PS2 Backwards Compatibility Could Make Return

[plattyaj]

You have to wonder what there is to patent there? An add on card with a processor, etc ... umm, that's not exactly new technology.

 

[Shin-san]

I'm wondering what keeps people from running this on other machines, even the Xbox 360 or the Wii.
[citation][nom]orionantares[/nom]This must be why the Cell processor didn't get adopted for anything other than PS3 like was planned.[/citation]
I'm thinking this as well.

 

[HavoCnMe]

If they bring it back...10+ point to Sony. But if they don't, it will be when the PS3 reaches $149 before i purchase one. haha

 

[HavoCnMe]

They forgot to mention the removal of Linux support.

 

[NuclearShadow]

I think people are missing one major point in all of this and that is profit. Sony cannot make money off of backwards hardware compatibility in fact it makes the console more expensive and just look how long Sony was making a loss on the PS3 console itself.
Emulation if provided for free would also just mean a loss as it would have to be developed, tested, and likely patched for sometime.

Instead the most logical route for Sony to go is to emulate with a price. Want to play FFX again but on your PS3? Then you have to pay X amount which gives you access to the game if you have the retail disk or not simply doesn't matter. (They technically already started this with PS1 games)

This of course isn't the best outcome for the consumer which is unfortunate but its unrealistic to expect something for free.

 

[dark_lord69]

I got a PS3 the day it was release because I had one reserved.
I bought it because I didn't see any sense in buying a PS2 when a PS3 was about to be released and it could play PS2 games. (My PS2 broke and I had lots of games)

 

[compton]

The Cell processor was hyped out of proportion. It was supposed to revolutionize everything. As far as I know, only the PS3 uses it 4 years on. It was supposed to be some sort of super scalable miracle device, something that could be used in mobile devices, microwaves, TVs, ect. What ever happened to it? Why can't I buy some on Newegg? Reminds me of Sega's Blast Processing (but real).

 

[Vampyrbyte]

Compton, plenty of TV's use it. And there was a couple of laptops that used it as a co-processor, but its hardly evoultionsied wthe world

 

[damian86]

It is just a way to make money, just think how many models of ps3 have been released? now you go and buy it and they will keep making more, it's how it works.

 

[hunter315]

Would be interesting to see how small they could make a PS2's CPU and GPU with current fab techniques, if they charged an extra $50ish for the compatibility it would probably pay for itself.

 

[TunaSoda]

I've had it since day one
(original 60gb)

 

[kinggraves]

[citation][nom]meat81[/nom]Cmon Sony, you think people are going to drop thier versions of PS3 and buy another one? Why not do all software emulation. God knows the current PS3 hardware can handle it, it just depends out good your damn programmers are.... Dont know about you guys but this is annoying[/citation]

It's about more than numbers. PS2 had a ridiculous architecture that involved several dedicated processors, and apparently even they can't figure out how to emulate it with software perfectly.

[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]pcsx2 has made so much progress that on a phenom ii x2 I can run most games with no problems. And that's an emulator that has been developed using backwards engineering from game demos, for free. How hard can it be for Sony to put 20 programmers to do a good emulator? I'm sure that the PS3 CPU can handle it, MS have done it quite good. I played a couple of XBOX games on my 360 and they work great.[/citation]

Case in point. pcsx2 has been worked on for several years and is still the only ps2 emulator with any compatibility at all. They still haven't gotten it 100 percent, and it still won't run perfectly on modern hardware. It's not about the processing power, it's about the overcomplicated architecture of the ps2.

 

[FloKid]

What's the point now, they are remaking ps2 games for the ps3 anyways.

 

[drwho1]

This is why I'm happy with my 60GB PS3, it was the best PS3 to date.
(best hardware) I might upgrade its hard drive next year (not that I need it)

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]lasaldude[/nom]They should make an elite version for enthusiast. An SSD and 4 GBs of Ram, Better Direct X 11 Graphics Card like a GTX 460 with more HDMI connections for 2 or 3 screen heaven. Maybe a Blu-ray burner and wireless N. I know it sounds ridiculous and stupid, but if I could crank the graphics up on my games, life would be better and I would buy one.Just make a limited run Like Asus does with the Mars and Ares Cards[/citation]
You can already get that... it's called a gaming PC. LOL noob.

 

[xantek24]

what's a ps2?...

 

[thillntn]

[citation][nom]thillntn[/nom]So wait...they are going to reintroduce the ps3 fat?then it really would do everything again....if they bring back other os too.I would buy a brand new redesigned fat if they made one. Can't stand the slims, I have friends with those that keep dying! This may just be a legal move to sue anyone that releases a homebrew emulator that runs on the hacked firmware....[/citation]
why all the thumbs down? I'm sure plenty would pay for 4 usb instead of 2,ps2 support instead of none, linux as well . Must be some fan boys in the house .

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Don't care. Still want Other OS support back.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]pcsx2 has made so much progress that on a phenom ii x2 I can run most games with no problems. And that's an emulator that has been developed using backwards engineering from game demos, for free. How hard can it be for Sony to put 20 programmers to do a good emulator? I'm sure that the PS3 CPU can handle it, MS have done it quite good. I played a couple of XBOX games on my 360 and they work great.[/citation]
To be fair, a PC with a decent clocked Phenom II and decent graphics is actually better equipped to run a software-based PS2 emulator, than the PS3 is. The PS3 was never designed with oodles of general compute performance, and its GPU isn't as flexible as even a budget DX11 card - no DirectCompute 5.0 (or equivalent) in the PS3. Software emulation is not its strong point.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]compton[/nom]Reminds me of Sega's Blast Processing (but real).[/citation]
Sega's blast processing was real. It was a software technique, not a miracle. Just because it isn't what you thought it was, doesn't mean it isn't real. Sorry if you fell for some marketing and then found out it wasn't some kind of Cell processor shoved in a cartridge (Virtua Racing and some SNES titles used the mighty power of Sony's Cell CPU, honest).