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Sony Fixes Back Compat Issues in PS3 Update

Posted by Zonk on from the progress-is-a-good-thing dept.

pl1ght writes in to say that that the much maligned PS2 back-compat issues the PS3 has been experiencing are now a thing of the past. The newest software update takes the OS from version 1.4 to 1.5, and in doing so seems to have cleared up the worst of the blurry and unreadability problems. There are apparently "still problems with specific releases that have yet to be addressed, but for the most part, your library of old releases should run no problem now -- and with higher clarity than was ever possible on the other machines, to boot." Nicely done, Sony.

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  1. As much as I hate Sony right now.. by zyl0x · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They got to it faster than MS, I've gotta hand it to them.

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    1. Re:As much as I hate Sony right now.. by rwven · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You're talking about completely different fronts here. The PS3's problems which were fixed had to do with how PS2 things LOOKED ugly on the PS3. Microsoft got flak for not supporting enough games. The funny this is, MS said from the get go: We're not supporting the whole library, we're starting small, and we'll add more games as time goes on.

      Sony promised perfect PS2 backwards compatibility. It turns out, some games don't work at all and those that did work looked like crap until this update.

      MS delivered exactly what they promised. Sony did not.

      I'm no fanboy, but your argument makes no sense.

    2. Re:As much as I hate Sony right now.. by GeckoX · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Let's put it another way:

      (On the backwards compatibility front)
      MS promised next to nothing. MS delivered next to nothing.

      Sony promised everything, and delivered slightly shy of that. And has since fulfilled their promise.

      So because MS promised next to nothing and followed through, they're better than Sony that promised, and eventually (In fairly short order IMHO) delivered, as much as you could possibly expect.

      Really, come on now. That is simply pathetic to try to slag Sony because MS followed through on a promise of nothing.

      The ONLY argument that should be brought up in relationship to this topic is which system delivers more bang for your buck in the backwards compatibility department. Hands down, Sony wins. Period.

      But nice try at polishing a turd there ;)

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    3. Re:As much as I hate Sony right now.. by oGMo · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Well, no, the wii delivers 100% backwards compatibility, and has done so from day 1.

      Yes, if by "100% backwards compatibility" you mean "for the 5-10 games you have to re-buy for the VC". Sony clearly has the shadier definition when they say "all the PS1 and PS2 games you already own".

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  2. Interesting by locokamil · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know it's the mode to ridicule Sony for it's lameness on /.-- but this story (along with one I saw on Ars yesterday) is persuading me that perhaps the groupthink was too hasty to condemn the PS3.

    A $320 (after potential price drop for 20Gig model) next-gen console with Blu-Ray? I was thinking of buying one just to run linux and to turn it into a MythTV "frontend" box with gaming capability... Admittedly the low end PS3 doesn't have wireless or the memory card readers, but it does give users the ability to swap out harddrives. Plus it will play all my PS2 games without too much hassle.

    Like I said... maybe it doesn't suck as much as we think it does. From where I'm standing, the TCO for a next-gen console with high def capability is substantially lower for the PS3 than the XBox360.

    (Yes, yes. I know there's another choice out there, but I've already got a Wii).

    1. Re:Interesting by abigor · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Which is of course stupid. I don't refuse to use Excel, the best spreadsheet software around, just because Microsoft are a bunch of assholes. Learn to take a more mature attitude towards a company and its products, and you'll probably enjoy life a lot more.

    2. Re:Interesting by oGMo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      ...yet you'll buy an XBOX 360. Or Wii. People are quick to forget the past.

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  3. Re:What? Some Good PS3 News? by MeanderingMind · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd almost wager that it was a blessing more than a curse that the EU had to wait. It'll probably be far easier for people who want PS3s to get them without fighting with scalpers, thieves and fanboys.

    Hopefully we won't see any of the riots and other ill news that came with the US and Japan launches.

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  4. Re:Will this run PS1 games in high res? by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Insightful
    PS1 games will never again be viewable the way they were intended.
    That's a bit ominous, especially when anyone can still blow $20 on a junky color TV and hook an old Playstation up to it. Not every television purchase is a 90" super-sharp plasma-flatscreen home-theater football-humper yet.
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  5. Re:I wasn't aware Sony Music made consoles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Perhaps it is because they're both made by the same company.

    Notice the 'Sony' in both names? It isn't a coincidence. The poster didn't say anything bad about "Sony Games", he just said that he did not like Sony, and therefore would not buy Sony products. Not that hard to understand really.