Ps3 Price Drop

[Slothy]

The slightly gimped backwards compatibility kind of sucks, but at least it covers more games than the 360's. Hopefully Sony decides to add support to it in the future, but if not, at least I got my PS3 months ago.

[Yamaneko]

If you're hardcore enough to still play your old PS2 games on your PS3 then you're the type of person that would keep their PS2. New game consoles are for new games (and new releases of old favorites for insane prices).

[JKTrix]

...but at least it covers more games than the 360's.

Oh come on. You're comparing a Playstation library of 12 years of games to the Xbox which is only half as old. That's hardly an accomplishment.

If they do what Microsoft is doing/has done and focus on their 'best selling games', this won't be an issue. If they can get the best/most popular PS2 games working, no one is going to care about 'crap licensed game X' not working on their console.

Also, I wouldn't call this backwards compatibility thing 'slightly gimped'. This is still related to the PAL PS3 list from back in March so it's likely outdated (for one, I think MGS2 works fine now, where it wasn't working originally). The initial percentage of working PS1/PS2 games on PAL PS3:

PS1/PS2 PAL Games Combined
Total Games: 5,021
Total games working: 2,826 (56.29% of all games)

* No known issues: 1792 (63.41% or working games)
* Minor issues: 473 (16.74% of working games)
* Noticeable issues: 561 (19.85% of working games)

I haven't been able to find a comparable, more up-to-date list that is presented like this.

I'm sure a large, possibly majority of the non-working games are games no one really cares about, so it would do them well to focus on the few n' proud.

I still haven't seen Sony USA mention anything about the list of supported games, but it will come.

Still if you're planning on getting a PS3, Kotaku's advice is sound.

[Spawn of Sephiroth]

Im still not getting one until they release Final Fantasy XIII or Kingdom Hearts III, whichever is first.

[Slothy]

...but at least it covers more games than the 360's.

Oh come on. You're comparing a Playstation library of 12 years of games to the Xbox which is only half as old. That's hardly an accomplishment.

You misunderstood. I'm comparing the 360's 336 backwards compatible games to the (emulator using) PS3's 1,792 games with no known issues as quoted by you. Considering the relatively small library of games on the Xbox to begin with, and the headstart in implementing emulation, the fact that they haven't gotten more done is surprising.

[JKTrix]

True. I'm not exactly complimenting Microsoft's efforts either. While PS3's sucky backwards compatibility *isn't Sony's fault*, the 360's is to an extent.

-Short history-
Original Xbox had a graphics card from NVidia, 360 has graphics card from ATI. All Xbox 1 games--made for NVidia card--have to be modified to work.

Sony had a 'Technical Requirements Checklist' in place for PlayStation games. If a game followed this checklist, it would assure compatibility with future PlayStations. Obviously, a bunch of games didn't stay within these guidelines, leading to the problem we have with this stuff. Shame on them!

Perhaps Sony's not working on fixing something that isn't their fault is them thumbing their nose at the people who broke their rules.

Yamaneko is right though. To be safe, keep your PS2s!

[Slothy]

I did keep my PS2 to continue playing games like Guitar Hero and to cover my butt in the event a game I have doesn't work (the fact that you can now transfer PSX/PS2 saves from you PS3 to a PSX/PS2 memory card helps with this). I've yet to encounter a game that doesn't work on my PS3, but like I said, I have one with the emotion engine built in. Keeping old systems is never a bad idea anyway, and if you needed to get one, a new PS2 is quite cheap anyway.

[Timerk]

You mean to put the new PS3s in line with the old ones. It's the new PS3s that are gonna be gimped, with less games working than the old ones.

I meant bring the old ones back in line with the new ones, but yes, that's the same thing you are talking about.

I just talk different. Like Yoda. Or Slimer.

[Dragonsoul]

I don't have time to read the thread but I'll post my thoughts.

PS 3 doesn't have any top rpg's now that make me buy the system. I have to wait until Fall 08 when FF XIII and FF V XIII come out, I will definetely get PS 3 then. There's a chance I could get it in Spring 08 when White Knight Story comes out I believe.

Wii: If I had more money and time I could have bought it on it's launch because Zelda is great. As far as the future I don't see any rpg's I like coming out.

XB 360: Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect come out Aug/Oct/Jan! FF XI and Oblivion are also out as well, and other top rpg's also. XB 360 is great.

Bottom line for me is that the system with the most top rpg's is the one I will get, although price is a factor and PS 3 is very very expensive!

I got PS 2 again in last fall for FF VII: DoG and FF XII and Rogue Galaxy. I'm getting XB 360 in August just in time for Blue Dragon. By the way I'm getting Nintendo DS on September in time for Zelda(Oct 1st). I don't see me buying a PSP or Wii although I'll buy a Ps 3 later.

[cloud21zidane16]

its still not worth it just yet, cut off another $100 and release some good games then ill get it

[Timerk]

I don't have time to read the thread but I'll post my thoughts.

I didn't have time to read your list-ey post....

but I did skim it .

You seem to ignore the fact that Oblivion is out for the PS3, and listing DoC as the reason to pick a system up is just...wrong.

[tidus_rox]

Okay, PS3 for Christmas. Hmm, then again, I really do need to wait for all the "bugs to be cleared."

*cough*PlayStation 3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia*cough*

I'd say it's pretty safe to buy a PS3. Honestly, it's the best built system I've ever seen and I really haven't even heard of any problems so far. It seems that Sony certainly learned their lessons from providing shoddy first-gen hardware in the past.

HAHA... okay so my friend in always like "OMG all's PS3's do is break! Wii's rule!" So I'm like "I hate Nintendo but just to proove you wrong..." So I bought a Wii. It was broken!!! YAY!

I bought a PS3... the only think wrong with it is that the PS logo on the front can do a 360.

[Nifleheim7]

I have three reasons for not buying a PS3 yet.
The first one was it's price.
The second one is because i'm waiting for the next versions to come out.By then all the bugs will be cleared and maybe it's price will drop more.
Also there's not even one PS3 game that interests me atm.

[Slothy]

The second one is because i'm waiting for the next versions to come out.By then all the bugs will be cleared and maybe it's price will drop more.
Also there's not even one PS3 game that interests me atm.

As I posted earlier; retailers are estimating the PS3 failure rate at less than 1%. I doubt waiting will get you any better odds of not getting a faulty console.

I also find it hard to believe there's nothing that interests you on the PS3. I may hate the looks of the gaming lineups for the Wii and Xbox 360, but even I have to admit to one or two titles on each that I want to play (far from enough to get me to buy either of them, but still).

[Croyles]

Drop it another 100 and we're talking. And of course a 20 GB bigger HDD doesn't cost 100 dollars, it's just a marketing trick, because they still seem to think that people want to shell out 600 for their piece of crap .

The 80gb PS3 comes with Motorstorm, which costs 60$, so your not paying 100$ for 20 extra gigs. But I do have to admit that 60gb one is still a better deal. 60gb isnt enough for some, but it is for me. Motorstorm is a really fun game though, I havnt had that much fun in a racing game before, Burnout is close though.
Sales have gone up 2.800% on amazon and its number one for gaming at the moment.
Im loving my PS3 and there are at least 7 games I need to get that are coming out this year.