phill Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Even now, bluray doesn't appeal to me, and I don't NEED a media PC. I need a gaming machine, and the PS3 failed miserably at that for the first two and a half years. AH, so you were generalizing your own disappointment such that EVERY PS3 owner is disappointed and not to the subset of gamers who wanted a strictly gaming machine for brand new games. I say brand new games because the PS2 has a solid game library and for early adopters, you had backwards compatibility. I also assume you were an early adopter and have a right to bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekofrog Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 AH, so you were generalizing your own disappointment such that EVERY PS3 owner is disappointed and not to the subset of gamers who wanted a strictly gaming machine for brand new games. I say brand new games because the PS2 has a solid game library and for early adopters, you had backwards compatibility. I also assume you were an early adopter and have a right to bitch. I didn't buy a PS3 to play PS2 games. I had a PS2. I am putting myself in the situation that a lot of early adopters found themselves in, and I'd feel betrayed by Sony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 ps3's been hacked. Ever since I modded my ps2 and it broke 8 months later, I said that it wasn't fair to the developers and never got an illegal piece of media again. (I actually got another ps2 later) But it will be interesting to see how sony will handle this. Probably the same way as the psp where you can't access the internet without the latest firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 does anyone even have a bluray burner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Got an associate who's lending me one on the basis of a personal deal we made. I just need to buy some blank BR disks and find software that'll do it. I'm so lazy though... Can any one recommend seemingly reliable software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 you only need to download it to your ps3 and play it off the hard drive. But at the same time, how many 20 gig games can you fit on your HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 surely they could run off of a bootleg BR though hell, wouldn't you have to have the game's data installed on the HHD twice since the game would think it's still on a disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 ps3's been hacked. Ever since I modded my ps2 and it broke 8 months later, I said that it wasn't fair to the developers and never got an illegal piece of media again. (I actually got another ps2 later) But it will be interesting to see how sony will handle this. Probably the same way as the psp where you can't access the internet without the latest firmware. not to be rude or anything, but the ps3 hasn't actually been hacked. geohot got into the kernel, but he can't do anything yet. not to mention his hack involves some serious hardware stuff that most people around here can't do. like heavy-duty electrical work, soldering and stuff. this is particularly notable considering that the blu-ray format is basically unhackable until you find a burner that'll also burn the barcode into the center ring, inside the readable disc space. since that's most of why you can't hack a blu-ray - the data's all there, but it needs the authentication code to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 ...it needs the authentication code to make it work... ...authentication code to work... ...authentication code... Figures, well at least now I can just burn huge collections of high quality videos onto the discs to play on the ps3. Or better yet master a disc dedicated to horror flicks of a particular genre with sweet looking menu and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 blargh, forgot about hdcp, which is on bloody everything. hdcp is crackable, though. you can't burn a bar code, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 man, it always takes me like three minutes to remember that hdcp means hi-def copy protection not something else that's somewhat illegal and gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 hdcp is illegal and gross. you just don't know it yet until you get into the specifics of how it's passed between components. half the damn hdmi switches out there won't actually function with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 lololololo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocre Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hooray! Rockstar just announced that the until-now Xbox360-exclusive GTA IV expansions "Episodes from Liberty City" ('The Lost & Damned' and 'The Ballad of Gay Tony') will be headed to PS3(and PC) in both a $19.99-per-episode downloadable form on PSN and a $39.99 standalone disc on March 30, 2010. It's a great time to be a girl! http://www.rockstargames.com/news/2010/01/29/2861/grand_theft_auto_episodes_from_liberty_city_coming_to_playstation_3_and_pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 bah, GTAIV blows dead poodles anyways... What I'd like to see is what possible PS2 era titles will become downloadables like their PS1 counterparts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalsnakejuice Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 It would be cool if they did put PS2 era titles on the PSN but i hope they put games that people want to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 i'm sure they'd only put games that wouldn't get touched on psn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 i'm sure they'd only put games that wouldn't get touched on psn. Name one, not counting the shovelware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 [/sarcasm] lol! never thought i'd need this tag with you! everyone knows shovelware is for XBLA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I doubt you will see many PS2 games, if any at all, on PSN considering they still manufacture PS2 consoles and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 And the fact that many ps2 games are massive files, up to I think 5 gigs per single-layer dvd disk. Imagine the amount that it would cost to move that kind of data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 And the fact that many ps2 games are massive files, up to I think 5 gigs per single-layer dvd disk. Imagine the amount that it would cost to move that kind of data. If it's not a problem to download Xbox Originals from XBLA, I'm not sure how there would be any greater technical limitations to have PS2 games on PSN. There isn't a whole lot of merit to the old "but the files are so big!" argument these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 And the fact that many ps2 games are massive files, up to I think 5 gigs per single-layer dvd disk. Imagine the amount that it would cost to move that kind of data. .. and the fact you can download entire PS3 games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 And the fact that many ps2 games are massive files, up to I think 5 gigs per single-layer dvd disk. Imagine the amount that it would cost to move that kind of data. this is a relatively major issue, particularly with ISPs throttling bandwidth. downloading files from PSN would interfere with most ISPs efforts to prevent illegal downloading on their networks. the bigger issue is that the PS2 is still being sold in stores. we won't see PS3 compatibility until sony has stopped sucking that teat for at least two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 bah, if the internet can handle Steam's method of distribution, I seriously doubt putting PS2 games on PSN would be that much worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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