PS3 Stuff

[gaspode]

For those interested the current state of play (ie List of ps1 and ps2 games) for PS3 backwards compatability on european PS3's being launched here at midnight tomorrow (ie the ones with software only emulation) can be found here ...

http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc/

SO God of War I and II - Yes
Buzz - Yes
Final Fantasy 12 - Um some mionor issues (bugger)
Singstar - No - well yes with major issues it says - that means no in my book.

OK - so looks like both consoles will still be needed for a while ...

Comments

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Must admitI'm curious to know how much leaving out the hardware emulation saves Sony in terms of costs.

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

I've been digging on this - there's conflicting stories - some people say they have stripped a chipset to reduce costs (but that seems unlikely chips are not expensive and the programings done and dusted) some say the chipset is too rigid and the pirates cracked it.

Sony say they have changed the chipset for something that improves the next gen performance ...

SO ... theres a differing opinions ...

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Hmm... might have to bug Max at next B&B7!

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

Ask him now - he's already got his ... sirmaldaef

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

I know but I figured that what a chap might be willing to say on a public blog and what he might be willing to say in private at the pub might differ ;-)

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

Nah .. he's fairly anonymous on here lol

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

Well, it can't be any more than £80, since you can get a new PS2 for that, and the console's been profitable for a while now. But it doesn't need all the cruft like a case, controllers or even its own CD drive, so my guess would be about £40.

Perhaps they were too optimisitic with how well the emulation would work, and wanted to get rid of every extra penny. Either that or they were worried about competition for new PS2s from the newly availalble second hand ones.

[wimble.livejournal.com]

You might want to be aware that The Register carries the warning:

The snag, however, is that users will require the latest release of the PS3 firmware, version 1.6, completed too late to be pre-loaded onto the consoles that go on sale at midnight this coming Friday.

Sony said Firmware 1.6 not only provides a higher level of PS2 and PSone game compatibility, but also includes support for the Folding@Home protein processing client, background downloading of content from the PlayStation Store, support for Bluetooth keyboards and mice, and adds an on-screen pop-up QWERTY keyboard.

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

This is no biggy - the 360 updates pretty much everytime i turn it on ...
I dont do pirate games so I'd rather have the firmware tweaked .. The Wii and 360 are online 24/7 so its no worry if the PS3 is the same ...

[emmzzi.livejournal.com]

Singstar, Haunting Ground and Prince of Persia all incomplete for me - no new console!