Re: Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ Troopers CS Review
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:42 pm
First of all, the thought was to get a JP PS3, so the region issue would be a non-issue.
As for compatibility, doesn't the first generation of the PS3 just have the PS2 hardware included? So it shouldn't even be emulation. It should just be playing the games on basically a built-in PS2. It was my understanding that the second generation took out at least Emotion Engine part of the PS2 hardware and therefore had to emulate it (which could cause compatibility problems/anomalies). Eventually they just took out all the PS2 hardware and deleted PS2 backward compatibility as a feature of the PS3 altogether.
But my main question was just whether anyone had any opinions as to whether the PS2 upscaling on the PS3 was any better (or worse) than what the display device can do (obviously could vary widely depending on make/model).
You do make a good point on the controller aspect of the equation. With no traditional Playstation controller ports, using the old controllers is not a simple plug-and-play affair. I've only done a very preliminary look at the PS2-to-PS3 controller adapters and not used any of them personally. As we all know, IIDX tends to be rather sensitive to all of these sorts of variables.
As for compatibility, doesn't the first generation of the PS3 just have the PS2 hardware included? So it shouldn't even be emulation. It should just be playing the games on basically a built-in PS2. It was my understanding that the second generation took out at least Emotion Engine part of the PS2 hardware and therefore had to emulate it (which could cause compatibility problems/anomalies). Eventually they just took out all the PS2 hardware and deleted PS2 backward compatibility as a feature of the PS3 altogether.
But my main question was just whether anyone had any opinions as to whether the PS2 upscaling on the PS3 was any better (or worse) than what the display device can do (obviously could vary widely depending on make/model).
You do make a good point on the controller aspect of the equation. With no traditional Playstation controller ports, using the old controllers is not a simple plug-and-play affair. I've only done a very preliminary look at the PS2-to-PS3 controller adapters and not used any of them personally. As we all know, IIDX tends to be rather sensitive to all of these sorts of variables.