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Sony announced new PS2 Design
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Those holes look like attachment hardpoints for a screen.
JackFrost2012
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DCharlie said:Unless of course they are going to hump Square HARD from behind (with an old model PS2)
If they do fuck Square that hard, there WILL be repercussions.
Alex Anderson
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jiji said:
Those holes look like attachment hardpoints for a screen.
Ah, yes they do. w00t w00t.
LOL. Actually that could work but the AV and Headphone ports on the LCD screen would prevent the PSone LCD monitor from attaching correctly.... BUT, If you have a Playstation AV adaptor, the LCD monitor would work(I've done this with PS2 + AV adaptor + PSone LCD Screen).Alex Anderson said:
The Faceless Master
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^^^^^^^^^^^ AC Adapter ^
It's up for speculation at this point. Sony has been mumbling about "alternatives" to HDD for online gaming support related to their future online micropayment plans. One would have thought the best way to do that, sans HDD, would be to slap a MemStick slot on this new model and it would have made for better connectivity with the PSP, but noooo...DCharlie said:
Still, I can't imagine that major 3rd party partners like SE would be caught completely off guard about this. Several new PS2 games released this month already refer to this new model in their manuals, so some of the third parties were clearly told in advance.
Alex Anderson
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Defensor said:
There is no AV-in or headphone port on the back of the PSOne. Those features are built into the LCD screen
(I have them both sitting here with me).The latch-on screws on the PSOne LCD screen may prevent this from working though, unless I removed them.
The Faceless Master
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ya know, laptop size hdd's could be a possibility... they're pretty small...
I just looked at my PSone w/LCD monitor without removing the monitor when posting. Thanx for the clarificationAlex Anderson said:There is no AV-in or headphone port on the back of the PSOne. Those features are built into the LCD screen
The latch-on screws on the PSOne LCD screen may prevent this from working though, unless I removed them.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
"One would have thought the best way to do that, sans HDD, would be to slap a MemStick slot on this new model and it would have made for better connectivity with the PSP, but noooo... "
yeah, same here.
i'm disappointed by the lack of a move to Memstick for the sam reason , but as for a Mem Stick alternative to HDD - the number one reason to own a HDD is for FFXI... that mother is about an 8 gig install, so that wouldn't really work.
yeah, same here.
i'm disappointed by the lack of a move to Memstick for the sam reason , but as for a Mem Stick alternative to HDD - the number one reason to own a HDD is for FFXI... that mother is about an 8 gig install, so that wouldn't really work.
kaching said:
Well, yeah, but I'd rather buy a cheaper USB PS2-to-PSP connection cable rather than a mem stick. Wait a sec: a mem stick is needed for data storage on PSP anyway. I'll have to buy anyway. Ok, it sucks not having a mem stick port on the PS2
I'd really like to hear from Square Enix about the lack of HDD support.
TTP said:
They have made a correction to that. Now they say it doesn't. Heh !
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/0409/21/news050.html
neo2046
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Optimistic
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Still only two controller ports? Cunts.
Kai Dracon
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Another brilliant move. No HDD support. I realize many may think the HDD is irrelevant and only for FFXI, but people play MMORPGs for years. People will still be playing FFXI (particularly with more expansions) when PS3 is out. Plus Square is readying more PoL HDD supported online games, and even if it's a bit late in the PS2 life cycle, other games are about to use the HDD as well.
So go and introduce the new, sexy PS2 which you'll be promoting as the thing to own, without HDD support built in. There's no reason a laptop style HDD couldn't have been worked in there... they're small enough.
Sure, they can make an external plug-in HDD but well, that's just retarded, on the whole. It should be one integrated (sans power supply) unit.
Y'know, if Sony discountinues the older and larger PS2, Square's gonna hear a zipper being undone behind them. Pardon me, but didn't some game company in Japan years ago learn the hard way you don't insult Square? My memory is fuzzy.
So go and introduce the new, sexy PS2 which you'll be promoting as the thing to own, without HDD support built in. There's no reason a laptop style HDD couldn't have been worked in there... they're small enough.
Sure, they can make an external plug-in HDD but well, that's just retarded, on the whole. It should be one integrated (sans power supply) unit.
Y'know, if Sony discountinues the older and larger PS2, Square's gonna hear a zipper being undone behind them. Pardon me, but didn't some game company in Japan years ago learn the hard way you don't insult Square? My memory is fuzzy.
Late Stage Marxist
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Two down.... *cough*Kaijima said:
Kaijima said:
I'll copy&paste my post from another thread:
The more I think of it the less I believe this actually hurts Square. I mean, there are millions of PS2 out there, so there is still potential for growth. Newcomers (those that don't have a PS2 already and will buy the SCPH-70000) are hardly interested in FFXI. Those that are, probably already bought the HDD+FFXI package or at least they have the old PS2 model and are waiting for a price reduction of the HDD before jumping in.
TheGreenGiant
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I think it looks hideous. They could have streamlined it way more - keeping the front edge grooves on something this slim is gawdawful.
(add: when I saw the redesign; I thought it was someone's photoshop joke)
Oh well, I already have a PS2; waiting on next gen (if the current console doesn't die).
(add: when I saw the redesign; I thought it was someone's photoshop joke)
Oh well, I already have a PS2; waiting on next gen (if the current console doesn't die).
Kaijima said:
What if they integrated the HDD, wouldn't that increase the price? What would be the point of increasing the price for everyone just to please a very small part of the PS2 userbase? And I bet very, very few people would use the HDD anyway.
And let's imagine they kept the same price, what about all those people who payed up a LOT of money for the FFXI+HDD bundle in Japan? I can imagine they wouldn't be very happy about it.
Grizzlyjin
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TTP said:you see? Newcomers dont give a shit about the HDD
If GTA needed the HDD, then you would hear casual gamers going nuts about this. But Joe Blow isn't going to care. He'll walk into Wal-mart, see a very thin PS2 for $149.99 with a network adapter included and buy one for himself and/or a present for the Blow children.
This is just an awesome space saver. I could just sit it on top of another dvd player if I wanted, it just goes with anything.
For some reason, the lack of HDD doesn't bother me in the least...maybe because I don't have one to begin with. I have to say that Sony trapped me, I will be buying this (more like asking) during Christmas.
But I wonder if Sony is going to drop the msrp for the regular model. Other than the HDD, what is the point of them both being $150? I mean they both have network adapters, but 9 times out of 10, someone is going to go for the smaller new model. I know I would expect the bigger version to be less expensive...
Doom_Bringer
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ugly but I will buy one