Fun Fact: In 2007 with the introduction of the G Series PS3, Sony was actually working on a PS2 Emulation Solution for the Non-Backwards Compatible Models that supported Optical Media, unfortunately the project was discarded shortly after due to poor quality of the Emulation and RSX Emulation issues, until it was removed all together in
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Working systems for the slim and super slim are under $100. Games are dirt cheap except for a few rare titles. The online is still free and there is a (ever-dwindling) list of games you can still play online. In my opinion the PS3 and the Xbox 360 still hold up pretty good. Compared to playing a PS1 in the PS3 era at least. No chance. After been criticized for nearly shutting down the store they aren't going to make everyone's digital games inaccessible. Plus you have to sign in to PS3 on PS Plus Premium PS3 games and about 500 games still have online functionality. We don't know really how much it's costing to maintain these servers. OjJ6ZlZ.