PlayStation 3 500 GB System

PS3 arrived quickly and was well packaged and clean. Grandson has been using it constantly for about a week playing all of the PS classics with no hiccups. Great gaming system.

I was nervous and skeptical buying a used PS3, but there were a lot of good reviews, so I trusted them. I got the PS3 quickly and even though it was dirty and scratched up, it runs really well. I got it for a Christmas gift for my husband because he has a bunch of games that are his favorite and can only be played on the PS3. We had a PS3 years ago, but it fried and died. Because this is a meaningful gift I wanted it to look nice, so I had my 19 year old daughter, who loves to do nails, draw, and paint, work her magic on this PS3 for her dad. She detail cleaned it, buffed scratches out, and then she painted, and resined scenes from one of my husband's favorite movies on the sides of the PS3. It covered the flaws and made it personalized for him. I know he's going to love it even more now!

This is my third count it third Ps3 My last two were serviceable but not great. My Last two systems were the super fat model systems, first one the disc drive died and overheated, second one overheated and blinking light of death. So i;d thought i'd try out the super slim models i originally wanted to get the limited edition "God Of War Super Slim Bundle" but it was near six hundred dollars, and i am not paying six hundred bucks on a ps3. I Spent the last several days uploading my games to the hard drive and started playing games and watching movies immediately, I was able to watch all my 3D based Blu-rays such as "Captain America: the Winter Soldier 3D" and "Spongebob Movie 2: Sponge out of Water 3D" and the 3D looks great! for some reason it just looks much better when play through the super slim system the only problem i have with system really is the "Youtube tv app" its really annoying annoying on my last two systems the app immediately connects to your youtube account, this one made subscribe to all of my channels again and i can't access my favorites or my liked videos that youtube app needs to be fixed. All in all the system is great and it works Beautifully.

I got the console a couple days ago and will follow up on this review as needed. Im a gamer so i will put on long hours on this thing. Iv been downloading games last few hours both from store and now from a disc upload to test the functionality. I plan on turboing tomorrow in Battlefield 4 to make sure I can keep a game uploaded without crashing for hours straight as my next test. Everything seems good so far with 4 hours of straight usage. The system is super quiet and isnt heating up. The one thing is controller is broken. I docked it a star for that and not more because I have 4 other controllers and this isnt the reason I bought the system. But only the analog and dpad work, none of the buttons. Dont advertise a controller if you dont have one so people that need both know to order a controller as well from a separate vendor...

Sony needs to pay attention here. They made their fortunes over the years, by making all their hardware backwards compatible, which means, ps3 would play ps1 & ps2 games, that way they not only maintained their current customer base, but also gained new ones that wanted the newest version of the PS. Well those days are over, Sony/PlayStation has made the decision, that will no longer go on!!1 None of your old software will run on the new PS4's, MMmmm what did we already learn?? Also they made it where you are REQUIRED, to maintain an online account paying monthly, yearly to play your system right. PS3 was better than that, they offered the online experience two ways. You could play with friends for free thru their servers, or if you wanted, you could pay around $50.00 a year, get all kinds of extras, free games, and it would automatically back up whatever games you had been playing, totally automatically!!! I hear Harmonex is taking the time to maintain some of the old servers, that remains to be seen. But, I bought a brand new PS4, spent upwards of $400 to get it, struggled with it for over a month, constantly trying customer support for help, never got thru. So, I gave it away, went and bought me a NEW PS3 that will now be my gaming system, that I again can enjoy. For me that's what it is all about, ENJOY!!!!! If by chance Sony decides to reek more havoc on PS3, then that too, will be leaving, and I will no longer be a Sony customer!!! By the way other Sony products I own are, 2 60" TV's, A 1000 watt amplifier, a receiver, a complete surround sound system, a 200 watt sub-woofer, 2 nice towers, numerous add-on controllers for PS, and a few more items I am probably overlooking because I take them for granted!! All this stuff will hit the door,trash, or whatever, if Sony decides to mess with the PS3 system and it's other software, add-ons anymore for me!!!! I am truly unhappy with the current Sony/PlayStation decision makers! They are ruining a GREAT thing, when they went from Ps3 to Ps4 !!! What are they thinking !!!! CONGRATULATIONS Sony, you have rediscovered the best way to get rid of dedicated customers!!!!