Post: PS3’s Dirty Secrets: 5 Things Sony Doesn’t Want You To Know About
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01-28-2011, 05:42 AM
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The Epic
I wont stop
The Xbox 360 isn’t the only console to be hiding some nasty little secrets; the PS3 isn’t so innocent either. Sony has secrets of its own, and it doesn’t want you to hear them…
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Sony is holding back PS2 emulation
There have been rumblings of PS2 software emulation being available for a long time, especially considering the earlier PS3 models that allowed for limited backwards compatibility did so through a combination of a unique GPU and software emulation. But why on earth would Sony want to keep its gamers from the wealth of quality last-gen games available? Well, Sony being Sony it has come up with a very convenient solution – repackage these PS2 games into a HD Collection and sell it on. Everyone’s a winner, right?
The price of failure
Let’s hope that your PS3 doesn’t bust. We’ve all heard the acronyms YLOD and BLOD, and while these aren’t as widespread as the Xbox 360’s RROD you had better hope you’re not affected. If you’re outside of the first year manufacturer’s warranty then Sony won’t be so lenient; at the cost of £145 – over half the price of a brand new PS3 – you’ll get a refurbished model (read: previously broken) with only a three month warranty. It’s simply not good enough when Microsoft offers a extra three-years warranty on its most recognised hardware faults.
Limited wireless technology
We’ve all heard how future-proof Sony wanted the PS3 – and for those wired up to their router it is – but if you’re one of many PS3 owners who are stuck on wireless then you’ve probably noticed it suffers terribly from incredibly slow connections. Xbox 360 slims don’t have this problem since they’re built on IEEE 802.11n hardware, compared to 802.11g of the PS3. What that means in comprehensible jargon is that the Xbox 360, when connected through wireless, is considerably faster – able to transfer 600mbps compared to the PS3’s measly 54mbps.
Game patch sizes
It’s widely known that the PS3 suffers from extensive patches for its games – arguably more so than the Xbox 360 whose patches are rumoured to be limited to around only 4MB – but when games like Gran Turismo 5 come with 600MB patch the day after release, on top of the 6GB install, PS3 users seem to be given poor treatment here. And for games with multiple versions, you’ll have to redownload the entire patch of the previous version, increasing the file size each time.
Active PlayStation accounts
So, Sony, there are 60 million PlayStation accounts are there? That’s double Xbox Live Gold accounts, but how many individuals does this actually mean? Conveniently Sony isn’t so open about this. Considering that accounts are free to create and cover multiple Sony hardware platforms, and most people create another to acess region-locked PlayStation Stores, we expect that figure to be considerably smaller than the true amount of active users. Come on Sony, tell us the truth.
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01-30-2011, 02:14 AM
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The Epic
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Originally posted by danschwo
gr8 post f**k sony £$£$£$ all they are intrested in.
i know.............
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Originally posted by PlayStation1991
Fail article.
1) Newer PS3's don't have the Graphics Synthesizer so can't emulate the Emotion Engine so no PS2 compatibility. Taken out to cut costs as PS3 was selling at a loss of $200.
2) It costs £128. It takes over 3 years for YLOD to happen and by that time the Xbox 360 RROD 3 year warranty will have expired as well. It's been 4 years since PS3 came out and they're starting to die now which is well out of a 3 year warranty, just Xbox 360 gets RROD hell of a lot more in a short time period.
3) At least PS3 had Wifi, if you don't have an wireless N router at home, there's no point in N and newer PS3's have faster wifi anyway. My PS3 Slim wifi is faster than my old PS3 60GB.
4) Gran Turismo 5 Patches have new features so they're big. HDD install depends on the developers not the PS3 eg KZ3 has no install or little install and quick loading times. MW2 is only 16MB on PS3.
5) PSN accounts are probably around 45 million seeing as whole family can make an account on one PS3 and then there's people who made various accounts.
1) Newer PS3's don't have the Graphics Synthesizer so can't emulate the Emotion Engine so no PS2 compatibility. Taken out to cut costs as PS3 was selling at a loss of $200.
2) It costs £128. It takes over 3 years for YLOD to happen and by that time the Xbox 360 RROD 3 year warranty will have expired as well. It's been 4 years since PS3 came out and they're starting to die now which is well out of a 3 year warranty, just Xbox 360 gets RROD hell of a lot more in a short time period.
3) At least PS3 had Wifi, if you don't have an wireless N router at home, there's no point in N and newer PS3's have faster wifi anyway. My PS3 Slim wifi is faster than my old PS3 60GB.
4) Gran Turismo 5 Patches have new features so they're big. HDD install depends on the developers not the PS3 eg KZ3 has no install or little install and quick loading times. MW2 is only 16MB on PS3.
5) PSN accounts are probably around 45 million seeing as whole family can make an account on one PS3 and then there's people who made various accounts.
Why are you trolling?
01-30-2011, 04:13 AM
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xxzero26xx
Brute
Ive heard about that ps2 emulator a couple of times but i wasnt really sure if it was true or not but now I know it is
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