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What's a Playstation 3 System 80GB Worth? Trade-In Value

A Complete Playstation 3 System 80GB comps at $220.00. We pay $121.00 cash or $187.00 store credit. That’s 55% and 85% of comp, every time.

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Playstation 3 System 80GB

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Cash offer · Complete

$121.00

or $187.00 in store creditMarket comp $220.00

Comp last checked November 8, 2026

Every condition

Playstation 3 System 80GB value by condition

3 conditions · same rate on each
Console OnlyPS3-01

Console only — no dock, cables, or controller/Joy-Cons

Market comp
$96.87
Cash (55%)
$53.28
Credit (85%)
$82.34
Headline offer
CompletePS3-02

Complete — console, dock, all cables, and at least one controller/Joy-Con

Market comp
$220.00
Cash (55%)
$121.00
Credit (85%)
$187.00
As-IsPS3-03

Non-functional / As-Is — doesn't power on / untested, priced at 25% of the Console Only comp before the standard cash/credit split

Market comp
$24.22
Cash (55%)
$13.32
Credit (85%)
$20.59
PlayStation 3 Hardware Notes

Early 'fat' launch PS3 models are known for the Yellow Light of Death — a solder/thermal-paste failure from heat cycling over years of use — making a launch-era unit meaningfully riskier than a later slim or super-slim revision for actual long-term reliability. Only the earliest fat models have real hardware PS2 backward compatibility, a genuine spec difference worth confirming rather than assuming across the PS3 line.

No guesswork

How we get to your offer

We pull the live market comp for Playstation 3 System 80GB on PlayStation 3, then apply the same locked rates we use on every trade-in: 55% of comp in cash, or 85% in store credit. No lowball guesswork, no per-item haggling. The comp is the only input, and the math is the same for a common playstation 3 console and a grail.

Market comp · Complete

$220.00

Cash rate

55%

Your cash

$121.00

Comp last checked November 8, 2026

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