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IGN: New PS3 Details?

Here's a bit of unsubstantiated hearsay for you. We saw an article on Kotaku about a Max Console report regarding PlayStation Magazine's September issue and how it will feature a small bit of PlayStation 3 information acquired from anonymous sources.

The magazine apparently states that PlayStation 3 will not support any PSOne or PS2 peripherals, nor will it use any memory cards. If true, this means that if you'd like to play your PSOne and PS2 games on PS3 via that system's new backward compatibility functionality, you're going to have to start from scratch.

Kotaku also states that Max Console claims that PlayStation Magazine reports...breathe in... That the PlayStation 3's hard drive will be reserved for storing multimedia and should not be used by games. Other details include a "TiVo-like" add-on, the ability to browse media stored on a PS3 with a PSP, the option to decrease outputted resolution to improve performance on certain games, and the promise that while some games will be 1080i/p, most will be 720p.

if old, please delete (i searched tho)

 

[Dr_Cogent]

I forsee old pics arriving.

I think there was a thread similar to this yesterday. I could be wrong though.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

old details

 

[Doom_Bringer]

looks like the japanese magazine editors are stealing info/rumours from PSM

 

[COCKLES]

 

[shpankey]

looks like someone is stealing info from PSM

They say as much...

We saw an article on Kotaku about a Max Console report regarding PlayStation Magazine's September issue

 

[Doom_Bringer]

ops :O

 

[DarienA]

OMG this is the best Old Post pic I have ever seen Dr. Who forever!

 

[Phoenix]

:lol nice...

 

[Dr_Cogent]

OMG this is the best Old Post pic I have ever seen Dr. Who forever!

Yeah, COCKLES has used it before too.

It is pretty funny. When did the new Dr. Who episodes show up anyway? I remember hearing about it in the past, but I didn't know it was out.

 

[Izzy]

 

[The Faceless Master]

why is IGN quoting Kotaku's quote of MaxConsole's story on the magazine?

 

[op_ivy]

if true, i'll be pissed. one of the reasons i plunked down for the new fancy gt force wheel was for ps3 support

 

[Fafalada]

GT Force wheel is a USB device - I wouldn't worry about support for that (although ultimately it'll be Logitech, not Sony, who decides what wheels work and what not).

 

[GhaleonEB]

GT Force wheel is a USB device - I wouldn't worry about support for that (although ultimately it'll be Logitech, not Sony, who decides what wheels work and what not).

The rumor yesterday said that absolutely zero 3rd party perhipheral would work at all. Persumably (man I can't spell today) it's to help Sony recoup the PS2 costs by forcing all (expensive) such purchases go to them. Sounds like something they would do, but it also sounds extreme.

 

[shpankey]

GT Force wheel is a USB device - I wouldn't worry about support for that (although ultimately it'll be Logitech, not Sony, who decides what wheels work and what not).

i disagree. if that were true, then Logitech's DFP wheel would work on the Xbox. and as they've said time and time again, they can't do that due to MSFT.

also, the Xbox controller ports are just USB ports with a different end connection. and there are adapters out there to allow your USB devices to plug into it.... yet, that doesn't automatically make them work. so no, just being USB will not guarantee anything unfortunately.

 

[kaching]

The rumor yesterday said that absolutely zero 3rd party perhipheral would work at all. Persumably (man I can't spell today) it's to help Sony recoup the PS2 costs by forcing all (expensive) such purchases go to them. Sounds like something they would do, but it also sounds extreme.

The original PSM rumor as relayed to the net by maxconsole was:

#2 Peripherals Passed Up

PS3 won't have old style memory card slots, and we can confirm that it won't support PS1/PS2 peripherals that used the controller port. You will be able to play PS1/PS2 games just fine using the new PS3 controller (bizarre as it looks), but things such as dance pads and third-party controllers won't be officially supported. Of course, it's highly likely some PS2-to-USB adaptor will be made(there's already one for the PC) allowing for such a thing. The question, then, is when.

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=4433

Applying a little common sense here, PS2 incorporates a standard USB interface and has games that specifically build-in software support for certain devices connected via USB. So if the PS3 also has a standard USB interface and is backward compatible with PS2 software, then there should be no reason that existing USB peripherals can't continue to work with the PS2 software that supports them. Unless Sony deliberately deactivates the PS3's USB interface during PS2 compatability mode, which the original rumor doesn't substantiate in any way.

 

[Fafalada]

i disagree. if that were true, then Logitech's DFP wheel would work on the Xbox. and as they've said time and time again, they can't do that due to MSFT.

What do MS restrictions have to do with Sony?
If Sony forbids Logitech to support their existing wheels - fine, but nothing has been stated in that regard, and in the past, Sony did not try to prevent PS2 compatibility with PC wheels either, it was left to Logitech (and iirc there's several that work).

also, the Xbox controller ports are just USB ports with a different end connection. and there are adapters out there to allow your USB devices to plug into it.... yet, that doesn't automatically make them work. so no, just being USB will not guarantee anything unfortunately.

Again completely unrelated - I explicitly said, if Logitech will provide the drivers, it will work. Hardware alone won't make things work.

 

[Juice]

I think it's funny that you source IGN on this, as if the fact that it makes the news 4 times removed from reality instead of 3 makes this all more credible.

Anyway, there's probably not going to be a memory card port. boo-hoo. I'm sure Sony will allow people to transfer saves from a ps2 via USB to a memory stick with some peripheral or something.

 

[shpankey]

What do MS restrictions have to do with Sony?
If Sony forbids Logitech to support their existing wheels - fine, but nothing has been stated in that regard, and in the past, Sony did not try to prevent PS2 compatibility with PC wheels either, it was left to Logitech (and iirc there's several that work).

Again, not necessarily. As you said, if Sony were to not allow it then it wouldn't. Of course they haven't said either way... so don't jump to conclusions. Maybe they will maybe they won't. We don't know yet.

I am not assuming they won't, I'm not assuming they will. But you were assuming they would. Who the heck knows at this point.

Again completely unrelated - I explicitly said, if Logitech will provide the drivers, it will work. Hardware alone won't make things work.

It's related in that it is an example of how a company like Logitech could WANT their product to work on a console but can't because of the manufacturer. Yes that is MSFT and not Sony, but it proves the point that it's not entirely up to Logitech, as you were saying it was. If Sony doesn't want specific products to work... then they won't. At this point, we don't know if they will or they won't. They may not care.. they may. We don't know yet. But (you) saying it'll work just cause it's USB is not necessarily true (which was my point).

 

[shpankey]

I think it's funny that you source IGN on this, as if the fact that it makes the news 4 times removed from reality instead of 3 makes this all more credible.

I didn't source anyone. I linked to IGN's page which sources PSM. Learn to read.