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PS5 Hits Major Sales Milestone, Overtakes PS3 in the U.S.
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) has reached a new sales milestone, at least in the United States. According to Mat Piscatella, Senior Director and Video Game Industry Thought Leader at the analytics company Circana, the PS5 has now sold more units than the PlayStation 3 did during its entire lifetime in…
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A Player Saved His Beloved PS3 by Melting It
A PlayStation fan managed to save his beloved PS3, but in the process, he actually melted it. Normally this should have made things worse, but somehow it worked out. The hero of the day is Reddit user seascouuut, who shared his story online. The Yellow Light of Death Someone accidentally…
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The First PlayStation 3 Emulator Arrives on Google Play
aPS3e is the first PlayStation 3 emulator for Android systems, published on Google Play in recent days. According to the official description: “aPS3e is a native PS3 emulator for Android that can already run many games. However, depending on the performance of your device, most games may not run at…
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Sony ‘Lucky’ to Have Survived PS3 Era, Says Shawn Layden
This week, Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation. Reflecting on the PS3 era in a recent interview with Eurogamer, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden called it an “Icarus” moment for the company—saying they “flew too close to the sun.” Despite the challenges, Layden noted that the team was grateful to…
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The ASUS ROG Ally Found to Be a Great Emulator For PS3, Xbox 360 and More
The ASUS ROG ALLY has been discovered to be great at emulating various game consoles. ROG ALLY Great For Emulation ETA PRIME, a retro emulation-focused youtuber channel, have discovered that the ASUS ROG Ally is an excellent handheld for emulating various consoles from Xbox 360, PS3 and even Nintendo Switch.…
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PS Store Update Strongly Hints at PS3 Backwards Compatibility for the PS5
When compared to Xbox consoles, I think it would be fair to say that Sony’s PlayStation has a much less impressive history when it comes to backward compatibility. Yes, the PS5 supports the vast majority of PS4 titles and plays them perfectly fine. However, when it comes to the PS3……
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RPCS3 Confirms EVERY PS3 Game Now Bootable in Emulator
Work first began on RPCS3 back in 2011, and for those of you unaware of what it is, it is arguably one of the best-known pieces of emulation software for those attempting to get PS3 titles to play on PC. However, despite being worked upon for over 10 years, the…
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Metal Gear Solid 5 PS3 and Xbox 360 Servers Are Shutting Down!
Despite the fact that it was painfully obvious that Metal Gear Solid 5 was only a half-completed gaming title, I have to admit that I still took a lot of enjoyment out of it. Admittedly though, this was mostly through playing with the open-world aspects rather than the actual main…
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PS3 Gets New System Update Improving ‘System Performance’
It’s been nearly 5 years since Sony discontinued the PS3 (PlayStation 3), and, as such, it’s hardly surprising that recent updates to the system have been (relatively speaking) few and far between. Following an official announcement on the console’s website, however, despite the PS3 now being 14-years-old, a brand new…
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Sony ISN’T Closing the PS3 & PS Vita Store… Anymore
Those of you still kicking the dust off of your PlayStation 3 or your PlayStation Vita can rejoice today. Sony has backtracked on its plan to shutter the online stores for these devices after listening to user feedback. Honestly, I’m very surprised at this, as Sony typically do things their…
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Sony Confirms PS3/Vita Store Support Will Be Ending!
With the release of the PS5 late last year, it is, of course, entirely not surprising that Sony would be looking to draw various lines under some of its older gaming-based technology. Put simply, the writing has been on the wall for the PS3 for quite some time now, and…
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Latest RPCS3 Update Improves SSX and Killzone 2/3 FPS
Initially released in 2011, RPCS3 has clearly had a long and very difficult experience in attempting to bring PS3 emulation to the PC platform. Over the last 2-3 years, however, the strides taken forward with it have been truly remarkable and, quite frankly, if you haven’t tried it out recently,…
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Konami Confirms MGS5 PS3 Nuclear Disarmament Was a Hoax!
Despite the fact that Metal Gear Solid V is over 5 years old now, there was some pretty exciting news surrounding it back in June when it had been revealed that in regards to the PS3 online version, users (of that very specific release) had seemingly achieved the unthinkable. Namely,…
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MGSV Nuclear Disarmament Cutscene is Legitimately Achieved!
Metal Gear Solid V is around 5 years old now, but shortly after its launch, it was quickly discovered that the Konami had added a hidden cutscene that was only to be played when all online multiplayer users (depending on the console/version) had disarmed every one of their nuclear missiles.…
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RPCS3 Update Improves Lighting & Shading Effects!
It’s beginning to feel like RPCS3 has been around forever, but for those of you not aware of it, the program is one of the few to attempt to emulate PS3 games on the PC. Something that has proven more than a little tricky due to the rather unique manner…
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