It is common knowledge that they removed backwards compatibility in the 40 gig model. This is something that has been discussed, at length, all over the internet, and has been discussed in this thread. It is not completely Sony's fault that you were misinformed.

Yeah, the box would clearly say "Playstation 2 format software titles do not perform on this system", but if you bought a Japanese system without really knowing what you're buying, it's pretty much your own bad.

I didn't think you planned on buying any in the first place.

Can't you just play PS2 games on the PS2 you already have?

Just an interesting article about the "usage" of the new generation consoles (A/V related)

Gamers Ripe for High-End A/V Systems, Research Shows - CE Pro Article

lo. sorry I ranted. :P I was just pissed as I just bought an original metal gear solid 2 that doesnt play on the ps3 when I couldve gotten this the other way heh. I thought I could dispose the ps2 since the new one can do everything as advertised. I guess not.
*sigh* Im a poor gamer.

What if you got a Japanese xbox 360 and it happened to be the core version. How would you play xbox games then? Cause it's in Japanese and yea you get my point. Or or... it was the premium but it doesn't play all the xbox games, most of the xbox Madden shit games are playable on the 360 premium.

Lol pwned, but yea I think you can play PS1 games on it. If I were you I'd trade it for a 20gb PS3 or if some one is dumb enough to give their 60gb for your 40gb model. Or just sell it and I'm sure you can buy a 20gb model in that price with a game or two.

Wow. I haven't posted here in quite a while.

Anyways - Tomorrow we get firmware 2.10...

...AND THAT MEANS DIVX.

wtf is blu-ray 1.1...

Profile 1.1 allows for advanced interactivity features (such as PIP).

I don't care about anything anymore other than screen capture function for videos and Blu-ray movies.

Well besides in-game XMB which sounds like will happen eventually in the future since the lead Sony engineer made a comment about it being known as the most want feature, I hope for a fix in every firmware update that prevents the damn controller from turning off every time I enter PS2 emulation mode.

Blu-ray Disc Profile 1.1 is a big deal though and a huge step for Blu-Ray to become the chosen standard of the two competing formats.

I want a xmb screen capture feature, so when I make a PS3 theme I actually have a real preview to use.

lol okay???

^ Please follow post quality guidelines.

Also, as far as I know most pirated video files aren't 'copyright protected' or larger than 700 MB or 1.36 GB, so I don't think the limit is a problem. Unless you want to play hi-def Blu-ray rips or something.

Is there anyone that uses TVersity who can elaborate on how the hell to make it work in a more practical manner?

I noticed that when you delete items from your shared folders, the PS3 still thinks that it's there. Two trailers that I deleted last night are still there, and they shouldn't, since I had shut down my computer last night, meaning a restart of TVersity.

I am trying to refresh my media library, but seems like it's taking forever, even though I only have a single shared folder with like, one media file. TVidiocy.

EDIT: Nevermind, TVersity likes to show the "busy" icon even when it's done refreshing your media.

Yeah, I myself always hated TVersity for never being able to keep up with my computer's library of resources. Therefore I've just stuck with WMP11's media hosting abilities. It may not be the best, I have no clue. All I know is that I'm done wasting my time on this crap and that it works.

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/12/dmc1.jpg

Looks pretty sick. I only wish we can get something like this over here.

So this means the 360 will get one as well..



In light of the ps3, it looks like all my ps2 games works very well and doesn't have that bug where it eliminates the picture and sound. Still, the controller turns off on its own. Nothing too serious though.

Anyone buy the original WarHawk on PSN?

I can't believe they made that rubbish MP game for PS3 instead of a true sequel.

Seeing the FMV brings back so many good memories.

Does the White PS3 come with the White Dual Shock 3? Or just a White Sixaxis controller?

well I just checked playasia and they say that it's coming with a white sixaxis. I think for now ps3 will be sold with the sixaxis and when Sony will have released the dualshock3 worldwide they will consider it to bundle it up with the console.

Well I think everyone knows that they're going to phase out the SIXAXIS sooner or later. Everyone just wondering as to when this well happen and I don't think Inhert is too off with his theory. After the DS3 has been released worldwide they'll probably phase it out I would imagine. It's cheaper to produce 1 version of something rather then 2.

Just a nice heads-up:

IF ANYONE WANTS ASSASSIN'S CREED (PS3):
It's only $28 over at Best Buy this week.
($37.99 sale price +$10 off any PS3 game coupon)

The coupon's here, in case you want $10 off any other PS3 game, too.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/251/bestbuy1lh6.jpg

Enjoy!

Also in Canada at least they had an Assassin's Creed & CoD4 double pack for the PS3 for like $40-50. Good luck finding it now though.

So has anyone ran into issues with the XMB locking up recently? I haven't had any in-game problems but I finally got to mess around with the functions of the PS3 over Christmas for the first time in a long time and it locked up on me twice. I'm positive this isn't heat related since the system fan was running at its lowest in both instances. The PS3 recognized both errors too as when I attempted to turn off the system to reboot it I got the three beep error code both times.

I've been using mine a lot lately too and I haven't had that problem at least yet. Though I'm sure it will be fixed in the next patch or two if enough people are experiancing the issue.

I was expecting a lot of ps3 games for Christmas but instead I got a nice little HDTV for my little room lol

it's just a 20'' but really i doN,t have room for a real big HDTV and just this one is alread FAR superior than my sdtv XD

well now all I need is buy all the game that I wanted for Christmas... ; ; I so wanted to buy Assassin's creed for only 39.99$ at best buy but they have no more >.< I guess I'll wait a little more.

for now, I'll replay all my games and demo in HDTV to see how pretty it is XD

oh btw is there a clear way to know if your HDTV support the Full RGB?