Two PS3s, one playing that game which-shall-not-be-named.
Aside from the buggy gameplay and -unusual- storyline, I quite enjoy the genre.
You made it to the end!
To be fair, I originally planned this to be a two-month project, but it turned into a whole summer one (and you've seen why). In any case, I hope this helped you expand your knowledge about this system and enabled you to understand the reasonings behind the technological progress during that era. This way, you can now think beyond the popular hearsay constantly recycled by the masses.
If you wonder, for this writing, I've used three PS3 models:
- An unhackable CECH-3001 one from my teenage years (for some reason the box says it's a CECH-25XX model!). It's been recently taken out of the attic to try out PS3Hen.
- A CECH-2100 that I bought after PS3Xploit came out. With it, I was finally able to install homebrew.
- A CECHA model (only released in Japan) that I acquired in August 2021 to gather material for this article (mostly photography and info about PS2 compatibility). It was quite pricey, luckily the donations of supporters helped me offset the costs.
While I repeated many times how Cell was groundbreaking technology, you may have noticed that I didn't mention how unreliable the early models ended up being. It was the first time I heard about a console malfunctioning by just playing a game for a while. Indeed, these things ate electricity like dinosaurs and heat up like an oven (a plastic oven). Luckily, I had a slim model (should've been named 'the-working-one')... What a rushed era, huh?
Anyway, as for what's next on my agenda, I'll be taking some time off myself before starting the next article, so I can work on other areas to improve the website and catch up on personal stuff.
Until next time!
Rodrigo