cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49514337
Their compatibility list notes 75.33% are Playable, 22.93% can go in-game but not be finished and only 1.69% can’t get past the intro.
Maybe I don’t need to bother fixing my PS3.
Do it anyway for the skillgain, the e-waste prevention, and bragging rights. 🤙
I only have one because I always wanted to have all 7th gen consoles back in the day but could only have one.
The fat PS3 was a great deal because it could run Linux and natively play PS2 games as well. I haven’t been into consoles since the fat PS3, they have all gotten worse and worse IMO. I did buy a Steam Deck and really like it, if that counts as a console.
Unfortunately not all the fats could run PS2 games, only the CECHAxx and CECHBxx (NTSC) had the hardware to run PS2 games. The early PAL models (CECHCxx and CECHExx) had software emulation apparently, dunno if it was any good. I hunted down a fat model specifically because I wanted the backwards compatibility, can’t remember which model I ended up buying, but it was not a backwards compatible one. Very disappointed at the time, but I was still sad when it died.
Also the possiblity to dualboot Linux was patched out pretty quickly if I remember correctly, people were pretty peeved about it.
Hmm I wonder if mine is that old. I got it used from a friend that also got it used back in the day. I never even tried sticking one of my PS2 games in it.
If it has a shitton of ports in the front, USB and SD card and all sorts of stuff, there’s a good chance. If it only has 2 USB ports, probably not.
Doh, no such luck for me. Oh well, I still have my PS2 lol.
I got a slim
7th gen specifically? Any reason why?
What I grew up with. Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Totally fair!
I was asking about my ps3 and its shitty performance at a retro games store and they had an electronics repair guy that said it probably just needed to be repasted/thermal pads replaced, and quoted $90 for doing it. Makes me want to get into that myself because I already had mine open to clean dust out and though it was kinda stressful, it was also fun and rewarding, and the stress generally comes from the uncertainty.
I’ve done this and once you know the procedure it’s easy money. You can even sell up for ‘premium’ thermal compound and full dust removal.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. I’ve fixed a bunch of electronics myself over the years, from rebending the metal in my logitech G7 when the click stopped behaving right to replacing the switch outright on my G900 when it started doing the same thing, to fixing the stick drift on my PSVR2 controller after I accidentally threw it across the room, to fixing a strummer that would stick on a 3rd party guitar controller. Each of those was a bit different but all pretty straightforward and saved me a bunch of money.
The part that makes me hesitate is that each of those were done at my own risk. I had to retire the G7 after one attempt to fix the button resulted in dropping the tiny plastic part on carpet, losing it forever. That was fine because it was mine and like the 3rd or 4th time I fixed it. But if I’m doing it for someone else, then I won’t necessarily be able to just write it off as a loss if something breaks in the process. I might start out by buying broken items cheap, fixing them and selling them so the risk (and decisions about rasolution) is still all just on me. Or maybe letting people bet against me as an insurance. Like pay an extra $5 or something and if I break it, I’ll pay you $150.
Unfortunately the InFamous games are still just “in-game”.
They’re both beatable, only issue is poor performance and glitchy graphics on Cole’s face at high resolutions.
Sucker Punch really optimised for the weird architecture, especially inFamous 2, one of the more impressive PS3 games I think
I wish Infamous 2 didn’t require a NASA computer to run well.
That franchise was really ahead of its time… Graphics, mechanics, everything…
And PoP!
Finished infamous 2 again earlier this year: it really is a gem!
I should build an emulation machine out of spare parts…
But is Demons Souls one of them?
Yep, just played It last week.
Yes, it is listed as playable !
Hopefully the Bluepoint remaster can be made playable on PC someday, too. I’ll never forgive Sony for killing it and closing the studio down.
Yep like the other said it works. I played it about a year ago on RPCS3 on both Mac and Windows 10. Got up to the Old King Alliant boss fight and got stuck again… then started playing Bloodborne on my PC instead with ShadPS4
…I was not aware Bloodborne had been emulated. I’ve never gotten to play it as I refuse to buy a console for just one game.
Awesome!
Yes it’s pretty fun. The emulated version has some glitches but I found I could get rid of most of the graphical issues just by having my character wear a helmet or mask that would completely cover the face model. Basically the most glitches came from the character model’s face or eyes. I wrote a guide on how to set it up awhile back, mostly cobbled together from other people’s work online.
https://lemmy.world/post/25272169
Note that ShadPS4 was updated to prevent installing games the way I did, after I wrote that guide. To make that work you may have to install an old version of the emulator first and after installing your games you can update the emulator.
Yep! Not only that but there is working multiplayer too!
This is really impressive, but it’s also a bit of a shame about the timing since so many great games from PS3 were already ported to PC, like Bloodborne, RDR, Last of Us or Uncharted
When was Bloodborne ported to PC?
Oh shit, you’re right
Just saying for most of these games emulation is probably pointless if game has PC port.
They should focus on exclusives and games with lacking PC port.
They don’t work so you can play (pirated) games, they work because building a near-complete emulator is demanding and satisfying work.
