I bought an unmodded PS3 super slim model and all the games pictured below for about $100.
I haven’t been this excited about gaming in years. I never had a ps3. It was one of the few consoles I didn’t own since all the way back to the nes.
First thing I did was mod it by putting hen on it so I could use my usb headset while playing since I do not have speakers connected to my monitor.
Now, I am playing the uncharted series for the first time. Out of all the games there, the only ones I have played are Skyrim, GTAV, and the last of us. I played a bit of the batman games, but not really too much of it so I consider it unplayed.
I can get more games where I live for about $6-$12. I think the PS3 is going to be my new gaming console for a while.
If you have a modded ps3, what hen compatible homebrew apps do you recommend? I do not think I will do any piracy since the games here are so cheap, but I am thinking of copying the games to an ssd and running them over a network (I think that can be done with HEN).
I have a small ssd which could hold a few games at a time and I think that will be better so I do not put too much wear on the optical drive.
Sorry, for the long post. I am just really excited about this. I have always had the opinion that gaming started going downhill in this generation.
Oh, also, what other games do you recommend I pick up?
I already have fallout 3, new vegas, god of war, and the injustice games. I have a steamdeck, but since games are so cheap, I want to build out a ps3 collection.

Do you like lightgun games? If so, then try to find a GunCon3 or a PSMove and get Time Crisis: Razing Storm, which is a 3-in-1 compilation of Time Crisis 4, Razing Storm, and Deadstorm Pirates. Well, technically you could also play using the regular PS3 controller, but that just isn’t the same.
Dont think the ps5 has 23 games.
I’m pretty sure the PS5 has less than 5 exclusives that are truly exclusive to the PS5 right now. All I can even name off the top of my head is Demon’s Souls Remake. Everything else is either also on PS4 or every other platform.
But that’s also why they are no longer gonna release shit on PC; To get people wanting to spend almost $1000 for a PS5 Pro.
My wife asked why I don’t just get the ps5. She asked me if it was to save money. I had to explain that there is nothing on ps5, that I can’t just play on pc.
We are actually in the golden age of gaming right now. We can get tons of amazing consoles for almost nothing, there’s easily attainable mods, and the consoles havent yet gotten old enough that they’re all broken.
Not to mention FPGAs, and emulation in general. You can play every console up to ps3 on a decent $500 or so PC if you wanted.
Enjoy it while you can!
I’m gonna stick with masturbation.
I love that game, I beat it all the time
With RetroArch you can literally get them for nothing. It’s so cool.
Shhh, those are just for backups
PS3 is retro??? STOP CALLING ME OLD, SIR/MAM!!! MY GREY HAIRS AND BAD KNEES DO NOT APPRICIATE IT!!!
It’s a slur and a hate crime.
I bought my PS3 11 years ago, used at Game Stop, for under a hundred Euro and picked up almost every game I own at flea markets. So it might be retro now, I guess. It was just old back then.
“Used and not current gen” doesn’t imply “retro”.
It’s not recent, but it’s definitely not retro yet.
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The Wii, Xbox 360 and the PS3 launched 20 years ago.
That’s roughly the window between the NES and the PS3.
#RetroAndProud
Seventh gen systems largely play like what we have today though, so in my opinion they don’t count. I can see it with a Wii since that was more like a GameCube Pro, but otherwise no. I don’t think PS3 is retro.
Sure. My own opinion is that all of these systems are retro and they’re awesome.
They don’t feel retro. The mechanics and all are so similar to (or the same as) current games.
No, they don’t feel retro. Which is probably an indictment against current gen.
Could well be.
Ratchet & Clank series - 4 games
LittleBigPlanet 1 and 2
Demon’s Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls 2
MotorStorm series - 3 games
Gran Turismo 5 and 6
Test Drive Unlimited 2
Wipeout
Bayonetta
Darksiders II
Just Cause 2
Ninja Gaiden
Devil May Cry
SSX
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
GTA San Andreas / GTA 4 + 2 DLC
Resident Evil series
Slient Hill seriesAre grand tourismo 5 and 6 different enough to get both?
6 is better version of 5. If you happen to have 3D display get Motor Storm 3D Rift. It is the best 3D game I have ever played. Also Uncharted 3 from physical disk works in 3D.
Tell me more about the 3D games. Are these systems that can only run on the original system?
As far as I know to play in 3d you need passive or active 3d display and ps3. It should work with modded ps3 but I have never checked.





