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PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is PS2 emulation that accurate now?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin).

PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy crap. That's a huge milestone!

I remember when PS1 emulation was still spotty...

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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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