Not just the UK and AU anymore; US/JP PS3's will lose the Emotion Chip -TCHBO

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#1 Nintenwon
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http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11712/US_PS3_Will_Lose_PS2_Emulation_Chip.html

Cows bash 360s backwards compatability when theirs will be even worse, glad I already got mine thats not unstripped crap. the funny thingĀ is you know sony wont pass the savings on to their cows:lol:

keeps getting worse for PS3, the 20GB gets discontinued and now this:lol:

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#2 Goldensun48
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wow everywhere? omg sony is crazy tchbo
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lol no cows are posting!
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#4 TekkenMaster606
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You do know that Sony announced a long long time ago that they would be switching to software emulation once they had the groundwork laid out for it.Ā 
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#5 Silchas
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Emu-chip....
wtf?
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#7 bsin94
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Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.
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looks like the wii is the only one with 100% backwards compatability, not that its a comfort :|. there was only a handful of great GC games.
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#9 HuusAsking
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Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.bsin94
But where's the exact list? 1200+ games don't mean jack if the top-tier games aren't on said list.
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#10 Nintenwon
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Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.bsin94
thats not alot of games when you look at the 20PLUS THOUSAND GAMES combined on ps2.

and alot of those 1200 games will have a ton on bugs like xbox360 had with bc

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looks like the wii is the only one with 100% backwards compatability, not that its a comfort :|. there was only a handful of great GC games.reyad-u
only 99%, you can't play Donky Konga or Donky Kong Jungle Beat. TSHBO (kidding)
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#12 bsin94
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[QUOTE="bsin94"]Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.HuusAsking
But where's the exact list? 1200+ games don't mean jack if the top-tier games aren't on said list.



No one knows the list, just wait for the update or Europe launch to come. Kinda usless if majority of the 1200 games aren't top-tier games, hopefully it will be. But didn't Microsoft somewhat abandoned BC after only completing 300 games?
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#13 turgore
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Ewww...A reason I wanted to get a PS3 is to play PS2 games that I missed. I guess I don't really want a PS3 anymore so I'll have to get a PS2. Sony is pathetic.
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On the upside late adopters will possibly get rumble controllers and a price drop, I can definately wait for that.
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[QUOTE="bsin94"]Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.Nintenwon

thats not alot of games when you look at the 20PLUS THOUSAND GAMES combined on ps2.

and alot of those 1200 games will have a ton on bugs like xbox360 had with bc

Yes, its coming form you, it must be true!

1200 is alot more hten Xbox360 BC, did xbxo even have 1000 games?

This is old news, and with this update our ps2/ ps1 games go up 1080i/p ... One of those.

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On the upside late adopters will possibly get rumble controllers and a price drop, I can definately wait for that.Riverwolf007
I don't think sony will drop the price anytime soon. They are losing enough money per PS3 system already. I don't think they could take that kind of hit. They are not mircosoft.
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#17 bustos86
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You do know that Sony announced a long long time ago that they would be switching to software emulation once they had the groundwork laid out for it. TekkenMaster606


Yeah, everyone forgot that Sony said they were going to do this back at E3 '06 some time later.
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Hahaha and cows say that Xbox360 owners get Milked :lol:
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[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]On the upside late adopters will possibly get rumble controllers and a price drop, I can definately wait for that.chansaet
I don't think sony will drop the price anytime soon. They are losing enough money per PS3 system already. I don't think they could take that kind of hit. They are not mircosoft.

Isent the point of killign the BC to lower the ocst to make it?They are doign somthgin else to loer the cost for them, forget what it was tho.

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Hahaha and cows say that Xbox360 owners get Milked :lol:venture00

how r we gettin milked?

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#21 sdifjds
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Emu-chip....
wtf?
Silchas


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http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11712/US_PS3_Will_Lose_PS2_Emulation_Chip.html

Cows bash 360s backwards compatability when theirs will be even worse, glad I already got mine thats not unstripped crap. the funny thingĀ is you know sony wont pass the savings on to their cows:lol:

keeps getting worse for PS3, the 20GB gets discontinued and now this:lol:

Nintenwon

So again. Whats the point in owning a PS3? Besides being an electrical paper weight. :shock:

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http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11712/US_PS3_Will_Lose_PS2_Emulation_Chip.html

Cows bash 360s backwards compatability when theirs will be even worse, glad I already got mine thats not unstripped crap. the funny thingĀ is you know sony wont pass the savings on to their cows:lol:

keeps getting worse for PS3, the 20GB gets discontinued and now this:lol:

Nintenwon
you self owned really hard there, 360 practically has no BC especially when compared to ps3 BC, and plus MS said they are gonna abandon the updates for it soon. sony will keep updating
[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]On the upside late adopters will possibly get rumble controllers and a price drop, I can definately wait for that.chansaet
I don't think sony will drop the price anytime soon. They are losing enough money per PS3 system already. I don't think they could take that kind of hit. They are not mircosoft.

these chips are saving them a lot of money, one of them is like $26 the other one i dont know, and then they are cutting the ps3 chipsize in half and they are gonna be much cheaper to produce. so they are obviously getting ready to cut the price this holiday, they cant stay at $600 at this pace.
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downgrade complete
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#25 jwmakoto
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Well first, when you show me someone that is actually going to play all 8000+ PS2 games, I'll start believing this is a huge problem and that 'TCHBO'.

When the current PS3s were first released, everyone was quick to jump on the fact that it 'only' had around 98% BC, 'not full like Sony promised.' Even so, what did Sony do? They released an update for it to fix the problem. Now they've announced (and as it was pointed out, this has been known to be coming) that they're moving to full software emulation instead of having the actual chip, but will still support 1200+ games at launch, with patches to follow for the rest.

Seeing as how they were quick to fix the problem last time around, and how I doubt many people 'complaining' about it actually have plans to get a PS3 (bashing Sony seems to have become a hobby) there's not such a big deal here. I'm sure the 'top' games will be covered, and sure... someone will probably have a few old games they've kept that won't work right away, but Sony moved quickly last time around, I'm sure this won't be any different.

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#26 kvnmitnick
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Ewww...A reason I wanted to get a PS3 is to play PS2 games that I missed. I guess I don't really want a PS3 anymore so I'll have to get a PS2. Sony is pathetic.turgore
PS3 will play PS2 games thru emulation, and Sony is gonna add titles to the playable list via updates from the internet so I don't think something really bad, the only fault I see is that you wont be able to play all the games from day 1 that's all.
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http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11712/US_PS3_Will_Lose_PS2_Emulation_Chip.html

Cows bash 360s backwards compatability when theirs will be even worse, glad I already got mine thats not unstripped crap. the funny thing is you know sony wont pass the savings on to their cows:lol:

keeps getting worse for PS3, the 20GB gets discontinued and now this:lol:

Nintenwon

http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11712/US_PS3_Will_Lose_PS2_Emulation_Chip.html

Cows bash 360s backwards compatability when theirs will be even worse, glad I already got mine thats not unstripped crap. the funny thing is you know sony wont pass the savings on to their cows:lol:

keeps getting worse for PS3, the 20GB gets discontinued and now this:lol:

Nintenwon
Tell me again how many xbox games are playable on the 360 and how many ps2 games can be played with emulation.... i rest my case /thread.
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#28 fuzzysquash
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sweet....so maybe I'll be able to play FFXII in 720p :) and as for the other titles not supported....I'll just keep my ps2.
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#29 jonesy1911
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[QUOTE="bsin94"]Hmm, I think I read somewhere that Sony is going to emulate +1200 PS2 games when the PS3 launches in Europe, I'm not 100% sure though. If its true, then thats a lot of games on day one, if you ask me.Nintenwon

thats not alot of games when you look at the 20PLUS THOUSAND GAMES combined on ps2.

and alot of those 1200 games will have a ton on bugs like xbox360 had with bc

20,000 games, have you had your head in a bowl of blow? im sure theres only like 2500 ps2 games maybe afew more maybe afew less. Desperate to own i see..... well it aint working, nice try bud ;)
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#30 Runningflame570
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What the **** is GWN and why are they referrencing an even more obscure site called Younewb who doesn't even have a freaking anonymous source? Granted its most likely true, it seems logical Sony will be doing that, but until theres a game I can't play I'm not exactly *****ing, 1,200 is about half of all titles released for the PS2 in the US territory, which if I need to remind Lemmings is a greater ratio than the 360 originally had emulated.
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#31 MattBrian
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If anything it'll fix the jaggy issue:P
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#32 Runningflame570
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thats not alot of games when you look at the 20PLUS THOUSAND GAMES combined on ps2.

and alot of those 1200 games will have a ton on bugs like xbox360 had with bc

Nintenwon
Where did you get that figure? PS2 had tons, yeah..but across all territories it was around 8,200 and I believe thats including all the different regions versions of the same games too.
Hahaha and cows say that Xbox360 owners get Milked :lol:venture00
Nope, I say Windows users get milked...but anyways. Most "Cows" as you put it only use that at the tail-end of a counter-point when somebody is saying "TCHBO, lolz! Mlkge!" or something similar.

Isent the point of killign the BC to lower the ocst to make it?They are doign somthgin else to loer the cost for them, forget what it was tho.

Haseokicksass
Believe the price on each was $27 for the chip, now they are also going to be switching to 65nm which should decrease costs..other than that I think they can use larger (but fewer) RAM modules to decrease costs. Then its a matter of component prices dropping so far I can tell.
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#33 Runningflame570
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If anything it'll fix the jaggy issue:PMattBrian
The pixel-switching issue has already been fixed I believe..the only thing this will allow is upscaling which may or may not be a good thing depending on how they do it.
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#34 MattBrian
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If anything it'll fix the jaggy issue:P
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#35 aalsheh
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i dont know why ppl are blowing this out of the water

Sony, even before the US release of the ps3 said that the first ps3s will play old games using hardware then they'll move it to software, just like the ps2 did

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#36 DaysAirlines
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So the American version out in stores right now is the one to buy. Why aren't you buying it!?
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#37 wiistation360
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now the cows cant talk abot the 360sBC anymore.the Euro-cow is paying more for less :lol: