7th gen specifically? Any reason why?
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PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 days agoI only have one because I always wanted to have all 7th gen consoles back in the day but could only have one.
Mac@mander.xyz 4 days ago
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What I grew up with. Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Mac@mander.xyz 4 days ago
Totally fair!
dan1101@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The fat PS3 was a great deal because it could natively play PS2 games as well. I haven’t been into consoles since the fat PS3, they have all gotten worse and worse IMO.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 5 days ago
The power supply on my fat PS3 recently quit on me. It feels like the old YLOD but happens the moment the power supply kicks in instead of taking 10 seconds or so. Fingers crossed I can find a doner supply, it’ll be a while before I get to it though.
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Fingers crossed I can find a doner supply 🥙😋
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 5 days ago
Oh my Lord… I think you just predicted dinner!
Shane_McGoomy@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Unfortunately not all the fats could run PS2 games, only the CECHAxx and CECHBxx (NTSC) had the hardware to run PS2 games. The early PAL models (CECHCxx and CECHExx) had software emulation apparently, dunno if it was any good. I hunted down a fat model specifically because I wanted the backwards compatibility, can’t remember which model I ended up buying, but it was not a backwards compatible one. Very disappointed at the time, but I was still sad when it died.
Also the possiblity to dualboot Linux was patched out pretty quickly if I remember correctly, people were pretty peeved about it.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Hmm I wonder if mine is that old. I got it used from a friend that also got it used back in the day. I never even tried sticking one of my PS2 games in it.
Shane_McGoomy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
If it has a shitton of ports in the front, USB and SD card and all sorts of stuff, there’s a good chance. If it only has 2 USB ports, probably not.
despoticruin@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
They play PS2 games just fine, all LS3 models do. It’s something like 7% of games in the entire library that have issues with the software emulator but the vast majority of games will run and play without any problems.
The hardware backwards compatibility makes it slightly easier to use physical discs, that’s about it. It also doesn’t play every game perfectly like the original console, but it is slightly better than software.
Peffse@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Noooo… that’s not right at all. If we are talking unmodified hardware. The original models did have something like 99% compatibility, but as the generation moved on, the fat models removed more components to make it cheaper and made PS2 backward compatibility more software driven… until the slim models removed PS2 disc reading completely.
We used to look at the hard drive size to gauge. 20GB & 60GB was full hardware, 80GB was partial software, anything above was a slim and had no PS2 abilities.
PS1 muddies the water because all PS3s can play PS1 game discs.
4am@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I’d like to think the Steam Deck is a PC that is changing the rules as to what form factor a “personal computer” can take - of course with a heavy focus on gaming and so it takes a lot of design inspiration from what console gaming got right.
Console used to mean “specialized hardware to be able to push pixels needed for an incredible gaming experience” but now it means “locked down PC with walled garden ecosystem and advertising built in, including tracking”
I do have to give Sony credit for trying to improve audio in games with the PS5’s audio system - but has it worked? Have any games blown anyone away with their immersive sound design?
The only other “killer” feature of the PS5 was direct texture loading onto VRAM (bypassing CPU), and I think PCs can do that now with DirectStorage. So what is the point of a console anymore?
Sony knows this and they’re out of ideas. This is why they are locking down their ecosystem. I mean, it probably won’t work well for them, least not in the long term.
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The PS5s audio system is nothing special, what are you talking about? You didn’t buy into all the “tempest is their secret sauce and can be used for extra graphics work” BS did you?
zikzak025@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Newer traditional consoles are going that route anyways. Price aside, the Steam Machine is just a prebuilt PC masquerading as a console, and the next Xbox is rumored to be following that same approach.
Whatever Sony is doing, though…your guess is as good as mine. I don’t even know if Sony knows what Sony is doing at this point.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I got a slim