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playnext3 on 04 June 2008

i don't mind if thats true cuz i already have my pstwo



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Imperial on 04 June 2008

I skeptical about a firmware update giving PS3's full BC from what i undertstand it's very difficult , we still haven't mastered PS2 emulation on the PC.

If it is true this is fantastic news.



Spankey on 04 June 2008

many time reader first time poster here:

 

I heard that the launch NA PS3 consoles actually came with the Emotion chip built into them while the Euro ones emulated it through software anyway.

source:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sony/80gb-playstation-3-to-get-icky-software-emulation-for-ps2-games-276391.php

in that case i don't see why it should be so difficult to do it again on non bc consoles via an update...

 

of course the emu wasn't/isn't perfect with many titles not working properly, but it's a good start anyway

edit: i could have looked for a better source but it late and i'm tired lol 

 



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Words Of Wisdom on 04 June 2008
Spankey said:

I heard that the launch NA PS3 consoles actually came with the Emotion chip built into them while the Euro ones emulated it through software anyway.


It works like this:

20Gb NTSC/60Gb NTSC:  Full backwards capatibility from the Emotion Engine and GS chips.

80Gb NTSC/60Gb PAL:  Partial backwards compatibility from GS chip and software emulation of Emotion Engine.

40Gb NTSC/40Gb PAL:  No backwards compatibility (No EE/GS chips).   

NTSC = Japan/NA
PAL = Europe



Spankey on 04 June 2008

@Words Of Wisdom

ok thanks that makes more sense to me now. tricky indeed...



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Words Of Wisdom on 04 June 2008

It seems that way sometimes.  By the way, welcome to the forums.



Musouka on 04 June 2008

Make it region-free, pwease!



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No stranger's wing shielded my face.
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Spankey on 04 June 2008
Musouka said:
Make it region-free, pwease!
  
lol as brilliant as that would be, i can't see Sony doing that. The movie studios will be too pissed off if that were to happen.

 



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colonelstubbs on 04 June 2008

As long as I can play PSone games (MGS1 here i come) i'll be happy



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Final-Fan on 04 June 2008

BC in the 40GB model probably isn't impossible if Sony is claiming to work on it (which it appears they have done regardless of whether this report is true).  I wonder if the solution will exploit the SPUs' embedded RAM somehow? (I am not an engineer!)



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