PS3 to use Blue-Ray Discs!

[Wizard]

Sigh, i knew this was coming. At least it's true now.

[Thraxen]

So far... No. They are using Blu-Ray for that fact; that they are incredibly difficult to copy.

 

There could still be a loophole if they make it backward compatible and/or play DVD movies. The thing will obviously be networkable, so you may end up seeing a situation like you have with the XBox now. PC DVD drives can't read and rip XBox games, but you rip the games by having the XBox do the ripping itself and send the files over a network to your PC. Then if it can read DVD movies or PS2 games, it may be possible to burn the games to a DVD and play them on the PS3. Now if the games are huge it may still impossible, but I bet many will fit on dual-layer DVDs and dual layer burners will be everywhere by then.

[Prican25]

its already been said i few months back that it will be backward compatible with ps1/2.

 

as for dvd movies i'm not sure but i'm gonna guess that it will be added since they are planning add it to the players coming out late in the year

[Jiggs]

I don't know about the PS3 games, but all the Blue Ray movies are going to have a new content scrambling system, called ACSS. I expect that it will be cracked within the first year or two of the blue ray discs becoming mainstream. I wouldn't be surprised if Jon Johansen did it (He's the one who cracked CSS when he was 15 years old).

[Wizard]

See, I don't know how the hell is the backward compataibities is going to work because it uses a completely different, new, type of CPU, unless they add the PS2/PS1 cpu chips somewhere.

[Jiggs]

Last night, someone in Asia's hub said that the PS3 wouldn't be backwards compatible, and I don't remember if they gave a link or not.

[Agozer]

From what I heard, Sony has gathered a lot of people to actually write a PS1 and a PS2 emulator as a part of PS3's kernel. If that's the case, the PS3 does not have the actual hardware of the older systems, like the PS2 did.

Edited August 6, 2004 by Agozer

[Weirdy]

If that's the case, the PS3 does not have the actual hardware of the older systems, like the PS2 did.

...it didn't

[Agozer]

If that's the case, the PS3 does not have the actual hardware of the older systems, like the PS2 did.

...it didn't

Yes it did. The PS2 had the slightly stripped PS1 hardware in the lower portion of the machine.

[Weirdy]

If that's the case, the PS3 does not have the actual hardware of the older systems, like the PS2 did.

...it didn't

Yes it did. The PS2 had the slightly stripped PS1 hardware in the lower portion of the machine.

oh

 

ah well...must be from the latest update of ps2's

[L.S.D]

If they are going to release a PS1/PS2 emulator, aren't we the lucky one??

[Weirdy]

If they are going to release a PS1/PS2 emulator, aren't we the lucky one??

what are you talking about? he meant in the ps3

[L.S.D]

If they are going to release a PS1/PS2 emulator, aren't we the lucky one??

what are you talking about? he meant in the ps3

Oh, sorry. My mistake

I thought they are going to release a PC emulator for the system

[AntiWinner22]

From what I heard, Sony has gathered a lot of people to actually write a PS1 and a PS2 emulator as a part of PS3's kernel. If that's the case, the PS3 does not have the actual hardware of the older systems, like the PS2 did.

Then, if this is the case, you can only play DVD Games, not DVD movies. This spells trouble for Sony. Hopefully, they will somehow get some sense knocked into them to include SOME sort of DVD playback.

 

Anon.

[Prican25]

they'll add dvd movie options without a doubt. when ps2 came out in japan, the dvd player option is what sold them since at the time dvd players there were expensive so that made many japanese ppl happy (untill you find out the first models actually suck but oh well )