The Sony Thread

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by TheCure

There's also the Wii, lolololol.

Hence the "new" in bold. lawl

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

(I guess this goes in here)

Metal Gear Solid 'Group therapy' (MGS4 spoilers)

This is hilarious.

I saw this late last night. Laughed my ass off.

[Krang]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

Does anyone know where to find a playstation 2 Slim Power chord replacement. I bought one that was compatible with a ps2....just not ps2 slim. Having a really hard time locating one. Anyone got any ideas?

Your best bet would probably be eBay if you want an official one. You could also see if Amazon, GameStop, or any other stores have a third-party replacement.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by Peanut

We're not "getting" anywhere. It's been like this since games started.

Backwards compatibility hasn't exactly been around since the beginning, and when you look at it, only one new console has ever had full BC capabilities, and that was the PS2. The only other thing to pull off full BC were the countless incarnations of the Gameboy, and even that started to die out when the DS couldn't play original GB games, and only got worse when they decided to pull the GBA slot from the DSi.

I think claiming we're owed BC is slightly ridiculous, as that's never been the rule, but the exception. Sure, it'd be cool if I could throw any old game into one of my new consoles and play it, but I had to plug in my NES to play NES games for the past 18 or so years, so that isn't really something I mind so much.

Well, as you know, I'm one of those anal retentive preservationists nerds. The old hardware isn't going to be around forever, so I like to know I'll be able to play a little NHL '94 or Daytona USA in 20 years on a whim. Up to this point, getting emulators for your old games hasn't been a problem since old hardware is easy to emulate thanks to low-end tech. But home PC technology has capped out as of late. Coders got Dreamcast running on PC at full-spec, but I don't see any more advancements beyond that for many more years. The GameCube and PS2 emulators kinda' stalled out because the tech just isn't there.

I know that for a fan at least, trying to write a GameCube or PS2 emulator for PC is a pure pain in the ass, but for the company that designed the platform, it shouldn't be so much of an issue. I'm spoiled. The PlayStation brand had BC solid until Sony saw they could squeeze us for select classics like Nintendo's overpriced [piece of sh*t] Virtual Console. Problem is, what exactly defines a "classic"? I can assume me and Sony would disagree on what qualifies. As for the Xbox 360, I can barely play my current gen games without the thing red-ringing me, so BC is the farthest thing from my mind there.

Bah, to hell with it. I'm so far in the hole on modern classics right about now that BC should be the least of my gaming concerns.

*edit*

Okay, so I'm a moron. Apparently PS2 emulation did indeed take off. Cool. I'd love to put that in the arcade cabinet I hope to one day build.

*edit again*

Okay, so I guess I'm just an ignorant tool or something. GameCube emulation apparently isn't half bad either.

*final edit*

Jesus Christ. What the hell did I miss?

[Peanut]

The PCSX2 isn't very good, though. My computer can run Crysis without problems, but god forbid I try and run a decent PS2 game on it. Some games work perfectly, but they're few and far between.

[AquaParade]

Hey guys...Need a sony/mgs expert. I'm playing Subsistence(Snake eater re-release), and every time i try and chokehold an enemy, as soon as i try to drag them away, snake slits their throat.

here's the thing...the "o" is supposed to be context sensitive, and I'm using a playstation 1 controller...Is this the reason that I slit the guys throat every...single...time?

[Dr. Doom]

I'd guess that's the problem. Maybe the first Dualshock didn't have that pressure sensitivity, I dunno.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

I'd guess that's the problem. Maybe the first Dualshock didn't have that pressure sensitivity, I dunno.

Unfortunately, that's my guess too. I have a dualshock2, but it's problem is that one of the buttons is stuck or something, because everytime i plug it in, I get shoved into first person view, and start spinning around

[Mecha Cow]

The DualShock 1 doesn't have pressure sensitive buttons, no. Your DualShock 2 sounds like it might be miscalibrated or something; try resetting it (I don't know how but it should be in the game manual).

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

The DualShock 1 doesn't have pressure sensitive buttons, no. Your DualShock 2 sounds like it might be miscalibrated or something; try resetting it (I don't know how but it should be in the game manual).

Thanks for the confirmation/information haha.
No manuals here, but at least I can start searching the web for some info on that. Thanks again.

[AquaParade]

Gah....anyone know how to reset a dualshock 2?

[Peanut]

I didn't even know you could. Your button is probably just broken. Controller buttons can break completely from even the smallest fall. I had a PS3 controller fall 2 feet onto a carpet and the triggers stopped working. Same goes for a 360 controller, but that was 1 foot onto hardwood, and the bumpers stopped working.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I didn't even know you could. Your button is probably just broken. Controller buttons can break completely from even the smallest fall. I had a PS3 controller fall 2 feet onto a carpet and the triggers stopped working. Same goes for a 360 controller, but that was 1 foot onto hardwood, and the bumpers stopped working.

It's a shame neither Sony nor Microsoft put any effort into making quality products like Nintendo does. LMAO

[ThirdMarioBro]

No, what's a shame is that Sony embeds non-replaceable batteries into their controllers so that you have to replace the whole thing when it won't hold a charge anymore.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

It's a shame neither Sony nor Microsoft put any effort into making quality products like Nintendo does. LMAO

All of my Gamecube controllers, except one, have busted ass springs in the B button and triggers from single uses. I bought 3 to play 4-player Smash, and after one session they were ****ed. I also had two Gamecube's stop reading discs on me, and I had to pay over $70 to get my first Wii fixed, because the heat it generated fried the video card.

So, f*ck them, too. Everything is built like a house of cards at this point.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, pretty much. I miss solid-state media.

http://psp.kombo.com/article.php?artid=5058
Say what you want about the PSP, but damn that sucker looked sexy.

[Mecha Cow]

Anyone see the new Uncharted 2 shots yet? It looks much better than the first one, which was no slouch in the graphics department to begin with.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Looks like fun. The first one was essentially Indiana Jones, minus the fedora (in regular terminology, awesome). LucasArts needs to take a fu*king lesson from Naughty Dog.

[Peanut]

The last real Indy game on the Xbox and PS2 was great. What the hell are you talking about?

And Uncharted 2 looks like fun, hopefully they do something about the sh*tty combat in this one. Specifically, I hope they fix the jank-ass hit-detection.

[JameO]

Originally Posted by Mr. Snackpants

Motherf*****. I am completely out of the loop. I had no idea the new generations of PS3s don't support PS2 games. Pity because I just bought MGS 2 and 3 and was about to play them. Now they'll just sit there.

Same here man I feel your pain, I had got a PS3, and then checking Sony's backwards compatability site, it doesn't mention that the 80gb models were different, it just states 80gb and I checked the games I had purchase for my girlfriend to play, which she had been wanting so bad to play over christmas, so I bought them (Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2) and then I get to christmas, throw it in, and didn't work. Then I read online that you would have to get the bundle packs to get an 80gb with BC, but even then its software emulation, so not as reliable. And like Peanut said, I didnt bother checking the difference because of them boasting their capability, but due to struggling sales, to make it cheaper, why not remove the hardware inside, save on cost.

So last week I went to EB and got a used slim ps2 for 100 bucks, not too bad but a purchase I wish I didnt have to do. But I will give Sony credit, I hadn't seen a slim ps2 before....dang its small! And I like the pop up cd player boombox style drive, very nice.

So I feel your pain on this one, its annoying, but I guess you got to do what you got to do, I just think its a stupid move on Sony's part to be OH WE ARE SO GOOD, FULL BC, and then remove it to save money.

On another note, has anyone played Killzone 2, me being a FPS freak, I was wondering what people think of it. From videos I have seen it looks really good.