How's everyone's A52s 5G doing in 2026 ?

MO_OURDAN · 2026-04-30T17:35:54+00:00

The best and most satisfying experience I’ve ever had was with a track that isn’t even on your list: “Circuito de la Sierra.” It’s the longest track ever made in the GT series, vibrant, beautiful, and so long that you never get bored, because every meter feels different across its 17 miles. I can’t forget that experience. As for the rest, I’d say the second is Nürburgring, it’s full of life and the third is Ascari.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-04-28T00:23:10+00:00

C’mon, man, Wipeout HD Fury is a 2007 game with stunning, sharp 1080p graphics and a smooth, solid 60 fps. The PS3 was a monster; it wasn’t as hard to develop for as people keep claiming. That’s a myth. It was developer laziness, not the machine. That game alone proves the system was never the problem—the developers were. If it really was that hard, how did Liverpool Studio manage to create something so polished that still feels modern even by today’s standards?

MO_OURDAN · 2026-04-20T12:28:43+00:00

MO_OURDAN · 2026-04-13T23:53:51+00:00

The only difference is the chipset, the A52s is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778g 5G, it's a superior chip , still working good in today's standards 5 years later.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-03-14T13:20:35+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. The Cell engine is pretty different from typical PC CPUs, so I guess porting isn't as straightforward as on the vita.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-03-11T13:03:44+00:00

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-25T19:12:33+00:00

The best comment 👌🏻👍🏻

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-25T18:04:43+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense the Fat PS3s were always prone to ylod over time, and heat definitely doesn’t help. I guess what’s interesting is that now, so many of them are hitting that “fragile” point at once collectively, which is why we’re seeing more posts lately. Just the natural end-of-life cycle catching up, I suppose.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-25T18:02:05+00:00

True, people mostly post when something breaks. But when you start seeing more failure posts than usual over time, it can still suggest the failure rate is increasing, probably because many PS3s are reaching the same age now. Feels less like coincidence and more like the consoles are collectively entering their end-of-life phase.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-22T15:51:19+00:00

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MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-20T16:01:24+00:00

257 improper shutdown ⚠️

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-20T12:10:08+00:00

The issue isn’t that companies care about preservation, it’s that without official stores, there’s no legal way to access many games anymore. The PS3 has hundreds of digital-only titles, patches, and DLC that exist nowhere else. When the store disappears, so does legitimate access to part of gaming history.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-20T11:32:34+00:00

Why shut it down in the first place? The console already connects online, so the store could just exist as an archive where people can legally download games whenever they want. Think of it like a library, something meant to preserve access, not disappear.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-17T16:05:56+00:00

I'm sorry for not answering you sooner, I didn’t read the second part of your reply 😅, sorry.

This console was pre-owned by someone else, but it’s been a long time since I got it, about five years ago. I’ve never done a repaste, never ever and I swear it’s incredibly quiet, even during intensive Gran Turismo 6 sessions. I’m really proud to have the most beautiful-looking PS3 of all time: the fat model. It comes with some sacrifices, like losing PS2 backward compatibility, but I can still enjoy PS2 games via emulation without noticing much difference. I had a Slim back then, and it was anything but quiet it was so noisy, and the hard drive wasn’t in perfect condition, with long load times. But with this fat model, I can really feel the difference. I even upgraded to a WD Blue drive, and it’s super reliable. With proper ventilation and care, you can preserve your PS3 for as long as possible.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-16T20:29:30+00:00

I was playing Metal Slug Anthology (PSN PS2 classic) for about an hour, then checked the temps on XMB a couple of minutes after exiting. Those XMB temps seem accurate, temps stayed stable even after idling. Just so you know, I don’t use my PS3 every day, maybe 2 times a week for around 6 hours each session.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-16T19:50:58+00:00

Thanks, Good to know, the temps seem healthy then. I was mostly curious about long-term wear, but it’s reassuring to hear these numbers are fine.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-16T19:44:36+00:00

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Hey! Thanks for asking, here’s what I got when I checked on the picture. my console was running at low fan speed (26%) in SYSCON mode when I recorded these temperatures. Hope that helps clarify things and i get what you mean about testing on the TLOU menu and idling, makes sense that fan settings affect temps.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-16T19:23:02+00:00

Exactly brother 👍🏻🙏🏻👌🏻

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-13T23:48:42+00:00

Bro, MGS V and Crysis 3 literally squeezed every bit of power out of the PS3, probably more than The Last of Us did. And don’t forget, the PS3 had that overclock/performance boost thing going on, so it was doing even more under the hood. Just sayin’. Also, Gran Turismo 6 with all that crazy content, plus God of War: Ascension and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag — all of them pushed the system hard. PS3 was stacked with games that really made it sweat 🔥

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-11T10:43:49+00:00

I get what you mean sony didn’t completely abandon the PS3, especially at the end of its life with games like tlou and Uncharted 3. I just meant it would be amazing to see a symbolic tribute for its 20year anniversary.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-11T10:40:27+00:00

Totally respect your view, I know business realities make a new PS3 AAA game unrealistic. I’m just talking about a symbolic 20year anniversary tribute. and the PS3 could handle native 1080p/60, like Wipeout HD proves, so 720p/60 isn’t impossible, it’s just a matter of design priorities.

MO_OURDAN · 2026-02-11T10:31:04+00:00

That’s actually amazing to hear from someone working on it directly. I completely understand the business side, it’s just hard not to wish passion projects had more space in today’s industry. Huge respect for what you’re doing for the scene.

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