I feel like the PS Classic deserves a rant from me.Agreed, Sony have got a lot better in some ways this gen but have really dropped the ball on others. The Classic is such a weird one, because it seems like, not only did they put in such little effort, they actively made some terrible design choices. Like surely it would have been pretty easy to use the 60Hz version of those games instead. Using a third party emulator as well, instead of one they made themselves. Its going to make them loads of money, simply because they've spent fudge all making it.
To me this product looks to be another example of something that Sony does sometimes, which I absolutely loathe. That is they take an idea from another company that has been successful for them, copy it, but are then too cheap to actually fund that project properly, to make it turn out right.
They have actually been way better with this in this generation, but they've done a shame ton of those things during the last generation.
The Move?
Their weird mascot racer games?
Almost all their multiplayer shooters?
fudgy PS All Stars?
Out of all those PS All Stars hurts the most to me, cause on paper that game could have been amazing, but Sony cheaped out like crazy. The roster of that game is a joke and that is entirely to blame on Sony not being willing to spend what is necessary for a game like this. Instead they shimed it out, it bombed and the idea will probably never be picked up again by them, because it failed once, which sucks because a game like this could genuinely be amazing.
I feel like Sony has realised this gen that their approach to first party development can't be to make cheaper versions of third party games or games from other first party publishers (even something like Infamous for instance is blatantly underfunded for an open world game) and that they instead need to have their games be the cream of the crop on their system and that shows.
But then you have the PS Classic, a product which just oozes PS3 era Sony. Cheap copy of a successful product, that they don't want to put the thought and effort into to make it what it could be. What is that game selection? What is that emulation? Why does this not come with the Dualshock controllers?
I mean I'm actually sure, that they'll make money on this, but seriously why does this have to be the PS Classic we'll get?
I split the topic because I felt like this really deserves a thread. :PLol this might be the first time a split topic actually has an OP which reads like an OP :P
Hopefully that's alright.
There's been a lot that they've done wrong with the PS classic. They are using a free emulator, and they are using the PAL versions that run at 50 Hz. A bunch of bad decisions that make no sense .
By the way, here are some games that are stored on the PlayStation Classic that Sony won't enable. They're literally already downloaded on the console...
— Ryan ???? Jah | Skins out on Friday (@AlphaFoxWarfare) December 5, 2018
Sony, how, how the absolute fuck did you manage to not erase all this shit before launch? pic.twitter.com/7Qi4vgJQbo
Correction: It's not on the PS Classic. The menu entries for them are, but the games themselves are not. The combined total of all of these games is around 10 GB. The Playstation Classic only has a 16 gig eMMC chip for memory. It could not at all feasibly have 40 games on it.
— Maverick (@Maverick00_) December 5, 2018
He deleted his tweet, and no one saved the image!!! WTL.Sad. It was basically every top tier ps1 game.
Chocobo's Mysterious DungeonIGN saved the list!
Colin McRae Rally
Crash Bandicoot
Crash 2
Toy Story 2
Driver
Ehrgeiz
Fighting Force
Gran Turismo
GTA 2
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Kagero
Klonoa
Kula World
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Medal of Honor
MediEvil
Mega Man Legends
Mr. Driller G
Paca Paca Passion
PaRappa the Rapper
Parasite Eve
RayStorm
Ridge Racer
Silent Hill
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
Suikoden
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider 2
Tomba
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms 2
Xevious 3D/G+
SNES classic runs these games better than the PS classic does. Jesus.Yeah. A mess.