As of late 2024, 4.88 remains the final official firmware for the PS3, later succeeded by 4.89 (released February 2022) and 4.90 (March 2023), which continued the same stability and Blu-Ray key update trend.

Published: June 8, 2021 File Size: Approximately 200 MB Type: Mandatory Minor Update

But for the majority of retro-gamers and collectors, 4.88 is a small, invisible patch that keeps a legendary machine quietly humming in the background—proof that even in 2021, the PS3 wasn’t quite ready for the museum.