Well...not really. I traded some things I didn't need for it, so I guess you can technically say it's for free(please don't harass me for possible click bait)

Anyways, I skipped Xbox and playstation last gen. what games can you recommend? this is my current list:

1.2k16

2. batman series

3. Naruto ultimate storm

4. uncharted 3

5. persona

6. ratchet and clank

7. final Fantasy 

8. last of us (is this a good game?)

9. super meat boy

10. shovel knight, although idk if I should get it for pc, 3ds, Wii u, or playstation

11. Castle crashers 

12. nba jam

13. need for speed/Wipeout

14. some crappy bargain bin game because no collection is complete without one

3D Dot game heroes, the name sucks but it's a neat little Zelda clone, but it has so much to offer. If you like FF, I might recommend some Tales games. Probably tales of xillia. The Ico and Shadow of the Colossus compilation, Sonic Generations, and that's all I have right now. Too many great games on PS3.

Change uncharted 3 and tlou with uncharted 2 and GOW3

If I exchange money for a console does that make it free? since it is money I do not need at the time of the exchange? I'm just saying this isn't free lol. But yeah great console to pick up now because there will be a lot of places like CEX gamestop etc which are filling up with ps3 games now as people upgrade to the ps4/X1 and those games prices are the lowest now that they'll ever be, as we move forwards those games will start to go out of circulation and will become rarer as time goes on so the prices will only go up from now I think.

Play all 3 Uncharted games (especially #2)
God of War III
Infamous 1 and 2
Killzone 2 and 3
Resistance games
Heavy Rain
Bioshock 1 and 2
Dead Space 1 and 2
Borderlands games

tomb raider, dragons crown, gtav, pupeteer.

Last of us it good but you're not really missing much with uncharted, just decent cover shooters. I recommend Valkyria chronicles and ni no Kuni

You will love ratchet and clank and jak and daxter collection. Both collections have the remastered ports of the first 3 games in the series. Also get the last of us and uncharted 2 and 3. Thats all you need for now.

i guess lol.

But giving something I don't need for a ps3 is pretty neat. It's the old version, so it's quite clunky. I'm just hoping i can mod it to do cool stuff or upgrade the hard drive

Is there anything note-worthy about issues with the old ps3?

Also, is there a hardware difference between the slim and original?