PS TRIPLE games are free now if you have a decent PC as well
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PS TRIPLE games are free if you have a PS TRIPLE.
I haven't looked into it in a while, but it used to be one of those things where you had to be lucky enough to have a certain firmware.
For custom firmware you need either a phat or some of the early slims, but you can do pretty much everything you'd want to do with hybrid firmware, which can be done in any model.
Neat. Might have to bust out the ol' PS TRIPLE
Got a phat TRIPLE in storage. Do I need a burner or is there a way to just HDD that shit?
The easiest method only requires you to open up a website in the browser, then install the hybrid firmware from a flashdrive. You also need a controller that works on the safe mode menu (like a real PS3 controller). I usually follow this guy's videos. He keeps them updated and hasn't steered me wrong on the triple, 360, OG Xbox and Vita
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Plays PS5 Discs X X
Aaaaaaaakchually I think that’s a picture of the $599 “A01” 60GB model. It had WiFi and the chrome trim along the front. The $499 “B01” 20GB model was all black and looks slightly cooler imo
I cackled at the PS4 and PS5 disc rows
You're right, it doesn't have all the weird card slots on the front either, but it does have 4 USB slots, which should have gone on the chart
all about that P S TRIPLE
I didn't even know the triple had a web browser and ran linux, it's just like my sega dreamcast.
the original fatboys in 20gb and 60gb only - you could sideload an OS and there was a specific linux distro i think. I want to say it was originally pumped up because it allowed the cell cpu architecture to run folding@home
pretty sure literally the first revision (the 40gb? was there also a 100gb model too?) removed the feature to install OS because they immediately realised it would allow piracy and homebrew lol (with me thinking that homebrew development was the entire point but idk)
Yellow dog Linux and anyone could run Folding (no Linux required).
The reason was likely a tax dodge to get the device taxed as a computer and not toy similar to why the PS2 also had this functionality for that same tax dodge.
Secondary reason was probably the US military PS3 supercomputer back in the day.
I think there is a holy grail MGS4 PS3 special edition that retained hardware backwards compatibility (all models after went to software) and was 80gb of storage if I'm remembering correctly.
Secondary reason was probably the US military PS3 supercomputer back in the day.
In my headcanon they did that because of the ”Saddam is buying PS2s to turn into a supercomputer” thing.
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P S Triple Nipple
The thing that made me really mad is that Sony released the PSVR2, but removed support for playing 3D BluRay's from the PS5. The higher resolution would've been so amazing, but the PS4 is the last model that can do it.
Whyyyy?
If you already have a psvr2 there is a Sony-made adapter for PC connection. Not sure if that makes 3d Blurays work though.
Windows style enshitification come to consoles.
Pretty sure they actually killed free online gaming in the last years of the PS3.
Still free on the triple
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700 bucks is silly, and you have to pay extra for online play lol
It doesn't even accept physical disks? wow.
Not without an extra $80 peripheral
Physical disks or nothing
Oh umm...yo I just got a phone call, heard the PS Quintuple was uh, was garbage
Can't even take that shit while I'm rolling in my caddy
Haven't really needed a disc drive since getting our ps5 digital a couple years ago but we also didn't pay anywhere near $800 USD lol
Iirc, the first models of the PS3 had basically most of the drives of the PS2 and PS1 inside it. Making it the best Consoles to emulate PS2, since it was running on basically original hardware.
nerd shit
Playstation 1 was always emulated, it has good compatibility but is forced to at least 480p so it's kind of ugly, soft. The PS2 was not emulated, full hardware in the A01 and B01, C01/D01/E01 have the GPU emulated by software. Neither has perfect compatibility, and since original PS3s are trying to catch fire all the time it's less practical than just owning a PS2.
oops
Yeah, the retro shop near downtown here is loaded with ps2s last I checked, easy if you have some cash and with FreeDVDBoot and some DVD-Rs (and a couple extra, in case the PS2 doesn't like the burn or it degrades over time) you can play anything PS2 (Like Gitaroo Man. Play Gitaroo Man. I love rhythm games lmao). I would never be satisfied with emulation (except in rare instances where the TV is already in use) tbh, and the soft PS1 picture would be a dealbreaker for me, so we have a PSX, PS2 slim, and two PS3s (we each had one) lol
Aside, thoughts on dithering on the PSX? I like preserving the dithering, I have a SCART cable plugged into mine. When Partner was playing Silent Hill 2 I fucking was over the moon, loved the way it looked, but I know this is a very divisive topic, and I bet the devs themselves were not intending for the dithering to be seen. (I struggle with Genesis games since there's no alpha blending as far as I can tell, but I really like the sharp pixels, so waterfalls in like Ristar or Sonic games are cool to behold, technically, but don't really have the illusion correctly lol)
I find that, for PS1, S-Video on a CRT is sharp enough for my tastes but not so sharp that it starts looking unnatural. Genesis/MD I definitely go composite. Saturn I go back and forth.
Yeah, it's kind of a personal thing, isn't it? I can appreciate the composite output, and sometimes Pixel Perfect is too clean (esp. for text), but when I play an actual console I like it to be pixel perfect. When I actually do emulate, I try to muddy it up a bit with CRT/NTSC filters (although this depends heavily on the game). Maybe I just like bending the hardware against its will, lol.
I like seeing everything in new and different lights, so if it were easier with my current setup to switch between composite and SCART, I would, but my retrotink is out of ports lol
I only use S-Video for the n64 because I don't have HDMI modded, and it is kind of a mess visually vs. emulator for obvious reasons (the famous smear filter, and I don't have the Gameshark or whatever to disable it)
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PS3 released at 599 US dollars, though
The 20GB model was $499 and 60GB was $599.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks for the correction, comrade!
Mine lasted until last year unlike most ylod victims, I got it in 2008 slightly used but as an all purpose media player, I've for sure gotten that much in value
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600 dollars ain't shit, I wipe my ass with 600 dollars
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