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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. PS3? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's the PS3 thing everybody is talking about?

    Oh right, it's the new Sony gameconsole that is still not available in Europe (and a shit load of other countries).

  2. Hell just froze over by Karganeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zonk said something nice about Sony. And damnnit, I was looking forward to the warm weather.

  3. 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 oGMo · · Score: 3, Insightful

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

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      Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage

  4. 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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  5. Re:Software emulated? by Xerotope · · Score: 3, Informative

    You read the parenthetical wrong. The subject is the Xbox 360, not the PS3. Split into two sentances, it would be:

    one of the biggest annoyances out of the gate was the lack of pixel-perfect compatibility, despite being one of Sony's most touted features over Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 has to software emulate each game in its back catalog.