Guest Jordan Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 That dude said: I already have: GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories Canis Canem Edit Insert a couple more GTA games, a few movie games and every Fifa released and thats basically most PS2 owners collections right there
Aalborg Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Im on my third ps2.. gave the others away.. but then I noticed these 4 games i had for it... REZ, ICO, Shadow of The Colossus and Katamari Damacy and I bought my third ps2.. just when the urge gets me
Mikey Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 I've had a PS2 for about 5 or 6 years. The only games I've only ever bothered with are PES, GTA, and Gran Turismo. These days I hate PES, so basically it's just a GTA and Gran Turismo machine. I'm sure there are other great games for it out there, but it's never been a console I've loved.
Solo Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Well I still need to finish FF12 so I still fire it up occasionally.
Owen Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Theres rumours going around that a much cheaper 40GB PS3 is coming next week! Theres so much evidence backing it, it'll be a huge surprise if it wasn't actually true...i wonder if this will increase sales quite a bit?! Also, a skiing game is soon to be released on the PSN, it's only $2.99 in US, so hopefully it'll be something like £1.99 here! It uses the six-axis motion controls.
Guest Jordan Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 I've heard it only has 2 USB, no memory card readers and no back compat support.
That dude Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Jordan said: Insert a couple more GTA games, a few movie games and every Fifa released and thats basically most PS2 owners collections right there I guess. Although, where are the terrible movie tie-ins? (24 is no movie, atleastnot now) EDIT: Darn, I misread your post... Well, spot on, then. (yay for excessive use of comma) I do like my GTA... This post has so much... purpose. (yay for excessive use of suspense points) (yay for excessive use of excessive)
Dante Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Immersion CEO Vic Viegas says in an interview with GameDaily that he doesn't understand why Sony decided to put the DualShock 2's rumble technology into the DualShock 3, considering he believes the new next-gen rumble technology is cheaper. Viegas says, "The old technology utilizes two motors to create the complex set of sensations, whereas Immersion's new TouchSense technology utilizes a single motor, but we drive the motor in unique ways so that you can get stronger yet crisper effects." He says the one motor uses less power, "the cost to implement is less expensive than the old tech" and he says they won't charge Sony extra.
Domstercool Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 PS2 is a awesome classic system. I've got so many games for that console, must atleast be hitting 100 or more now.
Hero-of-Time Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 So it has now been confirmed that the PS3 is getting a new bundle and price drop but it aint all sunshine and roses... Quote Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe just confirmed what we seemingly all already knew: The Playstation 3 is getting a price drop. Only they don't call it a price drop, they call it a new model. Why does this sound familiar? The "new" 40GBHDD PS3 will hit SCEE territories on Oct. 10 for €399 and comes with a SIXAXIS wireless controller, WiFi, HDMI two USB ports, rather than four, and no multi memory card port. The new model will also not be backwards compatible with the PS2. SCEE also announced that the 60GB PS3 will not sell for €499 until they run out of supplies. From Nick Sharples, Sony's Director of Corporate Communications in Europe: The 60GB Starter pack will remain on sale until stocks run out (a number of months, depending on territory.) Thereafter, the 40GB model will be the only SKU in the SCEE region From Kotaku. So just how many versions of the PS3 are they gonna release before they get it right? Its so stupid what Sony have and are doing with the amounts of different machines and budles. What happened to the days of just being able to walk into a shop and get the console and not have to worry what version you are getting? Also the dropping of the backwards compatability units is a joke! I know that a few games dont run smoothly depending on what versions you have etc but at least you have the option. Saying that we shouldnt have been shafted in the first place and got the same machine innards as the yanks.
Mokong Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 are they not gonna introduce an 80gig model at the original price like they did in america, if not it's surprising they will be effectively doing away with backwards compatibility in Europe.... surely they don't really mean to do that
Mikey Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 As soon as the most expensive model hits the £250 mark, I'm gonna buy one. :)
Hero-of-Time Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Mikey said: As soon as the most expensive model hits the £250 mark, I'm gonna buy one. :) The 60Gb will never hit that mark because as soon as they run out of stock thats it for that model, the 4oGb will be the standard model over here.
Caris Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Wtf? There gonna down spec the PS3 and keep it the main SKU? Am i reading this right? EDIT: http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=PX1000&title=playstation_3_console_40gb_model&ref=HOMEPAGE
theguyfromspark Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 I'm going to pick up the 60gig version when i goes down to 350 quid next week. Hopefully they won't all sell out by then.
Ashley Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 The 40GB version is just utterly rubbish, especially as it will superscede (urr dunno how to spell that) the 60GB version. Thats just moronic. Plus the PS3 is better value at present. £425 gets you three games and an extra pad. £350 = one pad and two games (probably Motorstorm and Resistance) + 35 for pad + 50 for third game = £435.
AshMat Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Ashley said: The 40GB version is just utterly rubbish, especially as it will superscede (urr dunno how to spell that) the 60GB version. Thats just moronic. Plus the PS3 is better value at present. £425 gets you three games and an extra pad. £350 = one pad and two games (probably Motorstorm and Resistance) + 35 for pad + 50 for third game = £435. You can get the games for 10/20£ less than that though. In fact, it could equal out to the same price. But now, you have the option to not ahve to pay so much.
Dante Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 This news is making me wanting to buy a xbox360 for some reason.
Ashley Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 AshMat said: You can get the games for 10/20£ less than that though. In fact, it could equal out to the same price. But now, you have the option to not ahve to pay so much. I was just going on the prices and bundles at work (currently £425 for console, MS, Res, Sega Rally and extra pad). Thinking of it from a work point of view as someone was asking me. The 40GB version is still rubbish.
Dante Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Joystiq Editorial We feel Sony's move to drop backwards compatibility from the 40GB PAL model was at best misguided and at worst cruel to its consumer base. First off, the cost to Sony for including the software emulation is very minimal. Though some people have cite the Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer, both of those pieces of hardware were removed from the PAL design in late February 2007 and cost an estimated $27. Essentially, the software emulation has been running entirely on PS3 hardware for the full extent of its tenure in the PAL region. So that $27 that Sony is presumably saving by not using software backwards compatibility is misinformed. Regarding PS One titles, Sony has told GameSpot that they will be compatible, which is a good sign. But why not extend those compatibility options to the PS2 library? As previously denoted, that software in its present form runs fine on PS3 hardware. The 60GB model cost €499 (that's €100 more) and enjoys the addition of 20GB more disk space, two more USB ports, a flash card reader and software emulation - as a whole, that doesn't sound worth another €100 in component parts or production costs, nor does it show what in that list allows for PS2 compatibility software to run better. There has also been discussion about choice. For this, we want to remind the readers that the 40GB is currently only coming out in Europe, where their only other option is the soon-to-be-dropped (reaffirmed in a line from their recent press release) 60GB version. The 80GB model is not coming to PAL territories. But perhaps it is a cost-cutting hardware issue that no one has seen. If that's the case, then Sony would be wise to say so, instead of highlighting the 65 PS3 titles reportedly able to justify the loss or downplaying the importance of backwards compatibility when, as recently as 2006 Sony's Phil Harrison said that "backwards compatibility, as you know from PlayStation One and PlayStation 2, is a core value of what we believe we should offer. And access to the library of content people have created, bought for themselves, and accumulated over the years is necessary to create a format. PlayStation is a format meaning that it transcends many devices -- PSOne, PS2 and now PS3." Could the software be offered later as a download? That's a definite possibility, although it would beg the question why the company couldn't have added it originally, as well as if that compatibility software would be provided for a nominal fee. As it stands, no hardware deterrent has been revealed, and the public relations are doing nothing to remedy that error. Does adding the software during the production of the unit, particularly when other software like the operating system is being uploaded, cost that much more? We don't see it, and we're grasping at straws trying to find a reason for it. (Other than diverting PAL gamers' money from buying last-gen software to new-gen offerings.) So what's the big deal - why does the backwards compatibility matter? The previously-mentioned "core value" quote from Phil Harrison best sums it up, that with the PS3 we are buying into the PlayStation brand and all that it entails. Gamers who pick up the 40GB model have lost access to over 8,000 titles - many of them the best gaming has to offer. The elephant in the room is that Sony could ween out backwards compatibility from all its available models over all regions. Should you care? We think so.
Mikey Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 So does this mean we are only getting the worst version of the console? :s
Ashley Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Eventually yes. The 60GB version will continue alongside the 40GB one until it is sold out. Then its so long decent PS3, hello craptastia.
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