{"id":69333,"date":"2014-10-21T07:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T05:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=69333"},"modified":"2014-10-21T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T08:45:09","slug":"the-best-of-the-playstation-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/69333-the-best-of-the-playstation-3","title":{"rendered":"The best of the PlayStation 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announced at E3 2005 by Sony, the PlayStation 3 got off to a rocky start with console gamers around the world due to its extremely high launch price &#8211; $600 for the 60GB version. Fortunately, a price drop in 2006 saw the console gain better traction in the wider market.<\/p>\n<p>New features that came with the PS3 included its Blu-ray player, wireless Sixaxis controller, and\u00a0the PlayStation Network.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the price, Sony&#8217;s PS3 also suffered negative press just after launch when the &#8220;yellow light of death&#8221; &#8211; YLOD for short &#8211; started making an appearance. Sony apologised for the breakdowns and allowed users to send their consoles back, after which a refurbished model was returned to the gamer.<\/p>\n<p>Once all this had settled down somewhat, Sony launched the sleeker version of its PlayStation 3 console, the PS3 Slim, in 2009. The skinny version captured Sony&#8217;s brand perfectly, in my humble opinion, with its sleek black design, simple font, and catchy advertisements.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-XF2pu-4rXc?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To date, Sony has sold over 83 million PS3 consoles, along with millions of games and exclusives such as: The Uncharted Series, The Last of Us, Killzone, Resistance, and Ratchet and Clank.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at which games sold the most copies, and ranked highly with the critics.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Best selling PlayStation 3 Titles<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>GTA V \u2013 18.55 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 \u2013 13 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 \u2013 12.99 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops &#8211; 12.26 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Gran Turismo 5 \u2013 10.45 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 &#8211; 10.43 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto IV \u2013 10.21 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Ghosts \u2013 9.06 million copies<\/li>\n<li>FIFA 13 \u2013 8.05 million copies<\/li>\n<li>Battlefield 3 \u2013 6.98 million copies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Highest Rated PS3 titles<\/h3>\n<p><strong>(Scores out of 100)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>GTA IV &#8211; 98<\/li>\n<li>GTA V &#8211; 97<\/li>\n<li>Uncharted 2: Among Thieves &#8211; 96<\/li>\n<li>Batman: Arkham City &#8211; 96<\/li>\n<li>LittleBigPlanet &#8211; 95<\/li>\n<li>Red Dead Redemption \u2013 95<\/li>\n<li>The Last of Us &#8211; 95<\/li>\n<li>Portal 2 &#8211; 95<\/li>\n<li>Bioshock Infinite \u2013 94<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 &#8211; 94<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When you reminisce about the PS3, though, your mind may not automatically revert to a bestseller or highly rated game. For me, the games listed below capture what made the PS3 great.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">God of War III<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hiieqlgbn2c?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Resistance: Fall of Man<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJ8Yuq8qpbM?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Uncharted Trilogy<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0x9ms4Hr9gc?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Killzone 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3QdydrzwdM0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Last of Us<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W01L70IGBgE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hD9fbx43C0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tell us what you think made the PS3 great, in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/69141-curved-and-5k-gaming-pc-monitors-eyegasm-overload.html\">Curved and 5K gaming PC monitors \u2013 eyegasm overload<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/69217-windows-10-is-here.html\">Windows 10 is here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps3\/69259-ps-plus-your-free-games-for-october-2014.html\">PS Plus \u2013 your free games for October 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look back at what made the PS3 great<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":66253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[21,1870,129,71],"class_list":["post-69333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-headline","tag-playstation","tag-playstation-3","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69867,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69333\/revisions\/69867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}