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Would you consider purchasing, perhaps at a premium, a Playstation retro console that played PS1, PS2 and PS3 games?
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This is what a PS2 Classic should really be. Sure, throw some games on the onboard storage, but also put in that physical disc drive in there. Don't need to worry about PS3, and lots of people are still really into PS2.
... you realize if Sony wanted to they could already do this with the PS5 with zero need for additional hardware right?
If I could get a console that played PS1,2, and 3 titles at Xbox bc levels I'd get that over next gen any day of the week.
It saddens me that PC Emulation is essentially doing what we want Sony to be investing in.
Microsoft is doing great with 3rd-party PS2 and PS3 games on Xbox Series X.
I would gladly pay money to Sony for some legendary PS1 games or 1st-party games that weren't akready ported to PS4.
Having said that, I would not pay for yet another machine to connect to my audio receiver when that thing is already overflowing with connected inputs.
Microsoft is doing great with 3rd-party PS2 and PS3 games on Xbox Series X.
I would gladly pay money to Sony for some legendary PS1 games or 1st-party games that weren't akready ported to PS4.
Having said that, I would not pay for yet another machine to connect to my audio receiver when that thing is already overflowing with connected inputs.
I would love to have a machine that does all 3, but I wouldn't get one unless it supported the disks.
I wish there had been a follow-up Vita that had PSP/Vita/PS1 BC and also added PS2 & PS3 BC. Portable with digital games & give it a Switch-style dock with a disc drive for hooking up to the TV and playing physical games. I would be more interested in that than a PS5 or XSX to be honest.
I have 2 of those. And 2 PS2s and two Vitas. PS3s are sluggish, PS2s have their own issues. If Sony came out with a retro console that could play all their back libraries (including PSP and Vita), had full HDMI support, had save states/imaging options, supported your digital PSN purchases and physical media, offered a decent legacy digital store, I would pay $500-600. Maybe even that $700. But yeah, this is niche.
The latter two aren't happening in mobile format for couple more years. At least not at a reasonable price. Qualcomm 865+ is almost there for PS2 if there was a decent mobile emulator, but not quite. Not to mention PS3. Plus the latter has some seriously large games for a portable.
No.
Have hard enough time finding time to play new games.
From Sonys perspective it's probably more trouble than it's worth trying to figure out ps3 emulation or continuing to manufacturer something that uses cell.
Have hard enough time finding time to play new games.
From Sonys perspective it's probably more trouble than it's worth trying to figure out ps3 emulation or continuing to manufacturer something that uses cell.
About this
Yesterday i had weird dream
I dreamed about Sony made enhanced PS3
It looked like the phat ps3 but smaller i think.
It has the ability to play Ps1, PS2 and PS3 games, and it can play disc games from all regions on Ps1 and PS2.
Also upgraded the BD player to play 4K movies.
Also has internal SSD (32 or 64gb) and ability to use nvme (maybe v3)
I didn't catches the price, but maybe it was $200 or something close.
The reason they added the internal ssd because the PS3 was so slow, they had to use it.
Yesterday i had weird dream
I dreamed about Sony made enhanced PS3
It looked like the phat ps3 but smaller i think.
It has the ability to play Ps1, PS2 and PS3 games, and it can play disc games from all regions on Ps1 and PS2.
Also upgraded the BD player to play 4K movies.
Also has internal SSD (32 or 64gb) and ability to use nvme (maybe v3)
I didn't catches the price, but maybe it was $200 or something close.
The reason they added the internal ssd because the PS3 was so slow, they had to use it.
If Square would just port or update their PS1 games to modern consoles, there would be no need for this in my opinion.
I want to be able to play Xenogears and Chrono Cross and a metric ton of other games that are dangerously close to becoming a memory.
I want to be able to play Xenogears and Chrono Cross and a metric ton of other games that are dangerously close to becoming a memory.
With a questionable rate of PS3 compatibility, but it's better than nothing, I guess.
If Sony designed a new system that still used the original processors or a new hybrid processor but with updated tech like HDMI, wifi and support for new controllers like the DS4 and Dualsense and it had a disc drive that could read all the games then I'd pay $199-299 USD for it easily.
If it was an emulation box then I wouldn't touch it unless we had confirmation that Sony built all the emulators from the ground up themselves.
If it was an emulation box then I wouldn't touch it unless we had confirmation that Sony built all the emulators from the ground up themselves.
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1080p output with some nice scaling options (user customizable) for PS1 and PS2 games and I'd pay decent money for it.
No, I wouldn't buy dedicated hardware for it. I would rather stick with my PS3 or just emulate the games on PC or a new PS console. Not gonna buy some dedicated hardware for old games
I just spent 5 minutes writing out this exact same thing in the Vice thread, I feel so dumb haha
In short, yes. Give me this device.
In short, yes. Give me this device.
Just re-release the OG fat PS3 but fix it so it's not a ticking time bomb, and I will give Sony any amount of money for it.
Also, if it's also called PS5 and releasing in a few weeks.
Perfect.
No. I would however consider buying a more expensive PS5 that does. I'm also willing to buy digital versions of PS1-3 games on PS5.
I've said this before but I would pay good money for a machine that reliably plays PS2 games in HD. PS3 is not that big of a deal to me.
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I would as an handheld digital only device bigger than the Vita but maybe a bit smaller than the normal Switch(I don't know the size of the Switch lite).
And for a good price. Like $200 or something. I'm simply not interested in playing old games on a big TV.
edit: on 2nd thought, you could also just release The PS1 and PS2 library on Mobile and sell a licensed controller dock. Or ad them to PSNow for Mobile streaming.
And for a good price. Like $200 or something. I'm simply not interested in playing old games on a big TV.
edit: on 2nd thought, you could also just release The PS1 and PS2 library on Mobile and sell a licensed controller dock. Or ad them to PSNow for Mobile streaming.
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No I would rather my PS5 play all of them, I don't want multiple devices from the same family hooked up. I will continue to rip my games to my PC and emulate everything there. Saves space and I now have over 6000 games on my PC I can play anytime I want.