Sony's Phil Harrison spills the beans on PS3 backwards compatibility and downloadable back catalogue.
Vib Ribbon on the PS1
1UP.com has been speaking with Harrison about all things backwards compatibility related. Firstly, the PlayStation 3 will not perform any visual enhancements to PlayStation 2 games - this includes increasing PS2 game resolution. Upscaling games to output at a higher resolution, like what happens to Xbox games on the Xbox 360, could still be a possibility.
"They are as exactly as they were," said Harrison, claiming that Sony preferred the games in their original form.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
I can't play madden 01 in 1080p. Who cares about BC. I don't want to see an old PS2 or xbox game. I don't want to see and low res game on my 52" HDTV.
they did over promise, and.............under deliver. Back in 05 BC was suppose to have HD res. xbox 360 first console to offer all gaming in HD OUT OF THE BOX. Well atleast Killzone PS3 will be sweet. It will be just like e3 05, I know it will.
"They are as exactly as they were," said Harrison, claiming that Sony preferred the games in their original form.
So....Sony prefers games that are largely inferior to competitor's versions, with poor framerate, lower polygon counts, and jaggies out-the-ass? Who knew? :|
Man the PS3 sucks, it isn't all it ws supposed to be. I gues Microsoft beat them at their own game, I have two 360's and yes they are that good.
Attention Sony. I was going to pickup a PS3 to gain access to the back catalog of great titles. I was looking forward to having those games enhanced by the PS3 (anti aliasing, wireless control and upconversion), since this is not going to happen you have lost a potential customer.
Sony drops the ball....AGAIN.
Sony fans have been bashing MS with their 'limited' backwards compatibility. All I have to say, is at least those titles are enhanced! Halo/Halo 2 with full scene anti aliasing looks fantastic.
"They are as exactly as they were," said Harrison, claiming that Sony preferred the games in their original form.
Translation:
'We did not want to invest the time or effort to improve upon the user experience with backward compatibility. Our customer wants and needs are secondary to that of almighty Sony. Thus we DICTATE what the experience is and will be.'
HAHAHAHA