Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down112cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them. I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything. What is the backup for?
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down8·1 year agoYou can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIs PS2 emulation that accurate now?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin). PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHoly crap. That’s a huge milestone! I remember when PS1 emulation was still spotty…
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, and with PS3 and 360 emulation still being pretty spotty, it will probably be the limit of near-100% emulation of a system for a while.
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoIt is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI hadn’t had a capable enough machine to do PS2 emulation smoothly until I also didn’t have enough time to spend time playing them, lol I’ve fixed the computer issue, and I’ll be fixing the time issue soon! Lol
What good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them.
I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything.
What is the backup for?
You can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.
Is PS2 emulation that accurate now?
Yeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin).
PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
Yes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
Holy crap. That’s a huge milestone!
I remember when PS1 emulation was still spotty…
Yeah, and with PS3 and 360 emulation still being pretty spotty, it will probably be the limit of near-100% emulation of a system for a while.
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It is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
I hadn’t had a capable enough machine to do PS2 emulation smoothly until I also didn’t have enough time to spend time playing them, lol
I’ve fixed the computer issue, and I’ll be fixing the time issue soon! Lol