Sony UK boss Ray Maguire says that money previously invested in PlayStation 3's backwards compatibility with PS2 is better spent on new game development or helping to support hardware price cuts.
"As we come to our first Christmas with the PlayStation 3 there's going to be about 65 games in the marketplace, so we feel now that there's sufficient choice in the marketplace and that we're still better off using that money that we'd put into backwards compatibility in either investing in new games or using that money to help support bringing the price down so that people can get into the franchise," Maguire told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz in an interview due to be published on Monday.
BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."
They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.
Things are heating up in May a bit with Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the Paper Mario TTYD remake, and a ton of promising indies. We pick the most interesting May games, from AAA to indie, so you can make sense of everything coming out.
Doesn't seem to be that bad of a month. Got a bit of something for everyone.
Please do not support braid anniversary edition. Don't support Phil phish, he's a very despicable person, a a cry baby.
One example
https://youtu.be/yKUGwlFJAH...
Wrong developer. Phil Phish was the developer behind Fez.
Jonathan Blow was behind Braid. If you're gonna cancel culture, don't take down the wrong indie...
Man, I don’t know why, but it also irks me when people try to tell others what to do. Fez was an awesome game, I couldn’t care less if the dev was a douche.
This is just extra cringe since the person actually doesn’t know what they’re talking about 🤦♂️
I wasn't cancel culturing shit. Phil phish is a complete douche. Did you bother to watch the video? Probably not.
I was wrong but call me cancel culture is just plain dumb also
Also crimson.
As you I'm human and we make mistakes. That was a mistake I mixed the games up. Shit happens. So go cringe yourself
Honest mistake, if you can watch that video and support the guy. Then I guess your in the same camp
You were wrong and that's that. Don't be so angry.
And yeah, that is a case example of cancel culture. It was a dozen years ago, he's apologized since, had Japanese developers rationalize with his remark, barely has done anything in the industry since Fez, and yet here you are, not even remembering the one game he made...
I guess I cant really say that he is right or wrong, however, if they save a substantial amount of money by excluding BC then I agree with him, if it's not that much money and they are cutting corners than this is just a PR stunt.
Either way BC is gone, live with it or buy the 60 or 80 gig. A 299 PS3 is a steal anyway, enjoy.
Currently, there's two ways to do backward compatibility on the PS3. Older PS3 have the original PS2 chips onboard. For cost saving, they removed those and are now doing backward compatibility by software only. It's already done. Lines of codes, once they are working, do not cost anything to add into hardware...
So sure, I don't expect a cheaper version of the PS3 to have the extra PS2 chips onboard because they cost money, but firmware is already done and cost nothing. Could this be another case of a big wig talking about something he doesn't have any clue about? Quite often, the more you're getting paid, the less you should talk in public : ) Or the more often, you're misquoted : (
This is why I bought my PS3 when I did. I got the one with the emotion chip still in place for I like BC specially when it's PS2 we are talking about which has and still is getting great games. Why would I want a PS2 sitting next to my PS3 because my PS3 won't play the PS2 games? I guess that just leaves Wii as the only one that fully embraces BC now. Which is kind of funny seeing that they never did before hand and now they are the only ones...
I say for the people who getting the 40gb Ps3... F* ps2 emu and play b3yond :D...so many games coming out for the Ps3 that you will not bothered with the ps2 emu...just keep your ps2 if you have ps2 games still :)
is the HDD required for BC on the xbox or can it work with a memory card?