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richardhutnik on 21 February 2013

I ended up selling my backwards compatible PS3 because I needed money, and got a used PS2 in order to be able to play my collection of PS2 retro games.  Now, I see the PS4 and it looks like they are going to go the streaming method to access PS3 content, rather than emulation or backwards compatibility native.  I was thinking of getting a PS3 again, and keeping the PS2 to be able to play my older stuff.  Not now, with the PS4 on the horizon, if I get that, it means space cluttered up.  I currently don't have any PS3 games at this point, as they were moved with the console.

So, I am curious how, is there any reason to get a PS3 at this point?  Can anyone show why it would be worth getting one, rather than waiting for more info on the PS4, to see how things pan out?



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Munkeh111 on 21 February 2013

A PS3 will be cheap! But that is all

In time you will be able to play the PS3 back catalogue everywhere (probably with a few exceptions) and probably for a subscription fee. They did explicitly say there would be no actual backwards compatibility

But you should definitely wait, I have a feeling there will be a PS3 price cut before too long anyway



sales2099 on 21 February 2013

And so it begins. If one thread is made then that means others must be thinking it. Before long Gamestop employees will discourage buyers because "PS4 is around the corner".



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siavm on 21 February 2013

Since you don't have any games for it now might as well wait for ps4.



richardhutnik on 21 February 2013
Munkeh111 said:
A PS3 will be cheap! But that is all

In time you will be able to play the PS3 back catalogue everywhere (probably with a few exceptions) and probably for a subscription fee. They did explicitly say there would be no actual backwards compatibility

But you should definitely wait, I have a feeling there will be a PS3 price cut before too long anyway

I just have retro game compilations I can't play anywhere else, so my PS2 console is needed for that, so I have it here for the retro game fix.  I would get it, but looking at space issues.  I have a 360 for this generation emulation compilations actually, so not need a PS3 for that.  However, wouldn't mind getting some other PS3 stuff again, as I am a big fan of LittleBigPlanet franchise.



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theprof00 on 21 February 2013
sales2099 said:
And so it begins. If one thread is made then that means others must be thinking it. Before long Gamestop employees will discourage buyers because "PS4 is around the corner".

oh please...



Chark on 21 February 2013

Having a PS3 around will be valuable for those still wanting to play some last Gen titles, but PS4 will blow PS3 out of the water and looks like it has way better dev support. I'm keeping one for backwards compatibility reasons until Gaikai becomes plausible for me, but maybe I will just play everything on my Vita because it is awesome and I can do that.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

Munkeh111 on 21 February 2013
richardhutnik said:
Munkeh111 said:
A PS3 will be cheap! But that is all

In time you will be able to play the PS3 back catalogue everywhere (probably with a few exceptions) and probably for a subscription fee. They did explicitly say there would be no actual backwards compatibility

But you should definitely wait, I have a feeling there will be a PS3 price cut before too long anyway

I just have retro game compilations I can't play anywhere else, so my PS2 console is needed for that, so I have it here for the retro game fix.  I would get it, but looking at space issues.  I have a 360 for this generation emulation compilations actually, so not need a PS3 for that.  However, wouldn't mind getting some other PS3 stuff again, as I am a big fan of LittleBigPlanet franchise.

Vita for LBP!



sales2099 on 21 February 2013
CGI-Quality said:
theprof00 said:
sales2099 said:
And so it begins. If one thread is made then that means others must be thinking it. Before long Gamestop employees will discourage buyers because "PS4 is around the corner".

oh please...

He's praying people will stop caring for PS3 so it never passes the 360 until after November!  

Well played, sales, well played!

Minor fix there.



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theprof00 on 21 February 2013
sales2099 said:
CGI-Quality said:
theprof00 said:
sales2099 said:
And so it begins. If one thread is made then that means others must be thinking it. Before long Gamestop employees will discourage buyers because "PS4 is around the corner".

oh please...

He's praying people will stop caring for PS3 so it never passes the 360 until after November!  

Well played, sales, well played!

Minor fix there.

Why November? Do you have a running bet where the timeframe matters?