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i turned 10 in 2013 and my parents gave me a ps3 super slim. a special edition one colored red. the ps4 came out 4 months later. even though everyone had just gotten the next gen i played it and made so many great memories. even now with a ps4, i still go back and dive into all of the classics.
I found one like in this video for 3 dollars at a thrift store and I like it quite a bit but I love the red one. I think those are a bit rare. Hold on to it.
exact same situation i got the god of war edition because all of my friends were talking about it and i wanted something besides nintendo for once. i spent 2014 and 2015 playing minecraft ps3 edition and destiny. great memories
When i worked at a gamestore, someone tried to trade in a busted super slim. It didn't work at all so the customer said to throw it out. I took it home, fixed it up, and now its my baby lol
@@jj70098 physically, the bottom of the plastic casing was melted. Idk how, maybe they put it on a stove. It wouldn't turn on at all. I did a deep cleaning and it worked great!
The AV port can actually output HD, just with a component cable instead of the composite that came with the console. I've been using it ever since the HDMI port died on my PS3.
Crazy thing is my PS3 slims ejection mechanism broke down like a couple months ago and been trying to fix it past week or so it is such a pain in the neck with all the gears and this and that I am highly thinking about getting one of those super slims
I was born in 2001 for reference. I remember when my dad bought the fat model on launch day, and my brother and I always wanted one of our own. The super slim was what we got for Christmas in 2012. Still have it today
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@@kimsoo16 I got ps3 super slim today and I was wondering what games would be the best, I remember in my childhood that their was infamous for the ps3 and it was so fun I'll reccomend that
As someone who had ps3 and ps3 super slim, I can say the super slim was the way to go. Not even kidding to this day I miss closing my ps3, especially the way the grooves feel sliding on your fingers. Gettin me all nostalgic :,)
The av port is really useful when you have an old audio receiver. Ps3 let you do video via hdmi and audio with the av cables. It was nice to pair it with loudspeakers
Interesting. That's a pretty niece use case although would make me super happy if I was limited in that sense. Fortunately now used 5.1 HDMI receivers are decently cheap.
I have the red PS3 super slim which came with a 500 GB HDD and the god of war games bundled for 199 from Futureshop back when they were still around. It was a great console.
Back in 2015 my parents bought me a SuperSlim for my birthday. I was really exited because up until that point I never had any system that could play modern games; all I had at the time was an old Pentium 4 PC and the only games I could play with it where from the 90s to early 00s, emulated, or indie. I was still happy with those game and I still play them to this day, but having a PS3 opened up a whole new world of posibilities for me. My first game for the system was Dark Souls 1, unlocked all the trophies from that one, I also played some retro compilations like the Sega Genesis compilation, the Monster World compilation, and the Metal Gear Collection, from which I only played the first two game for the MSX (someday I'll play the rest of the games, I swear). Oh yeah, I also played Persona 5, which introduced me to the series proper (before that I had already played the US version of the first game for the PS1... yeah, we don't talk about that one), and has since become one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. Even though in retrospective I didn't play that many games on the console since, well, the games where kinda expensive to me, I still made some great memories, and it's still the best birthday present I've ever received.
I currently have a CECHA-01 model, but my first ps3 was a super slim, and I must say, it’s a great system, but I can’t deny that the closure of the PS store does break my heart
I got a PS3 SS in 2016ish. I know its cheap and has flaws but I love it regardless. I always loved the top disk loaders over the slit loaders even if the latter was better.
@@SormonAusPol Well, the great things about top loaders is that the eject motor can never go out, because it doesn't have one. On my old fat model the motor died on it, but repaired it after I learned how to fix it.
I live in Indonesia and PS3 are still a popular console especially for the Slim and Super Slim model. In here sellers would recommend the Super Slim model because of its lower power consumption and compact size which mostly suited for Playstation Rentals. Also, Super Slim models are super reliable and durable, rentals can keep this turned on for 2 days straight.
@@TheCreepyCreeperGamer The canceling of PSN only affects the purchasing of digital games. You will no longer be able to buy digital games but will still have access to the game downloads you have purchased in the past. People will still have physical copies as well. You make it seem like the ps3 will be useless once the store closes and stops selling digital ps3 games.
I have the super slim in azurite blue, I love it. I got it around late 2018 after finding it for $140 at a local store. Never owned a ps3 up to that point, so it was a great buy for that price. I really starting picking the console up during the pandemic, and it helped me get through one of the hardest times in my life. It has become one of my favourite consoles ever.
Been using it since late 2017 and I was lucky to get some of the last few units available in brand new, works perfectly and got me through a lot of great exclusives.
Recently, I got a PS3 Super Slim for free, because my cousin doesn't need it anymore and he wanted to throw it away... It's a good system with a lot of very good games, I'm glad that I own it now. Peace!
I just bought one in perfect condition with one controller and i installed Hen And MultiMan and few games in it it works perfectly and doesn't make too much of noise. People say it looks cheap and it's cheapest ps3 version but still this is actually best version of ps3 if we talk about hardware not only look of this console.
@@VilifiedOne Well it is a lot easier and cheaper to fix than drives that get stuck with discs, that's why the super slim was released. Anyway I'm not buying any discs for PS4 or PS5 or later, digital is the best option.
My uncle gave my a ps3 super slim for my 14 birthday I am going to be 19 in July still have many memories of this console and still will continue to make more
with OG PS3 so incredibly big and heavy (i once buy it and carry it back home by bus) and own a slim too. i see PS3 super slim (light and much smaller) as an absolute win, hence i bought it just recently for less than $100
I have a 120gb slim Just picked up a 250gb blue super slim with the matching controller for 120 My old slim will be going in my living room for the kids I always wanted one of those colored super slims
I wouldn't go as far to saying the Super Slim was forgotten; if anything, it was and to this day still is, the most famous version of the PS3 in the country I'm living in, which is Turkey. Virtually every PlayStation café and my neighbours had a PS3 Super Slim in their places when I was growing up. The design of it is very impressive as well and the fact that the Super Slim very rarely gets the yellow / red light of death is just phenomenal.
The super slim has always intrigued me I wish I picked one up when they were 40$. These are also surprisingly more common to me since it released when people were buying a PS3 just for last of us and the exclusives around that time if I remember
I just got one of these yesterday. I had never had a PS3 (skipped that console generation altogether), and didn't have anything after my PS2 until I got the PS4, and now PS5. My friend has had a PS3 for years and he told me he was finally going to get rid of it and give it to Goodwill, so I said I'd take it off his hands since I know there are games that are still exclusive to the console I'd like to try. I didn't actually know which model he had until he mailed it to me and I got it yesterday. Found out it was the Super Slim with the 500 GB hard drive. I've already got a 1 TB SSD ready to throw in there, as well as already having bought a bunch of games and accessories in preparation for getting it. Even though he keeps his stuff spotless, I'll also go ahead and open it up in order to replace the CMOS battery, clean the inside of the system and put in new thermal paste, and of course upgrade the hard drive. I'm actually really looking forward to spending time with this as it'll be a whole new experience for me.
I've had trouble with the automatic disc slot on the fat PS3 and the fat PS4. The tray on my fat PS2 also weakened and got stuck late in its life. When my original PS3 bit the dust from YLOD I jumped at the super slim because there were no disc tray/slot that could break. Works great to this day.
The A/V option is actually extremely underrated, and the main reason I haven't upgraded to an 8th gen system! The PS3 has an option to output video through HDMI, but output the audio through the L/R audio cables, allowing us to hook up the system to speakers without an optical port! My space is quite small, so for my speaker I use a good old Bose Soundlink II situated right under my TV, and this offers vastly improved audio over TV speakers. I use my Wii U like this too! I'm so sad these ports are gone :{
Never agreed with the idea that this looks cheap, what is the difference between this and any other plastic box? I think in the right lighting it can look very classy. Mine still looks great and I play it all the time!
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the ps3 super slim was my first console ever and i still have it 8 years after i bought i love this console cus it is responsible for a whole lot of childhood memories.
It's almost 2025. And i am going to get this version soon. I don't know why, but i just want to have one for the sake of it. I have ps2, 4 & 5. Knowing i can play 2 games on it too is wicked.
What do you mean the only benefit to the PS3 superslim is that it's lighter and smaller? It's also the most quiet PS3. The only sound that comes out of it is the HDD and disc drive.
I almost a bought a super slim PS3 the other day but opted for the regular slim instead because I have to store my console vertically next to the shelf where my other consoles reside and a manual disc tray would be a total hassle to use.
My first PS3 was the super slim that came bundled with Uncharted 3. I don't remember much from that time, but what I do remember is that I played the hell out of that console. I beat Infamous 1, Uncharted 1, 2, 3, Killzone 2, 3, basically all the God of War games at the time, Resistance 1, 2, 3, and a crap ton of other games. I currently own a PS3 slim that I bought on ebay last year.
I have the super slim model. Got it on Black Friday 2012 with infamous 1 and 2 and uncharted 1 and 2 bundled. It was a good purchase and I still have it hooked up to my TV alongside my PS4 and Nintendo switch.
You know, I never realized that you could use the old AV cable from ps2 on the ps3. My ps3 even came with a old AV cable but i used hdmi instead. i was a bit confused but now i just feel stupid for not realizing it earlier.
Is it really forgotten ? I see a ton of people talk about it here on RUclips when talking about the PS3. They always talk about how satisfying the sliding door is
The Slim got a badrap in my country. The flimsy plastic disc opener had a habit of breaking or getting very loose. Now I've never met or saw it myself but it was a often metioned complain. Also it looks very very qwantity/mass production style. I personally love it. Yes it doesn't look attractive, but it makes it work so.
Ps3 came at an odd time for me. I've been a pretty dedicated gamer all my life, and have been pretty loyal about getting new ps consoles. But after PS2 I'd hit the biggest drought of getting a new console in my life. I played ps3 only as handful of times through the majority of it's tenure, so obviously I saw the other versions but the one I ended up getting was a super slim (very close to the end of Ps3's life span). I agree with your total assessment, but at that time I was just hungering to play a new (at the time) gen console. I still have it and it has downloaded on it a lot of my ps1 favorites, and I can still play ps1 one games like Vandal Hearts that never showed up on the ps store because of it's backwards compatibility. I have a ps5 but for all those reasons my ps3 is still not going anywhere
I own the console and bought it just before returning to China, because it is the most compact of the 3 and was quite cheap at the time. But I bought the ultra cheap version with 4 GB of hard rive so that wasn't very cool. Luckily was able to get a cheap 500 GB hard rive in China and like you mentioned because the hard rive is extremely easy to access was still able to save some money. I'm still using it to this day and have about 25 or so PS3 games still working on beating. PS3 slim lives on in 2021:)
I bought my PS3 Super Slim back in 2013 due to my original FAT version going dead with the yellow light. Man it's been almost 8 years and that little thing is still going strong to this day. I love it and still play it a lot, my only issue is that they removed remote play from it so you can't use a PSP or Vita with it, aside from that it's a fantastic console...great video btw thanks for the content.
There is a reason that the PS3 has av out, HDMI wasn’t very common in 2006 and a lot of people still had CRTs. They kept it on the newer models to keep compatibility with the older models. An added benefit of having that port is being able to play PS1 games and PS2 classic games(or PS2 discs of you have a BC model) on a CRT TV.
I assambeled my ps3 super slim with 2 broken ones, one is from a friend and the other was mine, but the rsx gpu stoped working. Now i have a modded ps3 with hen on it and i modified the case for cooling purpouses
Lol, this was the first console i ever bought with my own money, and i enjoyed the hell out of it (even though the ps4 literally launched a month later)
I never realised this was a thing until now, it's a bit like the weird wii without most of the functionality of a normal wii, that was basically just a box, with a disc drive. I'm curious if this still worked with the original gun con peripherals, if it's still using the original av port, i doubt it but that would be a bit of compatibility if it did work!
I like the Super Slim personally. I just think it gets over-shadowed by the PS3 Slim, which I think most people preferred. The sliding door was a lot of fun to handle back when I had one. Glad to see a video like this looking back one of my personal favourite console revisions
The Super Slim PS3 might not be as known as the original or the Slim models, but it's still an interesting part of Sony history... so today we get to take a look at it!
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Hello joshi
Epic console
Does your PS3 also stop supporting DAZN soon?
in what way is this "forgotten"...? there's one literally 2 metres away from me...
I have a super slim and still use it to this day!
i turned 10 in 2013 and my parents gave me a ps3 super slim. a special edition one colored red. the ps4 came out 4 months later. even though everyone had just gotten the next gen i played it and made so many great memories. even now with a ps4, i still go back and dive into all of the classics.
I found one like in this video for 3 dollars at a thrift store and I like it quite a bit but I love the red one. I think those are a bit rare. Hold on to it.
I have the same one
exact same situation i got the god of war edition because all of my friends were talking about it and i wanted something besides nintendo for once. i spent 2014 and 2015 playing minecraft ps3 edition and destiny. great memories
Lucky kid getting ps3 at 10
same story but with the ps1 to ps2 era
When i worked at a gamestore, someone tried to trade in a busted super slim. It didn't work at all so the customer said to throw it out. I took it home, fixed it up, and now its my baby lol
What ended up being wrong with it?
@@jj70098 physically, the bottom of the plastic casing was melted. Idk how, maybe they put it on a stove.
It wouldn't turn on at all. I did a deep cleaning and it worked great!
@@Maxmartin12355 well it's still a cool battle scar that makes it unique lol
@@evanortiz4879 it means that super slim is superior than its predecessor because of any heating issue...
@@YuaraMeyzing Right?! And everyone hates on the super slim, I love the damn thing
The AV port can actually output HD, just with a component cable instead of the composite that came with the console. I've been using it ever since the HDMI port died on my PS3.
I did the same but because my hdmi ports on tv had all gone out
Does it still look nice?
@@acronym.4328 yep it looks just fine.
I should give a try just for science, I have my PS2 hooked up with a component cable.
Probably interlaced not progressive( 1080i and 1080p) progressive being better
The disc tray also avoids that the ejection system breaks/gets stuck. It's not only cost effective but makes it have a smaller parts count.
Crazy thing is my PS3 slims ejection mechanism broke down like a couple months ago and been trying to fix it past week or so it is such a pain in the neck with all the gears and this and that I am highly thinking about getting one of those super slims
@@jubei961my PS3 slim wont read disc soo I bought a Phat model PS3
I was born in 2001 for reference. I remember when my dad bought the fat model on launch day, and my brother and I always wanted one of our own. The super slim was what we got for Christmas in 2012. Still have it today
Ps3 consoles are pretty durable
My super slim died 😭
@@jonathanisyeah damn bad luck my friend . mine still going strong
@@bluecollarwarrior2184 Yellow light of death on fat and some slim models: *nervous sweating*
Was so very sad that I lost wireless capability on my super slim!
"The forgotten ps3 super slim."
*looks at my ps3 super slim*
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This was my first ps3 and i still play it to this day.
What's your Favorite games?
@@sizzle2723 tbh i don't have any but the game i play the most is cod bo2
@@kimsoo16 I got ps3 super slim today and I was wondering what games would be the best, I remember in my childhood that their was infamous for the ps3 and it was so fun I'll reccomend that
@@sizzle2723 yeah i have both of the infamous games they are great you can also hack your ps3 slim with hen if you are in to that.
@@kimsoo16 hen is not my thing
Unfortunately
As someone who had ps3 and ps3 super slim, I can say the super slim was the way to go. Not even kidding to this day I miss closing my ps3, especially the way the grooves feel sliding on your fingers. Gettin me all nostalgic :,)
i still have my original ps3 and ps3 super slim
nostalgic.. bro it's been like 8 years max hahaha
@@MrFreddy123 Did you even watch the vid he explains it came out in 2012 and going on nearly a decade now.
I have the ps3 fat, slim and super slim and i love the fat one haha
No the Phat and slim are the best model
I use mine every day. Still works as the first day i bought it.
I remember getting my PS3 Super Slim for $120 at Walmart around 2015. I got a lot of use out of it and still love it.
The av port is really useful when you have an old audio receiver. Ps3 let you do video via hdmi and audio with the av cables. It was nice to pair it with loudspeakers
Interesting.
That's a pretty niece use case although would make me super happy if I was limited in that sense.
Fortunately now used 5.1 HDMI receivers are decently cheap.
I have the red PS3 super slim which came with a 500 GB HDD and the god of war games bundled for 199 from Futureshop back when they were still around. It was a great console.
I have the same exact one!
Back in 2015 my parents bought me a SuperSlim for my birthday. I was really exited because up until that point I never had any system that could play modern games; all I had at the time was an old Pentium 4 PC and the only games I could play with it where from the 90s to early 00s, emulated, or indie. I was still happy with those game and I still play them to this day, but having a PS3 opened up a whole new world of posibilities for me. My first game for the system was Dark Souls 1, unlocked all the trophies from that one, I also played some retro compilations like the Sega Genesis compilation, the Monster World compilation, and the Metal Gear Collection, from which I only played the first two game for the MSX (someday I'll play the rest of the games, I swear). Oh yeah, I also played Persona 5, which introduced me to the series proper (before that I had already played the US version of the first game for the PS1... yeah, we don't talk about that one), and has since become one of my favorite JRPGs of all time.
Even though in retrospective I didn't play that many games on the console since, well, the games where kinda expensive to me, I still made some great memories, and it's still the best birthday present I've ever received.
I currently have a CECHA-01 model, but my first ps3 was a super slim, and I must say, it’s a great system, but I can’t deny that the closure of the PS store does break my heart
Good news the store no longer closing 😃
I use my super slim everyday :))
Awesome that it's still working for you : )
I got a PS3 SS in 2016ish. I know its cheap and has flaws but I love it regardless. I always loved the top disk loaders over the slit loaders even if the latter was better.
I used to use it daily until my controller broke
@@SormonAusPol Well, the great things about top loaders is that the eject motor can never go out, because it doesn't have one. On my old fat model the motor died on it, but repaired it after I learned how to fix it.
Same lol
Oh, and the worse thing about the slim, when you sink into your sofa grab your controller and remember you didn't close the cover!
Lol lol lol 4sho
I live in Indonesia and PS3 are still a popular console especially for the Slim and Super Slim model. In here sellers would recommend the Super Slim model because of its lower power consumption and compact size which mostly suited for Playstation Rentals. Also, Super Slim models are super reliable and durable, rentals can keep this turned on for 2 days straight.
I actually just bought one last week and I love it so far
Play it a lot before June!
Same
@@TheCreepyCreeperGamer why?
@@davidreynoso2184 idk. Sony is canceling the psn in June tho. Also on the vita
@@TheCreepyCreeperGamer The canceling of PSN only affects the purchasing of digital games. You will no longer be able to buy digital games but will still have access to the game downloads you have purchased in the past. People will still have physical copies as well. You make it seem like the ps3 will be useless once the store closes and stops selling digital ps3 games.
I have the super slim in azurite blue, I love it. I got it around late 2018 after finding it for $140 at a local store. Never owned a ps3 up to that point, so it was a great buy for that price. I really starting picking the console up during the pandemic, and it helped me get through one of the hardest times in my life. It has become one of my favourite consoles ever.
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As someone who had an original model ps3 break with a game inside it, I was really happy the super slim had the sliding cover disc tray.
Finally someone who doesn't defend PS3 Fat by degrading PS3 Super Slim.
Even tho the super slim PS3 looked ugly but still it had a nice sliding tray door
Been using the Super Slim since 2018 when my 60GB launch unit died.
Been using it since late 2017 and I was lucky to get some of the last few units available in brand new, works perfectly and got me through a lot of great exclusives.
Recently, I got a PS3 Super Slim for free, because my cousin doesn't need it anymore and he wanted to throw it away... It's a good system with a lot of very good games, I'm glad that I own it now. Peace!
I still have my ps3 😁
Edit: The slim one, ps4 was expensive back then
Still is I've just purchased one about 2 weeks ago..cost me around 400 bucks plus tax
I have the slim model too
Not only do I still have my ps3 super slim but it’s still being used on a regular basis.
I just bought one in perfect condition with one controller and i installed Hen And MultiMan and few games in it it works perfectly and doesn't make too much of noise. People say it looks cheap and it's cheapest ps3 version but still this is actually best version of ps3 if we talk about hardware not only look of this console.
It is not pointless, the super slim solves the problem of stuck discs into many PS3s
@@VilifiedOne Well it is a lot easier and cheaper to fix than drives that get stuck with discs, that's why the super slim was released. Anyway I'm not buying any discs for PS4 or PS5 or later, digital is the best option.
4:15 you can actually go HD with component cables.
Yeah
I remember one of my friends had one, always thought they were pretty cool, with the sliding door on the top
My uncle gave my a ps3 super slim for my 14 birthday I am going to be 19 in July still have many memories of this console and still will continue to make more
It's not forgotten to me it's literally the one I bought last month
I just bought one last week. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow. It will be my first ever console.
@@roddas26 enjoy it bro
@@roddas26 have fun bro
@@roddas26 so how's it going with the ps3
I just got a PS3 super slim yesterday with 11 games and 4 controllers for $160
I wouldn't say it's forgotten.. this model is even more popular than slim in some countries
Wow i would've never figured
Most of the ps3 sold in Ecuador are the super slim model
with OG PS3 so incredibly big and heavy (i once buy it and carry it back home by bus) and own a slim too. i see PS3 super slim (light and much smaller) as an absolute win, hence i bought it just recently for less than $100
I have one and it still works perfectly
I have a 120gb slim
Just picked up a 250gb blue super slim with the matching controller for 120
My old slim will be going in my living room for the kids
I always wanted one of those colored super slims
I wouldn't go as far to saying the Super Slim was forgotten; if anything, it was and to this day still is, the most famous version of the PS3 in the country I'm living in, which is Turkey. Virtually every PlayStation café and my neighbours had a PS3 Super Slim in their places when I was growing up. The design of it is very impressive as well and the fact that the Super Slim very rarely gets the yellow / red light of death is just phenomenal.
Still have mine hocked up to my home theatre great little machine
The super slim is way cheaper than the slim in 2021 so I picked this one up to play the games I missed along the way :) great video!
The super slim has always intrigued me I wish I picked one up when they were 40$. These are also surprisingly more common to me since it released when people were buying a PS3 just for last of us and the exclusives around that time if I remember
I just got one of these yesterday. I had never had a PS3 (skipped that console generation altogether), and didn't have anything after my PS2 until I got the PS4, and now PS5. My friend has had a PS3 for years and he told me he was finally going to get rid of it and give it to Goodwill, so I said I'd take it off his hands since I know there are games that are still exclusive to the console I'd like to try. I didn't actually know which model he had until he mailed it to me and I got it yesterday. Found out it was the Super Slim with the 500 GB hard drive. I've already got a 1 TB SSD ready to throw in there, as well as already having bought a bunch of games and accessories in preparation for getting it. Even though he keeps his stuff spotless, I'll also go ahead and open it up in order to replace the CMOS battery, clean the inside of the system and put in new thermal paste, and of course upgrade the hard drive. I'm actually really looking forward to spending time with this as it'll be a whole new experience for me.
The PS3/XB360 era is still my favorite gaming era ever! I think even better than the 16-Bit era. At least for me personally.
Me too
Me too
I've had trouble with the automatic disc slot on the fat PS3 and the fat PS4. The tray on my fat PS2 also weakened and got stuck late in its life. When my original PS3 bit the dust from YLOD I jumped at the super slim because there were no disc tray/slot that could break. Works great to this day.
The A/V option is actually extremely underrated, and the main reason I haven't upgraded to an 8th gen system! The PS3 has an option to output video through HDMI, but output the audio through the L/R audio cables, allowing us to hook up the system to speakers without an optical port! My space is quite small, so for my speaker I use a good old Bose Soundlink II situated right under my TV, and this offers vastly improved audio over TV speakers. I use my Wii U like this too! I'm so sad these ports are gone :{
Never agreed with the idea that this looks cheap, what is the difference between this and any other plastic box? I think in the right lighting it can look very classy. Mine still looks great and I play it all the time!
Damn it's been a long time flies by... This is my first console❤️❤️
Mine was the fat PS2. Damn, I'm ancient
@@aiodensghost8645 mine was the og nes
Mine was the ps1
@@aegisreflector1239 NES was the first console I played, but it was my brother's system. My first console was the SNES.
PsOne here
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Ad Sense breaks mid-sentence pisses me off
@@aiodensghost8645 bro YES! That’s the most annoying thing ever
the ps3 super slim was my first console ever and i still have it 8 years after i bought i love this console cus it is responsible for a whole lot of childhood memories.
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^ Love using this PS3 to this day👏🏼
dude i swear nobody knows what i talk about when i talk about the super slim 😭😭😭
Wow
Let them losers
Don't worry, I do because I have it too. I am just happy that I finally have a PS3. :)
It's almost 2025. And i am going to get this version soon. I don't know why, but i just want to have one for the sake of it. I have ps2, 4 & 5. Knowing i can play 2 games on it too is wicked.
That is a composite cable. Component uses 3 cables for video + 2 for stereo audio :)
It was being sold branches for £ 100 in the UK. I snapped one up. It's a purchase I have never regretted and it still works today.
I have the Super Slim. It's my only working PS3. I just put the HEN hack on it and I'm having a lot of fun.
What do you mean the only benefit to the PS3 superslim is that it's lighter and smaller? It's also the most quiet PS3. The only sound that comes out of it is the HDD and disc drive.
I really enjoyed this console. My grandparents got me the 12GB version which I upgraded with a 320 GB hard drive.
Is it still working? Did you Jailbreak it?
My slide cover latch broke to where I needed to use tape to keep it closed...
I actually still have mine and I still currently use it along with my PS4 Pro and now the new PS5 that I just bought 😁👍
you're lucky to find a ps5 :( where did you get it
@@DavidNikkiZane GameStop I got lucky
I almost a bought a super slim PS3 the other day but opted for the regular slim instead because I have to store my console vertically next to the shelf where my other consoles reside and a manual disc tray would be a total hassle to use.
I actually still have the PS3 super slim right now, purchased Minecraft on it and it still works really well!
same
@@marioandluigi2000XD nice
Yoooooo Minecraft? Wanna vibe later?
Minecraft on PS3 is unfortunately not the greatest port, the 360 version runs much better. It’s still Minecraft though.
@@EvilTurkeySlices i also have a 360
My first PS3 was the super slim that came bundled with Uncharted 3. I don't remember much from that time, but what I do remember is that I played the hell out of that console. I beat Infamous 1, Uncharted 1, 2, 3, Killzone 2, 3, basically all the God of War games at the time, Resistance 1, 2, 3, and a crap ton of other games. I currently own a PS3 slim that I bought on ebay last year.
Finally. Someone appreciates my PS3 model
The Phat model PS3 is the best tho but I personally think the super slim PS3 looks ugly but it’s a great system despite the looks
I have the super slim model. Got it on Black Friday 2012 with infamous 1 and 2 and uncharted 1 and 2 bundled. It was a good purchase and I still have it hooked up to my TV alongside my PS4 and Nintendo switch.
Omg same even down to switch and ps4.
I have this one, and I enjoyed it. I always thought the new disc tray mechanism was cool and satisfying to open
3:46 it also supports the component cables for ps2 👀
Wow there was a button to open it, I slided it every time manually ^^
Lol me too
Will it break the slide?
I love that the thumbnail video when you hover over the video is about the hair treatment haha
I have this ps3 model and I still use mine. So it's not forgotten for me 😅
I have 2 PS3 slim models.. Perfect condition. Both are CECH-4204A 12GB models. 🙂
You know, I never realized that you could use the old AV cable from ps2 on the ps3. My ps3 even came with a old AV cable but i used hdmi instead. i was a bit confused but now i just feel stupid for not realizing it earlier.
Yea I totally forgot about the thing sitting next to my TV and PS5
Is it really forgotten ? I see a ton of people talk about it here on RUclips when talking about the PS3. They always talk about how satisfying the sliding door is
The Slim got a badrap in my country. The flimsy plastic disc opener had a habit of breaking or getting very loose. Now I've never met or saw it myself but it was a often metioned complain. Also it looks very very qwantity/mass production style. I personally love it. Yes it doesn't look attractive, but it makes it work so.
@@ifabianxd1338 I have a super slim myself but I mainly use the slim. I really like my super slim though I think it’s a nice little console
I have the PS3 Slim. I saw the super slim in Walmart many years ago. I took a picture of it. Never seen one since or in person.
Ps3 came at an odd time for me. I've been a pretty dedicated gamer all my life, and have been pretty loyal about getting new ps consoles. But after PS2 I'd hit the biggest drought of getting a new console in my life. I played ps3 only as handful of times through the majority of it's tenure, so obviously I saw the other versions but the one I ended up getting was a super slim (very close to the end of Ps3's life span). I agree with your total assessment, but at that time I was just hungering to play a new (at the time) gen console. I still have it and it has downloaded on it a lot of my ps1 favorites, and I can still play ps1 one games like Vandal Hearts that never showed up on the ps store because of it's backwards compatibility. I have a ps5 but for all those reasons my ps3 is still not going anywhere
PS3 component out is fantastic on a PVM. There is a bit less input delay and you have more control over hue, saturation, contrast etc.
Great video, I do like the Ps3 Super Slim design, to me it looks like a Mini Original Ps3 :)
people say the ps3 super slim slide door is cheap, like bro thats not how you put the discs in
The superslim disc tray will be great in 20 years when the moving trays break down
I own the console and bought it just before returning to China, because it is the most compact of the 3 and was quite cheap at the time. But I bought the ultra cheap version with 4 GB of hard rive so that wasn't very cool. Luckily was able to get a cheap 500 GB hard rive in China and like you mentioned because the hard rive is extremely easy to access was still able to save some money. I'm still using it to this day and have about 25 or so PS3 games still working on beating. PS3 slim lives on in 2021:)
I can't afford a ps4 or ps5 so I'm stuck with this ps3 slim
I bought my PS3 Super Slim back in 2013 due to my original FAT version going dead with the yellow light. Man it's been almost 8 years and that little thing is still going strong to this day. I love it and still play it a lot, my only issue is that they removed remote play from it so you can't use a PSP or Vita with it, aside from that it's a fantastic console...great video btw thanks for the content.
The Super Slim didn’t have remote play?
Mine has remote play
I have one of these, and Im planing on changing out the hard drive
Awesome! You putting in an SSD? I know they get bottlenecked but I'd imagine they're still a good bit better than the old HDDs
I know of someone who put an 2tb in one.thinking off getting mine done.
This is my main console to this day. I love this thing. The super slim is a system i love.
There is a reason that the PS3 has av out, HDMI wasn’t very common in 2006 and a lot of people still had CRTs. They kept it on the newer models to keep compatibility with the older models. An added benefit of having that port is being able to play PS1 games and PS2 classic games(or PS2 discs of you have a BC model) on a CRT TV.
I assambeled my ps3 super slim with 2 broken ones, one is from a friend and the other was mine, but the rsx gpu stoped working.
Now i have a modded ps3 with hen on it and i modified the case for cooling purpouses
By the way you probably already know this, but the yellow cable is composite and not component.
I still use the composite cables for my PS3, since I still have a box tv. 😢
Bruh u can do 640x480 at 154 hz im jealous.
I think I have an old flat screen in my garage. Im in Minnesota so I think it will take a while for it to get there
@@ScriptCatz I found the box tv for free on Facebook marketplace a couple years back, it's pretty heavy but it's worth it for the retro games.
The main good thing on Super slims is that they also came with 25nm silicon = more efficient, less heat, more reliable
Yo he got hacked
My stepbrother has this model as I have the original PAL 80GB (though I put a leftover 256GB SSD to it). PS3 is still a great console.
I watched this on my ps3 super slim
I forgot it had an eject button, I always just slide it open.
Lol, this was the first console i ever bought with my own money, and i enjoyed the hell out of it (even though the ps4 literally launched a month later)
Still got mine. It is still a great Blu-ray player.
I never realised this was a thing until now, it's a bit like the weird wii without most of the functionality of a normal wii, that was basically just a box, with a disc drive. I'm curious if this still worked with the original gun con peripherals, if it's still using the original av port, i doubt it but that would be a bit of compatibility if it did work!
on crt yea
I like the Super Slim personally. I just think it gets over-shadowed by the PS3 Slim, which I think most people preferred. The sliding door was a lot of fun to handle back when I had one. Glad to see a video like this looking back one of my personal favourite console revisions
I want one 1 day🔥. I have my FAT since 2008 and someday I buy a Super Slim.
It will just continue getting more expensive
@@markusmitchell8585 I don't care
I remember buying it for about $80 (12Gb modell) and just installed an old laptop HDD. And basically only to play GTA5