My 9 year old PS3 finally got on of these. What do?
>>333400762
Get rid of it and join the master pc race
Look up a guide and fix it. Copy your data too.Then repeat the process when it inevitably dies again in a few months.
Got what? A game?
>>333400875
pretty much this.
>tfw my Fat's 9yo already, and still works
I fear for the day I must bid it farewell, eventhough I do have a 120gb Slim as well.
>>333400762
Get JB ps3.
>>333400959
of course not, don't be stupid
>tfw my phat 60 gig launch PS3 still works flawlessly
i'm sorry op :c
>>333400762
Sorry OP that fucking sucks, Lost mine a few years back with a bunch of games that i had 100%'d and all my ps2 saves. I ended up just buying a new one because it wouldn't let me put my old HDD in. I had tried to fix it myself by re flowing, but it literally only lasted 3 days, which was long enough to get budokai 3 out. If you want it fixed you need a ReBall which will make a new solder. Hopefully a lead based on that will last, but that costs upwards of 100 Ameribucks. Sadly I don't know how long those will last either.
>>333400959
>dank ten year old memes
PS3 has one of the best libraries of any console ever
>>333401240
What? No it doesn't. It has an incredibly mediocre library - with most of its games getting ported to other consoles.
>>333400875
>>333401218
Sheit, shooting a blow dryer into it seems so much easier than fucking with the hardware directly. Will that method at least give me time to get my copy of Dark Souls out of it, or will i need to resort to soldering?
>>333401240
Alexandria had an amazing library as well according to historians, yet no one alive has ever seen it.
>>333401431
>>333401218 here, if you re flow it'll last anywhere from a week to a month, It will be enough time to get your disc out but I wouldn't put anything back into it. If you want it in working order a reball or a new system is what you need.
>>333400762
Trash it and get a slim (not the superslim)
>>333400762
I have a launch backwards compatible PS3 fat. I've been hearing for years that they don't last that long, but mine's perfectly fine. I clean it (and all my other systems) with a swiffer and compressed air once a month.
Is the YLOD something that will inevitably happen to my PS3 even if I treat it like a baby? I play my PS3 the most out of all my systems.
>>333401549
I have an old ps3 phat, and ive been thinking about getting a super slim because I have lots of the remastered games. Is there anything wrong with it? i just want something cheaper that'll play ps triple
Open it up and redo the heat sink and clean the huge fan, it's pretty easy.
>>333401420
if you take PS3 fat alone, you got access to the entire Sony's library at once. The fact that you can play the entire MGS series on a single console makes it damn impressive platform already, and then there's gazillion JRPGs, including all the original Souls games.
Not to mention some games being / becoming multiplat titles does not degrade the library in any way.
>>333401632
I believe its just after it gets hot and cold that eventually breaks the shitty non lead solder. Which is why people who reball do them with lead. I know a big part of it is that if you turn off the system right after you play it goes from being under a load and getting hot to cooling down to ambient temps, which apparently is super super bad.
Most places I have heard say leave it on the main menu screen thing after you play for a few minutes. Think cold drink and hot glass that came out of the dish washer kind of thing.
>>333401420
I'm still waiting for Demon's Souls, Yakuza 3-5 and MGS4 to be ported on PC.
>>333401632
I've been treating mine like shit since launch and it's worked absolutely fine up until now, so I guess if you take proper care it might outlive you
>>333401760
Alright, but how long will it last after that?
>>333401672
>super slim
DON'T. Those are easily THE worst versions of PS triple; built like toys, least ports and everything, can't be CFW'd ...
if you want a good PS3, look up a good, used bundle of the regular Slim.
>>333401851
Ah, I've heard that it has a lot to do with turning the system completely off over and over; as in flipping the power button in the back of the console off.
Personally, I've maybe turned the console off that way 6 or 7 times in the 9 years I've owned it. I usually just hold the PS home button and turn the system off that way.
>>333401891
I'm hoping I can get it to keep working. Being able to play my old PSone and PS2 games all on one system is why I've never removed it from my entertainment setup.
>>333401420
Just off the top of my head
>ps1 and ps2 classics
>ps2 hd remasters like ICO&SoCT, ZoE, R&C, MGS
>R&C Future games
>Ni No Kuni
>Demon's Souls
>3D Dot Game Heroes
>MGS 4
>Folklore
>Yakuza
>Infamous
>Journey
>Gran Turismo
>Motorstorm
>Wipeout HD
>console exclusives like Catherine, Vanquish, RDR
>>333401997
I just wanna buy something that'll last like most of my other consoles have
>>333402146
I think it's less the method of doing so and more of the CPU being under load and getting hot while you play a game and then the entire console cooling down to room temperature. I also close with the ps button but mine still broke after babying it lol.
>>333402239
Vanquish wasn't a console exclusive, but that's a nice list anyway.
>>333402239
Except for the last part, this is pretty good list
>>333402239
yawn
>>333402307
>I also close with the ps button but mine still broke after babying it lol.
Well sorry to hear that happened to you anon. Bad news for me too since it looks like our PS3's are pretty much in the same conditions.
I've also heard leaving discs in the system is bad. Any truth to that? I always leave my discs in the system and haven't noticed any ill effects.
>>333402345
Yeah it was mate. Wish there was a PC port though
>>333402307
>I just wanna buy something that'll last like most of my other consoles have
then get the Slim.
>>333400871
>master pc race
>master pc
I will not give in to the matrix.
>>333402515
Kinda isn't. I know because I was playing Vanquish on my 360 literally 2 nights ago.
You can try to fix it, but eventually it'll come back. And that's it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ0B65aKItM
>>333402452
I leave dissc in there all the fucking time, I'm pretty sure one of the Kingdom Hearts colletions is in there actually. I don't see why it would harm it honestly. And yeah it blows, next time I have one that breaks ill get a reball instead of buying a shitty ifixit kit. I would recommend you do the same. Luckily a homie of mine who only plays xbox had a ps3 laying around with the last of us and borderlands and sold me the console and everything with games and controllers for 45 bucks. Needless to say I lucked out.
>I got one from the second hand market. It only worked for like 5 minutes, then shut down and gave me the yellow fucking light of death.
>Sent it to get it reballed. The coulnd't fix it.
>TFW reballing is not the panacea for Phat PS3.
Luckily I have another 60GB one, with an EZChill fan mod kit installed, and refurbished.
It's working flawlessly so far. It only crashed once when switching from the web browser to the Youtube app. The thing is noise as hell but it doesn't heat up.
Get a PS4Just kidding. Get it repaired or buy another PS3
Well looks like if I want to get any more lasting use I'll just have to get a new system.
Shame the PS4 doesn't have backwards compatibility. Maybe then I'd have a reason to get one.
>>333402431
Yeah cus I am sure your list of games would be much better for the PC/360 during that gen.
>>333402595
>console exclusive
>>333402676
Good to hear. Last of Us is a really awesome game. Been playing Borderlands 2 on my Vita and feel like I'm forcing myself to try and enjoy it. Maybe it's better on consoles.
Guess I'll just keep monitoring my PS3...
>>333401791
You are pathetic, you're just praising the ps2's library. All that matters with the PS3's library are the games that can either only be played on it or are best played on it which is a grand total of like a dozen games. MGS4, DeS, Super Stardust HD, Folklore, Cold Steel, and R&C Stitch in Time are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. It had an extremely mediocre library.
>>333402741
Fuck. I'm retarded.
I took that as you meaning it was exclusive to the PS3 console. I was about to call you out on Catherine too, since I have that on 360 as well until I realized what you meant. Sorry bout that anon...
>>333402595
Catherine is on 360, so is RDR. He is saying that those games are exclusive to consoles and not on PC.
>>333402838
I've played it on my PC and my 360. The graphics and frame rate are definitely nicer when you're on a pc. I don't own a Vita but BL2 on the go sounds fucking rad. You may enjoy it more with a friend or two.
>>333402691
And I've seen worse. Some had the CELL and RSX chip bloated, burn and leaking a strange brown shit-like goo that smells like depilatory wax.
>>333402838
>borderlands 2
>forcing myself to try and enjoy it
Why? It is a bad game, just let it be what it is.
>>333402239
>Literally other systems' games
>On other systems
>Shit
>Good
>Good
>Shit
>Good
>Good series; probably going to be ported
>Lol
>Lol
>Good
>Good
>Also on 360
>Also on 360
>Better on 360
Great library, Famicom. About on par with the OG Xbox.
>>333402964
>I don't own a Vita but BL2 on the go sounds fucking rad. You may enjoy it more with a friend or two.
Y-yea. I'll have to try that anon...
>tfw I have no friends who are into video games anymore because they all think they're too mature for the hobby
>>333402972
When I opened up my phat triple, the thermal paste was literally crumbs. This was a little after 2 years. If they hadn't cheaped out, it might have kept pushing. Shaking my head, Sony.
>>333402239
Infamous is awful, No No Kuni is mediocre, 3d dot game heroes was a dull Zelda clone, and MGS4 is by far the worst in the series
>>333402869
Dude, most good games last gen were multiplats, so it doesn't matter which console you pick, unless you prefer one side
>Halo vs Killzone
>Gears vs Uncharted
>Forza vs GranAutismo
>Bayonetta vs Demon's Soulinb4 Bayonetta is playable on the PS3
>>333403095
Skipped the R&C Future games. They're good. Number three is me calling Ni No Kuni shit.
>>333403095
>R&C
>Shit
Stopped reading there kid.
>>333402869
I take it you took PS2 as a mediocre mess as well, since it could play PS1 games too?
Up until PS3 Fat, each new Playstation was a complete replacement for the previous one, plus a cheap way of playing the new video formats, and thus a superb purchase.
>>333403095
>About on par with the OG Xbox.
So, also really good?
>>333402964
BL2 on vita sucked ass
>>333403102
I have some friends that are like that, just try to branch out and hang out with people of similar hobbies. There are definitely friends that I can play games with for hours, and some that wanna do nothing but take bong rips and watch bad anime and a smoke filled basement. You just gotta look for what you want.Get some friends who like arcade fighters because they're pretty neat
>>333403298
Read the post above yours.
>>333400762
Same thing happened to me right after my 7th 360 RRoD'd. Do what I did. Build a pc. Never look back.
>>333403445
Just out of curiosity as someone who hasn't played it, What is wrong with it?
>>333403437
Lel. Incredibly underwhelming, more like.
>>333403298
ToD was pretty mediocre. I stopped playing there, tho I'm getting that itch. I always forget which is supposed to be the good Future title.
>>333403256
>it doesn't matter which console you pick
Except they almost all run worse on the ps3 so if you have a 360 and a ps3, the ps3's library is pathetic.
>>333400871
I already finished playing undertale.
>>333403445
They just released another patch yesterday which is supposed to have helped the frame rate more, but I didn't get around to installing it.
The only real problem with the game is the shitty frame rate and lag between menus. Nothing about the game is fluid at all. I really wish the devs would have cut a little bit of content instead of jamming EVERY fucking thing in there. At least then the frame rate wouldn't be horrendous.
>>333403095
Nice shit taste.
Vanquish is better on the PS3 by the way, Catherine they're on par. And since when are Wipeout and Motorstorm of the 360? The only reason I'd consider getting a 360 is Ninja Gaiden Black, the exclusives it has are mostly garbage.
>>333403708
The other half of this reply was meant for >>333403561
>>333400762
replace thermal pads with thermal paste, clean heatsinks, clean out dust in the PS3 and restore it.
Mod it and play some MGO2 revival
My fat PS3 is the only way I can play Tales of Vesperia PS3 in English. I don't want it to die!
>>333400762
I'm sorry to hear that your Playstation™3 Console has failed! Have you thought about upgrading to the Playstation™4 Console?
>>333403375
No, cause the ps2 had a fuckhuge library of great games and didn't rely on the ps1's library to shore up the numbers. The PS3 leans on the ps2 and 1 libraries because it's own library is a complete disappointment. Not to mention that the ps3 was obviously not a ps2 replacement since they killed the backwards compatibility about a year in and then didn't start carrying ps2 ports on the psn until years later.
The ps3 should be judged on its own paltry merits, not those of its predecessors.
>>333403561
Framerate is actually so bad it makes it unplayable. Just look up some jewtubes.
>>333403896
How easy is this?
>>333403254
>MGS4 is by far the worst in the series
That's not V or PW.
>3d dot game heroes was a dull Zelda clone
Oh so you're just shitposting.
>>333404039
>>333403862
>>333403708
Fuck that kinda bums me out. If it was more fluid it would probably be amazing. It would be even worse coming from pc because I'm spoiled by 100+ fps
>>333404068
watch some videos and if you know how to fix a PC and put one together, thisll be tedious but simple
>>333404068
you only need the 1$ custom screwdriver to open it up, and then unscrew the heatsinks and shit.
I opened up my Fat last year for the first time, just to check out if it had eaten tons of dust. It was surprisingly clean for having sat on my floor for a decade
>>333404145
>Calls Peacewalker one of the worst MG games in the series
>Says the other guy is shitposting
>>333404031
I fucking would if Sony would stop being jews and allow for backwards compatibility on them
>>333400762
Retire it and wait for PS3 emulation.
>>333404207
Yea, if you're coming from the PC version, don't even bother with the Vita one. It'll literally give you a headache.
>>333404419
>Peacewalker
>good
Nice meme. Fucking Portable Ops is a better MGS game
>>333404145
PW didn't stop gameplay every five minutes for an awful cut scene. V may have had a garbage story but at least it had gameplay to make up for it. MGS4 has good gameplay only through about half the game and the story is the worst in the series. It is by far the worst thing the series has produced and you contrarian morons who act like V is terrible because it's an unfinished mess have completely worthless opinions. Unfinished and disappointing are not the same thing as bad.
>>333404367
>>333404374
I have the set to take it apart from where my other one died, the only recollection of that Is when I took it apart completely with a friend years back. PC experience will probably help like you said.
>>333404636
V's gameplay didn't lend itself to the open nature, and it removed shit that was 4, plus the story is garbage and fucking incomplete. Base management is just a chore, same as PW. PW had garbage gameplay compared to 4 and had the obvious limitations of being a portable game, most of the missions are copy pasted shit.
Being over indulgent in the cutscenes for a game that's meant to have closure isn't the same thing as bad for me.
>>333404632
I actually agree with that, I quite enjoyed portable ops, much more than Peace Walker, PO had way better level design and bosses. But MGS4 is trash that contrarians are trying to prop up at the moment because they find it so funny to have every series fall prey to the Zelda cycle.
>>333405028
I'd say that V had much better gameplay than 4, but 4 barely had any gameplay to begin with.
>>333405035
MGS 4 is a praised game with a very small minority that claims it's bad because muh cutscenes. Who's the contrarian here?
>>333405028
How did it not lend itself to the open nature? The whole point of the open world is to let you approach objectives the way you want to, in the final game you can do that so the open approach accomplished it's goal. I know it's popular to shitposting about empty open worlds at the moment but no one wanted mgs to have a gtav world, the open world was always just a way of achieving more free form level design which I thought was a huge success. I'd call it one of the best stealth games since thief.
Story was shit, but somehow STILL not as bad as MGS4, that's how bad MGS4 is.
>base managent was a chore
It's a chore to push one button to auto sort your troops and then ignore it?
PW's gameplay wasn't as good as 4 at its best but it was infinitely better than 4 at its worst and 4 spends half the game at its worst.
>>333405323
People don't think 4 is bad, just that it's not the best in the series and certainly not better than V, 2 or 3.
>>333405523
But 4 is a better MGS game than V.
>>333405323
No, MGS4 has always been regarded as one of the worst in the series. The only people who ever said otherwise were PS3 buyers desperately trying to justify their purchase. It has some excellent ideas and mechanics that it does absolutely nothing with and never expands on.
>>333405262
>I'd say that V had much better gameplay than 4
I gotta disagree. The open world really fucks up the whole challenge and design of the game, and it gets super repetitive and plain empty towards the end. The regenerating HP does not help it.
>but 4 barely had any gameplay to begin with.
I wish you people would update your meme library at least once in a decade. MGS4 has exact same gameplay:cutscene ratio as MGS2, which some fags worship like the second coming of Christ. There's also tons of depth in the gameplay, some which you only realize or find if you actually start experimenting and/or discipline yourself from just going Rambo on everything.
>>333405476
>Story was shit, but somehow STILL not as bad as MGS4, that's how bad MGS4 is.
Opinion discarded. Can't believe how shit taste some people can have / how much people can parrot some e-celebs.
>>333405589
Nah, 4 is worse in every way.
>>333405676
>MGS4 has exact same gameplay:cutscene ratio as MGS2, which some fags worship like the second coming of Christ
But unlike MGS2, the story is awful.
>>333405262
How does it have better gameplay when it removed features instead of trying to improve them? The automatic cover system for example is garbage.
>>333405476
It's too repetitive. The bases are basically copypasted in a empty world, there's nothing amazing about the design. If it had a bunch of individually designed missions like GZ it would be a much better game.
>I'd call it one of the best stealth games since thief.
Thief had god tier level design and several unique levels, which V doesn't.
>>333405848
I disagree.
>>333403581
Well OG Xbox has JSRF and PDO among other good games so your argument is just as invalid as your opinion
>>333405676
I literally replayed the entire series before mgsv came out. MGS4 sticks out like a sore thumb in the series. It's a complete shitshow in terms of plot, one or two effective scenes over the course of a 20 hour game is not enough to make it a remotely acceptable story. Not to mention that one of the few good scenes Raiden's "death" is immediately rendered completely pointless since he fucking survives.
Buy a PC
>>333405676
The open world adds to the game because it gives you options on how to approach missions. You can make the game more or less challenging by changing your loadout. It's only really repetitive if you do the sidequests and repeat story missions. Motherbase is only really a pain if you are trying to nab every upgrade when instead you can just rescue the weapon smith. The reason people mainly shit on the story in V is because it was diluted due to the open world structure and side missions.
>>333406105
I did as well. MGS 4's structure is much more similar to the previous games and the gameplay is just a straight improvement, improving previous mechanics. V and PW are the ones that stick like a sore thumb.
>>333406327
>V and PW are the ones that stick like a sore thumb.
not him, but how's so? They both pretty much play like variants of MGS4's gameplay IMO.
Of course PW's split into several smaller missions, and 5's openworld.
>>333406269
MGS V only has the illusion of more options
It all comes to
>stealth without touching enemies and complete the mission
>kill/knock them out and complete the mission
Which is basically the same as previous games but in a boring open world.
>>333406327
>the gameplay is just a straight improvement, improving previous mechanics
If you only played act 1, 2 and 5, that would be true. But you seem to be forgetting everything else. Unfortunately half the game has nothing to do with those excellent, tried and true gameplay mechanics and it is irredeemably awful.
V is a big departure but it's one that actually did what it did well. MGS4 spends half the game ignoring the core mechanics in favor of awful boss fights, awful rail shooter sections, an awful tailing mission and awful stealth with robots where the entire camo system is tossed out the window. The only way mgs4 can be seen as a success is if you ignore half the game.
>>333406870
You can boil anything down that way to make it sound uninteresting. Of course options are lethal or nonlethal, the fun comes in how you decide to apply them.
>>333406854
The motherbase aspect, the repetitive mission structure. All the handcrafted aspects of previous games are mostly gone. Kojima wanted MGS to be more like Monster Hunter.
It's funny how all these years later, mgs4 and the ps3 are still so inextricably tied together. The game is a microcosm of the console. It does a few really fantastic things but the overwhelming majority of its content is mediocre trash that's praised by fanboys in a desperate attempt to make it look better than it is.
>>333403779
Ace Combat 6 and Fable 2 are literally better than everything the PS3 has to offer.
>>333406870
>stealth without touching enemies and complete the mission
>kill/knock them out and complete the mission
Isn't that how all stealth games are? But in V you have more different ways of playing to those different styles with all the different equipment, weapons, companions, and open level design. Only real negative I can think of is the lack of interior spaces.
>>333407110
I agree that the game has many flaws, but it's still a better MGS experience than V in my eyes. V is just downright lazy, repetitive and blatantly unfinished in all its entirety.
>>333407565
>Fable 2
>>333407565
>Fable 2 is better than Demon's Souls
Fuck off Molyneux.
>Ace Combat 6 isn't even the best Ace Combat
>>333403479
But count the lines, you had 15 responses to 15 lines. So one had to be for R&C, or you went crazy.
>>333407769
>It's a "le Fable 1 is the only good Fable game" poster
>>333407805
It's still better than the PS3's Ace Combat.
Oh, wait...
>>333402239
Every console exclusive multiplat looked and played worse than its 360 counterpart
>>333403620
Mediocre for a R&C game maybe. That is the problem with alot of gamers, or maybe just gamers on V. ONE game doesn't match up to the first and suddenly everyone acts like it isn't worth playing or absolute shit. As a bit of a tangent, this is what happened to MGS V. Literally one of the best games of that year, yet was basically considered worse than dog shit on this board just because it didn't match up to some of the best games ever made.
>>333407565
>Fable 2
>good
>better than anything
>>333407891
Mine has 15 lines as well because I addressed
>console exclusives like Catherine, Vanquish, RDR
With three separate quotes.
Idiot.
>>333407565
I liked Fable 2, but that is just plain wrong.
>>333408157
So you ignored more than just R&C. Get your shit together dude.
>>333407994
>what is Infinity
Farmville with nostalgia planes, I know, but still.
>>333407565
>Fable 2
Good one desu Senpai.
>>333407717
There's that word again, unfinished, as if being unfinished precludes a game from being good. We're on a board where VTMB and KOTOR2 are some of the most popular games. It's a tragedy we'll never get a properly finished version of MGSV but you have to judge a game by what it is, not what you wish it was.
MGS4 is a game that had the budget and the time, they were able to take as long as they wanted and release the product in exactly the state they wanted it in. The result was a game where half the gameplay is unbearable and the entire story is fucking terrible. I'll take the one that got screwed by the publisher but still managed to accomplish most of its goals over the one that was everything it was promised to be and ended up shit.
>>333407994
I'm no fan of the ps3 but there are no good fable games.
So your PS3 died?
Okay heres what you do
Reball it. Service or do it yourself.
The only actual issue is the solder joints. Thats the most common reason for failure when lead-free solder is used. You can pop that fucker in an oven and still do the same thing without paying for shit (obviously just the motherboard)
Do the right thing and do a reflow or reball.
Or you know, just get a CECHA01 and mod it if you can if you absolutely have to have a PS3 of the Fat models. Or get a Slim from the 2000 or 2100 series (dont go for 2500 if you plan to try and mod things. theyre more risky)
Any questions OP?
Or anyone in the thread. I got some time.
>>333408493
Should I just tear apart my PS3 and add the chip to my PC, I want good emulation
>>333408493
I take it the process for modding a phat PS3 is much more involved than a 3ds or PSP.
Is there no way to softmod one?
>>333408726
thats not how it works anon
not in the slightest
If it were possible then sure, but its just plain not.
>>333408734
all ps3s are softmodded but requires work if youre on a firmware post 3.55. Downgrading requires a flasher of sorts (e3 flasher) or some other tools depending on whether your system's components.
Unlike the PSP which is just a breeze, the PS3 requires the exploitable firmware, and since downgrading isnt exactly easy unless you know what youre doing and have the tools it can be a struggle for some people
a 360 just needs a chip and a little computer work but a PS3 needs actual tools and understanding. that and hope to fuck its not a 3k or 4k model
>>333409009
Stop me faggot
>>333408370
It doesn't preclude it from being good but it's is a very valid criticism, and a negative point.
Since when is half of the gameplay unberable in MGS4? That's just not true and a massive exaggeration, it has its bad moments but it sticks to the core principles of of MGS. V was just a series of repetitive missions while fultoning soldiers to your base because of the shitty motherbase grinding aspect from the get go.
>>333401462
underrated post. History is full of alexandriafags
My PS3 YLOD'd and needs a reball too (but can't find a faggot to do it to save my life), do any anons know how long the system would last after a reball? Someone had told me it'd be good for about a year.
>>333409067
>Power PC CPU
>no pins only solder joints
>directly works with the RSX chip
>trying would require both chips
>even if you succeed to get em on board you cant use it since you have to program everything for that CPU to work
you can try, but its a lost cause anon.
dont be a retard. it will allow you to live longer
>>333409237
thanks dochistory is not one of my best subjects but even i can vouch for that faggot being on some next level shit
>>333409338
There must be a way
>>333409423
There is no way. anyone can tell you this.
Besides the actual power of the CPU is less than what you can find anyway. Theres no point to even try.
>>333409108
>Since when is half of the gameplay unberable in MGS4?
Since release when the public was first able to play Act 3 and 4 (and all the boss fights).
I'll never understand the whining about mother base, it's so easy to ignore, in fact the game becomes really amazing if you just deploy to the field with little to no equipment and try to complete as many missions as you can that way. The game wants you to care about Mother Base but you're under no obligation to.
>>333409338
It's not even Power PC, Cell has its own architecture
>>333409695
It's a fucking Power PC
It may be its own thing, but it functions like a PPC if you ever looked at how it handles data.
Look into it, the CELL is just a derivative of PPC
All the data it handles is assembly data. The 360 is a PPC as well.
>>333409891
So if I combine both consoles...
>>333410169
>this fucking guy
i cant handle that delicious bait.
youre on your won my man
>>333409617
>Act 4
>bad
Since when? Granted it's literally fanservice: the act but going back to Shadow Moses was great.
>I'll never understand the whining about mother base, it's so easy to ignore, in fact the game becomes really amazing if you just deploy to the field with little to no equipment and try to complete as many missions as you can that way. The game wants you to care about Mother Base but you're under no obligation to.
Ignore the mother base and just get fucked when the epidemy part starts or when you need good weapons for the boss fights? Seems like a great idea.
The repetitive missions don't suddenly become masterworks of game design if you gimp yourself. Trust me, I've tried.
>>333409891
It's not 'just PowerPC', it's signficantly different or developers wouldn't have problems developing for it.
>>333410246
I was joking Anon, no need to say bait
>>333410363
Its a single core Power PC with several other helper cores.
At its bare minimum its a PowerPC.
The only reason it was hard is because sony wanted people to make full use of it and do embedded programming which is a fucking pain in the ass.
Its a fancy Power PC cpu. check any documentation and youll see its just that
>>333401997
>can't be CFW'd
Yeah, but anon, Im not a third worlder that cant afford games
>>333403667
/thread
>>333404424
But is that even possible? wouldnt running ps3 games on a non cell platform would be difficult?
>>333408287
>Infinity
Fuck you for reminding me it exists.
>>333410254
Literally the only good thing about act 4 is wandering around areas from mgs1, all the actual gameplay in the chapter is terrible. While there is a certain sense of nostalgia that it evokes, I would never call it good.
I can't understand the idea of having trouble with MGSV's boss fights. Especially since most of them are optional or completable with materials provided in mission. MGSV has its problems but it being too difficult if you didn't pay attention to MB is not one of them. Quite the opposite, my biggest issue with the game was that the ranking system was too forgiving.
>tfw tried modding my ps3
>tfw after over a dozen attempts to get the cheap, shitty chinese clip on it didn't work
>tfw gave up
>tfw put it back together and got YOLD
I FUCKING HATE CHINA AND HOPE THEY ALL FUCKING DIE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>333412007
i got some buddies in china.
as long as you know your contacts and ONLY WORK WITH HONG KONG youll be fine.
>>333400762
You can either try fixing it yourself or send it in. There are repair places all over the place and videos on how to expand the life of your system.
Pisses me off because my PS2 still runs fine but I am about to start trying to fix MY PS3. Bought a heatgun, thermal pasting (high grade), thermal padding (decent grade), a 19 blade fan and a power supply, APS-231, which is better for a PS3 and it won't have as much heat outputted.
These are the standards parts of the first PS3 generation which had a PS2 engine, as opposed to every one after which had PS2 emulation. With these, and some general care, the game system should have a longer lifespan. I'm just waiting a few to pop my system open because I'm busy at work these days.
>My slim PS2 still works
What's wrong with today's consoles?
>>333411567
How is the gameplay terrible in chapter 4 exactly?
>I can't understand the idea of having trouble with MGSV's boss fights. Especially since most of them are optional or completable with materials provided in mission. MGSV has its problems but it being too difficult if you didn't pay attention to MB is not one of them. Quite the opposite, my biggest issue with the game was that the ranking system was too forgiving.
They're not difficult but they are even more of a chore if you don't develop some good weapons.
Vamp and the Metal Gear fight in chapter 4 are also better than any boss fight in V by the way.
How it broke!? Their are literelley no game's 2 play! Did it dusted to die!?!?
>>333412216
Today's consoles are an order of magnitude more complex. More complexity, more risk of failure. That's basic shit, son.
>>333400762
I fear for the day that this will happen to my OG60GB one.
>>333403256
Really didnt need the inb4, ps3 bayonetta is unplayable
>>333412465
All right, but shouldn't they use stronger material too? A PS2 is made with cheap and poor material when compared to today's technologies so it shouldn't last that long.
>>333412651
Economically unfeasible.
Do you expect them to be building consoles out of diamond and titanium now?
>>333412245
>Vamp and the Metal Gear fight in chapter 4 are also better than any boss fight in V by the way
Your opinion is so terrible I don't think I can talk to you anymore. Vamp is the worst kind of boss fight, a puzzle fight, as bad as the Bed of Chaos, and the Metal Gear fight, while satisfying, is just scripted silliness. Extreme Quiet and the sniper parasites were both way better than anything MGS4 had to offer (especially since the Sniper Parasite mission actually allows you to just bypass the boss fight altogether and essentially play a completely different mission).
The only boss fight that really becomes a chore if you haven't upgraded anything is Metallic Archaea which is the second worst mission in the game (after A Quiet Exit) and even that is easily cheesed with low level upgrades to D-Walker.
>>333405848
V is barely an mgs game senpai
Fucking "open world" shitting on my quality single player experience
>>333412245
Oh and Act 4's gameplay is terrible because the stealth is boring as shit. There's none of the tension of the Camo system stealth, its all stealth with these shitty robots with no personality, its boring and easy but on the off chance you DO get caught, its a huge pain in the ass to get away from them since they respawn at a ridiculous rate..
>>333412345
you're trying to hard to fit in
>>333412093
In killing chinese or getting a shitty, working clip? If it's the latter I can assure you you're wrong. My order was straight from hong kong from an "authorized" dealer. I looked at forum posts and most people can't get the clip to work with fat ps3s. Slims have better luck because you can leave the system open and clamp it down and adjust without having to open your system every fucking time.
>>333412216
>slim PS2
>slim
I'm shocked. Slims are notorious for overheating and dying within months. The fats on the other hand were built like tanks.
>What's wrong with today's consoles?
The libcucks in yurop went on a campaign to outlaw lead in thermal paste. To remedy this the companies started using some alternative shit in all video game consoles. While lead softens and under heat and reforms, the newer shit dries out and hardens, eventually being unable to conduct heat properly causing the system to die. Fuck yurop
I still got a working original 60GB PS3, but I'm concerned that it can die at any moment because the fan is noisy as fuck. Would replacing the thermal paste make it quiet down and hopefully last longer?
I've cracked open the console before to clean out the dust (of which there wasn't even that much), but never went beyond separating the heat sink/fan apparatus from the main board. I get worried that I could destroy my PS3 for good in my attempt to fix it.
>>333400762
>buy a Sony electronics device
>Sony kill switches the device
What do?Buy PS4 obviously senpai
>>333413481
>Slims are notorious for overheating and dying within months
Well I haven't used mine too much so I hope it won't die any time soon. It's modded by the way, does that change anything?
>>333413562
>Would replacing the thermal paste
Do it.
The shit in there is old and thermal paste does not last forever. You should have done it years ago.
>>333412885
>>333413070
>Extreme Quiet and the sniper parasites were both way better than anything MGS4 had to offer (especially since the Sniper Parasite mission actually allows you to just bypass the boss fight altogether and essentially play a completely different mission).
Are you serious?
Quiet is just a dumbed down The End fight, which can be cheesed by dropping supply boxes on here. Sniper parasites are just copy pasted enemies in a fucking valley, I fail to see how they're even remotely good.
>Oh and Act 4's gameplay is terrible because the stealth is boring as shit. There's none of the tension of the Camo system stealth, its all stealth with these shitty robots with no personality, its boring and easy but on the off chance you DO get caught, its a huge pain in the ass to get away from them since they respawn at a ridiculous rate..
Still better than the awful repetive bases in the entirety of V.
Speaking of which I got a pretty hefty gaymen collection over many systems. I already bought a spare original xbox that I was going to sale for a profit after i modded it, but I just fear mine going kaput and be left without a paddle so i kept it. I feel better, but i am considering getting spares on other systems. Anyone here stock up on systems or are planning to? Should I wait now or later for price drops?
>>333400762
That sucks dude, when you buy a system these days and actually wonder when it will inevitably crap out.
My Genesis, Game Gear, and PS2 are still going strong. Some would argue that a system like the PS3 isn't just a chip set anymore, it's a complex piece of machinery, which means there are so many ways for it to break down, thus making it easier to break down. But that doesn't explain why it always the same shit breaking. Either it's the disc drive, or it overheats, or the firmware crashes. Always the same 3 things.
>>333401992
5m 4d 3h 2m 1s 0brain
>>333414439
my friend does that and I always laugh at him. I have emulation myself and almost never replay ancient games, I usually just play a game until I get tired of it and then never touch it again. Very few exceptions.
>>333414802
completely irrelevant to what i asked, but thanks for the (You)
>>333414920
>anyone here stock up on systems
>completly irrelevant
ok
>>333400762
fuck it and then throw it in the trash
>>333400762
If it is a fat 60gb, it is worth it to send it in to get repaired for about $170. You lose everything on the hard drive but at least you'll still have a system with backwards compatibility.
>>333413739
>It's modded by the way, does that change anything?
I don't think so, but there's almost no airflow going through slims. I had a friend who went through 3 of them in a single year.
>>333415268
>I don't think so, but there's almost no airflow going through slims.
The tiny-ass fan and the small heat sinks make it run hot, but it's usually how people pile things on them or jam them in tiny spaces that push it over.
