New PS2 revision... Doesn't play CD games anymore?

[TheDiave]

I've been hearing that the new slim PS2 won't read CD-ROM based games anymore; Basically nothing from PSOne and none of the "blue-back" PS2 games. Any truth to this?

 

[DMczaf]

Lies

 

[Gattsu25]

there is as much truth to this as to the statement that Sony is going to do great next gen

 

[SantaC]

there is as much truth to this as to the statement that Sony is going to do great next gen

^ huh?

 

[Spike]

Of course it will still play PS1 and blue discs.

 

[Gattsu25]

^ huh?

They're going to do AWESOME

 

[dog$]

Goddamn there sure is a good smear campaign against the 70K so far.

According to rumors I've seen just this week, it's incompatibile with current memory cards, multitaps, CD based and PS1 games.

 

[Deku Tree]

Goddamn there sure is a good smear campaign against the 70K so far.

According to rumors I've seen just this week, it's incompatibile with current memory cards, multitaps, CD based and PS1 games.

I think at least the multi-tap part is true. They're releasing a new slimmer multi-tap for use with the new PS2.

 

[Gattsu25]

it's also incompatible with the current A/V wires

 

[Ranger X]

They're going to do AWESOME

lol i was about to quote you if didn't said that lol

 

[Wario64]

Who the hell is making this shit up?

 

[Fatghost]

There is no way it would be incompatible with CD games and PS1. It would require a very expensive hardware redesign on Sony's part to come up with a PS2 chipset that could still play DVD PS2 games but not CD games or PS1 games.

Incompatible with Memory cards is more likely, but would still be an incredibly poor business decision and again, would cost sony a lot more in R&D and manufacturing than simply keeping the 70K compatible with existing memory cards.

Where do all these rumors come from anyway?

 

[Fatghost]

it's also incompatible with the current A/V wires

Says who?

 

[Gattsu25]

says me, everyone else seems to be doing it

I dunno...I'd actually like it if the PSTwo used Memory Sticks along with the PSP but alas...


:b

 

[Sho Nuff]

I hear u have to buy brand new controllers

 

[Ranger X]

I heard you can stick an Xbox controller in too with some adapter.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Okay, let's make this easy to understand:

New PS2. Play all game. Have built-in ethernet modem. Small size. Not use hard drive. New PS2 GOOD. Lies BAD. Ugh ugh.

 

[Vormund]

I heard this rumor that it's incompatible with TV's

 

[wipeout364]

The latest rumour is that it is impompatible with colour televisions.

 

[Vormund]

Jinx

 

[Fatghost]

It actually does work with Televisions, but only pre-Wega Trinitrons. If you use it on any other TVs, it will catch on fire.

:'(

 

[WarPig]

I heard the new PS2 will BITE YOUR FUCKING DICK OFF.

DFS.

 

[Gek54]

New Xbox wont play DVD movies.

 

[Fatghost]

New Xbox wont play DVD movies.

New Gamecube will play Laserdiscs. MEGATON

 

[FortNinety]

Who the hell is making this shit up?

Seriously

 

[BuddyC]

On one hand, this is getting ridiculous. On the other, well, I want to see just how far people will go with it.

The Multitap stuff is true, by the way. We've known about that since it was announced.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Stupid filthy lies. Made by the same people who said it would need a new type of memory card, no doubt. It doesn't even make any sense.

 

[Ranger X]

By the way I heard the new PS2 is component only and that the progressive scan option as been removed to lower costs.

 

[xsarien]

Who keeps coming up with this bullshit, and why do people continually believe it?

 

[BuddyC]

I have problems.

 

[Sho Nuff]

They removed Stereo as well, it's mono-only

 

[Fatghost]

They removed Stereo as well, it's mono-only

Actually, they removed sound and only games with subtitles will work on the PSTwo, because of a law suit Sony lost against the American Coalition of the Deaf.

 

[Defensor]

Hogwash!

 

[Dylx]

that had to be the worst decision by sony why would you require us to buy new multitaps??

if i already had one why would i want another one. "Say goodby to multiplayer games"


Sony should instate a multitap buy back program (send in your old multitap get a new one free) or it should have came with four controller ports from the beggining

I should report that to the BBB thats is realy cheap on sonys part.

 

[Culex]

I hear you can only play games marked with "PSTWO" on them.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Actually, CVG wrote in their feature that it would require new memory cards, which is idiotic in itself. Then again it's CVG

 

[BuddyC]

that had to be the worst decision by sony why would you require us to buy new multitaps??

if i already had one why would i want another one. "Say goodby to multiplayer games"


Sony should instate a multitap buy back program (send in your old multitap get a new one free) or it should have came with four controller ports from the beggining

I should report that to the BBB thats is realy cheap on sonys part.

In theory, it wouldn't be that difficult to retro-fit existing Multitaps by supply a type of adapter that would slightly extend the reach of the controller port to work with the PStwo. Now if it happens, well, that's another story.

 

[Kumiko Nikaido]

Product Name: PlayStation 2
Color: Charcoal Black
Product Code: SCPH-70000 CB
Dimensions: 230mm (W) x 28mm (H) x 152mm (D)
Weight: Approximately 900g
Power Requirements: DC 8.5V
Electrical Current Consumption: Approximately 5.3A

Compatible Formats: PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, Audio CD, DVD-Video*, DVD-RW (VR Mode)

Interfaces: 2 Controller Ports, 2 Memory Card Slots, 2 USB Connectors, 1 Network Connector (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T), 1 DC In 8.5V Connector, 1 AV Multi Out Connector, Digital Out Connector (Optical), 1 Dual Shock 2 Analog Controller, 1 AV Cable (Integrated Audio/Video)

*The term "DVD-Video" is used to refer to DVD-R, DVD-RW (video mode), DVD+R, and DVD+RW discs.

There, settled.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

BTW, the old AV cable works with the new PS2 (they are exactly the same), but the AC adapter cable will not work with the new PS2.

 

[cvxfreak]

This new PS2 model was created because the U.S. told Sony that the old model was a threat to national security.

 

[trippingmartian]

I hear it has a special Square-Enix lockout chip.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

I hear it has a special Square-Enix lockout chip.

That wouldn't bother me at all, unless they make Chrono 3, shit. nvm.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I hear it has a special Square-Enix lockout chip.

You sure you're not thinking about the PSP?

ZING!

 

[WordofGod]

Does the new PS2 have progressive scan video for dvd movies?

 

[sonycowboy]

Does the new PS2 have progressive scan video for dvd movies?

NO more DVD playback. But it does play the GBA videos interesting enough.

 

[Dujour]

The only bad thing I heard is that the Duel Shock 2 doesn't vibrate and that the plastic that they make the buttons with gives you cancer after a few years, but nobody will play it for that long.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Isn't the new PS2 supposedly not compatible with some PS2 games? I remember Sony mentioning that, but there hasn't been a list yet...if any of the games I own are on that list I'll be pissed. If it's launch crap, I don't care then.

 

[Pachinko]

Or Dylx, if you have allready purchased a PS2 , just don't buy the smaller one. Is it really that hard a decsion ? Plus who the hell buys a PS2 for 4 player gaming ? get a fucking Xbox or gamecube

 

[Arcticfox]

Isn't the new PS2 supposedly not compatible with some PS2 games? I remember Sony mentioning that, but there hasn't been a list yet...if any of the games I own are on that list I'll be pissed. If it's launch crap, I don't care then.

The hardware inside is exactly the same as the most recent version of the big PS2, just squeezed together more with an internal network adapter. The only games that could possibly be incompatible are the ones that require the hard drive.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

The hardware inside is exactly the same as the most recent version of the big PS2, just squeezed together more with an internal network adapter. The only games that could possibly be incompatible are the ones that require the hard drive.

Hmm, that'd be a-ok with me.