Sony PlayStation 3 Fat gaming console, recovered from a landfill and covered in dirt and grime, undergoes an extensive restoration to regain full functionality. Years of exposure to harsh ...

Dive into the world of gaming restoration as the iconic Sony PS3 Fat console is brought back to life. This video reveals every meticulous step involved in restoring a vintage PlayStation 3 ...

In 2025, Sony is still giving the PS3 system software updates, with the latest one renewing the console's Blu-ray encryption key.

The aPS3e PS3 emulator and its developer have disappeared from GitHub, possibly because of copyright and licensing issues.

HI, I have a hard drive formatted in exFAT with games in the folders PS3ISO / PS2ISO. The PS3 games work without any issues, but with the PS2 games, PrepISO detects them, I select them, they get co ...

During the life cycle of the PS3, Sony has released three main versions of the console: Original (Fat), Slim, and Super Slim. The original version of the console included a 60 GB hard drive and also ...

Sony had to pay a whopping $55 to anyone who could reliably proof that they owned a PS3 that was able to utilize OtherOS (which was only the earlier “fat PS3” models as the slim PS3 never had ...

60GB Fat Model: This model is fully backwards compatible with both PS2 and PS1 games. It includes the necessary hardware components to run these older games without any issues.

The PS3 has a wide variety of fan-favorite games that laid down the foundation for future franchises. Especially towards the end of the console’s lifecycle, when developers unlocked the full potential ...

The original fat 20GB and 60GB PS3 models are backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games. You can tell these models from later releases by the four USB ports on the front of the console. Here’s ...

After further investigation, it turns out the new HDD was faulty (probably knocked during transport) and corrupting data. After confirming the ISO with the PS3 FAT and RPCS3, I replaced the hard drive ...

While many PS3 innovations live on today in the PS5, some were obscure enough that you may have even forgotten they ever existed.