Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePohl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·11 months agoWhat good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them. I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything. What is the backup for?
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down8·11 months agoYou can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIs PS2 emulation that accurate now?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoYeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin). PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoIt is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoYes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Yes. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
What good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them.
I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything.
What is the backup for?
You can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.
Is PS2 emulation that accurate now?
Yeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin).
PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
It is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
Yes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Yes.
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.