What will happen to your huge collection of PS3 games when PS3 becomes obsolete?

PS3 have a very short service life and when it does broke down you don't have any means of repairing it as its custom parts are already been phased out...

so basically you don't have any means of playing your ps3 games as ps4 is not backward compatible

I'm already starting to pick through them. I'm only holding onto the ones I honestly think I might play again and trading the rest in for new games. I'll buy a PS4 when it comes out, and I'm guessing I won't play PS3 games much after that. Every gen it's been the same.... I think I might still want to fire up the old console once in a while, but I never do. Best to trade it all in than let it rot in a corner.

even tho i'm getting a ps4 i will still keep my ps3 connected to my tv.

PS3 have a very short service life and when it does broke down you don't have any means of repairing it as its custom parts are already been phased out...

so basically you don't have any means of playing your ps3 games as ps4 is not backward compatible

strawhatlupi

you can still buy a ps1 new if you like, so im sure that you will be able to get hold of spares or a cheap console in the future.

I've still got my PS2 hooked up to a TV, and my collection of PS2 games sitting right there too.  I occasionally think "I should play that" but I never do.

I imagine the same thing will happen with my PS3 eventually.

Im trying to play as much as I can until Ps4 comes out.

Might still play for a couple months after, and go back from time to time. The trophies is what will make me go back,

Very short service life? Quite an exaggeration. Regardless, whenever I move on to PS4 (could be 1-3 years) I'll trade everything in towards my purchase.

I'll probably trade my games in and sell the system. I'm not much of a collector.

even tho i'm getting a ps4 i will still keep my ps3 connected to my tv.

sukraj

Considering you could find a PS2 in stores, new, after 12 years, I'm pretty sure I'll be good to replace my PS3 if it breaks down. Never had a Sony console fail me, no reason to plan for it. PS3 has a library so vast, I seriously considered sitting out until the PS5 is on shelves. So really, it'll never be obsolete to me.

I dump most all of my games when moving to a new gen. I keep the ones that I will play again and again. If there are none, then I can get rid of the console too. For now, I have very limited space. So keeping multiple console gens around is impractical.

I have almost never gone back to a previous console once I got its predecessor, but I honestly think that may change this time around. Because of PS Plus and me getting the PS3 late into its life, I am so backlogged that I can't envision just giving it all up.

I'm going to buy a PS3 Super Slim after the next price cut (assuming I can afford one) and just pop it away with my PS3 games. My original 60GB BC Phat PS3 makes a noise like a damn jet engine and I need to wear headphones to play it so how much longer it lasts I cannot say :D It can sit in my cupboard next to my PSOne and PS2 all nice and cosy and easy to take out and hook up should I need to play Journey or Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction - for example.

I plan on getting a PS4 around the time they come out mostly for the new infamous game but my PS3 will probably be played a lot for at least for another year or two I will probably also pick up a new PS3 model when they have a big sale possibly Black Friday or closer to Christmas.

But for the games that I got I will probably keep and collect them so in a year or two when the PlayStation 4 is out I will probably start picking up some older games for the PS3.

I have all 3 versions of the Playstation 3. The Phat PS3 60GB, The 320GB regular Slim PS3, and the launch version of the SuperSlim PS3 250GB

So When I have the Playstation 4 I will hold onto my PS3 consoles. So I will hold onto my huge collection of PS3 games. so I am good

I still have my PS2 and PS1 games and consoles.

And eventually will have the Playstation 4 "Phat" and Slimline in a few years down the road, and if Sony releases a third version of the PS4.

Now PS3 consoles are still in production and sold, likely will be for some time to come. The PS2 was just discontinued last January, almost 13 years after it's debut. So if anyone lets this become a problem it would be their own fault.

PS3 have a very short service life 

strawhatlupi

The hell?  No, sir.

As for my games, they'll stay right where they are: on my shelf.

Stop playing them at some point and play PS4 games. Trade them in let them collect dust, whatever I don't really care much. 

I'll still be playing my PS3 for a good 2-3 years, I still need to buy or re buy at least 3 dozen games to complete my collection.

Definitely keeping all my PS3 stuff.  Probably at some point when the PS3 reaches $100 I'll pick up another one as backup, just as I did with the PS2 (which both of my PS2 systems still work, though the controllers have all failed except one, should probably get on picking up some replacements).

Very short service life? Quite an exaggeration. Regardless, whenever I move on to PS4 (could be 1-3 years) I'll trade everything in towards my purchase.

shellcase86

I'll probably shelf them. I like having collections.sagejonathan

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I will just play my PS3 alongside the PS4,  I still play older systems to this day online, so I do not see big issue in anything.  Console cycles come and go.  The main games that I still want to play are Dishonored, Sly Cooper 4, The Last of Us, Puppeteer, Beyond: Two Souls, Heavy Rain, and Tales of Xillia.  There are still plenty of other games that look cool that I might want to play in the future like Far Cry 3, Tekken Tag 2, Twisted Metal, Bioshock, Tomb Raider, Journey, Guacamelee, and so on.  I will not be able to play everything in the world before PS4 comes out, so I will just play older generation games and newer generation games at the same time. 

PS3 have a very short service life and when it does brake down you don't have any means of repairing it as its custom parts are already been phased out...

so basically you don't have any means of playing your ps3 games as ps4 is not backward compatible

strawhatlupi

I plan on playing my PS3 for the next 10 years at least.... I still play on my PS2, and Xbox. 

PS3 have a very short service life and when it does broke down you don't have any means of repairing it as its custom parts are already been phased out...

so basically you don't have any means of playing your ps3 games as ps4 is not backward compatible

strawhatlupi

Do you have proof that PS3 parts will stop being manufactured ? Link please. By the time the PS3 gets discontinued there should be about 100 million units out there, and remember that PS3 is region free.

why does this happen every gen? People go nuts like the world is ending if there is no BC with new consoles..its really annoying. I mean..how small are your homes if you cant keep multiple consoles? OR if you are that broke you have to sell a console to get one..tough..get a job,save..ect..same threads day after day and year after year..eh....:roll:

I already have two PS3 slims and I'll probably buy a super slim one day. It wont be a problem.

"Considering you could find a PS2 in stores, new, after 12 years, I'm pretty sure I'll be good to replace my PS3 if it breaks down."

If you think the PS3 will be around as long as the PS2 was, you're in for a disappointing surprise.

I'll keep my games. No intention of getting rid of them. 

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Very short service life? Quite an exaggeration. Regardless, whenever I move on to PS4 (could be 1-3 years) I'll trade everything in towards my purchase.

Kravyn81

I'm going to save up money regardless of what credit I get (if any) from a store. Most likely though, I'll sell second hand directly to a collector or someone looking for one on Craigslist/Amazon. Depends on what the market dictates at the time.

The games I really like are staying in their cozy spot on my game shelf. You can still buy Dreamcasts that still work, so getting a PS3 in the next 10 or 15 years shouldn't be much of a problem.