GTA V on the Fat PS3 in 2025… Still Pushing the Limits?
338Booting up Grand Theft Auto V on the original “fat” PlayStation 3 in 2025 is like watching a miracle of hardware endurance. Released in 2013, GTA V arrived at the very end of the PS3’s life cycle—and somehow crammed Los Santos, Blaine County, and three playable protagonists into a console that launched back in 2006. On the fat PS3, loading times were long, textures popped in, and the console often sounded like a jet engine ready for liftoff—but it worked. The heists, the chaos, the radio stations, and the freedom of an enormous open world made it one of the defining games of its generation. Today, after GTA V has spanned three console generations and GTA VI is finally stealing the spotlight, going back to the fat PS3 version is pure nostalgia—Franklin, Michael, and Trevor causing mayhem while the console hums like it’s about to explode.
🕹️ Console: PlayStation 3 “Fat” (2006)
📺 TV: SAMSUNG QE60 4K QLED (via HDMI, upscaled Los Santos still shining in 2025—fan noise included)
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