Quote Originally Posted by Big D View Post
It's rather sad that game consoles have reached the stage of having bugs, glitches and other flaws that have to be fixed by downloading patches and updates. That used to be the domain of computers; the entire point of consoles, I thought, was their dead-simple user-friendliness: simply plug it in, insert the game, and it goes. Now, it's all about customisation, installation and technical knowhow.
A bit of a shame, really - some of the new consoles appear to have lost the advantages offered by the old consoles, but gained the disadvantages of the computers they're trying to imitate. Why bother owning a new console, if a PC can do everything and more, with the same ease?
Because a console (even the PS3) is a heck of a lot cheaper for the gaming capabilities it provides, as well as a lot easier to use. I mean, I would agree with you about updates and such, except that updating my PS3 is so easy any of my cats could do it. We're still talking about standardized hardware that generally won't change within the consoles lifetime. This means that even though there are problems, they don't even begin to approach the sort of trouble a PC could give since companies know what every user has, rather than trying to standardize for a million different configurations. And to be honest, given the increasing complexity of modern consoles, it shouldn't surprise anyone that there will be some issues at first.

Back on topic though, how does your Gameshark actually connect anyway? If it's through controller or memory card ports then, well, there are none so you'd be out of luck. If it connects through some other means, then the PS3 would have to have the correct ports to connect it, and even then, I haven't seen any info on people trying them, so whether it would even be recognized if you can connect it is another big question I don't have an answer to I'm afraid. If you really want to use it, you may be better off continuing to use your PS2 for now.