PS3 Troubles

[Jon]

Just read some news that PS3 is having some problems when people try to play "certain" PS and PS2 games (wasn't said how many or which games, only that some apparently couldn't be played - or at least not to their complete ability).

[Ecto Jedi]

I think I read somewhere that about 200 PS2 and PSOne games were affected by the glitch. I also read Sony would be correcting the error in time with a firmware update of sorts.

[Peanut]

I think I read somewhere that about 200 PS2 and PSOne games were affected by the glitch. I also read Sony would be correcting the error in time with a firmware update of sorts.

Yep, you can bet on it. Either way, it's only a smattering of games. 200 games between the two consoles with a library of thousands is peanuts. There were a couple big ones noted, like I think DMC3, but nothing huge.

[Drtooth]

If they couldn't fix it (hypothetically) it would be a shame. The one thing I like about Playstation vs. Game cube is that the system is retrocompatible. So after you get a new system, or do not own the last one, you don't have to throw out your old games. That's what killed Nintendo 64.

[Jon]

If they couldn't fix it (hypothetically) it would be a shame. The one thing I like about Playstation vs. Game cube is that the system is retrocompatible. So after you get a new system, or do not own the last one, you don't have to throw out your old games. That's what killed Nintendo 64.


Well, of course, that was pretty obvious (it would be that way). Since N64 still used cartridges, and not disks like 'Cube. Least Wii will have back-compatability with Gamecube. Along with it's own 'retro' in the form of the Virtual Console.

[Ecto Jedi]

Well, of course, that was pretty obvious (it would be that way). Since N64 still used cartridges, and not disks like 'Cube. Least Wii will have back-compatability with Gamecube. Along with it's own 'retro' in the form of the Virtual Console.

I dislike the idea of having to pay for each game you download with the Virtual Console, considering everyone can just download an emulator and get them all for free.

[Peanut]

Yeah...but that's illegal...see how that works?

[Ecto Jedi]

Yeah...but that's illegal...see how that works?

But when has that ever stopped me from downloading music, shoplifting, or plowing through police sobriety checkpoints?

[Jo Dawn]

I think I read somewhere that about 200 PS2 and PSOne games were affected by the glitch. I also read Sony would be correcting the error in time with a firmware update of sorts.

Mmhm, I also saw on the news that they'd be releasing a firmware update to be able to play your older games.

[Ecto Jedi]

Mmhm, I also saw on the news that they'd be releasing a firmware update to be able to play your older games.

Speaking of firmware, I was quite surprised to see how similar the PS3 menu system looks and works like its PSP counterpart. Neat stuff, for sure.

[Peanut]

But when has that ever stopped me from downloading music, shoplifting, or plowing through police sobriety checkpoints?

That's a very good point.

[Dr. Doom]

I just saw a report on the local news about people lined up to get a PS3. Everyone they talked to is selling it on eBay.

[Peanut]

I just saw a report on the local news about people lined up to get a PS3. Everyone they talked to is selling it on eBay.

Same with my local news and apparently many others around North America. Is anyone actually keeping this thing!?

[Dr. Doom]

It wouldn't appear so. I can only hope it's a cataclysmic failure for Sony and games such as MGS4 will be placed on another system for the win. =3

[Jo Dawn]

Yeah, our Best Buy had people at noon in line... Only about 28 people there, though. When Wii went on preorder it was all chaos.

[Duke]

Yeah, our Best Buy had people at noon in line... Only about 28 people there, though. When Wii went on preorder it was all chaos.I went to best buy yesterday after I got off work and there was already 20 some people in line. Some guy asked me if I was planning on getting in line. I told him there is no way I'd wait outside in the cold 39 hours for a PS3. I'd just end up selling it because right now I have absolutely zero interest in it.

[Peanut]

This (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sony-backward-compatability--flying-breakfast-car-215418.php) really isn't important or anything, but as most Kotaku comments go, this one is damn funny.

Well, we have our first reported PS3 robbery!

An Elk Grove Gamestop store was robbed at gunpoint this morning, the two gunmen making off with four PS3s and four 360s.

Local police contacted nearby stores and warned them to "keep an eye out for anything suspicious". What, like crowds of grown men waiting in a line outdoors for days, on the brink of winter, for a video games console? Yeah, that's normal.

No word yet on any leads, but anyone in the area trying to sell a 360 for $30,000 should be treated with extreme caution...