Sony General Games Thread

[Dr. Zoidberg]

New PS3 Firmware Update 4.90 Now Available to Download

PS3 firmware update 4.90 is now available to download. For anyone still using the PlayStation 3, a new system software update will surely come as a surprise. The previous patch rolled out in May of last year, so seeing the February 28 update popping up is no doubt going to be a shock. Thankfully, it's only a small download and shouldn't cause too much downtime before getting back to those "retro games."

PS3 system software update 4.90 patch notes

The PS3 4.90 update patch notes detail one change:

This system software update improves system performance.

Unfortunately, those are all of the details provided by Sony. The 200 MB patch just "improves system performance." It's unclear if the update targets the performance of a certain piece of equipment, or just gives an overall boost of speed and efficiency to the software.

Sadly no, the 4.90 patch doesn't unlock PSVR 2 compatibility for PlayStation 3, letting players see through the eyes of Solid Snake in MGS4, as cool as that would be… Whatever it does, hopefully it leads to perceptible benefits for those still playing on their PS3 consoles.

Big PS3 fans probably got the PlayStation Stars PS3 Collectible. For those that missed out on it, here's how it was unlocked.

Source: Yahoo

[Hawq]

[melancholy]

I’ll have to get that when the SATA one becomes available. This setup is nice, but I want my whole collection on one drive. Does anyone know if PSOne games can boot off a hard drive?

[ian]

I've had a lot of fuck around trying to get PS1 images working on my soft modded PS2. I am not skilled enough to get it working so gave up.
Fortunately I have 3 modded PS1's and a mod chipped PS2 and CD-Rs are cheap as shit and imgburn is very good at its job.

It would be nice to have a PS2 with all my favourite PS1 and PS2 games ready to go, but so far the stuff around has not been worth it. If you want all the games the best option is to emulate or if you prefer real hardware optical discs are still best for PS1, unless you can score yourself a PSIO which have been out of stock for years (Having a hard drive for PS2 is essential though, loading times are just much better)

[melancholy]

Funny thing is, I don’t really need a PS2 solution for PSOne and PS2 games. I have two fully modded 60GB PS3s that can do it easily. But…it’s not as fun. I didn’t NEED my GameCube to play ISOs since both my Wii and Wii U is fully capable of doing that. But, there’s something nice about having the original console ready with a full library whenever I open up the game room and want to play on a CRT.

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Knew they were working on it, didnt realise it'd be sprung on us so soon

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