how do I program my new hard drive to run my ps3 like a ps4 to run the new games?
1885878
If the harddrive you have has the default setting which the driver setup driver of the PS3 can install, it should be no problem. However, there are hard drive manufacture who utilize difference universal baseline default drivers. I bet it is a about 70% percent chance of success. However, if a person who does not have the credentials such as bachelor degree in this field and etc...it drops to 40/60.
1885879
If I'm understanding your question correctly, you want to play PS4 games on your PS3. The short answer is: you can't. If you want to play PS4 games, you need to have a PS4.
1989979
Yes! As long as you can unscrew the Harddrive that is currently in your ps3. I dropped a 500gb in fat ps3 I have but then bought a ps4 :( wasting money lol Don't forget to get your games off for the new drive. I recommend a 32gb flash drive!
819757
Yes. My PS3 is a 1st gen. Works great. Both 1st gen. and slims use the same hard drives.
1890888
previous answer was correct if you have it in the ps plus then you just have to redownload. Easiest way though is to back up your existing ps3 drive to an external drive then install your new one then restore from the external drive
221509
It sure will. I've got this in mine right now, and it works very well. There's a video online on how to change out the HD: basically you just pop off the shiny black part of the PS4 cover, remove the playstation screw, slide the old drive out and remove the tray, then put it back together with the new drive. You need to reinstall the OS, which can be done by downloading the 1.5 update from playstation's website and placing it on a thumb USB drive. Use the instructions from here: http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps4/pc_update/index.htm#installationSteps
1178979
No, the PS3 will format the drive for you with no problems. Pretty much plug and play. I HIGHLY recommend backing up your original PS3 hard drive before swapping. Then, simply plug it in. It will format. Then restore your files. All will be well. It will not mess up your PS3. I tried using a solid state drive. That didn't work at all. Crashed a couple of times. Since I've used this drive...no problems. It works great. I was able to download and install DC Universe!!! Which took forever to download and install, but with this big a drive it was no problem at all.
1846116
Hey Harold, This is EXACTLY why I bought this drive. It is now sitting between my XB1 and my PS$ and all my games are on the seagate...I am thrilled with this purchase!! Works perfectly!!
1678274
He cant add new games to this. He needs a new internal hard drive. This can backup his saves though
404111
The PS4 is actually updated for the new Nyko expansion hard drive device, and will handle up to 6 Terabytes of a 3.5 inch Hard Drive. However this hard drive will work for your PS4, but will NOT work on your PS3.
946872
For it to work on your PS3 the format needs to be FAT32, need to reformat it from NFTS to FAT32.
1630460
I haven't used mine yet, but it will come formatted in NTFS. It's kind of a given. Though you can virtually use any portable hard drive with the PS3 or Linux. All you need to do is download a little program called fat32format, and you can format the hard drive in FAT32 (Which the PS3 can read) regardless of size. I did this with a 500 GB and a 1 TB hard drive for my PS3.
251451
Unfortunately you cannot. This is strictly a backup device. You can't even veiw whats on the drive from your PS3 it only shows each save as a file number usually including the date the save is made in with the sequence of numbers. You can delete older saves and apply previous saves through your PS3 backup utility that's about it.MAD
243374
Hi, CamiliaThe ps3 is for a play station 3 for playing games. The WD hard drive is for computers the answer is no.
819758
Based on Sony's upgrade instructions, it looks like a 2.5 inch SATA drive like the WD will work in any PS3 model (https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362/~/upgrade-the-hard-disk-drive-(hdd)). I have not had any trouble with the drive since installing it in my formerly-160BG PS3.
793925
Yes. Theres no difference in requirements for hard drives between ps3 vs slim model
1997036
I believe the ps3's use the same kind of hard drive as a computer. Just be sure you reformat the drive so nothing is on it and when you plug it into your playstation, it will format to whatever the playstation uses.
182300
Yes absolutely! I had the same setup and used this to upgrade I was finished in about 30 minutes! Make sure you backup everything you want to save or sync it to the PSN or plus network of you use it.