My PS3 won't boot up any more; and I don't really care

Barely turn it on any more... It's basically a BD player now, with my PS4 being VASTLY better in every single way except no free online (which I don't do anyway). Time to move on, it served its purpose

PS3 has been a BD\Netflix player for a long time

If you don't care why would anyone else?

I’d care if mine broke down because that would mean that I had a portion of my game collection that I couldn’t play anymore and some games that I haven’t gotten around to playing for the first time yet.

Well, It's been Xbox One and PS4 gen for a while now, so it's about time to catch up.

@speedfreak48t5p: I have a PS4...

@boycie: because it's SW and I'm making a comparison between systems

No shit Sherlock. PS3 is almost 12 years old, just about every PS3 exclusive got the remastered treatment, it was time say goodbye and hello with the new Sony console.

My PS3 is still kicking but it's sure is showing it's age as the time goes by. Same goes for my 360.

@davillain-: um, I thought it was pretty well known I'm a ps4 owner already, especially since I say it in the OP.

Seems Like something is getting missed here: I'm saying ps4 is great, ps3 is almost worthless now. And no, it's not a "no shit", because I have tons of retro consoles that I still love and play. My Dreamcast has held value for me. PS3 has not.

I'm using my ps3 to play the entire metal gear solid series. It's been a blast

? RIP poor PS3.

I still own two PS3s (a Phat and a Slim), I rarely turn them on these days but I'm still keeping them.

I love all my old consoles.

@xantufrog:

PS3>>>>>PS4

so wait, you have no desire to be playing 10 year old games?? No wonder you chose playstation

@xantufrog: so what you're saying is, if you have a knack to play PS3 games, you wish you could play them on your PS4, since now your PS3 is dead?

Lemmings rushing into the thread trying to make an argument in favor of BC LMAO

Pretty much the exact same case. Got a PS3/4 for free. Aside from Bloodborn and Demon Souls, they sit and collect dust while I play PC/Switch. Heck, even the 3DS has gets more playtime, it has a shit tone of better games.

Stuff like David Cage movie wank, Naughty Dog nice animations, wheres the game, and whatever other graphic whore game comes out is about appealing as a wet brick.

@xantufrog: My post wasn't meant to be harm but the whole "no shit Sherlock" was meant to be sarcasm. But I already know you own a PS4 and PS3 still has it's uses but at this point, it's a 12 year old good system that the hardware itself is now old.

Take better care of your stuff my ps1-2-3 are all fine and work fine and always will

my 360 broke same with my original xbox and my xbox one came broke day 1

Hey you're the one playing MGS on their PS3.

Can't play it on ps4? :*(

Rushing? There was a single reply about it

So if you wanted to play PS2 games, would you buy a BC PS3 or a PS2?

@Sam3231: no and I'm fine with it ;)

@FireEmblem_Man: no. What PS3 games am I supposed to play anymore? I haven't played a game on it other than No No Kuni in years. Really, Demon's Souls is the only game I'd ever be interested in returning to, trust me.

@Random_Matt: I still have a launch PS2, and it still works fine. Mild disc read issues, of course

That sucks. I still use mine pretty regularly for Yakuza and PS1 & PS2 BC.

@pdogg93: I'm a PC gamer first and foremost. Losing BC is huge... Except if you dont give a shit about the particular games any more. I have no interest in PS3 games any more. I literally play PS1+2 games more often.

@ProtossRushX

I take great care of my systems, thanks. HDDs fail, and if you think yours are immune I have bad news for you

Either do I

I haven't been able to access the PS store with my PS3 for years now. It just hangs up. Still can play games with it though.

@Epak_: have you tried formatting the console? Mine was like that, I formatted it and it returned back to normal

@recloud: Hmmmmm, might try that, thanks.

@Epak_: if you have ps+, don't forget to back up your saves, or do it with an USB drive

I don't even have mine anymore. That's how much I care about it right now.

@BenjaminBanklin: it's just not a "classic" like some old consoles. It was good in its time, I definitely liked it back in the day.

If only I can play PS1, PS2 and PS3 games on my PS4 Pro.

Woah... how you going to play the good Metal Gear games now?

I think my saves have been uploaded to the cloud for a good while now.

That's a bummer but amazing the console lasted 12 years with no problems.

I recently booted up my PS1 & 2 and they still work fine although I never use them anymore. 12 years of entertainment from a $400 system seems like excellent value for your money so like you said, it served its purpose.

@recloud: lol....saw this was coming

Yikes, wow, I don't know. That would make me really sad. Me and my boyfriend have really had good times with our PS3.

New console is better than old console , thank you for sharing the obvious.

@k--m--k: I got your back

@mclarenmaster18: interestingly, this is the Slim. My original BC 60GB YLOD in I think 2011. Honestly, that was a much better machine, and I'd still mourn its loss today if it was the one I still had. Good solid feel, tons of connectivity options, didn't need my old PS2 for anything, and the disc drive was way way quieter

Can always play those games on your PS4 PC

@Netret0120: it did, although this is actually my second PS3 :-p. I dunno, I might try and repair it. I think it's the HDD, in which case I uave some spare laptop drives around that I could swap in

I bought my PS3 2 years ago to play Last of Us, the Uncharted Trilogy, Ico+SOTC, Demon's Souls, Journey, and FFX Remaster, and I also own Dark Souls, Walking Dead, Genesis Collection, and Oblivion.

Of that list, only Ico, Demon's Souls, and Genesis Collection can't be played on PS4 or Xbox One (I like the PS3 Genesis Collection better than the new one). So I'll be hanging onto it.

That would be a crisis situation for me. I regularly use my PS3 for games. PS3 is one of my favorite consoles because of this.

I don't have mine anymore but want one just to go back and play older PS1/PS2 classics. PS3 has a nice catalog of digital PS1/PS2 games at great prices.

I felt the same way towards the SNES once I got past its generation. Now it's only a quick reminder on Nintendo e-shop. Perhaps one day the PS3 will be reminded in a similar fashion... Not by its ports like Super Nintendo's on Gameboy Advance.

Will not let my PS3 go for the sheer amount of JRPG's available on it. If it broke I'd probably get it fixed because there are just so many games that I haven't played on it yet. I'd also be out of roughly 30-40% of my game collection lol