a few new ps2 games showing up on us psn

[azrayl]

I don't want to see any PS2 games on PSN... I just want them to add PS2 emulation back to the PS3! Yeah, I had that with my 60GB PS3 but that got YLOD. Now I have a slim...

I also have a 60GB ps3 (pal model) and mine is working fine, ps2 games look awesome.

So jelly! I need to get that sh*t fixed!

Yea I'm also jelly. Was going to buy a 60GB CECH-G04 model today but it went for over 130€ on a 4 year old used machine on ebay..which is just too much money.
Meh, sad panda .

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[Zero_Cool]

I'd love to see games like Ghost in the Shell, Ace Combat 5, Front Mission 4, Gungriffon Blaze, Tenchu...

Casavult said it best though, PS2 emulation needs to return to the PS3. Why they ever got rid of backwards compatibility I'll never understand

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[deadpunk]

I'd love to see games like Ghost in the Shell, Ace Combat 5, Front Mission 4, Gungriffon Blaze, Tenchu...

Casavult said it best though, PS2 emulation needs to return to the PS3. Why they ever got rid of backwards compatibility I'll never understand

For you to buy the digital version on psn
They will give the same reason(cut production cost) for the ps4... and you will find youself buying your favorite games again when your ps3 is dead.

[azrayl]

Yea but we'll have to wait at least 1.5 years for the PS4 to be released i suppose.
And while waiting for the PS4 a PS+ subscription will get you most of your money back in digital downloads.

[Zero_Cool]

I read somewhere that Sony was hastily making an effort to release the PS4 next year, likely as a result of the LV0 leak of course. Then again I don't recall the source, so it could be BS

[jd20dog]

they dropped ps2 compatibility because of the problems with it
heat , circuit board rework and to drop resources for the system
ps2 full compatibility is a very big resource hog
by dropping it they were able to reduces system strain and smooth small issues with the ps3 hardware

plus after the ps3 was widely sold and had a descent amount of software
there wasn't a need for the ps2 support, as a ps2 is cheaper, and can use the same connecting cables
the emotion drive alone is a $12 chip, with a $2 spot on the mother board,
its also the same emotion drive chip from fat ps2's, requiring steady/stable power regulation, meaning a 4th power mode from the psu(1st power off/standby,2nd ps2 mode, 3rd game mode, 4th other-OS mode/blue-ray movie mode)
ram and chip sets also had to support ps2 functions leading to a few games not being supported on full BC ps3's at all
and they also blocked the back ups swapping trick that was becoming popular at the time,so to those saying it was stupid to drop ps2 disk support, there is a lot more to this then just dropping ps2


and to those complaining about sony using lead free solder in the ps3,this was a legal requirement place into effect (in mid 2005 for US) banning the manufacture of electronics containing lead based products to be produced on such large scale in the US and many other countries, without a proper full investigation of long term use of lead free solder and other materials in electronics(if you have a apple G5 tower you know this issue is a very painful hit to the wallet), with many leading companies having little to no testing or knowledge of lead free metals in electronic equipment, as lead was a standard to prevent instability and furring(little hairs that grow on the exposed metal components in electronics) of the conection points.
(replacing lead-free solder with lead solder is not illegal in the US and many other countries, it just can not be sold as new with this modification though, also it must be brought to the buyer's attention that said unit has lead based metals in it before being sold, or legal action can be taken against the seller for intentionally introducing a known poisonous material into the buyers home without the buyers knowledge)

I read somewhere that Sony was hastily making an effort to release the PS4 next year, likely as a result of the LV0 leak of course. Then again I don't recall the source, so it could be BS

sony was already pushing for the ps4 next year anyway...

[shinra358]

What's the point? EVERY PS2 game will NEVER come out on PSN because of licensing. What we truely need is backwards compatibility. BTW, they really dropped PS2 support because knuckleheads voted against it on the PS site. They could have found a way to make it use less resources. PS3 is new hardware. Don't even know why old hardware wouldn't be more efficient on the new hardware anyway. PS3s still get the YLoD before the slims with or without PS2 compatibility.

[jd20dog]

What's the point? EVERY PS2 game will NEVER come out on PSN because of licensing. What we truely need is backwards compatibility. BTW, they really dropped PS2 support because knuckleheads voted against it on the PS site. They could have found a way to make it use less resources. PS3 is new hardware. Don't even know why old hardware wouldn't be more efficient on the new hardware anyway. PS3s still get the YLoD before the slims with or without PS2 compatibility.

newer hardware is different form older hardware making compatibility an emulation processes and demanding far more resources then the native ps3 software

it is a massive process to accomplish

[shinra358]

They are a big company. They should be able to manage it. They had a survey on the psn site and alot of ppl voted for it. But many arses voted against it which is why sony dropped it.

[jd20dog]

They are a big company. They should be able to manage it. They had a survey on the psn site and alot of ppl voted for it. But many arses voted against it which is why sony dropped it.

they blocked issues with the ps2 hardware that were not fixable.....
and dropped the size requirements for the motherboard