23rd May 2022, 1:00 PM
Sony, at long last, is taking backwards compatibility seriously just when MS is washing their hands of it after such a long period of taking it seriously themselves. I wish these companies would just commit already.
In any case, yes, they are going to have a subscription access pass. Good, that's going well for MS and for Nintendo after all. What sets them apart (from Nintendo) is that you'll still be able to permanently purchase individual games and just own them, if you so choose (and I do). Further, all past digital purchases of retro games on PS3/PSP/Vita will be honored in the new store. (Hear that Nintendo?) FURTHER, unlike Sony's incredibly disappointing and bizarre "Playstation Mini", these games will all be specially tuned with modern expected emulator features like CRT effects, save states, and perhaps even using the right game for each region! (Sorry, the Playstation Mini is an easy target...)
All in all, very good news all around. If they can get something going for PS3 games as well as PS1/2/PSP (Vita to be determined), we'll really have something here.
In any case, yes, they are going to have a subscription access pass. Good, that's going well for MS and for Nintendo after all. What sets them apart (from Nintendo) is that you'll still be able to permanently purchase individual games and just own them, if you so choose (and I do). Further, all past digital purchases of retro games on PS3/PSP/Vita will be honored in the new store. (Hear that Nintendo?) FURTHER, unlike Sony's incredibly disappointing and bizarre "Playstation Mini", these games will all be specially tuned with modern expected emulator features like CRT effects, save states, and perhaps even using the right game for each region! (Sorry, the Playstation Mini is an easy target...)
All in all, very good news all around. If they can get something going for PS3 games as well as PS1/2/PSP (Vita to be determined), we'll really have something here.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)