You can ditch your PS2 now. (But only if you want to!)

[jbanes]

Folks around here may remember the news story a month ago that the PS3 didn't render PS2 games as well as an actual PS2. Welp, PS3 owners can rejoice now because revision 1.5 of the PS3's firmware fixes these issues!

 

Now you can all... um... make the extra space your SO has been asking for.

[98PaceCar]

Technically, you can only ditch the PS2 if you don't play Guitar Hero and how many respectable PS2 owners don't play Guitar Hero??

[jbanes]

Technically, you can only ditch the PS2 if you don't play Guitar Hero and how many respectable PS2 owners don't play Guitar Hero??

Yeah, that's finally getting fixed too.

 

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nyko/ps3-char...ming-226995.php

 

Don't think of it as "extra hardware at extra cost", think of it as "an investment in the future of your game console".

[Gabriel]

Technically, you can only ditch the PS2 if you don't play Guitar Hero and how many respectable PS2 owners don't play Guitar Hero??

 

Hmm. I must not be a respectable PS2 owner.

 

But I have another PS2 hooked up in the other room to my old regular TV in case I want to play any GunCon games.

 

This is good news. I can't wait to get home and try a few "jaggie" titles out.

[jbanes]

This is good news. I can't wait to get home and try a few "jaggie" titles out.

[Shannon]

It's about time that they got off their asses and did something about this. It was obvious there was a problem but they kept denying it. Hmm odd how they do not mention the backward compatibility fix in the documentation.

 

he PLAYSTATION®3 system software version 1.50 update includes the following:

 

Users

You can now select an image to use as the User icon from [Photo].

Settings

[Key Tone] has been added as an option under [sound Settings].

[Delete Backup Data] has been added as an option under [system Settings] > [backup Utility].

WEP 128, WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA-PSK (AES) have been added as security methods that can be used with [AOSS�??] under [Automatic].*

* If you have already set up for AOSS using an earlier version of the system software, you must perform AOSS setup again to use the security methods listed above.

* When [Automatic] is selected, the security method to be used is automatically set.

* AOSS is a trademark of Buffalo, Inc.

Friends

The method for saving your password / signing in automatically under PLAYSTATION®Network has been changed. There are now two separate options.

Other

You can now enter text in Korean using the on-screen keyboard.

You can update your system software by any of the following methods:

System Update »

Update using the PS3�?? system's System Update feature.

Update using a PC »

Download update data using a PC and save on storage media* or a USB Mass Storage device. Copy the update data to the PS3�?? system's hard disk and perform the update.

*An appropriate USB adaptor (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.

Update using disc media »

Update using update data that is included on a game disc.

Edited January 25, 2007 by Shannon

[Ross PK]

Technically, you can only ditch the PS2 if you don't play Guitar Hero and how many respectable PS2 owners don't play Guitar Hero??

 

*Raises hand*

[Ross PK]

Come to think of it, what makes a PS2 owner 'respectable' anyway?

 

I guess it's just down to the individuals view.