Xbox One

[Deletion]

Glad to hear MS came to their senses... er, succumbed to public pressure and reversed course. Also happy to hear the games will be region-free. Of course assuming Japanese devs will support the new console.

[BlueBMW]

The only downside to all this....  Gamestop will stay in business.  I'd be willing to sacrifice a generation of consoles (with a crazy DRM setup, no used games etc) just so we can see Gamestop die.

Way to backpedal Microsoft...  *facepalm*

[NightWolve]

I will say, that I finally got a component cable for my PS2, & there is still quite a difference compared to composite.

From Composite, oh yeah! I bought my YPbPr Component cable very early on, I think within a year after buying the system in 2001. My 32" Panasonic CRT TV really sucks with Composite and the S-Video isn't too impressive either, though somewhat better. Shimmering is almost totally eliminated with the use of YPbPr on it.

The only downside to all this....  Gamestop will stay in business.

Heh-heh.

[Tatsujin]

[Tatsujin]

And I first thought this is a made up joke. but in fact it isn't

[Duo_R]

oh man that is hilarious.....hahah they filtered all the bad stuff

[Black Tiger]

Fixed that for ya.  They never took away the backwards compatibility, they just quit selling it.

It still never sat well with me that they removed the option from their later iterations off the console. I didn't buy one near launch and I always wished it had this capability. Still gotta have my darn PS2 under the TV next to my PS3. Not the end of the world, but I wish they would've left the option in.

Yeah, that does suck. The thing is, PS3 has HDMI output as a standard, while the best that the PS2 has is analog YPbPr Component (aside from raw RGB). A PS3 with PS2 support allows you to continue to play a great library of games but with a digital HDMI connection to your TV instead. Strange to pull back on a good idea like that when you already did the work to create the emulator for the launch model. Well, the market wanted a cheaper PS3 version I guess, so that's that.

I will say, that I finally got a component cable for my PS2, & there is still quite a difference compared to composite.

The problem with PS2 wasn't the cables, it's the fact that only a handful of games support progressive scan. I bought North American and Japanese PS3s with full backwards compatibility so I can play PS2 games with a solid image and for the upscaling of original Playstation games. And I'm not a big Playstation fan. But the picture quality of previous Playstations is already messy enough before video output.

[NightWolve]

http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2013/25/1371657142-the-xbox-one-is.jpg

And I first thought this is a made up joke. but in fact it isn't

Hahaha! Good find!

[ProfessorProfessorson]

I guess they stopped. This is what I got:

[DragonmasterDan]

I'm actually interested in the Xbox One now.

I have to give Microsoft credit for realizing "Wow, this was a terrible idea and everyone hates it." and making the right decision.

[td741]

I already preordered the PS4 but I guess I'll consider getting an XB-One later on (probably after a redesign and price drop. )

[NightWolve]

Well, I believe in a fair and balanced approach, there's always two sides to a coin ya know ?? So looky here:



EDIT: It came from Kotaku BTW.

[tggodfrey]

lmao.....that is awesome NW

[esadajr]

no matter what they say or do, no (censored) way I'm continuing with MS.

[EvilEvoIX]

Fixed that for ya.  They never took away the backwards compatibility, they just quit selling it.

It still never sat well with me that they removed the option from their later iterations off the console. I didn't buy one near launch and I always wished it had this capability. Still gotta have my darn PS2 under the TV next to my PS3. Not the end of the world, but I wish they would've left the option in.

Yeah, that does suck. The thing is, PS3 has HDMI output as a standard, while the best that the PS2 has is analog YPbPr Component (aside from raw RGB). A PS3 with PS2 support allows you to continue to play a great library of games but with a digital HDMI connection to your TV instead. Strange to pull back on a good idea like that when you already did the work to create the emulator for the launch model. Well, the market wanted a cheaper PS3 version I guess, so that's that.

I will say, that I finally got a component cable for my PS2, & there is still quite a difference compared to composite.

Indeed there is especially for games with 480P output.