Introduction
Welcome to the first issue of 2026! This November will mark the PlayStation 3’s 20th anniversary. It’s so remarkable to me to think about those core PlayStation services that have been running all those years and continue to run today like the store and trophy sync. But not all services will last forever.
In some actual PlayStation 3 news, Netflix have announced that they will no longer support the PlayStation 3 after 17 years. Netflix first launched on PlayStation 3 as a program accessed by a special BluRay disc.
According to one survey from a few years ago, only 6% of Netflix users use a console to access the service. The percentage of those console users that use a PlayStation 3 must be smaller even still. We must remember that the PlayStation 3 is not capable of outputting 4K either.
But some other services still remain - YouTube still works, but it’s only a matter of time before it gets phased out too.
I’ve noticed in general that the amount of PS3 games in second hand shops has started to dry up. In my local branch I realized my collection at home was twice the size of the entire stock of PlayStation 3 games in the shop. The rarer titles are also starting to separate out and their value is increasing rapidly taking the PlayStation 3 from an easy to collect console into something a bit more niche.
There are still plenty of good games that are cheap which you could take advantage of if you were starting from scratch, but if you are reading this you are likely already in quite deep and it only gets more expensive from here on in.
I am very grateful to have the collection I have already but with well over 300 titles I have to be more picky about what I pick up and it might be time for me to go for some of those rarer, pricier titles now.
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