Why is everyone modding their ps2?
>>721508513has games
>>721508513because the PS2 has actual games to play
>>721508513ps2>spiderman 2(real), gow(real), silent hill 2(real), 5 gta gamespiss5>soiderman, nugow, pozzed demakes of silent hill 2 and mgs2, 90 dollar gta
>>721508513My PS2 laser died 15 years ago
>>721508513free games
>>721508513PS2 has about 500 great games on it. It's the kind of console you can spend the next 40 years playing happily.
>>721508841new lasers are $10
>>721508513I love modernizing old consoles when possible. Don't tell me you never saw all those games at Wal-Mart and thought man when I grow up I'll have all those games! Now you can on a single console without worrying about those pesky discs that got scratched super easily. With crispy digital video and wireless controllers! Some consoles now even have remote start like the ps3,
Are those SD card loaders through the Memory card slot worth it? I heard their a lot slower than just playing games off the hard drive
>>721508841Buy a mini router and load games from a flash drive through the Ethernet port. Best way to play PS2.
>>721508513Is there any reason to get a PS1/PS2 instead of just getting a PS3 and emulating them on it? Launch model does hardware emulation, but they have a non-trivial failure rate. Even then, slim models can play pretty much every single game in the PS2's library aside from a handful of games. Why not have everything centralized to easily play three generations of console games?
>>721509107ps1 and ps2 are a lot cheaper than a ps3 that has native backwards compatibility and can't output 240.
>>721509107The experience of loading games on a PS3 is inferior to PS2. You're more likely to play the games built for the console on that console. You have seamless integration with accessories, the homebrew ecosystem to tap into, the feel of original hardware and the behavior of software on it is accurately presented. PS3 also does a terrible job with PS1 games.
>>721509189Is selecting a disc icon from a list really that much worse than selecting a game title with OPL? I find PS2 games work 100% on CECHA01 model and look perfect. OPL last I check a few years ago still couldn't play some games without major tweaks. The video quality on an unmodded ps2 also kinda sucks.
>>721509189>PS3 also does a terrible job with PS1 games.How so?
>>721509420Doesn't support 240p and the scaling is non-integer so games shimmer when scrolling.
>>721509420Yeah even a later model ps2 doesn't work with some ps1 games. I think one is a mortal kombat game. The original SCPH-5501 is the model to get and then throw in an ode like the Xstation and you're golden.
why someone doesnt build homebrew to play ps1 games yet, i'll even pay for it
>>721509046bought one and i couldnt get it to work, had to have a specific card size or lower that i didnt have at the time and a specific newer version of OPL. I installed OPL years ago and didnt feel like learning how to do it again
>>721508787>5 GTA games on PS2>1 GTA game on PS3>Both PS4 and PS5 had no games and recycled the PS3 gameWhat a nice summary of the games industry downfall
>>721509107PS3 launch models are quite fickle, not as bad as the 360 but still not reliable. Mine still works, but I absolutely wouldn't recommend getting one to play PS1 / 2 games, just use Duckstation / PCSX2
>>721513534PS3 has GTA IV and GTA V
>>721508513Better games.More games.Simple.
