PlayStation 3 advice needed

DoubleA · 2018-07-09T10:04:21.000Z

My PS2 still reads discs but the GPU is kinda fried, So I gave away my entire collection of games to my friends. Lots of good games, the type they don’t make anymore.

raccoon · 2018-07-09T10:22:33.000Z

The PS2 has more great JRPG's than PS3 or PS4.

And I played most of them.

BlueSwordM · 2018-07-09T13:26:54.000Z

I do not condone piracy of any kind, so the main point of using an emulator for not paying games is completely unvalid, and speaking about this in many emulation forums will get you either big backlash, or even banning.

The point of using an emulator is to play games from older consoles without the need for the original hardware, or to play the games at higher resolutions, better framrates, or with cheats and mods, and finally, to preserve legacy.

All in all, just rip your games or your friends’ games to get your own ROMs. This is what I have done for Dolphin: every Wii/GameCube game has been backed up from my Wii games, or my friend’s games.

Lick · 2018-07-09T19:04:54.000Z

I have smash bros on the GC, but I don't use it on there anymore because of its low resolution on GC and Wii. I don't think I ever bought a game on the GC/Wii besides smash bros or even played a game besides smash bros on both consoles (resident evil 4 was a 5 minute exception and wii sports too).

With PS3 emulation its honestly easier to just buy the games used and rip them because of the enormous size of the PS3 games. I know. ;) Its unreasonable to download a 50GB game.

Pulsar · 2018-07-09T21:25:54.000Z

BlueSwordM:

I do not condone piracy of any kind…
All in all, just rip your games or your friends’ games to get your own ROMs. This is what I have done for Dolphin: every Wii/GameCube game has been backed up from my Wii games, or my friend’s games.

You realize you just contradicted yourself?
The reason most emulation sites ban speaking of piracy is because they dont want to be associated with it. I am willing to be at least 90% or more of members on those kinds of sites have done it or do it…

Acrobatic_Whale · 2018-07-10T02:02:15.000Z

ps3 has its gems too, i enjoyed demon souls, the killzone, infamous, and ratchet and clank series, and of course the last of us (still havent played it fully). right now the main games im working on beating is darksiders 1 & 2, i have them on pc but it can barely run them so i picked em up at gamestop for the thanksgiving sale and ive just now finally got around to them. God of War was one of my favorites on ps2 so im planning on getting the god of war collection and god of war 3 eventually.

Lick · 2018-07-10T03:11:23.000Z

I think that bluesword thinks of it like music. If your friend gives you music, someone bought it. If you pirate you are disconnected from it being bought at all.

The thing I have against this sort of argument is used games do not give any money to the developer, so I don't think of it as a big deal.

It feels more moral for sure though, but it doesn't really make sense.

DoubleA · 2018-07-10T09:16:20.000Z

BlueSwordM:

The point of using an emulator is to play games from older consoles without the need for the original hardware,

So this time you’re neither having the original hardware nor the original software. Sounds like double Piracy to me.

Pulsar:

You realize you just contradicted yourself?
The reason most emulation sites ban speaking of piracy is because they dont want to be associated with it. I am willing to be at least 90% or more of members on those kinds of sites have done it or do it…

Correct. Another point is these sites allow sharing of ROMs and BIOS which nintendon’t and stoney won’t take it lightly.

Acrobatic_Whale:

ps3 has its gems too

Never meant no other console other than PS2 have their own gems, but it is a fact that they don’t make em in the same numbers like they used to.

raccoon · 2018-07-10T10:56:27.000Z

Well I got the PS3 yesterday.

It was shipped from New York to California in a hurry.

The PS3 and controller seem to be in very good condition despite being used.

I installed Persona 5 and played it a little.

The graphics are a big step up from PS2, which is to be expected.

I need to watch a Blu-ray movie to test the Blu-ray drive.

I'm not going to install the 1.5TB hard drive until I'm sure I want to keep the PS3.

So far I'm happy with this purchase.

EDIT: Forgot to mention...

The eBay seller said the PS3 was like new, in excellent condition, which is one reason I chose that auction.

So far it seems like he was telling the truth.

raccoon · 2018-07-10T11:08:20.000Z

Another thought...

If anyone is looking for nice and inexpensive HDMI cables, these seem to be pretty good:

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Rankie-2-Pack-Latest-Standard/dp/B00Z07XQ4A

I got them today yesterday and they work better than the HDMI cable I was using.

EDIT: My old HDMI cables had annoying audio feedback.

DoubleA · 2018-07-10T11:38:23.000Z

did your old hdmi cable cause any artifacts on the screen?

raccoon · 2018-07-10T12:30:18.000Z

No, visually they work fine.

Acrobatic_Whale · 2018-07-10T15:39:15.000Z

glad the ps3 worked out for you, hopefully you'll find its worth keeping. I know when i modded my wii some of the games wouldn't work, have you read about any problems with downloaded games not working on the ps3?

raccoon · 2018-07-10T17:21:57.000Z

I haven't read that, but I haven't researched that either.

I know some games cannot be installed to the hard drive.

For those, you need to burn a Blu-ray.

DoubleA · 2018-07-10T17:23:05.000Z

you might wanna try some of them extra grippers which you can snap onto to them analog thumbsticks.

raccoon · 2018-07-10T17:26:41.000Z

I don't know about other PS3 controllers, but my PS3 controller is super-grippy.

Acrobatic_Whale · 2018-07-11T00:40:40.000Z

oh thats cool, i had no idea you could burn them to a blu ray and play them that way

Lick · 2018-07-11T00:50:48.000Z

Are you sure that you need to burn it to bluray? What games need that? Mine is broken... maybe I should take the bluray apart and use it as a laser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GJJHwQ8BA

raccoon · 2018-07-11T03:38:27.000Z

This website has an incomplete (and complicated) list of which games can install to the hard drive, and which can not:

http://ps3.kmaxsl.info/

It hasn't been updated in a while, so not all games are listed.

raccoon · 2018-07-25T05:16:58.000Z

So, I learned the hard way that the PS3 and 1.5TB internal drives are not 100% compatible.

I thought there was something wrong with the 1.5TB hard drive, so I returned it and got another one.

The replacement also didn't work.

I did some research and found out that 1TB internal drives are compatible.

So I need to return the second 1.5TB drive and order a 1TB drive.

I feel like an idiot, but I'm getting free returns with Amazon, so i only wasted time and effort.

Live and learn!