Games stuck on ps3

[justiceiro]

So, I never been a console guy, except for Nintendo stuff, but I recognize the good stuff that playstation have. So I have been considering getting one of the consoles, but I'm worried that getting either ps5 or xbox, I still won't get to play some of the ps3 exclusives anyway. So I want to know what I would be missing. What games can only be played in the ps3?

Also, what models of ps3 can run ps2 games?

 

[Abuguet]

Fat Princess. 😞

 

[Hippopuncher12]

The game that truly matters that is locked to it is 3D Dot Game Heroes. Travesty.

 

[Transistor]

Folklore is one of the best implementations of the Sixaxis and a legitimately good game to boot.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Metal Gear Solid 4

 

[SquirrelSaysNuts]

This list seems quite exhaustive :

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[Tiago Rodrigues]

Metal Gear Solid 4

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Came here for this.

 

[JEH]

#FreeMGS4

 

[KingDrool]

I loved the Motorstorm games. Would love to see a re-release/compilation.

 

[Issen]

Metal Gear Solid 4. God damn it.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Sigma 2, too. Razor's Edge is thankfully available on the Series X.

 

[Eblo]

Folklore is one of the best implementations of the Sixaxis and a legitimately good game to boot.

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It had Shinji Hosoe backing the soundtrack, which was good

 

[erekiddo]

3D Dot Game Heroes

 

[Serious Sam]

God of War Collection
God of War: Origins Collection
God of War: Ascension

 

[Friender]

Motorstorm MV and PR need remakes/masters
Warkhawk needs another chance

 

[logash]

This list seems quite exhaustive :

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Excellent resource. Thanks for the link.

God of War Collection
God of War: Origins Collection
God of War: Ascension

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Absolutely shocked that there is no way to play the original PS2 games on the PS4. You would think that Sony would at least release the emulated versions on the PlayStation Store....

 

[Type VII]

Tokyo Jungle

 

[mute]

Afterburner Climax I think?

 

[Transistor]

Warkhawk needs another chance

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Oh the things I would do for another Warhawk. Legitimately one of the best multiplayer games of all time.

 

[RPG]

3D Dot Game Heroes
Folklore
Majin & the Forsaken Kingdom
Puppeteer
Asura's Wrath
Motorstorm

Heck, throw in the PS2 on PS3 digital titles that are stuck there as well (Digital Devil Saga)

 

[defaltoption]

I don't count PS now as an actual solution so for me there's many, even if you do there's many.

Ratchet and Clank franchise
God of War franchise
Infamous franchise
Resistance franchise
Killzone trilogy
Folklore
Mgs4
3D dot game heroes
Puppeteer
Much more.

If you include multiplat games that never made it and are stuck it's much longer.

El Shaddai
Spyro sequels
Bunch of licensed stuff like simpsons or saw

I hate that so many games are tied to hardware that will never be made again, not to mention how hard some games are to find or expensive to get.

 

[fanboy]

Buy a PS3. I thought I would have to buy just a few games to catch up with everything great but its actually dozens of games stuck on PS3. Totally worth it.

Not everything is PS3 exclusive but here we go:
Kane and Lynch 1 a 2
Dead Space trilogy
Singularity
Enslaved
RDR
MGS Legacy Collection
Killzone 2 a 3
Puppeteer
GOW saga
Max Payne 3
Spec Ops: The Line
Beyong Good and Evil
Brothers in Arms games
The Orange Box
Resistance trilogy
Motorstorm Pacific Rift/Apocalypse
Ratchet and Clank: Future Trilogy
Ico
Binary Domain
Heavenly Sword
Infamous 1 and 2
Rage
Starhawk
Portal 2
MGR revengeance
Batman Arkham origins
The Sly Collection
Prince of persia
Battlefield Games (BC2 FTW)
Saboteur,
50 Cent game
MIrrors Edge
El Shaddai
Siren Blood Curse
Folklore
LBP
Fat Princess
Time Shift
Resonance of Fate
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Asura's Wrath
Brutal Legend
Remember Me
3D Dot game heroes
X-COM 1
White Knight Chronicles
Tokyo Jungle
Alice Madness Returns

 

[Serious Sam]

Excellent resource. Thanks for the link.

Absolutely shocked that there is no way to play the original PS2 games on the PS4. You would think that Sony would at least release the emulated versions on the PlayStation Store....

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Sadly, lots of great games are stuck on the PS3.

 

[mrmickfran]

I'm honestly surprised that Square never made a FFXIII collection for current gen

Resonance of Fate

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Has a remaster on PS4

 

[Cosmic Voyager]

Killzone 2 & 3

Resistance 1-3

inFamous 1, 2, & Festival of Blood

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Folklore

Puppeteer

Siren: Blood Curse

Metal Gear Solid IV

God of War Collection

LittleBigPlanet 1 & 2

Ratchet & Clank Collection

Warhawk & Starhawk

 

[Stardust Handshake]

Puppeteer and MGS4 are the biggest tragedies. They both need ports so badly. 3D Dot Game Heroes too

 

[HouseDragon]

To me, the biggest offenders are:

Motorstorm franchise (nothing else quite like those games on current gen)
Killzone 2 (my favorite FPS of that gen)
MGS4 (one of the franchise's best)

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Are we ignoring ps now? Because if not, that changes things.

 

[justiceiro]

This list seems quite exhaustive :

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www.reddit.com

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Huh, this list is way shorter than I imagined.

Clarify to me: God of war 3 is not ps3 exclusive?

Are we ignoring ps now? Because if not, that changes things.

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Not available in my region yet, I think.

 

[Cosmic Voyager]

Huh, this list is way shorter than I imagined.

Clarify to me: God of war 3 is not ps3 exclusive?

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It got remastered on PS4

 

[Plinkerton]

Excellent resource. Thanks for the link.

Absolutely shocked that there is no way to play the original PS2 games on the PS4. You would think that Sony would at least release the emulated versions on the PlayStation Store....

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Aren't they all on PS Now? That's something at least.

There's some games that don't even have that option...

 

[mrmickfran]

Huh, this list is way shorter than I imagined.

Clarify to me: God of war

Clarify to me: God of war 3 is not ps3 exclusive?

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Got a PS4 Remaster

 

[Mugy]

I can't believe Dead Nation didn't have a sequel or an HD port at this point

NBA JAM OFE (tho XBOX 360 it's backwards compatible)
Twisted Metal
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (delisted)
Marvel vs Capcom Origins (delisted)
Jojo Bizzare Adventure HD. Ver (delisted)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
Puppeteer
Siren: Blood Curse
Calling All Cars!

 

[werezompire]

For me, the highlights are:

Siren: Blood Curse - Best graphics & the most accessible of the Siren series (my favorite horror series of all-time).
Tales of Graces F - My favorite Tales game. Not the best visuals & the story is meh, but the gameplay is great.
Tokyo Jungle - A weird roguelike where you play as animals in a post-apocalyptic Japan.

The PS3 is also backwards compatible with PS1 games (physical & digital) and there are some PS2 games on the PSN that only work on the PS3 so that's a cheap & accessible way to get a hold of some good PS2 games without having to get a PS2 and track down a physical copy. For example, several of the Atlus PS2 RPGs are up, along with the excellent side-scrolling shmup Gradius V.

 

[Rover_]

For me it's Killzone 2, Tokyo Jungle and 3D dot Heroes.

Folklore is one of the best implementations of the Sixaxis and a legitimately good game to boot.

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i always wanted to play it

 

[Cmc]

Buy a PS3. I thought I would have to buy just a few games to catch up with everything great but its actually dozens of games stuck on PS3. Totally worth it.

Not everything is PS3 exclusive but here we go:

The Orange Box

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Lots of great games on that list but The Orange Box ran absolutely terribly on PS3 lol

 

[Mentalist]

Huh, this list is way shorter than I imagined.

Clarify to me: God of war 3 is not ps3 exclusive?


Not available in my region yet, I think.

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I think they remastered GoW 3 for PS4

 

[MEGrika]

Technically the Dad version of Nier 1 is trapped on that console generation since the remaster is using the Japanese brother version only.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

ratchet into the nexus

i kind of want to play it before rift apart

 

[Mugy]

I still have my PS3 connected just to play NBA JAM OFE. Hopefully with Series S/X i will finally be able to put the system to rest

Tho we still need to free MGS4 from the PS3's claws

 

[KernelC]

Tokyo Jungle

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this.

 

[JohnnyMoses]

I loved the Motorstorm games. Would love to see a re-release/compilation.

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This would be amazing.

 

[Kemono]

Puppeteer
Tokyo Jungle
Killzone 2 and 3
Folklore
The God of War Collection

And many, many more.

 

[logash]

Aren't they all on PS Now? That's something at least.

There's some games that don't even have that option...

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Streaming anything, let alone an action game sounds like a nightmare. Maybe I should claim my 7 day free trial so I can try it out lol.

 

[iksenpets]

Excellent resource. Thanks for the link.

Absolutely shocked that there is no way to play the original PS2 games on the PS4. You would think that Sony would at least release the emulated versions on the PlayStation Store....

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Sony remastered pretty much every one of their major PS2 releases on PS3, and all those remastered editions are just stranded on PS3 now. God of War, Ratchet, Sly Cooper, Jack and Daxter, Ico/SotC, all of them have pretty definitive releases stuck exclusive to the PS3

 

[Transistor]

Technically the Dad version of Nier 1 is trapped on that console generation since the remaster is using the Japanese brother version only.

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Papa Nier >>>>>> Onii-chan Nier

 

[ostrichKing]

Give me the Ratchet and Clank games now!!! I'll happily pay for another greatest hits remaster.

 

[Plidex]

For me, the highlights are:

Siren: Blood Curse - Best graphics & the most accessible of the Siren series (my favorite horror series of all-time).
Tales of Graces F - My favorite Tales game. Not the best visuals & the story is meh, but the gameplay is great.
Tokyo Jungle - A weird roguelike where you play as animals in a post-apocalyptic Japan.

The PS3 is also backwards compatible with PS1 games (physical & digital) and there are some PS2 games on the PSN that only work on the PS3 so that's a cheap & accessible way to get a hold of some good PS2 games without having to get a PS2 and track down a physical copy. For example, several of the Atlus PS2 RPGs are up, along with the excellent side-scrolling shmup Gradius V.

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Wow I didn't remember you can play PS1 games on PS3. I bought Gran Turismo 2 while I was on Japan just to have as decoration, I can't believe I can actually play it lol damn I would had bought more games if I knew.

 

[NattyBo]

I mean, a lot of these listed games are on PC. Dead Space Trilogy for example is in no way stranded on PS3, lol. I just played Dead Space 1 a bit last night on Steam!

 

[Runner]

3D Dot Game Heroes
Folklore
Majin & the Forsaken Kingdom
Puppeteer
Asura's Wrath
Motorstorm

Heck, throw in the PS2 on PS3 digital titles that are stuck there as well (Digital Devil Saga)

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Asura's Wrath is BC on XBox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0eZ6hBO5qw

I'm going to say Drakengard 3.

 

[logash]

Sony remastered pretty much every one of their major PS2 releases on PS3, and all those remastered editions are just stranded on PS3 now. God of War, Ratchet, Sly Cooper, Jack and Daxter, Ico/SotC, all of them have pretty definitive releases stuck exclusive to the PS3

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Yeah, I actually caved last year and finally played Ghost of Sparda on my hacked Vita. It is a shame because I really wanted to play it with trophies.