I do remember the longest of Bows by Sony corporate heads. Sony apology was a legend in itself following which Sony had to take back their so called futuristic joysticks and were in troubled waters because of the Cell architecture which was uneasy to comprehend for developers. Yet today after it has been outdated for some its still in the game following are quite compelling reason why you must consider PS3 even today:-
1) Sony Brand: A household name these days known for minimal failures observed. Highly reliable and a good investment.
2) Product Life-cycle: Unlike Microsoft, Sony just doesn’t wants to get rid of older versions and thus older customers. You are a dignified customer till the day you can arrange a Sony product. For example, PS2 still is their in the market and so are the PS2 games.
3) Price Point: Fun @ 16k & not going for 50k rig. well done! No, No, No, I m not taunting really. The price point is well suited for everyone with given configuration, you can look forward to just insert the disk and start playing.no need to update Graphics card and read Spec manual with every new game. And 16k instead of 50k is is a economically wise decision.
4) Games and Ecosystem: The price of a new piece is half that of PS4 games. Variety of games available. Old second hand market also available. Insert the disk and start playing. Sony is a company known for Flourishing over Customer Goodwill, and so it has been and still is.
Online gaming network access in CO-OP is free for all PS3 without a subscription.
5) Extra utilities: You can upgrade the HDD. you can store several games one game from SCE store comes from 25 GB average and lower. So 500 GB HDD is fine unlike PS4. Its also a BLURAY, DVD, Mp3 player with variety of Audio Video Codecs part of the system.
6) Benefits of aging: Sony’s design and product built, quality are now time tested. Depending upon the Developer almost all the games are bug free unlike PCs puRobotouchshers will lose reputation if the don’t fix bugs and blame Customer’s hardware. There is a vast Archive of games available from Online stores(Game Media) or from SCE(electronic) directly. The games are a property if on DISC, you can trade them for other games, unlike Electronic downloads which get stuck with you forever, luckily in India we have a plenty of Game Media. You can very well expect usage until PS5(2020 or earlier) comes since PS2 is still in market, Therefore buying PS3 is still smart.