Ps3 Buying Guide 2021

So today we are going to talk about the basic PS3 buying guide 2021 , which model should you get and what accessories you need to use with it.

The next generation ps5 and Xbox series x is already in the market but here we are talking about the PS3 which is 2 generation back.

PS3 was launched in Japan on November 11, 2006, in the USA on November 17 2006, and in Europe and Australia launch in March 2007.

The first PS3 was released called PS3 Fat which was released with 20 GB and 60GB hard drive this PS3 was backward compatible with PS1 and PS2 games but then it cost around $600. All PS3 fat we are not backward compatible with PS2 games but all PS3 can play PS1 games.

PS3 launched with 14 launch titles but now we have more than 1400 games released till now. How you can find if your PS3 is backward compatible or not you can tell by seeing the four USB ports on the front side. All PS3 models were upgradable which means you can upgrade the hard drive with 2.5-inch laptop drives up to 1 Terabyte or more it depends on you probably 500 GB will be enough for PS3 games. Amazingly, PS3 can play Blu Ray and DVDs as well as playing games.

Sony Playstation 3 80GB Game System BluRay HDMI Console

Ps3 Slim

So the next comes PS3 slim of course it’s a very slim and sleek design Les heavy than a PS3 fat it’s 22% smaller and 36% lighter than the fat model. PS3 slim cannot play PS2 games but it supports PS1 discs but you can still download digital PS2 games from the PSN library.

PS3 also has many PS2 remastered games like God of War 1 and 2 ratchets and clank collection, sly Cooper collection, Prince of Persia collection, and Tomb Raider collections as well.

Unlike  Xbox 360, PS3 always has an HDMI cable and AV out. PS3 slim design is slightly changed from PS3 fat. It has two USB cables on the front side also it consumes less power than PS3 fat. Also, a great thing about this PS3 slim is that is less noisy than PS3 fat. slim comes in 120 GB 160 GB 250 GB and 320 GB variant.

Sony Playstation 3 160GB System

Ps3 Super Slim

And finally, we got a PS3 super slim that have a shutter on the top for loading disks. this model was released in September 2012 and this was 25% slimmer and 20% lighter than the slim model. This model comes in many other colors than only black. PS3 super slim was the last model released. This model comes with 12GB to 500GB in different models.

PlayStation 3 500 GB System

After much information on Ps3 Buying Guide 2021 now get some info on System Specification.

Specs

CPU 3.2 GHz PowerPC

RAM 256MB

GPU 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM

USB 4 USB 2.0 ports

HDMI output, PlayStation 3 AV output 1080p Output Max

Media Type – Blu-ray, flash memory card, or USB Drive

    Backward compatibility

PS1, PS2

Ps3 Controllers

PlayStation 3’s Sixaxis controller

DualShock 3 controller

Ps3 accessories

Charging stand

Wireless keypad

PlayStation Move