Browsing the PS3 PlayStation Store: The History, Games, What You Can (And Can't Do).

I'm still using my PlayStation 3 on a regular basis, and sometimes that includes using the PS Store. Thankfully we avoided the scare last year with Sony potentially closing down the Store, so we still have some time left with it. From the PS1 and PS2 Classics, to PSP, Themes, Avatars, the history, and more, let's have a thorough talk about the PlayStation Store! I love me some shopping, so thankfully I had a lot to say about this. Might want to grab one of those old-timey night gowns with the cap in case I bore you to sleep.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - The History Of The PS Store
3:40 - Exploring The PS Store Menu & Games
6:46 - PS1 Classics Not Appearing
9:35 - Digital Games Are Still On A Timer
10:30 - PSP Games Are Useless
11:40 - Nothing Is In Order
12:39 - Themes & Avatars Were Ridiculous
15:13 - My Download List
18:13 - The Japanese PS Store

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[Urvish]

The only guy who gives ps3 the respect it deserves hats off to you bro for keeping the community alive

[Wackaz]

These PS3 nostalgia videos make me smile so much, whether it's the 'who's playing online videos' or this type of video, they make me feel so warm and fuzzy inside, bringing me back to a simple time! Never stop doing these Mystic, they are beyond appreciated my friend :)

[nashurbina]

PS3 just looked so futuristic. I get why many people still prefer a PS3 over newer consoles. It’s just this console is great

[Wackaz]

I miss the PS3 era so much - there was a whole lotta love and soul put into that console. In my opinion, there isn't a PlayStation era which matches that warm and fuzzy feeling you got when playing the PS3, or even just thinking about it now.

[doobieholdin]

I’m still using mine and it’s a blast, mine broke awhile back and then I got the ps4. So it feels really welcoming to be playing on a ps3 again, finishing up games and trophies and such has been a great time for me.

[SenbonKaguya]

The second iteration PS3 store really was the best. I remember when the Store got updated to the PS4 version and it sucked horribly.

I ended up getting my PS3 in late 2010 but I had great fun with it. Some of the best MP experiences I've ever had that you really can't replicate today.

I don't play it much now, but I'll always have a place in my heart for the system. Time just flies by once you're not a kid anymore lol

[StewDogR]

Man, that look back at your downloads list was so nostalgic. I remember those early days when I didn't make any purchases but damn it did I play literally every single demo available. Good times.

[Brandonheat]

Loving the trip down memory lane, still got my PS3 hooked up, my very very first download was the Harvey Birdman Demo on PSP, still a great game.

[Manjawline]

I really wanted Sony to redesign the PS3 download list so that it feels more organised like the PS4 and PS5 digital library

[MysticalReaper]

Man I love this channel so much. Thank you Ryan for literally everything you do here. I absolutely love watching what you put out. Not to mention their is no click bait on any videos. Love your weekly news videos. Keep doing what you are doing man we appreciate you Ryan! I definitely Appreciate what you do!

[aplayxplay]

There was another store front on PS3 that debuted in 2009 where the tabs kinda looked like glass and were more rectangular. Sony always used it around E3 that was my personal favourite

[Asheng]

Really happy to have got a original backwards compatible Ps3 boxed that is running perfectly, plays all games perfectly and growing my ps1 -3 collection in addition to Xbox 360, One, series X, ps5, ps4

[supersmashmaster]

I really loved how they had so many demos for games back in the 7th gen because being a kid at that time, I obviously didn't have money to buy games and getting new games was few and far between, so it gave me something new to play even though they were short.

[AldrianCG]

I still use my ps3 quite a lot, from listening to music to playing blu rays, and play a game every once i a while. However i almost never check the store anymore, and probably won’t again. Great channel btw. Cheers!

[CalebJenei]

I’ve been using my PS3 a lot this summer doing trophies in the backlog and the prices on the PS3 store always make me laugh. Most games dropped to like $10-$20 in the final update on the store. But not Ubisoft, those are all like $40 lol

[Leesin]

Consoles don't feel like consoles anymore, and I miss that. Even though I am mainly an Xbox player now, PlayStation pretty much introduced me to gaming with the PlayStation 1.

Maybe just just gamer burnout but I remember when I first played Orphan on PS2 and it blew me away, it actually felt like a leap, a next gen experience.

[Dr]

Keep on bringing us this Ghost Town walkthrough content, Ryan 💪

[sirjarko]

I was someone who never had a PS3 for the longest time but did play it back in 2009 - 2011 on and off. I never saw the store back then except briefly. Recently I got myself into the PS3 scene and have the OG console jailbroken with homebrew and go online time to time, Its nice to know that the store wasn't always so slow and clunky. Overall I wish I got into PS3 sooner but what can ya do, Its a great console and the UI not counting the store is amazing. Its so fast and smooth and easy to look at compared to 360.

[Ravenspawn]

April 2008 redesign was the best.
Current PSN is slow, crashes regularly, hard to browse, classis-PS2 list had too many games to even be able to list all unless you play with the sorting. Search function is bad on both PS3 and PS4.
the old version was so much easier and fun to just browse to see if find something.

[themauriciobunch]

I really miss the PS3 era. It really was the last console that felt like an real media hub. It quite literally did everything!

You could do so much on this system. You could play games, you would watch movies, you brows the net, rip and use your own music in certain games, you could, at one point, load another OS on it.

What wasn’t there to love?