Most Active Online Playstation 3 Games in 2023
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Today we will be going over the most Active PS3 online communities in 2023. This list will give you an idea where to start and give an idea of what is still around.
Big shoutout to @lagps3337 for letting me use his footage as b-roll. One of the best PS3 Content Creators on UA-cam.
There is bound to be communities that i missed in this video. Please let me know in the comments below on ones that might of missed!
Links:
PSOrg Discord: / discord
PS3 Discord:
/ discord
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - First Person Shooters
3:55 - Third Person Shooters
6:58 - CO-OP
8:37 - Unconfirmed Games
9:06 - PSONE
9:27 - PSOrg
9:47 - Outro - Ігри
Hey Guys! I made a follow up video covering games i missed on this list. It is live on my channel 😁
"Most Active PS3 Online Communities in 2023"
Also the Discord link to the PS3 Online Community expired, here is the new link:
discord.gg/Te9bkx2UG6
What game are you playing in the beginning of the video
@@malleomusic COD4!
The fact that neither the PS4 nor PS5 are backwards-compatible with the PS3 and many games were not re-released for the new platform also contribute to the PS3 scene still living to this day.
Goes to show the impact the PS3 had. Started off rough but ended up being one of the best consoles of all time!
@@MAWK3 It ultimately beat the Xbox 360 since Don Mattrick spent years goofing-off with Kinect and TV crap. Rumor has it he was a plant secretly hired by Sony all-along lol
@chemergency They still never recovered from Sony's E3 2013 event 😅
Stick to PS3 for the games that weren’t ported anywhere else, consider PC for the rest. Computers have unmatched backwards compatibility. The graphics are often better on PC and you can play at a higher resolution and frame rate. Games from this time span had unstable and low frame rates on console, they're quite aged so a PC from like the past 5 years it should suffice, older is fine if you're willing to drop some graphics settings. Online multiplayer is free on PC and games that no longer have online services up on console might on PC. There are some caveats, PC port quality was lower back then so the games might have imperfections like not having their performance properly scale up with the power of your computer. GTA IV and Saints Row 2 are prime examples, SR2 specially has many issues though they can be partially alleviated with user made modifications.
Games from this era didn’t always have full or any controller support. Another thing that lessens the experience of playing on a computer is the hackers, yet old consoles have them too. Your computer getting hacked is a possibility I guess, I think consoles are vulnerable too. Wii U consoles were recently discovered to be susceptible to hacking by players you were matched against online, and had to be patched. Keep the PC up to date and I think you’ll be be fine, find trustworthy communities to play with and you won’t have to worry about hackers. Look for groups that organize pick up games or pugs, don’t know if console players use the term.
@@protocetid Questionable quality still plagues AAA PC game ports today.
The multiplayer mode of Metal Gear Solid 4 has also been revived with the SaveMGO project.
I might cover that one in a future video! Thank you for bringing it up 🙏
I try but nothing for me..
MGO was a hoot!!
That shit was awesome
i can confirm it to be working. community is still pretty active too
Uncharted 2 and 3 had awesome multiplayer communities back in the day.
How could you not mention TLoU?
@@hsthatzo8063shut up hottnes
@@hsthatzo8063cus it’s still active
Because TLOU community migrated long ago to ps4/ps5
I hope there's private servers for it nowadays
Had to re purchase a PS3 a few years ago and it was the best decision I ever made I love hopping back in some time machine ps3 games!!
I've been playing COD4 almost every day since january 2010.
Since 15/16, it's incredibly hard to find an active lobby other than Team Deathmatch.
I used to play Sabotage like a maniac for 8-10 hours a day and was getting 45-60 kills easily on my favourite maps.
I will always love this game
my favorite cod too. have been playing it on the 360 and finding S&D lobbies aren’t a tall task
Used to love this game on PC, especially CoD 4 promod and finding competitive lobbies on IRC. The punkbuster anti-cheat software isn´t updated anymore, so know it´s a hackfest and unplayable.
xbox easier now backwards compatible@@dewdad
There's discord servers for getting into games
That’s sad
i remember staying up all night playing mw2 search and destroy at the peak of its reign. was just a kid in highschool, dont know where time has gone
PS3 holds a special place in my heart
Poorly optimized but perhaps the next 20 years of emulation will display the genius behind splitting GPU and CPU
I miss the good times of ps3 online games, Good times! Just now gta 4 turned 15 years old.
Holy moly 15 years already 😅 I remember watching the first trailer on G4 Tech TV! Felt like yesterday.
Dont u feel yourself old
As someone who has recently played mw2 with psn online, there’s a lot of hacked lobbies. Something to be careful of as people are able to change the game mode mid game, level up all your stuff, or just set it so when thru shoot their gun they never miss.
It's really dumb that people still hack it to this day. Kills it for everyone
It is like that since 10 years or more xD
@@MAWK3 Unless they changed something which i doubt its super easy in mw2 after all. Even tho modding your ps3 nowdays to cheat is not hard and every PS3 can do that its not even needed in MW2 and the older call of duty ones since people can just share an infected lobby with you to give you cheats.
Of course kids will use thoose then if you dont even have to mod your console for it but just join a randoom lobby to get your cheats.
I think they can also reset your level to 1 or that was for Mw3 not sure but I know one of these 2 they can reset which is why I don't play it anymore because Im scared all my progress will go to waste.
@@jedan_nula396 Weak
If MAG gets revived that will be insane. You don’t know how much I want to replay that game. Lobbies sure won’t be as big but still
I’m waitin patiently
Socom Confrontation’s servers were revived a few years back. There was about 300 players a night when they first came back but its around 50 or so players a night now. Still enough to get some rooms up
Metal gear online is also worth mentioning as its got a dedicated team supporting it both on hardware and through emulation.
Can you play it with Nat typ 3?
I loved PS3 and I've many good memories with it. UC2 & 3 COOP/MP was such a blast! Resistance 3 MP was so much fun, too bad, the server went down.
At least Resistance 1 is back online and 2 is soon 😊
resistance 2 had 60 player online and even let you split screen co op online
Crys in MAG
Unfortunately Plant vs Zombies Garden Warfare is region locked online so Asia/OCE players like myself and lag need to use VPNs to play or have a EU/NA based player invite us to their games, but otherwise I think it definitely is the most popular PS3 multiplayer game in 2023.
Nothing worse than when publishers decide to region lock a game.
I think rainbow six vegas 2 is region locked too.
Hey at least is not as bad as how Nintendo did it, on some old games its region locked by the version (Japan, American and PAL) not to mention how the console they're in was also region locked, so if you had the American version of the game, not even with VPN could you play with someone from Europe. Hackers fixed it at least lol.
Better than Battle For Neighborville. It also has free online multiplayer!
Damn, I miss Resistance 2 so much. I remember being #16 in the world in multiplayer EXP. I think I had like 68 million or somethig crazy like that.
I hope there will be another online game mode like resistance 2 online
Do more of this content,i love it
Thank you for the support! 🙏
For like all of last year I was still playing on my dusty but trusty PS3 for at least like an hour a day. I found most matches on COD4 and was dominating lobbies with the RPD. After like two months I was invited to a Discord via a PSN message by a guy from one of the matches I was playing that day. It was full of people form all over the world still dedicated to playing PS3 games. It had different lobbies for A LOT of games where you could just shoot a message if you wanted to play a match and within minutes your lobby would be full. I had a blast and the community was awesome. In april this year I built a sick gaming PC and haven’t been on the PS3 since but I might just pull her out of the closet again soon after seeing this. I have a lot of stories if anybody is interested or would motivate you too to bust out that old Playstation and give her a go.
I'd like to hear more. I still play my PS3 daily. I mostly play COD, Battlefield and street fighter 4
That's so cool! What's the server called?
I play my ps3 a lot lately as well but I can't play any of my battlefields on it cuz it say my PSN not connected or something it's really frustrating as I love battlefield not I see on here a lot of people are playing it.
Is the server public? I'd love to have a reason to dust off the old PS3!
@@steve-o7923I had the same issue. I think it came with 2 factor identification or something. If that’s the case, you have to log into psn on your pc. Don’t exactly remember the rest, but you will figure it out. Or do some online research. Best of luck
also some good mentions you forgot are Demon Souls and Dark Souls 1. They are still pretty active mostly for PVP. Demon souls even got the servers back on from the fans and made them work with RPCS3 (PS3 Emulator) so its very active on there.
Great vid! Happy to see in some way the PS3 community lives!
I played CoD: Ghosts a couple years ago. Biggest hacker nest I've ever stepped into. Whole servers full of people spinning around and shooting into the air, instantly killing each other. I dipped outa there like Homer Simpson back into the bushes.
I played ghosts a few weeks ago and got lucky with no hackers. Managed to get dogs somehow, and snoop dogg voice is still dope
3:42 I’m not sure it’s aged like a “fine wine” in terms of gameplay lol the input lag is due to the over abundance of post processing effects for the ps3. Depending on the map/effects on screen, your inputs could register quicker or shorter.
That’s why killzone 3 cut back so much on post processing effects to get better input response.
Yoooooo
Terrorist Hunt in R6: Vegas 2 was really fun to play. One of the first online games I played.
Mass Effect 3 has an awesome co-op MP, I put over 1.5K hours into it over the years. people still play it but it's become harder to find matches these days.
Syndicate 2012 and Far Cry 3 were also my fav co-op MPs on PS3 but they both got shut down :( R.I.P.
I thought it relied on old shut-down EA servers to function.
farcry 3 back online
Sony was so smart by not charging for PSN on ps3. That's honestly what gave them the edge over the cheaper, much more streamlined Xbox 360. Paying these days is standard, but not having to was truly a treat. Good times.
Yea but PSN was trash. No party chat and opening messages took too long. The social aspect was missing.
Sony and Microsoft are all pos
It wasn't trash though, it just wasnt as good. The fact that it was completely free and kids didn't have to ask their parents to pay monthly made it 10x more accessible to everyone. Also if were talking strictly COD the community was even more inclusive bc everyone in the lobby had to speak IN GAME instead of having private voice chats w their friends all the time.@@peacelove6455
@@peacelove6455speak for yourself, i was perfectly content with it
I had no idea the PS3 was still so active, I'm so happy. CoD4, MW2, New Vegas, Homefront, so many games I loved as a kid. Some many memories
Great video man!!
Awesome video I’ve been playing the old cods on ps3 for a few years now so much nostalgia
As someone who lives in a 3rd world country, quite a few of these games had no lobbies back when PS3 was the main console.
PS3 online is sadly a bit “tedious” because of this. Easily expect 2 digit minute wait times in any game that isn’t cod and/or requieres a descent amount of players to get a match started.
If you want to get a PS3, do it for the games you missed on, and view online as a “nice bonus” instead of your ticket for countless hours of gameplay… unless it’s Cod.
vegas 2 is one of the greatest shooters of all time. great shoutout
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's multi player is still online on PS3. Though the lobbies can be hit and miss during the week. But it is possible to get full matches that last a few hours at a time.
It's definitely random. I've found lobbies on a random Wednesday night, than absolutely nothing on a Saturday.
It probably the best part of that game to.
I used to play multiplayer all day on weekends with RE:ORC, Glad to hear its still online even to this day 😊
I tried playing this and couldn't connect. When it finally did, the lobby was so messed up it was borderline unplayable.
I miss playing ORC back in the day even if I has shitty NAT Type 3 connections, I was excited when I finally got in a match
Red Dead aged the best, still active so many years later and looks amazing.
Still have my ps3, still play it! 😊
Awesome video. Im glad you touched upon this topic because I'm a active Ps3 user. You can find me on most of the CoDs and Tekken 6 🔥
One game I didn’t see mentioned was Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag. The multiplayer on there is still online (players are usually only around during weekends).
Glad to see Ubisoft didn't shut down that server! Underrated MP mode.
Can I play it online for free or like driver San Francisco I have to get uplay pass ?
@ahmedabdelfatah9374 Should be free now, since online passes were phased out.
@@MAWK3 r u sure ?
Cuz I don't wanna install it then can't play online
@@ahmedabdelfatah9374 Can not say for certain as I do not have the game, but any game with UPass should no longer require it
Last time I played MW3, everyone was a hacker.
Awesome video dude
Socom Confrontation actually still has a large community thanks to PSOne. I was just playing it, Socom and Killzone 2 make the ps3 online still worth playing today (Killzone 2 is God tier)
I might get my old PS3 fired up
Hey how do you get back on kz2 today ? How does one connect with out side servers ?
I used to play Socom 4 but that online had a short life.
Are you telling me that you can still play socom confrontation online? That’s my all time favorite shooter. I thought they brought down the servers.
@@Wowimhungry9 Some ppl managed to revive servers like Killzone 2
Thanks for doing this
Amazing video! Thinking of buying a PS3 just to play and revive old memories of classic CoD's
Thank you so much! It's definitely worth it.
Great job man 👏👍
Wow man great job
Crysis 3 for the PS3 was the very first Online FPS I ever played, dating back TEN years ago. I barely remember any of it, but I do recall that in 2013, this game and CoD: Ghosts used to dictate my life. Having to choose one or the other on a daily basis used to give me headaches and I never even got bored of one them until CoD: AW started consuming my life. I know it’s a cliché to look back fondly to where it all started nowadays but I have to say that those were easily some of the most amazing times I had in gaming, ever!
I remember going on Uncharted 2’s PS3 multiplayer lobby and found myself incredibly depressed walking around an empty map with action music playing.
Far Cry 3 had players when I tried to play it a while ago it was genuinely fun to revisit the PS3
I would also add Dark Souls, you can still find invasions rather easily, and get summoned regularly. Idk about dark souls 2 but I'm sure you can still find people doing duels.
The armored core games on ps3 mostly For Answer and Versict Day also still have people doing 1v1 regularly.
Split/Second servers are still up. Is an arcade racing game with split screen and online multiplayer up to 8 players. Sadly, there is hardly an active community. You can also play it on Xbox and PC (PC you need vpn to connect with others). It is a fun game made by Disney and you can find the game super cheap nowadays.
I loved medal of honour 2010,COD4,MW2, BO2, BO1, GTA some of my fav online games back in the day
This video is Legendary!
i was actually just playing some MW2 last night. i never played ps3 when it was big so it’s fascinating to hear people with mics on ps3
Duke Nukem Forever, I also found a couple of randoms playing it when I was testing it out via PlayStation Plus Premium's cloud streaming service on PS5.
Tomb Raider surprised me, because I could never find anyone playing the PS4 version online, they must all still be on PS3.
It's such a good console. Some of my best experiences online gaming were with Uncharted 3, Assasin's Creed, PlayStation All Stars, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 (2010).
Need Uncharted 2 & 3 online multiplayer & Co Op…
I would pay to play those online again…. my fav gaming memories with the kids were on those games 🥺 kinda get lil emotional whenever I think about them shutting the servers down…. didn’t even know they were planning to.. I found out one day when we tried playing.. broke my heart no bs
That is such a bummer😢 the videos that would play at the corner of the menu of the best plays that week was so cool!
@@bangleyjelly yea I know on Uncharted 4 they played the weeks best highlights & tips clips in corner of screen.. but.. did they do that on part 2 & 3? Tbh I don’t remember, I don’t think.
But speaking of part 4…
The #1 thing I wanted was split screen, which made us miss the older games even more. Idk but the older ones had a charm to them.. they gotta be playable in some form in future I’m sure, they were too good to not be revived in some way shape or form..
Same bro 😢
It really sucks that lost planet 1&2 are pretty much dead. They were a lot of fun, it sucks that nobody plays them
The odd night you will find some Japanese players on lost planet 1.
@@MAWK3are you serious? There are still people playing levels online on LBP1? I just bought it yesterday on the PSN store and if so I’m so excited!
@@dantewolf707I play both still with my bro we grew up on them, Lost Planet 1 and 2 are still active on 360 in 2023 but 1 is more active than 2 (prolly cuz 1 is better) 3 I alright but has nothing on 1 and 2 and 3s multi is titally dead
Lost Planet 1 is still active
@@blueheart2662 what time people play I can never find a match?
It’s very interesting to see what happened to the rainbow 6 Vegas franchise. It’s almost worth a video in itself. It seems The Division turned into what was Rainbow 6 Patriots, just outdoor ?? Then you Ghost Recon doing its thing.
Just watched this out of curiosity as I don't have a PS3, and I'm really impressed with the size of this legacy community! I find I can still get into GTA V lobbies on 360 but most other games are very limited. Likely due to backwards compatibility and price of xBox Live. I'm sure this video was really helpful for some :)
How are you able to play GTA V online on Xbox 360? I thought they shut down the servers?
@@jackal_jack9525 damn i guess its been over a year since I've played it
gta online is back now, it's called gta:og
CoD 3 was excellent, no persistent stats, no killstreaks, just one match after the next of pure vibes, some maps even had vehicles, but then CoD 4 came out
very good video man keep going
Thank you so much for the kind words! More content coming very soon 😁 🙏
its funny how YESTERDAY i found out that bo3 was on ps3 and 360 i feel stupid
You're not really missing much 😅 it's a rough port
@@MAWK3 lol
Thank for that.ps3 player's really needed
Of Course! The purpose of this channel was to spread awareness 😁
I play all of them!!!!
Very Nice Vid!!!!!!
Great job!!!
Thank you so much! 🙏
W video dude wow! ❤
Thank you! 🙏
COD 3 Is VERY underrated! Everyone needs to try it!
No Fat Princess Mention? I'm Surprised as that can be pretty active as well
Forgot all about that game 😅 I think it is to!
@@MAWK3 It seems more active on the weekends as I tried to look for a game and there was none available.
I just tried that a few hours ago, no servers found, I assumed it was shut down.
@@celticmoose33 It works for me. It's more active on the weekends
yeah its really active
Been playing COD ghost on PS3 a lot lately. Actually have a lot of fun on it. Always full tdm lobbys
I'm glad people still play the ps3 too this day,it was my first online system as a kid and every so often I go back too it
Something about the PS3 just makes it special.
Was the last system companies actually cared about the online for there games
I started gaming w/Atari 2600/C64 and had almost every console after that includes handhelds w/a Switch & PS5 today, and I still say I had the most fun w/PS3 by a mile. I think that 7th gen of games was blockbuster. I had a handful of AAA games that I would play daily(GTA4, SKATE 1-2, COD4, W@W, PSHOME).
I started playing some black ops 1 a few months ago, seems there can be a couple thousand people online at once. only ran into a few hackers, was a very pleasant time.
Thank you
Killzone 2 is back? I just bought a ps3 again. I gotta pick some of these great titles. Awesome video!
i figured ncaa 14/college football revamped would've been on this list with all the modded support they continued to receive over the years.
Crysis 3 and Killzone 2 still active, that’s great they were so underrated. I’ve got to boot my ps3 back up
Crysis 3 is unfortunately shutting down next month on September 7th
You should check out the last of us factions mp. It’s still have a tight nit community to this day. I used to play it back in 2015 but got sweeped up by other games. Its a bunch of players in 2023. I should note that I’m playing the remaster on PS4 and I’m not sure if the servers are mixed with both consoles but considering that you don’t need ps plus I’m gonna say they probably are.
I found and played in a Dragons Crown lobby today.
Great video! Really will made 🎉
Thank you so much 🙏
@@MAWK3 When first watching your video I never thought you’d had so little subs!!! Like keep it up I can see you reaching 100k in no time I mean it
@samwouldyoukindly5244 I really appreciate that it means a lot to hear that!
I am my own worst critic so hearing that reassures a lot 😅
well*
GG BRO FROM MY FRIEND LAG HD THE LEGEND PS3 ❤❤❤
Thank you brother 🙏
this is why i love the ps3 and why i still have my slime version 🖤
Sadly, the servers for SOCOM have shut down, but I'm pretty sure that PS REWIRED have revived them, so I think it's still good. (I have never connected to any of these types of servers.)
Resident evil 6 is still active aswell. There were some people who invaded my session and some joined as coop in the ps3. I tried searching for a bioshock 2 online but there was hardly anybody, will try the weekends to see if theres people lol
Man no one remembers Star Hawk. Unbelievably good and reactive online combat.
It was underrated. Warhawk was better but Starhawk was still crazy cool. I’d like them to bring it back to play every once in a blue moon.
I saw one of my friends on MW2 there, you killed him but judging by his riot shield class, he was either taking it easy on other players because he didnt want our team to overwhelm and cause everyone to leave, or there was a legit hacker in the lobby
Small world!
What's your psn?
@@LeftBehind666 killafruit98 !
@@MAWK3 Oh sorry, I thought I was replying to the OP. Great video though.
@@LeftBehind666 No worries 😁 Thanks man!!
online features in Demon's Souls (PS3) also work today thanks to community
I was OBSESSED with MAG in high school I'd love for it to make a comeback
its funny how games like cod3 still have active servers on ps3 with a grand total of 0 players on it. I went to play it with a friend of mine just to see if anyone else would show up in a few hours but no ;D
It's very active on the 360! Not so much anymore on PS3.
Duke Nukem Forever's multiplayer community insane. Have ran into multiple people on there that have been playing the online mode almost every day since it's release. Probably up there for one of the most dedicated communities of all time.
hi bro im trying to hit rank42 to unlock all duke things for his home can i join u
@@grant8016 I haven't been on in forever. Unfortunately, I cannot.
I’m considering picking up a ps3 and replaying some old games
Awe man MAG would be cool it holds a place in my heart along with bf hardline an Bf4 but I think I'd rather get a MAG 2 but be a revival would be totally cool.
Tomb raider, gta 4 and red dead are all games that I never got the platinum because of multiplayer, but still hope to do so. Too bad gta 5 servers were shut down
I logged onto MW2 last week. Wasn't one person online, apart from me.
It's time to dust off our ps3 and have memories
Enjoy it while the servers are still up 😁
Payday 2 still has players on ps3
Can't believe I missed that game 😅! Thank you for letting everyone know!!
Making me miss playing SOCOM and Warhawk
I remember playing Uncharted 3 multiplayer religiously back in 2013 oh how I would love to go back and play it again
Crysis was such a good series i wish it would make a comeback
bad company 2 tho.. so many memories.. even though I played mw2 ALOT more in my days... i don't know why but bad company 2 just hit different
Hey @MAWK3, enjoyed the video know this isn't for original firmware but me and a couple other friends have gotten GTA Online 1.12 to work on modded PS3s and surprisingly active at some times of the day getting full lobbies.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for letting me know, I'd like to cover it in a future video.
ill need to try that
It surprises me that there are revival efforts for games I heard had servers shut down over decade ago. As a Golden era CoD stay on, I thought we were some of the only PS3 gamers that still had servers.
Can't wait for the 2024 episode.
Coming soon! I've tested well over 50+ so far.
Resident evil 5 surprisingly still has a active community
uncharted, tlou & max payne 3 mp was the one I did most of the time..also gta V online on ps3..and also 300hrs on ds2 multiplayer