party title]"
I was right.

>>718686283 (OP)
>lists a bunch of connectors
>lists 0 games
Yep, sounds like the PS3

>>718686283 (OP)
>Cheap blu ray movie player
>Blu rays are not as prone to disc scratches as the average DVD is, and can store more data
>light dualshock controller with stable bluetooth connection, sixaxxis, and an internal battery
>Elegant and ergonomic UI
>Decent exclusives but can't compare to ps2 library
>Partial or Full ps2 compatibility(only a certain fat version has this) and full ps1/psp compatibility
>FREE internet
>HDD/SSD compatible
>Multiple usb ports
>Wireless Internet connection from the 1st edition(Fat 360s could only connect to the Internet via ethernet cable or with a peripheral)
>God tier CFW
Yep, ps3 is a fucking great console despite its issues. It was a better deal than the 360. The funny thing is that Im still using it from time to time, and people still play games with online mode like Dark Souls

>>718686283 (OP)
All fair points, but gen 7 is still the beginning of the irreversible infestation of casuals/ normies/ specfags, and the beginning of online over dependency and exploitation
You can't just look at the good and not acknowledge the bad too

>>718686283 (OP)
>>718686470
Ok unc

>>718686283 (OP)
People will complain about the pricing but early 360 models didn't even come with built in HD and wifi capabilities. That along with paid online subscriptions and batteries meant the 360 was more expensive in the long run.

>>718686283 (OP)
Only $600 dollars to play your PS2 games on a different console. What insane value!

>>718751906
> sixaxxis, and an internal battery
*fouraxis, and the internal battery aged much worse than 360's batteries. Also 360's controller doesn't drain the battery pack that fast, unlike the atrocity that's the series controller.
Also fat ps3 still loses to slim because of YLOD, noise and heat issues, and size. It looks way better though, I'll give it that.
>Multiple usb ports
I'd say 2 ports that slim has are enough. You only need 4 ports in those ultra-rare cases you want to charge 4 pads at once.

>>718747625
>7th gen
>soul

>>718753086
When it comes to ps3's battery life, its true that it drains faster than the 360. On the other hand though, you have to buy batteries for the 360 controller and if you use rechargeable batteries, the battery holder sags(rechargeable batteries are heavier) and you get frequent disconnects. This sucks hard. The only good thing about the 360 controller is that its a very robust controller. You probably can even kill a bear with it and still go back and play vidya like nothing happened. Unfortunately, the battery holder sucks, its wireless connectivity is weak, and the Dpad is pure ass. Finally, with the 360 controller, you can aim better on FPS games but you can't play fighting games at all. So in the end, the ps3 controller is just better than the 360.

>>718691964
Everyone ITT needs to study that pic

>>718753086
Both early ps3/360 consoles were prone to fatal errors. YLOD was common on fat, but it was not as common as the infamous RROD on the 360. The YLOD ratio was like 1 every 100 consoles but the RROD was like 1 every 3 consoles. I myself tossed my RROD'd 360 and bought a slim ps3 and never looked back. In any case, fat ps3s are obsolete because ps2 emulation is good on pc. I only keep my ps3 around because I have dumped some classics in its ssd that I want to play or play again, and because Im watching pirated anime on it

>>718753493
The question isn't even about battery life, but longevity. First revision dualshocks right now simply have dead batteries.
I'd say that DS3 is also pretty robust. If you clean them thoroughly, they still work great, unlike DS2 with its dogshit membrane. You really need to deliberately damage the DS3 for it to permanently malfunction, same for 360 (which mogs series controller in every single way possible, it's not even funny). Damn, gen7 was the time for quality controllers for sure.
Also 360's triggers are much, much better than DS3's, because DS3's triggers are technically the same as their other buttons, while 360 has a whole contraption under the hood. It's really sad they couldn't just make a good dpad to perfectly round up the controller. 360's bumpers also use switches instead of a membrane, that helps too (however, I've had a case where one of the bumpers had the whole switch with its metal casing slightly bent, probably due to improper storage conditions).
Also idk about disconnects, I had them once on my oldest 360 pad, and I found some 10+yo guide that told me to bend the metal plate on the battery holder a bit, and it now werks perfectly. Oh, and also 360 controller is much easier to turn off, which is occasionally convenient.
>>718753753
360 was terribly rushed, thankfully they fixed rrod at least by the 00s end, I still have a functional late falcon model that showed me red lights once, but that was probably just overheating — I remember being scared shitless at seeing them, lmao. 360S is still the best choice for 360 gaming, and it's not even a question, but fat looks better (just like with ps3).

>>718754157
>360S is still the best choice for 360 gaming, and it's not even a question, but fat looks better
Agreed to both. Fat ps3 looks really elegant, and thr 360 slim is the best way to play 360 games. As a matter of fact, I heard that hacking a 360 has become easier than ever nowadays, so I might buy one along with a kinect, to fuck around with this tech

>>718754565
> has become easier than ever nowadays
Yes, but not as easy as ps3. You still need to solder a few things, but you no longer need a chip.
Ofc you can also softmod your 360 (and even Winchester works for that), but it's about as convenient and reliable as ps4 softhack with a usb drive.
> I might buy one along with a kinect, to fuck around with this tech
Kek, that's what I did.

>>718686283 (OP)
It was, I bought it. It was a good purchase. A bit light on games though.

>>718721672
Blu-ray looked miles better than HD. Still does.

>>718686283 (OP)
sure, but most people didn't want or need this much, so it sold poorly. you don't need all this shit just to play vidya.
>>718722085
hear hear.

>>718753493
>>718754157
I'll always prefer removable standard batteries over built in ones. AA batteries are something that will always be readily available and the rechargeable ones are inexpensive to use. All batteries fail eventually and having ones that are easy to swap out is just a better design imo

>>718744593
You haven't made a single argument.

>>718725853
Something cool I recently found out was that if you bought some PS1 classics on PS3 years ago, they carry over to PS5 if they get a full rerelease. This happened to me with Dino Crisis and the original Resident Evil 1-3.
Also you can use the PS5 controller with a PS3 just by plugging it in.

>>718686283 (OP)
Don't forget the free online no xbox live bullshit, ps3 was the peak of consoles.

>>718756525
>Also you can use the PS5 controller with a PS3 just by plugging it in.
Doesn't work on every game, sadly. Armored Core does not play nicely with anything but proper PS3 controllers.

>>718686283 (OP)
The Cell is still the best gaming CPU ever created. Even in 2026 its architecture is umatched

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>>718730043
OMFG LMAO THEY POSTIN IT AGAIN LOL IT NEVER GETS OLD LOL

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