Time To Sell PS3? - Getting Ready For PS4

[BojTrek]

Hey all... I am thinking of selling my PS3 system, extra controller, God of War - Ascension and video remote. I am getting ready for PS4 and XBOX One.

Is there a way to clear out the PS3 to remove all personal information? I will check, but I think there is a format in Settings.

Anyone else going to do this soon? I think now is the time to get more $$$, the closer to the PS4 launch I feel the price will drop.

I have only 3-4 purchased online games on PS3, but I have 30-40 arcade games on the XBOX 360. So, I might have to keep my XBOX 360 for a while.

[gino]

im not planning to sell mine maybe till next year. Theres still the dlc for the last of us and bioshock that i wanna play.

[JavaJulien]

PS4 has no Backwards Compatibility. I'd hold on to it.

[BojTrek]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

PS4 has no Backwards Compatibility. I'd hold on to it.

I never keep my old systems, going back to Genesis, Super Nintendo and Turbo Grafx16 days... I have sold them all.

Plus, I really only used the PS3 for Blu-Ray movies... so like I said I only have one game on Blu-Ray and 3-4 arcade games from PSN. I am not worried about Wipeout HD, Pixle Junk - Monsters, TG16 -Dungeon Explorers, Flower, Tetris, Dragons Lair, Journey and the PS1 Oddworld. WOW! I actually have 8 downloaded games...

My daughters can watch Blu-Ray movies upstairs until the PS4 and XBOX One get here. Time to get some money $$$ -

[partridge]

Don't forget to go into account management and deactivate your system. then copy off anything of yours (music, videos, photo's) then hit the format button. That should clear off everything ready for a new owner.

[BojTrek]

Thanks partridge... I don't have any music or movies on the PS3... just the games I listed above.

But I will make sure to check the account and deactivate it.

[BluRay2344]

Yeah I'd hold on to it

[Derb]

Under System Settings go to Restore system to factory defaults & accept.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

PS4 has no Backwards Compatibility. I'd hold on to it.

Same here. I keep all of my old systems excluding the red ring 360's I was sent through Microsoft. Still own the Colecovision, Nintendo, Sega Master System, Genesis, PS1, PS2, and PS3.

Many games never come back digitally and are only available through the game system. Too much invested over the years to give up on such a "museum of video game history".

At least once a year, I'll plug in an old system and relive some fun memories.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Same here. I keep all of my old systems excluding the red ring 360's I was sent through Microsoft. Still own the Colecovision, Nintendo, Sega Master System, Genesis, PS1, PS2, and PS3.

Many games never come back digitally and are only available through the game system. Too much invested over the years to give up on such a "museum of video game history".

At least once a year, I'll plug in an old system and relive some fun memories.

Yup! I'm with you there!

My system collection includes:

Atari 2600
NES
SNES
Genesis
Sega CD
32X
Sega Saturn
Nintendo 64
PS1
Sega Dreamcast
PS2
Gamecube
Xbox
Xbox 360
Wii
PS3
Wii U

and soon PS4

[ultlife2013]

I'm going to keep mine, still got games to play and it's still an awesome bluray player. There isn't much money to be earned by selling it at this point in time.

[jamesdevil]

Definitely not selling mine. There is a bunch of stuff from this year I won't have the time to get to, there are DLC trails still to play and if I want to reference or go back to something in the future I know I'll want the option.

[blahsi]

I won't be getting rid of mine - in fact, I'm contemplating trading up to the newest model as I have the old 80GB version with an upgrade to a 500GB hard drive. There are many games I have yet to play, such as Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, Beyond Two Souls, not to mention Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix and Final Fantasy X|X-2 coming out next year... and all my backlog from PS+.

[Matt S]

My Ps3 is here to stay....easy way to play all Uncharted games, old PSone and having a blu ray per room isn't bad

[Steelmaker]

I normally do the same thing when moving on to the next generation. Clean break, no looking back! However this transition is a bit different because I've purchased so much digital content on my PS3 that doesn't carry over to PS4, nor can I trade in for obvious reasons. It wouldn't make any sense to trade in a system and essentially be throwing away all the money I've spent on downloadable content.

[i007spectre]

Plenty of room in my media tower, just get rid of the Wii that has sat there for two years without being turned on.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

I keep all of my old systems. Not only do I plan to keep both of my PS3s after I get PS4 at launch, but I may buy a 3rd PS3 sometime next year.

[Race Bannon]

Keeping mine as an extra, high-quality blu-ray player.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

I'm going to keep mine, still got games to play and it's still an awesome bluray player. There isn't much money to be earned by selling it at this point in time.

Exactly.

[madlost1]

Way too many games coming out for the PS3 through the end of this year and next year for me to ever get rid of my PS3.

Sent from the TARDIS