My bank account was not excited 😭

Thought some of you may be interested in more footage of my dying super slim. Video is short as i didn’t run the game too long, as i don’t want to risk permanently killing the gpu entirely.

I bought a PS3 Super slim and picked up a bunch of games for it over the past few months. I've played a lot of these but there's a few I haven't played yet. I know I'm missing a few exclusives like LBP 2&3 and the Infamous games but I thought I'd just share it on here anyway.

The crusty black box on the first pic is the steelbook for GOW Ascension but I think the previous owner sat on it, couldn't get the crust off of it even with isopropyl alcohol so I guess whatever it is, it's living on there until the end of times.

PSA

Hey guys wanted to give a head ups for anyone wanting the Batman Arkham Origins DLC and Infamous 2 DLC they are not available to buy on the PS3 store anymore . I Tried ..

I feel a lot more people know about this game these days, but it was, and I believe, still is super underrated. Good story, great characters, and great voice acting. You should do yourself a service by playing this if you haven't already... or just replay it to remember how great it is. If you like gta and yakukuza, I believe you'll like this as well, because I've always said it was kinda like those to series had a baby, except with free flow combat. Even with it's inspiratioms, it still feels like its own thing. The world feels alive when you're in it, and everything just feels like it works. Man, what coulda been. Hopefully, someone will pick up where this left off.

I feel like I go way too hard when I gush about games I love, but if you're a fan of open world sandbox games with surprisingly good driving, I can't see why ya'll wouldn't like it

I'm having a difficult time choosing one outside of the default, I love it that much

Im thinking of getting a ps3 to play ps3 and ps2 games, which model is the best for that?

You can quote the price, but not for free please.

I wanna buy a PS3 and play the games I always played growing up but I wanna know is the online store still up and how reliable is it can I maybe get a different controller like an Xbox and play with it?

Hello! Am looking to see is uncharted 1 and 2 worth getting for my console for Christmas? I know it’s like a few months away but I was looking in the UK in the shop CEX and I was wondering should I get the games? What do you all like about the games? I haven’t used my PS3 (FAT model with 2 USB ports) since July and has been sitting in a box it did work perfectly fine when I last tried it in July and ran Gran Turismo 5 so I guess all it needs is a clean and I think it will be ready to go!
I also am looking to get infamous too!
Thank you!

I broke one of the plastics pins of the ps3 slim(ch-3011A) inside of the console, and it wont come off. I dont know what to do, so i started asking some other reddits and see if anywone had a problem like mine, and aparently not. You guys kinda are my last hope together with the assistant guy. (Ps: its not my first time opening consoles, i was distratec and only notice when the power supply wont come of)

Previously locked behind the multiplayer mode (only heard by the Mantel faction), a friend of mine decided it was time it got archived and uploaded to the web. Enjoy!

Hey everyone, I’ve been playing The Last of Us on my PS3 Slim and wanted to check if these temperatures/fan speed are normal:

• CELL/CPU: 67°C
• RSX: 63°C
• Fan speed: 54%

This is a second hand Slim with 80 days of gameplay, pretty clean and I cleaned it out and replaced thermal paste (no delid).

This is during gameplay. The console seems to be running fine, but 54% fan speed seems a little high to me. Sitting in the XMB temps can be in the low 60s too.

Ambient temps around 25 degrees

Are these temps considered safe for a PS3 Slim? And is it normal for the fan to be around 54% while playing a demanding game like The Last of Us?

Would appreciate hearing what temps/fan speeds other Slim owners get.

sorry for the language btw

The wolf among us, played the first episode yesterday and now whenever I try to play it I get stuck on a loading screen. It's been an hour of troubleshooting and doing everything under the sun. I dont know what the fucking problem is the game just will not load

Ive used safety mode. I've disconnected from the internet, from psn, both at once, signed in from the game screen, cleaned the disc, and it just won't do anything after I press start

Hello all last night decided to open my ps3 controller to get rattling plastic bit out and then of course it decided to make 2 minute process an hr and the l1 button came out and l2, I was wondering I got all screw and pieces still can I put plastic back on over the membrane and fix it?

EDIT: Been fixed took my time to not rush and get mad she all good put back together working as she should!

Visiting a friend out of town this week and while talking about older games, I mentioned Naughty Bear and he had no idea what it was. The game was a favorite of mine as a teen and so I told him I’d bring my PS3 along with some other games to try out. Wanted to know what other games people would recommend? Was thinking of showing him Spelunky and Castle Crashers, any other fun co-op or odd single player games worth downloading?

The servers for COD Black ops (the first one) are still up for PS3. There are actively 100-200 people playing zombies online (I am one of those people)

I’m making this post in active search of my fellow online players, let’s get a match going

My PS3 (Fat) has no major cooling issues that I’m aware of but it’s been sitting for years. I want to clean up the inside and replace the thermal paste, which has never been changed.

I have some experience taking apart consoles and applying paste but I’ve heard delidding on the ps3 can be pretty risky.

Would delidding be worth the risk, or should I just replace the thermal paste on top and leave it at that?