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DVDBack23 @ Sep 16, 2010 05:12 | 36 comments

Thanks to a Japanese forum poster, we now have concrete evidence that Sony is at least considering creating a peripheral that would give PlayStation 3 owners a way to play their PS2 games.

The new patent filed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan shows off a "Compatibility Adapter," a peripheral that contains necessary parts to playback PS2 games, but will work when attached to a PS3.

When the PS3 launched in 2006, gamers were given full hardware backward compatibility, but later versions of the console removed the hardware and added software-based emulation instead.

Sony later removed all backward compatibility, in an effort to shed costs.

While the peripheral is interesting, there cannot be too many people still wanting to play PS2 games out there, especially as the console reaches the very end stages of its life.

View the patent here: PS2 compatibility adapter patent (Warning, it's in Japanese)

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Comment by: gldoorii (Sep 16, 2010 15:18)

<i>there cannot be too many people still wanting to play PS2 games out there, especially as the console reaches the very end stages of its life. </i>

One of the most idiotic statements ever.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 16, 2010 17:14)

I still have 10 PS2 games I am working on and more to get, WTF. The average sheeple probably dose not know what a PS2 is but us black sheep are pissed about it!!

Now when do we get a PSP emulator on the damn thing?

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Comment by: DXR88 (Sep 16, 2010 22:51)

Originally posted by shaffaaf:
so people with massive collections of ps2 games... why not just play them on the PS2?

PS3 has HDMI support, i don't even have a tube tv in my house anymore. makes it difficult for me to play my PS2 as YPbPr never worked without the adapter at least for me it didnt.

Comment by: xnonsuchx (Sep 17, 2010 02:28)

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.

According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.

Comment by: DVDBack23 (Sep 17, 2010 03:28)

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.
According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.

Exactly right, and I can almost guarantee that those numbers are even lower now. The only gross generalization is thinking that because you and your friends want to play PS2 games on the PS3 that 35 million other owners do, as well.

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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 17, 2010 03:29)

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.
According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.

Ya so? they poll new game dewbs who watch crappy film and are the reason we can't have qaulity in media anymore.....

Comment by: KillerBug (Sep 17, 2010 03:44)

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.
According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.

That is just the thing..."Only 15%"...only about 5% care about 3D bluray support, but they include that. Only about 0.5% wanted a second link to the PSN store, but there it is. Only about 80% want cross-game-chat, and we still don't have it.

In the US alone, there were over 10 million fat PS3s sold...for this one portion of their market, "only 15%" is 1.5 million people. That is more than the population of some small countries, just from the sales of the fat in one large country. Sony chooses to call them insignificant...and when they take away the features you like, they will call you insignificant too.

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 17, 2010 04:03)

Originally posted by KillerBug:

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.
According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.
That is just the thing..."Only 15%"...only about 5% care about 3D bluray support, but they include that. Only about 0.5% wanted a second link to the PSN store, but there it is. Only about 80% want cross-game-chat, and we still don't have it.

In the US alone, there were over 10 million fat PS3s sold...for this one portion of their market, "only 15%" is 1.5 million people. That is more than the population of some small countries, just from the sales of the fat in one large country. Sony chooses to call them insignificant...and when they take away the features you like, they will call you insignificant too.

Ya but smaller counties are not buying new games twice... as if modern film was not bad enough >>

Comment by: BobH29 (Sep 17, 2010 13:26)

To echo a strong sentiment, I couldn't care less about 3D.

While backwards compatability and x-game chat would be nice, what I'd really like to see is a web browser which doesn't make me want to throw the controller at the TV! Surely Sony could farm out the redevelopment of of the current pile of donkey crap to someone like Mozilla or Google (Google search is already intergrated in the XMB), then i could go back to web browsing in the comfort of my living room rather than hidden away in the home office.

Comment by: Gnawnivek (Sep 17, 2010 15:25)

I rather play the remastered collections, like God of War I and II and the upcoming ICO and Shadows of the Colossus collection. For one, the collections are remastered in HD and the second reason is that the collections have trophies support.

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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 17, 2010 18:43)

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Comment by: Gnawnivek (Sep 17, 2010 19:25)

Ah cute ZippyD :)

Yeah whatever, for some reasons, I get high when I hear the plinking sound of the trophies. Unlocking the elusive platinum trophy is total awesomeness. Okay, that sounds like a total dork, lol. But I'm enjoying my games with trophies/achievements. Think of this way, at least I'm not on drug... Oh wait, that didn't come out right, lol.

Peace!

Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 17, 2010 19:40)

Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
Ah cute ZippyD :)

Yeah whatever, for some reasons, I get high when I hear the plinking sound of the trophies. Unlocking the elusive platinum trophy is total awesomeness. Okay, that sounds like a total dork, lol. But I'm enjoying my games with trophies/achievements. Think of this way, at least I'm not on drug... Oh wait, that didn't come out right, lol.

I don't mind difficulty markers but most achievements,ect are dumb....

Comment by: Gnawnivek (Sep 17, 2010 19:52)

True... not all trophies/achievements are meaningful. There's absolutely no reason to hate them though, even if you don't collect any at all. The wording of some trophies/achievements are funny as hell, it's like free little side jokes come with the game if you want to look at it that way. Metal Deer Solid in Cabela games, isn't that cute :)

Peace!

Comment by: klassic (Sep 17, 2010 20:03)

"While the peripheral is interesting, there cannot be too many people still wanting to play PS2 games out there, especially as the console reaches the very end stages of its life."

That is one of the dumbest editorial comments I have ever heard. How many people are out there "buying" NES downloads for their Wii? I still play NES, SNES and Genesis Roms. I also have an Atari 2600 that I play too. Just because a game is out dated doesn't mean it isn't played.

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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Sep 17, 2010 20:08)

Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
True... not all trophies/achievements are meaningful. There's absolutely no reason to hate them though, even if you don't collect any at all. The wording of some trophies/achievements are funny as hell, it's like free little side jokes come with the game if you want to look at it that way. Metal Deer Solid in Cabela games, isn't that cute :)

I dunno I loath poor implementation in games, quality game play should be the center of gaming but its not its still flash and spectacle forget balance or polish,ect. THus my hate for it stems from gaming becoming film. Hates it we do wew do....*shuffle shuffle* mmeecchhanniiccsss......*shuffle shuffle*

Originally posted by klassic:
"While the peripheral is interesting, there cannot be too many people still wanting to play PS2 games out there, especially as the console reaches the very end stages of its life."

That is one of the dumbest editorial comments I have ever heard. How many people are out there "buying" NES downloads for their Wii? I still play NES, SNES and Genesis Roms. I also have an Atari 2600 that I play too. Just because a game is out dated doesn't mean it isn't played.

They polled new gamers people who will buy whatever branded product twice, the same kind that watch crappy film 2 or 10 times.... *shudders*

Comment by: brockie (Sep 17, 2010 23:51)

I like the HD remakes with trophies, I think Sony are making shore no one else makes it maybe.

Comment by: SDF_GR (Sep 18, 2010 01:32)

Sony just wants to start uploading PS2 Games on PSN,
They still sell via PSS PS1 games, you think that PS2 wont sell?

Comment by: xboxdvl2 (Sep 18, 2010 12:05)

I'd say sony found a new way to make more money and soon they are gonna start charging people a fee for something that will let them play ps2 games on their ps3.Remove a feature and then sell it back to the customers easy $$$$ if you ask me.

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Comment by: Jemborg (Sep 18, 2010 20:26)

Originally posted by Gnawnivek:
True... not all trophies/achievements are meaningful. There's absolutely no reason to hate them though, even if you don't collect any at all. The wording of some trophies/achievements are funny as hell, it's like free little side jokes come with the game if you want to look at it that way. Metal Deer Solid in Cabela games, isn't that cute :)

Apart from that getting many amount to a form of mini-game in themselves.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

Comment by: wmccusker (Sep 18, 2010 20:34)

yay. ps3 60gb works fine last time i checked. unless they removed the emotion engine emulator in an update? any info on that?

Comment by: 1nsan3 (Sep 19, 2010 03:12)

i am sorry ps2 is good and all.. but why the F U C * did u take AWAY the damn linux support. THIS WAS ALL SOFTWARE!!!!! but u take it away!!! and now PAY A TON LOAD OF MONEY to create the piece of hardware for backwards gamming..

lets see: linux was all software.

ps2 is gonna be hardware cost alot more money to make..

ummm... ok. whatever its not my money.

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Comment by: Mik3h (Sep 19, 2010 09:53)

http://psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66337

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Comment by: BOSSDOGG1 (Sep 19, 2010 17:33)

Originally posted by biglo30:
Figures they would now try and bring the feature back now that the console has been hacked.

Does anyone know where & how I can get the E-Tags code for socom combined assault ps2????

Comment by: Anonymous User (Jan 17, 2011 04:33)

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

Originally posted by stripelord:
Erm, I know a LOT of people who still want to play PS2 games, myself included. Saying that "there can't be that many people who still want to play PS2 games" is a gross generalization and is wholly untrue.
According to marketing polls, only around 15% of PS3 owners and prospective owners really cared about PS2-compatibility...which was likely the biggest nail in its coffin before.

Only 15% of the people that took the polls. I'm willing to bet the majority of us that want ps2 b/c never even knew about the polls being taken in the first place.