I remember how some PS3 models have like the entire PS2 hardware inside them and it could run both ps1 and ps2 games.
We had a backwards compatible ps3 and I was incredibly sad when I discovered I couldn't play Um Jammer Lammy on it, something in the software fucked up the timing and you just couldn't press the buttons at the correct time and it sucked
We gave away the ps3 at some point but I still have Um Jammer Lammy. I've considered buying a ps2 for it but haven't bothered so far. The disc is probably in horrible shape by now anyway, it's just semi sentimental so I keep it.
Why don’t you just emulate it. I can run ps2 games on a potato.
Yeah this was such a bait and switch tactic on Sonys part. I remember a few years after they stopped producing backwards compatible models getting in arguments with people who still thought the ps3 could play ps2 games. Yes the first model (and maybe more) could but then they took the chips out to do it in order to save money. Really lame Sony. I had a friend even buy one without realizing this till he was trying to play his old games
I think the other models would emulate the ps2 games. But most of the time the emulation was really bad. I think GTA LCS is almost unplayable on the ps3 because of it.
I saved up and bought a reasonably beefy Mini PC, and turned it into an emulation console with Batocera. PS3 emulation runs like an absolute dream. But who needs backwards compatibility, when we can resell you the same game from 15 years ago, again, at full price???
when we can resell you the same game from 15 years ago, again, at full price???
Despite my hate for Microsoft, it is important (sometimes) to acknowledge and appreciate the good they do, such as offering backwards compatibility for games for free. Because you don't have to repurchase a game if you already have the original media, you insert it in the new console and it does download the game, yes maybe an online only solution but far better than what Nintendo and Sony do.
Imagine if Sony executives got their way and the PS3 had two cell processors and no conventional GPU. It would have been even more of a nightmare to work on.
Would that have even worked? I can't imagine you'd be able to get anything better than PS2 graphics with just an extra CPU.
The SPEs on the cell processor are actually pretty good at rendering graphics. In a lot of late gen exclusive PS3 games you can see that the developers utilised them more and more for graphics rendering. So the plan was to have the SPEs on both cell processors do all the graphics.
My 60 gb RIP after an ex left it on all night with sonic collections paused.
