Does this sound familiar? You’ve been on the edge of your seat, waiting for the newest great PS3 game to come out, and the day is finally here! You jump in your car (or talk your parents into driving you) and head out to your neighborhood retail store, only to find it’s sold out! Now you have to choose between waiting for it to come back in stock, or planing an order online and waiting for it to be shipped and delivered. Well, now you have a better choice… downloading your games online for free!

So, what’s the best way to find a download site for PS3 games… one that will actually work and won’t rip you off?

Well, first of all, avoid all the “completely free” torrent or warez sites. Chances are, your downloads from those sites either won’t work or will be loaded with viruses and other malware. It’s not worth risking your computer’s life, no matter how good your anti-virus program is.

Then, what’s the alternative? You can join a membership site for PS3 game downloads! For a small, one-time fee (usually less than the cost of a single game) you can become a member of a web site that will give you access to thousands of games you can download for your Playstation 3. These sites will provide you with the software you need to search their database, download files, and burn them to DVD so you can play them on your game console. And best of all, once you join, you will never be charged again for the life of your membership! You can download unlimited numbers of games and use all the bandwidth you need, all for the one membership fee.

However, we discovered that, unlike the other game consoles currently available, there are only a few web sites that offer PS3 game downloads. So… we tested them all! And we found out some surprising things.

Some of the membership sites offered only demo versions of games to download. Other ones let you download full, playable versions, but of games you have never heard of before. However, we found two sites that we can highly recommend to download PS3 games. They offer the real deal — full game downloads, top-notch tech-support, step-by-step tutorials to get you started, and more game downloads than you could ever imagine!

• Best Media Online. This is my favorite site for PS3 game downloads. A 3 year membership at Best Media Online costs $38.91, and they also offer a 7-day money back guarantee.
• Unlimited PS3 Downloads. This site will seem slow to you when you visit it, but don’t let that put you off. They must run their information and membership signup on a separate server from their downloads, ’cause once you join, searching and downloading from their database is lightning fast! A lifetime membership at Unlimited PS3 Downloads is priced ata $49.95, and the offer a one week full refund guarantee.

If you are interested in getting all the games you want for your PS3 system, and saving heaps of money doing it, give either Best Media Online or Unlimited PS3 Downloads a try!