Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months 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 · 7 months agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·7 months 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-down8·7 months 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-up3·7 months agoIs PS2 emulation that accurate now?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoYeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin). PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoYes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoHoly crap. That’s a huge milestone! I remember when PS1 emulation was still spotty…
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months 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-down2·7 months agoIt is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months 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