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New Slimline PS2 Compatibility Issues 57

Posted by Zonk from the doomed-to-forget-the-past dept.
Gamasutra reports that a new iteration of the PS2 hardware experiences issues with certain games, both from this and the last generation. From the article: "The listed games will only be affected on new models of the system, starting with the Satin Silver slimline PS2, so far announced only for Japan. Whether the SCPH-75000 model will eventually be the standard for all production PS2s is unknown, but Sony advises those wanting a thinner system which can play the aforementioned games to get a 70000 or above."
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  • People say Microsoft is bad... (Score:5, Funny)

    by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) on Saturday October 22, 2005 @04:11PM (#13853985)
    ... but Sony can't even change the paint on their hardware without breaking compatibility?
    • It would seem odd that just "changing the paint" on the system would make it do this, which is exactly why it must be an internal change. There's likely upgraded parts, to be cheaper or less power hungry, that's causing this.

      • To exclude homebrew and piracy (Score:4, Interesting)

        by tepples ( 727027 ) <.tepples. .at. .gmail.com.> on Saturday October 22, 2005 @08:42PM (#13855209) Homepage Journal

        There's likely upgraded parts, to be cheaper or less power hungry

        Probably not. The upgrade was likely to exclude the loopholes and modifications that homebrewers use because those are the same loopholes and modifications that pirates use.

        • Ah-ha! So it's those damned home-brewers making life difficult for innocent pirates again, is it??

          10-to-1, somebody takes this post seriously and starts bitching at me for "supporting piracy"... :P
        • Right, because the best time to stop the modders is a year before you release a whole new console? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

          • Right, because the best time to stop the modders is a year before you release a whole new console?

            Sony has been changing the PS2 around more often than you think, and this is just one more step, albeit one that resulted in unintended consequences. Steps against modding are necessary even now because if you're five years into a console's life cycle, that means you still have 90 years to defend the copyrights in the launch titles. Blame Sonny Bono.

      • They might have merged the Emotion Engine chip with the Graphic Syntethizer. It was a step previously anticipated, supposed to go on production on the first size reduction but it didn't.
        Objective: cost-cutting. Remember that PS2 will still be selling when PS3 launches. PSone sold a LOT of units (30/40 millions, equivalent to 50% of the installed base) after the last price cut, coincident with the PS2 launch.

  • Sony's math is a bit off... (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Gothic_Walrus ( 692125 ) on Saturday October 22, 2005 @05:57PM (#13854420) Journal
    Whether the SCPH-75000 model will eventually be the standard for all production PS2s is unknown, but Sony advises those wanting a thinner system which can play the aforementioned games to get a 70000 or above."

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 75000 above 70000?

  • In the UK we have silver slimline PS2s as well - Anyone know if they're 70000 or 75000 series? Not that I'd get one, I think plastic silver is really tacky as a finish, but I'm just interested.

    (And do they still have the wonderful (not) matching black controller ports and power buttons etc. that the silver and aqua blue tray loading PS2s had?)

  • Gamasutra and 1UP (Score:3, Funny)

    by caitsith01 ( 606117 ) on Sunday October 23, 2005 @06:29PM (#13860329) Journal
    Anyone else get the feeling it might be quicker to cut out the middle man (Zonk) and just bookmark 1UP and Gamasutra directly? Although then we would miss out on the oddly-worded summaries...
  • With the PS3 now rumored to be 600 or more (again, it's a rumor), I'm thinking that next-gen gamers will be having a compatibility issue of their own with Sony products. That being, of course, their current wallets will not be big enough to play Sony's new system.
  • As someone who has owned an ps1, psp, ps2, gamecube, sega satrun, genesis, nes, snes, atari, xbox and other systems, the PS1 is the ONLY system that I had to buy three times...the first TWO ps1 systems failed. I also had to buy another PS2 because it had issues. I also own a PSP and the controls on it suck really bad. Sony really has got to fire the people who make their hardware, their hardware not only fails the easiest of all the manufacturers, it also is the easiest to break if you drop it. Gamecubes ar
    • "Gamecubes are virtually indestructible as are Sega Saturns and Dreamcasts...and those systems are all failures..."

      Sorry to be off topic but I hate when people claim the Gamecube as a failure. Nintendo has profited MORE than Sony and Microsoft COMBINED with the Gamecube in this generation. Though it may have sold the least that DOES NOT make it a failure.
  • Does the slimline have heating issues? Guy at the local indy game shop said overheats after 2 hours, but I hadn't heard much about it.

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