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PS3 Test Model Unboxing [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]
🕑 Added 2022-03-05 04:07:07 +0000 UTCWhat uuuuuuup everyone. You won't believe what I did.. actually scratch that. This is an extremely predictable move from me. I picked up another PlayStation 3, except this time it's a debugging station! So at least I can do extra cool things with this, like play PS2 games region free, or play pre-release builds of PS3 games.
Anyway, this will be featured in a proper video sometime later. But for now, here's a little bonus look at me taking this thing out of the box and providing some lore. See you all in the next one!
- Ryan
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Comments
Maxim Bagdasarian
Hey Ryan! That’s an awesome looking test model. Do you know which studio it belonged to? I’m from the UK, so I was looking for a test model to have a PS3 fully compatible with all my PS2 games. We never got the A models here. Ended up importing a CECHA01 model that I modded just to remove region locking. Recently, I found a bargain on ebay for a DECHA00A model for £285 so I couldn’t resist. I started it up and could clearly tell it belonged to London Studio, or a consultant of theirs, since there were a bunch of old SingStar builds and save files on there. Looking forward to the main video!
William T Clements
You continue to amaze me with your knowledge of all things Playstation. I can't remember if you have recorded a panorama of your console collection or not ... may be an idea when you move into your next digs. I have such a backlog of PS3 games that were never upgraded to PS4 or beyond, I am still playing some of them on my God of War special edition PS3 - in red no less!
znk3r
That was a cute little model I haven't seen before. As you say, it's clearly a model used for QA of games, not a DevKit. You can't use it to create games, but should be able to run signed software for the QA stages. I'm curious to see if still has a QA firmware or has been reverted to a public firmware. The ones I have used are normal retail units unless they have the correct firmware installed. So don't try to update the firmware or connect it to internet.
