Any #RPCS3 users know how to properly deal with rap files? I install the rap via the option in the file menu, but nothing seems to happen and the game is still as it was before. Note that I'm #blind, so drag 'n drop isn't an option. #emulation #Playstation3 #PS3

The information I can find is conflicting.
So, those who know #PS3...
I have a BC fat. It runs, it plays.
Should I enjoy it as is till it stops working and then delid to fix overheating, or should I take the risk of delidding to PREVENT overheating?
I'm leaning towards the latter, as all of these WILL overheat eventually, and hot chips are bad.
I am terrified of working on this thing. I got it for an insane deal a while back.

In my ever-lasting quest to find fun consoles, this custom #PlayStation3 showed up. User 'cribsnib' customizes these to look as similar to their classic #PS3 look as possible, and it's incredible how well they did!

Separating, sanding, priming, painting and clear-coating. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘺' 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦"

From a hardware #design perspective, this is pure art to me. Am I tempted? Yes.

Sony once had big plans to take on Xbox in the online multiplayer space with The Agency: Covert Ops for #Sony #PlayStation3 and #PC - a stylish spy-themed MMO shooter. But after years of delays, it never saw the light of day. What went wrong?

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/the-agency-covert-ops/

I forgot how satisfying is climbing in Uncharted. I only played the first game on #playstation3 (?) Now I'm playing #uncharted4 and what I like the most is climbing and the adventure. Punch fights are a bit meh :P

Oh! The Beatles: Rock Band turns 15 today!

I bought it when it came out on September 9, 2009 for Xbox 360

Still one of my favorite rhythm games

Started replaying in prep for a friend of mine (VegaBaby) planning on streaming Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) later in the month for zeir roughly yearly charity stream the game again and... I genuinely really enjoy playing Sonic '06. It is a deeply silly experience. The game is so fundamentally broken that every minute or so something completely ridiculous will happen like Sonic's corpse flying self-propelled off to the horizon for no explainable reason in unpredictable fashions. Throw in some goofy cutscenes and general weirdness and it's all like curling up with a schlocky movie I'm fond of.

It's also fairly unique in that starting in the 360/PS3 generation, high profile broken games tended to get patched so that all the ridiculous bugs were no longer as omnipresent. Like, the Wii U Sonic game known for an infinite jump exploit got that infinite jump exploit patched out. Sonic '06 was left untouched in all its "spinning on a box causes it to levitate" glory.

Admittedly, I am playing with infinite lives hacked in and from an SSD on my PS3. It'd be a lot more frustrating without those... and I'm still not looking forwards to the Ancient Egyptian Billiard Ball Puzzle.

Selling my old #PS3 here if anyone is into that sort of freaky shit:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/256465593949

(Canadian buyers preferred so I don’t have to ship this shit across the damn globe plz)

it hurts me a little but i’m gonna do it anyways: #RetroGaming #PlayStation3

The thing I find interesting about SingStar is during early life of the PS3, there were PS2 SingStar been made and they never have the PS3 version.

I have I feeling it mainly because DVD are cheaper to make compare to Blu-ray and also the PS3 console were made around the time was compatible with PS2 games. Later model won't play PS2 disc but if bootup PS3 SingStar and swap disc with PS2 SingStar would still work.

#SingStar #PlayStation2 #PlayStation3

What are some chill PS3 games you'd recommend?

Here comes the sun...

A great intro for a great game

Now I want to plug my Xbox 360 back in and play The Beatles: Rock Band again

Oh, those sweet Ubisoft Connect rewards

Online services are going away for 10 Ubisoft titles in 2024 - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/online-services-are-going-away-for-10-ubisoft-titles-in-2024/

I did a #topsters chart for the #AdventureGames I've played in the last 20 years at different times and with different levels of enjoyment. #TheLongestJourney was my favorite, hands down. #BrokenSword was my go-to for mystery/art. #Agon Lost Sword of Toledo was good for the story and southern European setting, I Have no Mouth was the most shocking, #Sanitarium was a mindfuck and the others, classic and new, I'd recommend anyway. #Gaming #Videogames #PCgaming #Playstation3

Solution I thought to try to the #Playstation3 Super Slim when softmodded with HEN having the world's loudest fan because HEN crashes if you don't set the fan to run at a constant (high) speed: what if I use the Bluetooth audio on the PS3 with noise-cancelling headphones?

So it turns out the Bluetooth on the Super Slim is incredibly notoriously unreliable and hard-locks the entire console every time I try to pair the headphones.

THE WORST #PS3. God.

#retrogaming technically

Okay, so my #PlayStation3 is only transferring data via FTP with its 802.11g wifi at 2 MB/sec on my network. Let me move it and plug it directly into my gigabit ethernet switch...

14 MB/sec.

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y'all this is a gigabit ethernet port connecting to the switch at gigabit link speeds

Having to run a softmodded #Playstation3 Super Slim with the fans running at jet airliner volume at all times or it will crash on launching game (REALLY) is just a complete buzzkill for doing anything with my #PS3.