Resolution is a bit weird, some games are cut on the sides sadly, but I wonder if other games can work on 4:3

I tried Dragon's Dogma, but the resolution was terrible, not because of the CRT but because of how it was cut.

But I'm thinking on trying Demon's Souls, maybe that game will work well on 4:3

I'm curious, because it seems a bit off to me. Got it today, and I'm not sure if it's real. I mean, I've already verified that it isn't cake, but other than that?

Update: I took it off Facebook marketplace, enough people on here convinced me it was a cool thing to keep

I have 2 copies the first one the japanese version doesnt have english subs/dub so i didnt push through playing it so I had to look for an english r3 copy

the japanese version has a cool back cover too!! so I'll still keep it

Any advice?

In my case it ended well but it that was by chance.

So I bought (yet) another PS3 (I intend to gift this one to a friend). I know I (or they) would want to mod it eventually, and if I'm buying a PS3 with that in mind, it would probably be a good idea to get a model that supports full CFW.

I found a posting on FB Marketplace of a PS3 slim, and the seller took photos of the console from all directions, including the bottom, and they were very high-res, allowing me to discern not just the model number (CECH-2504A) but the date code as well (1A). Other than 21xx (which for some reason I find difficult to come by recently), the 25xx is probably the best model to mod, with the only asterisk that it must have been manufactured before April 2011 to support CFW. Date code 1A means Jan-Mar 2011 so they are all CFW compatible.

Anyway, when I actually got the console, the date code was actually 0C. Turns out the seller had a stock of PS3s he was selling, and while he did know that people might be interested in the model number (which is why he took a photo of the bottom), he was not very knowledgeable about modding and did not know that the date code matters for 25xx, so he created a single listing for all of the 25xx consoles he had.

In my case it wasn't bad - 0C consoles are also all CFW compatible and can actually be downgraded further than 1A (all the way back to 3.40; the 1A are either 3.50 or 3.56), but it could've also been a non-compatible 1B - again, the seller was not aware of the difference.

And this was a seller that at least knew that the model mattered - other people on FB Marketplace or eBay might not know that it does. They just know that it's a fat / slim / super-slim. You might see a photo of a reliable CECHK and get an unreliable CECHH, or see a photo of a CFW compatible 21xx but get an incompatible 30xx.

Lesson of the story - If the listing does not explicitly mention the model and date code, don't trust the photo, don't be lazy. Contact the seller and verify exactly what you're getting.

Cheers.

Little Big Planet 2 is still sealed,forgot to add the original DS3 controller that came with this bad boy
its and 250gb canadian variant,got it from a friend cuz he got ps5,its working,no issues,working disc drive,installed hen

Hey everyone, I’m planning to buy a Ps3 Super Slim again to start my collection again before the digital storefront shuts down next year. Any advice to get like if there’s a way to buy some digital ps3 games early so when I get the system I can have some digital games ready to go or any good game recommendations for the system? Thanks!

A friend of mine gifted me this PS3 and refurbed Dualshock. He didn’t want it anymore after getting another playstation. And maaan. I’ve been having a blast collecting discs and playing this thing.

I always wanted a PS3 as a kid and never got one, so I guess this came around full circle!

Just wondering what's your opinion on this. I've been observing the jailbreak scene for quite some time and the fact that we got PS1, PS2 and PS3 emulators working on PS5 in such quick time with the capability of actually reading games from disc is insane.

I am quite certain that in the future PS5 will become the ultimate Playstation machine capable of playing any Playstation game in existence, especially since the disc drive is very easily replacable. What I wonder is how it will affect the PS5 prices itself, or the PS3 games prices for example, which already skyrocketed since last year.

I know there’s been a million posts asking this same question but I just can’t tell. Any help would be appreciated

I just got my first ps3 and its a fat and its been only setting on the menu. Now I've heard stuff about the fat version being loud but is this normal?

Went to the thrift store today and left with a PS3 Slim in hand. Unfortunately, it only stays on for about 30 seconds before shutting down.

I’ve tried different HDMI cables and the comp output. Same issue on both. Any fixes?

At the moment I only have the PS3 version . Why this games looks so bad on PS3 ? When you're running the frame rate is so low even by PS3 standards.

Spruced up my badly scratched fascias with vinyl wrap. Turned out great. Looks brand new now. Personally not a fan of glossy piano black finish on plastic to begin with.

Recently, I cleaned up my friends list and it's depressingly empty. 😭

Also, I've attached some photos of my amateurly personalized PS3s and some photos of my totally not illegally downloaded PS3 library.

But in any case - and as of late - I've been playing Deadly Premonition. It's jank but also creative while simultaneously being lackluster yet paradoxically expansive and deep. It has a plethora of great gameplay ideas, mechanics, and takes a lot of cool narrative risks and isn't afraid to shoot from the hip and into the out of bounds of traditional gaming.

Like I'm not even particularly a fan of David Lynch or Twin Peaks either, which is the main artistic influence of the game. In fact, I rarely enjoy his films.

And yet I'm foreseeing it being in my top 5 PS3 games alongside Resonance of Fate, at this rate. (bars). I'd recommend to everyone.

The main drawback of the game - for me - is just the FPS which can be comically bad at times.

Model CECHLOO cw just fyi I'm very ignorant on mods I just bought this online and delivered today so testing it out

i wanna play first person dungeon crawlers, yall have any recs?

if possible i would want darker/dark fantasy games, they can be old like ps1 or even older, they just need to be possible to play on the ps3 and to be possible to get without using a pc or cellphone.

(excluding fromsoftware games)

thankie in advance

I've been using my ps3 super slim for about two years now, it was my childhood console then I got it back when I got really into project diva and now I've been mainly playing rpgs (and still project diva) on it. I downloaded Persona 4 off of the store last night and tried to play it today when I got the following error "An error occurred during the start operation. (80029515)". So first I restarted my ps3, same error, then I went into recovery mode and rebuild database, same error, deleted and redownloaded the same, same error, then I restored the file system which said there was a couple corrupted files, SAME ERROR.

I don't know anymore I feel like I tried everything, when I try to play persona 4 on my other accounts it gives me a copyright alert (which wasn't happened for any of my other classic games). If anyone can help that would be great, I really wanna play this game :(