JC Fletcher:
The PlayStation Vita officially supports PSOne Classics games now. But not all of them, at least not officially. As of today, you'll be able to get .... thirteen of them from the PlayStation Store directly through the Vita. You can get many that aren't on the store, if you have previously bought them on PS3 or PSP, by checking your account's download history and downloading from there.
But that doesn't work for every game – many PSOne games are not available for download onto Vita through your history. Many of those can be copied to Vita from PS3 ... if you happen to have them sitting on your PS3 without installing them. And that doesn't cover all games either.
The PS3 Store's closing! We've whipped up a guide to nab all the best PSOne Classics. Some might disappear forever; hurry before they're gone!
I figured out a long time ago that PS users should never expect Sony to figure out what PS users expect Sony to do.
There could be some big things coming to the latest firmware update for PS4, like the ability to change your PSN name and downloading PS1 classics. WWG runs down what could be the most exciting features.
Anytime a PlayStation console updates moves to a new whole number means that it's going to be a huge update
wait weren't the .5 updates usually the bigger ones or am i remembering it incorrectly. what was added each time?
The whole number change is the big one system wide. The .5s are usually features added.
whole number updates are usually the ones with the biggest feature additions. .5 increments usually have something new, but not nearly as big as the whole numbered ones.
Its not the whole numbers that are the big updates, its all .50 increments that are big, so for example, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, etc.
I believe that we will get PSN name changes when Sony actually announces it!
I'm happy with mine because I chose wisely - between the USA and UK release of PS3 I had 5 months to think about it. But I know plenty who would love to change their PSN ID. I think it will happen, an old Sony user questionnaire asked people about it. Shuhei Yoshida will certainly have reported back about it, but there are technical issues with implementing this so I don't want to bet on what year.
PSOne compatibility would be a great. It could also indicate that they will increase compatibility over time and might go for full compatibility with the PS5 so that you can play all your PSN and hopefully physical games on one console. Wish list would also be great even though it should've been implemented a long time ago.
It would be awesome but, Ps4 don't support CD format at all(ps1). Restricted reigon for DVDs will be another problem(ps2). I hope they find way to do Ps3 games.
Cell processor isn't easy to emulate, and since PS4's CPU isn't known for being super strong, I wouldn't bet on PS3 emulation.
All the PS4 need to read CDs is a firmware update. The laser for CD is in there, it's listed in the safety manual.
The software to read CDs is just not there, but the hardware definitely is.
Not that it matters, because PSOne classics likely means the ones we got on PSN for PS3/Vita/PSP, not actual disc backward compatibility.
@UltraNova
It had to "die" because it was a dead end. Outside of the PS3, it didn't sell all that well. Yes it's difficult learning curve had a lot to do with that, but that's what happens when you do something extremely custom. They wanted to turn a specialized processor into a general purpose one and that doesn't work so well.
@ultra
You can't just label a developer lazy because they aren't given the time or resources by their publisher to do a bunch of highly unique coding for cell processors. Especially when they're already strapped for time working more conventional hardware types.
Cell was amazing but in the age of multi platform gaming it was just too dense for anyone that wasn't making an exclusive.
@Ultra
It didn't really die. Most of the new technologies from CELL now exist in GPU's, and was a result of IBM and Sony's CELL efforts. It was what made GPU compute more readily available.
I think if Sony tried to continue with the CELL concept, it wouldn't be set up the same for this or future gens, because of the change in developmental procedures for games not requiring so much offloading in the direction of the CPU. It just made more sense to add it to the GPU, since they were mostly already set up for such procedures.
In any case, continuing with CELL would have been an expensive endevour, because CELL in general is more a niche processor designed for very specific things, so the cost to manufacture can't be offset by a more mainstream distribution.
In any case, with today's x86 technology, coupled with changes and advances in GPU technologies, the purpose of the CELL is kind of redundant and not even necessary with today's developmental paradigms.
That would nice, but I already have most of my favorite PS1 titles as digital on PS3. I've been buying them up for a while when sales come.
Recently re-played Resident Evil 3.
" might go for full compatibility with the PS5 so that you can play all your PSN and hopefully physical games on one console"
That would be pretty cool, but extremely unlikely. That would be crazy though!
They literally can do that with PS Now already, Sony just needs to stop being cheap and allow digital titles you own on PS3 to be streamed for free on Now.
Yeah, it's about time they would connect the 2 systems (they've been separated systems from the beginning) so PS Now can check if you actually own a game digitally and then stream that for free.
The problem with that is Now isn't and never has been an alternative to BC, and costs money to run.
Taking off the gamer specs for a moment, they have to pay to run the service, and I'm guessing games added to the service aren't free.
So I don't think it's tech that's stopping this it's the fact that doing this would cost millions to run with 0 profit made.
Sony are a business not a charity.
Edit what gum said.
@ImGumby
Hence why I said its cheap of them, its all fan-service. In fact backwards compatibility as a whole is fan-service, a companies doing it for good-will and good press. They'll def lose money on certain ends, but if you can promote the service through allowing gamers to stream their older library I would think its better than limited trials as to getting gamers more interested in Now.
I hope they fix the audio sync problem i the media player, been messed up for waaaaaaaaaaaay too long
I haven't experienced this.. sure u haven't changed something your end, most amps/audio setups let u adjust audio sync.
Nah, its definitely a media player thing. Its actually why i still use my PS3. No drifting audio sync.
The Media player app could be much better.
Sorry not his internet speed but his router signal/interference if he is using wireless
WTF?? Why is my comment down voted? How can wanting them to fix a known issue with audio sync be something to disagree with?
Something SO big for them, to warrant a new version number has been on Xbox last gen. Change your username. Wow.
Wonder what they can add. I'm really surprised they added HDR to base PS4 a while back.
1) changing username does not need a firmware change, all done on the database and only needs a web interface to change it
2) it's not like both have been adding things from the other, didn't Xbox recently acquire 'communities' of some sort?
So I don't really get your tone...
Yep, you got it.... the whole new version number is simply because of username feature. You're the smartest man alive.
From the article. They play it up. Calling. It a huge feature and a game changer. Just found it funny because it's such a small thing. Mean while Xbox updates offered things like 360 backward compatibility. And the next one is adding original Xbox backward compatibility.
I guess the guy above didn't much like my tone since I guess it's pointing out the obvious. MS has been adding better features to their consoles this generation. Both software wise, backward compatibility and hardware wise like including 4k uhd in one s and one x.
(Insert mandatory remark about exclusives are all that matter and 4k blu dying or something)
Ps. Article quote
"This could be a huge feature. Some people have been looking to change the name of their PSN ID for what seems like years, without the ability to do so. It’s unsure how Sony will manage this option, as managing millions of names on the network probably takes a heaping handful of effort. But if Sony can introduce this, it will help players diversify their online personality into something that’s more fitting, rather than the default name they registered with when they first signed up with the PlayStation Network. If there’s a way for Sony to effectively make this happen, it could be a game-changer for a lot of online players."
Mega Man Legends 2 finally comes to PSN as a PSOne Classic. I'm here to tell you why that's actually a big deal.
Although this is great, I hope Capcom will add Mega Man X8 to the NA PSN. They we'd have all the classic Mega Man games on PlayStation platforms worth playing on PSN.
Mega Man X8, PS2 on PS4! Absolutely FANTASTIC idea. I can't wait for more PS2 games to get added to the PS4 library. Added trophies rock, and playing PS2 games on remote-play with Vita is so excessively dope. I play GTA - San Andreas on Vita, baby!
I agree. This is huge. It might be one of the most requested PS One Classics since Suikoden II.
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Damn you know about eihander lol
Only best of the best hard core players know about that game man I love it hard. Has hell
But fun
This is all great, but I want vita games on my vita.
If I wanted to play my PS1 games, id play my PS1.
So it could've been done differently. A blunder is a bit excessive.
In my experience when the update came up I was excited and started re-downloading PSOne titles on my PS3 initially and just moved them over to my Vita. All the games worked fine. Not one negative thought entered my head because I was excited to finally be able to play my PSOne games on the Vita, on the go. Yes there could've been more PSOne titles shown on PSN, but all-in-all I'm happy with the update. The more features the better, no need to complain about free stuff.
Sony has been screwing up with the Vita from the beginning.
Sony does thing, people get angry. Surprising.
this really isn't any different than when they introduced PSP backwards compatibility. not all titles were available then, either.
people just don't seem to have any patience these days, and they clearly don't seem to understand that there may be other factors preventing all titles from being supported right away.