weird, my ps3 is slim (not super) and it’s 4 years old and just got ylod. idk if it’s ylod. i want to fix it but i don’t trust in anybody and people here want a lot of money. do you think it’s the best buy a new one? should i buy on best buy or wallmart?

That’s really up to you. Your options are: try to fix it yourself where you might have to buy special tools for it; have a professional with experience in game consoles fix it for you; or buy a new one. 

If you do decide to buy a new one, it doesn’t really matter where you buy it. They’re all the same product with the difference of price (only by a couple of cents) and/or a free game. I can’t say which is cheaper/offers a free game as they all differ by location.

Anonymous #1 – I have a friend in Brazil who complains about that and there was recently an article about Nintendo discontinuing their distribution in Brazil.

Anyway, I’d say a YLOD is unavoidable after +5 years (mine is reaching that point and I’ve been backing it up like crazy). You can do the thermal paste replacement if it does get a YLOD, but it’s not guaranteed it’ll last another +5 years or if it really is the old thermal paste that’s causing the problem.

Anonymous #2 – Yes, PS Now is game streaming. I haven’t try it myself, but from what I read it’s a monthly subscription where you can rent and play PS3 games on your PS4. Downsides are that not all PS3 games are available for streaming and you can only rent, not buy.

Also, PS4 is not and will never be backwards compatible – i.e. you can’t insert a PS3 game disc in a PS4 and have it work – unfortunately. That’s pretty much the reason why people are saying don’t sell your old consoles for a next-gen.