Quote To use saved data on a PlayStation 2 memory card, you must copy the data onto a virtual memory card within the hard disk. This requires a PS2/PSone memory card adaptor to copy the data to your PLAYSTATION 3. A memory card adaptor is designed to edit, up/download game saves to and from EMS flash card or smart media card
Look like you'll still be able to play all the old games, but you will need the adapter to transfer the saved files over. Kinda sucks if you ask me.
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: skyfire on August 07, 2006, 12:11:02 PM
It is puzzling why a Memory card slot wasn't just put in the first place along with whatever the PSP uses and just have the two and be done with it.
I had a feeling an adpator was coming, not much point in backwards compatability if you can't save your games anywhere. I didn't see it on the sony website but I can only guess that once you upload game saves to the PS3 that you can then just load/save your games right from there? That would make the most sense at this point.
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: Donutt007 on August 07, 2006, 12:23:55 PM
Quote Originally posted by: skyfire I didn't see it on the sony website but I can only guess that once you upload game saves to the PS3 that you can then just load/save your games right from there? That would make the most sense at this point.
Quote A memory card adaptor is designed to edit, up/download game saves to and from EMS flash card or smart media card.
But it also says that you upload it to a "virtual memory card" on the hard drive. So you would think that it stores it on there and you just get the information straight off the hard drive.
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: Ceric on August 07, 2006, 12:39:32 PM
Because it's a non massed produced legacy connection. The adapter can eventually be phased out and they don't have to worry about it anymore.
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: capamerica on August 07, 2006, 12:55:40 PM
well at least they are doing something unlike MS. But it still sucks that I'll have to go out and most likely drop $25-30 (I'm willing to bet it will be around this price) on a stupid adaptor just so I can transfer my old PSX and PS2 same games.
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on August 07, 2006, 03:51:01 PM
Sony once again is stoopid! I bitched about this in my gurnal, because I felt like bitching about something in my gurnal!
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: Spak-Spang on August 10, 2006, 03:43:52 PM
Everyone complaining about Nintendo's lack of harddrive take note.
SD card saving will be your best friend in future generations when you need to retrieve old game data now stored from 8bit era to modern day era.
WHOOHOO!!!
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: stevey on August 10, 2006, 05:00:40 PM
That why I love nintendo. Their kind enough to add controller and memory card port buit in and free to play cube games.
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: UncleBob on August 10, 2006, 05:34:05 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Spak-Spang Everyone complaining about Nintendo's lack of harddrive take note.
SD card saving will be your best friend in future generations when you need to retrieve old game data now stored from 8bit era to modern day era.
WHOOHOO!!!
That is, until three years from now when the SD format is replaced with some other new memory format.
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: Ceric on August 11, 2006, 07:20:57 AM
Nah... It's to cheap and established. Games are finally moving to DVD on the computer. Finally. It took forever....
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: ThePerm on August 11, 2006, 02:09:16 PM
there are sd usb adapters...and usb isnt going away anytime soon
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: KDR_11k on August 13, 2006, 07:53:45 AM
Quote Originally posted by: Ceric Nah... It's to cheap and established. Games are finally moving to DVD on the computer. Finally. It took forever....
Perhaps in your part of the world. We've had DVD-only games for years now.
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: Ceric on August 13, 2006, 09:51:28 AM
*shrug* States slow to move over. I know for fact that Europe is much quicker to jump onto new technology.
Title: RE: PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: KDR_11k on August 13, 2006, 10:07:28 AM
Oh, by the way, MS's approach to this was "You're screwed", Sony was planning to take the same approach IIRC but apparently they wisened up.
Title: RE:PS3 needs adapter to play saved PS1 and PS2 games..
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 13, 2006, 04:49:17 PM
Quote Originally posted by: KDR_11k Oh, by the way, MS's approach to this was "You're screwed", Sony was planning to take the same approach IIRC but apparently they wisened up.
Compared to the majority of the bad news, this is quite minor and like KDR, at least they are giving you an option to bring over your saves.
