Happy 10th anniversary, PS3!

[Undead Wolf]

Thanks for all the good times, PS3. You are truly one of the greatest consoles to ever exist.

 

 

So as you may or may not know, the PS3 recently turned 10 years old, and what a ride it's been! I just wanted to create this thread to celebrate the PS3 and everything it has given to us (that includes trophies!). I'd love to hear your stories on when you got your PS3 and for what reason. Was there a specific game that pushed you to get one? Did you get the fat, slim or super slim model? Maybe all three? What are some of your fondest memories with the system? Your favourite games? There are other threads that talk about some of these things, but I figured this would be a more retrospective look at the console. I'm interested in hearing anything related to the PS3, not just the things I listed. Anything and everything PS3 related is welcome here.

 

 

Now for a bit of background...

 

The console was announced at E3 2005 which is where we saw the console for the first time alongside alongside the boomerang controller (remember that thing?). We didn't get a true taste of what was come until the following year at E3 2006 though. I won't mince words, their conference was a total disaster. Sony were still riding off the success of the PS2 which to this day is still the the best-selling console of all time. This made Sony arrogant. Despite the Xbox 360 coming out almost a year earlier, Sony were keen to tell us that "The next generation doesn't start until we say it does". Then was the price bombshell. $599! That was ludicrously expensive to most people, but Sony expected people to think "I will work more hours to get one". Did anybody get that second job? If the price bombshell had come after an incredible conference, then maybe the impact of it could have been lessened somewhat, but it will filled with cringe-worthy and downright embarrassing moments. Ridge Racer anyone? Riiiiiiiidge Racer! It's pretty fascinating to go back and watch the conference and compare them with the Sony of today. I'll leave a little montage below.

 

 

The console launched on the 11th of November 2006 in Japan and the 17th of November 2006 in the United States. The European release would follow later on the 23rd of March 2007. Sony expected to sell 6 million units by the end of the fiscal year ending in March 2007, but it only managed to shift 3.68, falling well below that mark. The once arrogant Sony came to learn the hard way that their competition shouldn't be underestimated. The Xbox 360 stayed ahead for years and the Wii trounced both consoles by a mile in terms of sales. The turning point in the console war was around 2009. Sony took a much more humble approach and the slim model of the PS3 was released which made it a much more affordable and attractive console. Uncharted 2 blew everyone away at E3 2009 and was undoubtedly a system seller too.

 

 

Who else misses Jackie T (Jack Tretton)?

 

The PS3 to me is a redemption story. We were initially driven away from the console, and it looked like the console was doomed to be a failure. What followed though is a spectacular comeback where Sony would pump out exclusive after exclusive making it hard for any games enthusiast to resist. The PS3 generation is one of the longest running generations ever, and the library of games is phenomenal. The super slim PS3 arrived in late 2012 and we were still getting incredible games so late into the generation such as The Last of Us which launched in 2013. Microsoft had long since making high quality exclusive for the Xbox 360 by then which just shows Sony's dedication to the console. The sales of the PS3 are now matched or maybe even higher than the Xbox 360 despite having one less year on the market. We're still getting games for the PS3 to this day while the Xbox 360 is all but dead at this point. I think it's safe to say which console is superior.  Someone will be happy to hear that...

 

 

I ended up writing waaaay more than I thought I would. Sorry about that.

 

I want to hear your thoughts on the PS3 as a whole and how you think it compares to other console generations. As a latecomer to the system myself, I'd like to know what I was missing out on. And again, it would be great to hear what your fondest memories are with the system. Do you still own a PS3? I do and I still play it regularly. I could never give this bad boy up.

 

I'll leave you with this video. It inspired me to create the thread.

 

Edited November 17, 2016 by Undead Wolf

[Conker]

10 great years

#keepthriving PS3

[Satoshi Ookami]

10 years old and still better than PS4.

Onto more years, PS3-kun, your weebness is a proof of quality console

 

 

EDIT: Now that I read other posts, I have to say I am kinda sad I don't have that many stories to share since I only own PS3 for three years =D

Edited November 17, 2016 by Satoshi Ookami

[TigressLion]

You say price bombshell but the PS2 at launch where I live was $599, so I expected worse pricing initially for the PS3. But wow,10 years! Crazy to think that it came out at my 10th year of school and I'm still enjoying the same system today, I've never been with a generation so long lol.

[ddracarys]

I remember when I first got my PS3. I had no idea about trophies and I used to think demo's were full games so when I loaded the PS Store for the first time I was like "holy shit there are so many free games!". The first games I got were Little Big Planet and Army of Two. We got a 30 day + membership with the console and you better believe I had no idea what that was either so I used it instantly and downloaded the free + game at the time, which was James Pond 2 (a PSOne Classic). I never even played it, I just wanted to brag to my cousin that I now owned 3 total games, hahah.

 

There is a lot more stories about my stupidity and a lot that revolve around PS Home as well. I did, however, solely play Little Big Planet for 3 years. I'm not even joking. That was all I played for an entire 3 years and it was somehow enough to keep me playing day after day.

[Redgrave]

And what a good 10 years they were. I still remember getting my fat PS3, and then the night it YLOD'd on me. Then I got a new one (the middle one in the picture) that my dog knocked down, and I'm surprised it still works despite that. But yeah, I remember all the SixAxis gimmick games, a lot of the early games like Resistance and Killzone 2, and how mindblowing they were at the time. Hell even Modern Warfare made me hyped at the time. It was always fun to go to Blockbuster every other weekend to rent a new game to see what the PS3 could dish out at the time.

 

Also thanks for reminding me it's been 10 years. It's always nice to be reminded of how time flies. I guess I need to head on down to the liquor store, so I can drink away these thoughts like any respectable person would. 

 

 

I hope it was worth it

Edited November 17, 2016 by Redgrave

[CandiBunni]

Games like Killzone 2, Little Big Planet 1, and Demon's Souls drew me to the console, and were the first games I picked up when I got my PS3 (Slim Model 1) back in... I think it was 2010. I also loved (and miss) PS Home, where I met a lot of nice people, made some good friends, and had a ton of fun customising my avatar. I remember using the XMB, watching the background move, and thinking how much more clean and refined the UI was in comparison to the 360's. Seeing games like Killzone 2 and LBP1 in action was also a blast. At the time, those games both looked absolutely stunning to me.

I've still got my PS3 Slim, though I've not played it as much since I got a new PC back in April. I'm definitely going to keep it around, though. I plan on picking up a few more PS1 Classics and playing the few exclusives for it (like those above) that I love so much.

Edited November 17, 2016 by Jennifer

[Remilia Scarlet]

Some of my favorite memories on the PS3 involved the 3D virtual world/social app PlayStation Home. I know a lot of people didn't like it, but I LOVED PSH, and put thousands of hours into it over the years. One memory I have is when me and 5 of my friends created a clan called Panda Fam. Initially it was just us 5. The one rule rule in Panda Fam was WEAR THE PANDA HEAD that you earned from completing a challenge in the WipEout area on Home.

By the time Home closed down in March of this year, Panda Fam had grown from a humble circle of friends who just liked to goof off into a phenomenon of over 200 friends. It was the greatest thing ever. I am still friends with the 4 other founders.

I cherish my memories of PSH dearly.

[MegaZeroXX]

My PS3 (bought last November 2010) is still up and running. It is very well taken care of

Planning to purchase a few more titles next month as I still have so many games that I would like to play in the PS3.

[Priere]

I got mine in 2009, 5th december for my birthday, i was pretty much hooked up with the Nintendo Wii (funny thing is Wii's 10th anniversary is in 2 days ) and didn't care about the other consoles other than the PSP (which i adore), but once i got mine, i really loved it. I remember buying it along with a Collector edition of Disgaea 3 that was sold somewhere either online or in a retailer, can't remember exactly. And that game just blew my mind for some reason. Afterwards i was introduced to more beautiful games like Uncharted 2, Ni No Kuni, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Agarest 2 and the first two Naruto Storm games along with so many early games.

 

Anyways happy anniversary PS3, you will always have a special place in hell my heart

[HaSoOoN-MHD]

It was a good system. Sony is starting to slip and fall into the same sense of arrogance that made the PS3 a launch disaster; but end game PS3 was undoubtedly the best system on the market for its generation.

[wtru9]

I remember getting the PS3 back around 2008. We were having renovations done on our house, and along with that came the need for a new TV. We eventually got a Sony TV that had a deal that came with a discount on a PS3 so we snatched that up as well. I remember playing Need for Speed Undercover (the only game we had at the time) for hours on end while my parents painted the walls behind me on our new 30 inch flat screen TV... it was wonderful . I couldn't imagine a game looking any better .

 

As time went on, memories continued to be made. The good: spending night after night playing Cod or Battlefield with mates, and the bad: Purchasing 'Beijing 2008' as my 2nd game for the system, only to find out it was full of mini games I was shit at! I played a racing game with a steering wheel and pedals for the first time. I began a new hobby in hunting trophies which lead to the feeling of absolute elation after finally beating the Sebastian Vettel Challenges and obtaining the prestigious GT5 platinum. Even as the television was put into retirement from actually watching TV shows, it and the PS3 continued to partner together to create many, many memories.

 

Yet, as with all good things, it didn't last... the phat ps3 grew old. It couldn't handle the late-nighters as it could in it's youth. Eventually, in mid 2013, it coughed and spluttered through it's few last revolutions of the disk in the tray and sadly passed away. The widowed TV found a new partner, a slimmer model, and while they say size doesn't matter, 12GB of space just wasn't the same (and yeah I changed the hard drive, but come on... none of the other versions are as nice as the good old phat ps3 ). Eventually the pair would witness a child they dubbed 'PS4' as it entered the domain in November 2013. As time passed the PS3 found itself being used less and less, but still used and never forgotten.

 

And that's where we are today, I've had many great times with the Ps3 over the years (not quite the full 10 from launch, more like 8 or so) and still foresee many more great times ahead; I haven't even played masterpieces such as Uncharted 2, the first 2 infamous games or The Last of Us yet, so I don't think the Ps3 is going to be out of work in a while . Happy birthday buddy, thanks for all the good times .

[Volnatius]

I actually got my PS3 pretty late cause I simply grew up with Nintendo. But one day it was really time to get one, and now the good old fat lady is still here, working like a charm! Never wanted to get a slim or super slim, fat lady for the win!

 

No specific game made me buy the PS3, but I do have some nice memories now (Tales of Xillia, Tales of Graces f, Odin Sphere, Armored Core, Final Fantasy, Gundam Reborn, Kingdom Hearts and much more).

[kouen2010]

I got my PS3 like 3 months ago.... so not much of a story to tell here. 

 

However the reason I got it was Persona 5 as well as many other PS3 titles I wanted to check out and stream on my twitch channel.

[Eyjabria]

I got PS3 in 2008 with my husband. It was the first console he has owned and got him playing on consoles in addition to PC gaming.

Mainly chose PS3 because it had Tekken as exclusive at those times. Tekken Tag Tournament was the reason I bought a PS2 back in the days.

[hannahmatt13]

Got my PS3 5 years ago still play on it regularly but it makes a massive whirring sound and get really hot and STILL WORKS!!!

[Maxximum]

Got my PS3 in 2013. Happy 10th Anniversary PS3! I hope they give us gifts or something lol!

 

#GoLastGen              

[olimoo101]

What a special and amazing system! She came to me on the 30th September 2011 in the slim model. First two games I got were Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. Shame that Tools of Destruction didn't have trophies that I could look back on.

 

I think I'm getting some nostalgic tears now.

 

I love you PS3! 

[Gommes_]

I got my ps3 in 2008 when gta 4 came out. After I finished that game to almost 100% the trophy patch came out and told me to start a new game

in order to get some. I was pissed, even though I had no clue what trophies were back then.

 

Nevertheless. I got into trophy hunting pretty quickly and love the system till this day. This console had so many awesome titles that I would

actually say that this is the best console ever. And I am coming from the NES era

 

The story of the fat lady also ends with a GTA title. GTA 5 came out, I was on vacation, got up early in the morning to buy a copy and during the

first mission I had the YLOD. After 5 years it broke the day GTA 5 came out! 

 

Now I have the super slim and still enjoy the amazing library. 

[Dragon-Archon]

Wow, a decade already. Happy anniversary PS3. I got my first one back in 2007 (a PS3 Phat) with 2 controllers, Motorstorm, and Resistance Fall of Men for €600. Though back then I didn't have a HDMI-cable, so there's wasn't a lot of difference in graphics. After getting one, I was stunned. Then a year later there was this little notification in the upper right corner of the screen when playing Prince of Persia. That was the first trophy. At first I had no idea what those were, but decided to search for some information about it when those notifications popped a few more times.

 

In 2010 the first PS3 broke about a month after the warranty expired, which sucked. A few months later I got a PS3 Slim and still have that one. Hoping to play on it for many more years. Though the move controller that came with it has been collecting dust all this time .

[AARCT1C]

Happy birthday PS3. I owned all 3 versions of the console and I still have the 500 GB superslim as of this day. Many of my all time favourite games called the PS3 their home. Thank you for the memories 

[IMaySlayLizDaw94]

Happy Birthday PS3

But eh, I'll say it; Xbox 360 was better game-wise for the majority of both consoles life cycles

PS3 obviously brought us Uncharted etc but damn did that console suck

And the navigation of menus was slow as fuck

At least PS4 is great <31

[New display name]

Time really does fly. I got my ps3 for Christmas in 2007,along with Assassins Creed (which I still haven't played to this day

[Parker]

Cheers, Sony.

 

 

What a fantastic system the PS3 was. I remember getting my 60gb system at midnight and playing the shit out of Resistance: Fall of Man. Sony needs to bring back Resistance and Kevin Butler. Resistance and Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire, good times. 

 

 

Parker

[Sigma999]

The PS3 beginning was rought and hard but in the middle of it's life cycle it start delivering good games like crazy and so many good exclusives much more than their generation competition . It was the console where i did invest my money on to buy games for thr first time and really gave them true value and dedication . I just love to increase my PS3 collection and don't even feel the need and rush to upgrade to a PS4 anytime soon. PS3 you truly came out on top on the end of the 7th generation imo and surely many other games who have experience your gaming environment .

I salute you and may your legacy live on for many more years . Congratz and cheers to you , my dear PS3 !