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Emotion engine was PS2 I believe. PS3 was the dreaded “cell,” lol. In a vacuum the PS3 by the end of its lifespan had a fantastic library and devs like Naught Dog tapped into the supposed power of the cell. In context, I can see how people would classify it as a failure even though it ended up outselling the 360. They actively fucked up their momentum following the PS2 it near unbelievable ways - as you referenced the ridiculous launch prices (and attitude that came with it “you’ll get another job to buy it”), the convoluted cell processor that especially multi platform devs wanted no part of, their shitty (albeit free) online, their dismissal of rumble (and again stupid arrogance about it). It’s frankly fascinating how bad they fucked it up as well as how closely Xbox mirrored those same mistakes and arrogance the following generation. I think had social media been more prominent back then, the response would have made the XB1 debacles look like child’s play. I’m not sure if younger people realize how dominant the PS2 was in its generation? All that said it was my console of choice outside of multiplayer games and the not insignificant number of multiplatform games that just ran like shit on the PS3. And I’ll always have fond memories of PS3 fanboys hyping games like heavenly sword, that dragon game that sucked ass, and any number of drawn out developed PS3 games that turned out to be mediocre at best.

I don’t believe you frankly. You’ve been around people who think the Wii U was awesome and I’m sure didn’t bat an eye.

I think 4 is low key great? I kept holding out hope they would put 6 on Switch's SNES POS thing, but I just think there's too much money to be made from reselling it over and over to morons like myself. I have probably played 3/4 of the way through that game 5 times and then stall out on it for various reasons. I remember loving 4 but I haven't played it for like 20 years. I think I dabbled with the first two but don't know if I can hack it as I don't think they hold up super well. 4-6 though I'd kind of like to revisit.

Have you used that mod @Keyser_Soze ?

I have the FF Anthology package and then the Chrono Cross + I think it's FFIV package (great combo), and then I think it's like FF Origins or something which is 1-2 and not sure if 3 is on there. I think they're straight ports. Love them but have to use my PS3 to play them, and I'm looking to stream some JRPGs to my phone laying in bed before I go to sleep.

Cool. Maybe I'll look into the mods quick.

I'm talking 1-6 tho. Sorry, that thread title is confusing.

It looks like they are mobile versions converted to PC, but I am tempted to pick up a few of them to have on PC rather than my PS1 copies.

1) The PS3 was awesome 2) This sucks ass

Beat me to it.

Feels like 2022 to me.

Couple that with the pandemic and I think we’re in for a rough year in gaming. WHICH ME AND MY BACKLOG WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS.

yeah absolutely and now I can tell you I’d it’s running at 30 or if it’s running at something better. I’m just saying that before I consistently ran into 60, I had a tough time with it.

I think a lot of it is exposure. I couldn’t consistently tell you a game was running at 30 or 60 for a while when 60 was kind of rare. But once I played most games at 60 I started to really notice when they weren’t. I am just not super perceptive at that stuff.

I think you need to put your foot down and demand a replacement model. From either the retailer you got it from or Sony themselves. There’s no reason you have to put up with a defective unit when it’s under warranty. You spent hundreds of dollars on that machine, you’re entitled to one that works. Keep complaining to customer service (respectfully) until they agree to replace it.

I guess the argument could be made with the pandemic slowing down development there’s a chance it’s pretty barren the next few years and by the time the library is fleshed out they might actually be close to an upgrade.

If you’ve got the money and the gumption, what’s the difference between now and in two years or so? Won’t be a price drop on the thing. You can certainly argue early adopters are beta testing it, but again if you had always planned to get one not much is gonna change if you want the first version of it eventually. Plus it really does run old games really well.

I'm playing it mostly solo with friends hopping in here and there. Personally I love it, but it's one of those games - minecraft or what have you. If you don't like the monotony of going out, grabbing shit, coming back, crafting, going out again by yourself it won't be your bag.

I bet it will be on everything.

This is not the exact same team but two of the guys made that GBA game. I don’t have nostalgia for streets of rage and I’m always tempted to get that because it looks so good. If this thing turns out well it will be an instant purchase for me.

It’s such a fun game, once you hit a certain point there’s just so much to do.

That’s a shame.

It didn’t work as well as you hoped or you just didn’t enjoy it? I have run into a few issues with steam - like it’ll randomly disable pad support when I boot a game sometimes and I have to relaunch. And the one time I played around with the Witcher it had a delay that was unpleasant. However I’ve been playing Rogue Legacy on it and not exaggerating it works as if the game is installed on my phone. And it’s kinda weird but I play ESO from my PS5 on it and it works really well. I wanna try control on it but I haven’t gotten around to it yet.

I recently got a backbone and have been really impressed with the steam and PS5 streaming to my phone - but only on a local connection.

Have not - does it work?