If you were keen on more advanced offerings that came with the PlayStation, they mostly lived and died with the phat.

Put it this way – phat was the test, slim was the improvement, super was the cheap. Generally (later the model, the truer this is) they are much less susceptible to the dreaded YLOD, they came in generally good hard drive offerings, and were significantly quieter and lower on energy consumption. Want to play PS2 games? Buy a PS2 and a PS3 Slim.įor gaming, the Slim truly is the best model in the line up. Second generation could run PS2 games via software rendering, and all other generations dropped PS2 emulation for PS2 classics.Ĭan’t find the drive size for you? Don’t bother, replace it yourself! 🤔 Which Should I Buy? First generation ( 4 USB ports) has the PS2 GPU, enabling full hardware emulation.

* Heavily dependant on the phat console generation.

Storage: 250 GB, 500 GB (replaceable 2.5″ SATA).Corrugated top shell, flat PS3 logo, face-side tiny buttons, pancake.

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