• Anyone Own A PS3?

    From crow@80:774/38 to All on Fri Nov 8 13:32:49 2019
    Hey there.

    I'm wondering if anyone still owns a PS3 in 2019. Do you? If so, how long have you had it for and do you still use it?

    I still own my PS3 but I rarely use it anymore.

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  • From Tiny@80:774/23 to crow on Sat Nov 9 13:16:13 2019
    Quoting crow to All <=-

    I'm wondering if anyone still owns a PS3 in 2019. Do you? If so, how
    long have you had it for and do you still use it?

    We still have it and use it sometimes. Mainly now a days it's used as
    a DVD/blueray player though.

    Shawn

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  • From djatropine@80:774/23 to crow on Sun Jan 19 01:06:16 2020
    I'm wondering if anyone still owns a PS3 in 2019. Do you? If so,
    how long have you had it for and do you still use it?

    I still own my PS3 but I rarely use it anymore.


    I don't own one , however why not use it to run a bbs? :or as a file server,etc. ?


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  • From Arelor@80:61/0 to crow on Thu Sep 3 04:59:31 2020
    Re: Anyone Own A PS3?
    By: crow to All on Fri Nov 08 2019 01:32 pm

    Hey there. cr> I'm wondering if anyone still owns a PS3 in 2019. Do you?
    If so, how long have cr> you had it for and do you still use it? cr> I still own my PS3 but I rarely use it anymore.I know I am old because I still own my PSX and PS2... I never got into more modern consoles.I have heard you could sideload Linux on PS3 until Sony screwed that option up. Such a lame move from them.

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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to Arelor on Fri Sep 4 18:03:01 2020
    I still have my beloved PS3 and I use it from time to time. Guess this
    weekend I gonna play some Batman Origins and see if I need to complete something else (I already finished the game).

    Great console with great hits (Red Dead Redemption & Uncharted saga to name a few) the PS3!

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  • From Arelor@80:61/0 to Don Rolo on Sun Sep 6 09:57:28 2020
    Re: Anyone Own A PS3?
    By: Don Rolo to Arelor on Fri Sep 04 2020 06:03 pm

    I still have my beloved PS3 and I use it from time to time. Guess this DR>
    weekend I gonna play some Batman Origins and see if I need to complete DR> something else (I already finished the game). DR> Great console with great hits
    (Red Dead Redemption & Uncharted saga to name a DR> few) the PS3!Just curious:
    did you get to own any of the older PS*?

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  • From The Godfather@80:774/101 to Don Rolo on Sun Sep 6 22:28:26 2020
    I still have my beloved PS3 and I use it from time to time. Guess this weekend I gonna play some Batman Origins and see if I need to complete something else (I already finished the game).
    Great console with great hits (Red Dead Redemption & Uncharted saga to name a few) the PS3!

    The new(er) Red Dead Redemption on XBox is awesome. My son just
    finished the game (I think .. or quit playing it ..) I had a PS3 that
    the optical drive recently quit working on; now bunch of useless games
    (to my knowledge ...). Mostly older madden versions though .. so no
    biggie. It was a great system though.

    -tG

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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to Arelor on Mon Sep 7 19:36:44 2020
    PS3!Just curious: did you get to own any of the older PS*?

    No!, the Ps3 was my first console. Before it I was a PC guy (enemy of the consoles :P). But the PlayStation was sooo easygoing before Steam & Origin, that I became a fan (here in Argentina the original software was VERY
    expensive so you got to piracy the games, search for the cracks and so on BEFORE Steam, that's why I prefered the "confort" of just plug & play that happens with the consoles...

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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to The Godfather on Mon Sep 7 19:39:08 2020

    finished the game (I think .. or quit playing it ..) I had a PS3 that
    the optical drive recently quit working on; now bunch of useless games

    It's too expensive to repair? PS3 is still a great console!

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  • From The Godfather@80:774/101 to Don Rolo on Mon Sep 7 23:24:41 2020
    It's too expensive to repair? PS3 is still a great console!

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    Yeah for sure. I worked within consumer electronics for years and
    won't ever buy a Sony Blu-Ray, DVD, CD Player, or gaming system based
    on what I know. They design them in such a way that they optical lens
    requires replacement, in most cases, shortly after expiration of
    warranty -- depending on how much it's used. But yeah, based on the
    cost of new gaming systems, the cost of repair is 2/3 the price of a
    new one. Especially on models over 10 years in age (which is the
    typical age manufacturers are required to manufacturer parts for any electronic). I did, however, love the Super Disc that Sony made.
    Great sound. Unfortunate it didn't move as it should have.

    -tG

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  • From Arelor@80:61/0 to Don Rolo on Tue Sep 8 03:55:16 2020
    Re: Re: Anyone Own A PS3?
    By: Don Rolo to Arelor on Mon Sep 07 2020 07:36 pm

    PS3!Just curious: did you get to own any of the older PS*? DR> No!, the Ps3 was my first console. Before it I was a PC guy (enemy of the DR> consoles :P). But the PlayStation was sooo easygoing before Steam & Origin, DR> that I became a fan (here in Argentina the original software was VERY DR> expensive so
    you got to piracy the games, search for the cracks and so on DR> BEFORE Steam,
    that's why I prefered the "confort" of just plug & play that DR> happens with the consoles...You know, the plug and play aspect of it is what I found advantageous in older consoles (PS2, PSX and older.) Everything after those felt like a glorified computer, with the same problems computers carry with them.

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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to The Godfather on Wed Sep 9 17:16:54 2020
    on what I know. They design them in such a way that they optical lens requires replacement, in most cases, shortly after expiration of

    Sad to read that! It's a shame! but the PS3 is also a nice piece of hard to collect and use from time to time :)

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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to Arelor on Wed Sep 9 17:19:47 2020
    plug and play aspect of it is what I found advantageous in older
    consoles (PS2, PSX and older.) Everything after those felt like a glorified computer, with the same problems computers carry with them.

    Hmmm... I didn't have yet (touch wood for luck) any problem yet with the PS4. It's easygoing too... and I use it almost everyday. Installed a lot of game, unistall a lot more... never a problem so far :)

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  • From Arelor@80:61/0 to Don Rolo on Thu Sep 10 04:00:56 2020
    Re: Re: Anyone Own A PS3?
    By: Don Rolo to The Godfather on Wed Sep 09 2020 05:16 pm

    on what I know. They design them in such a way that they optical TG>> lens requires replacement, in most cases, shortly after expiration TG>> of DR>
    Sad to read that! It's a shame! but the PS3 is also a nice piece of hard DR> to collect and use from time to time :)For the record, the PSX and PS2 I know about are still in working order despite not much maintenance after years of abuse.The controllers themselves tend to wear, though. Their durability is comparable to one of the Nintendo 64's.

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  • From Cranksy@80:774/81 to crow on Sun Sep 27 20:52:48 2020
    Yes, and up until recently I used it as my main Streaming machine for Netflix/youtube and the like. I only just switched to a Roku instead, so the ps3 is kind of collecting dust. But it is still my only DVD/Bluray player, so it's certainly not useless. I haven't played games on it much in the last few years, but I originally bought it for Gran Turismo (was it 5 by that point?)

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  • From CunningToad@80:774/89 to crow on Sat Oct 10 16:29:03 2020
    I never owned PS3, however my PS2 is still somewhere in the basement with
    few even older consoles. Keeping them mostly for nostalgic purposes.
    It feels like gaming back then had something that I can't find in modern
    games. They feel soulless to me.

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  • From Arelor@80:61/0 to CunningToad on Sun Oct 11 18:33:01 2020
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    04:29 pm

    I never owned PS3, however my PS2 is still somewhere in the basement with
    few even older consoles. Keeping them mostly for nostalgic purposes. Cu>
    It feels like gaming back then had something that I can't find in modern Cu> games. They feel soulless to me.You should watch those "If Doom was made today"
    videos. They are quite illuminating.The problem with modern games is you get 3
    hours of cut scenes, then 3 minutes of heavily railroaded play, then more cut scenes and then you are asked to buy some DLCs.I mean, it is not all bad, but lots of games today feel like interactive films in which you just go through the motions they give to you.I have seen some modern games that are quite interesting. There was this platform game that was like an early 3d platform game with improved graphics, and they made it specifically because nobody else was making those games anymore.

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  • From HusTler@80:61/0 to CunningToad on Sat Oct 17 13:03:16 2020
    Re: Re: Anyone Own A PS3?
    By: CunningToad to crow on Sat Oct 10 2020 04:29 pm

    I never owned PS3, however my PS2 is still somewhere in the basement with >
    few even older consoles. Keeping them mostly for nostalgic purposes. > It feels like gaming back then had something that I can't find in modern > games. They feel soulless to me. Maybe cause your soul was much younger then? '-)HusTler Havens BBS
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  • From Joacim Melin@80:505/13 to CunningToad on Sun Oct 25 16:26:26 2020
    I never owned PS3, however my PS2 is still somewhere in the basement
    with
    few even older consoles. Keeping them mostly for nostalgic purposes.
    It feels like gaming back then had something that I can't find in
    modern
    games. They feel soulless to me.

    Yeah we got a PS3. It's collecting dust together with the Nintendo Wii. Kids just want to play the PS4 these days and pretty soon I suspect the PS4 will join the dust collectors when the PS5 finds it's way to our house.


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  • From Don Rolo@80:774/99 to CunningToad on Thu Dec 3 12:26:38 2020
    It feels like gaming back then had something that I can't find in modern games. They feel soulless to me.

    I think that we lost the "surprise factor" we are not surprised anymore with the graphics and the sounds and the mechanics... in the 80-90 the graphics
    and sound made huge leaps in between games. Remember the feeling of seeing
    Doom I in action for the first time!?

    Or jewels like Little Computer People or any Accolade Games or Cinemaware
    Games in the C64?

    Now a days, there are a lot of great games out there, but... sadly, we lost
    the capacity of surprise... guess the same happens with the CGI graphics in
    the movies... :(

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