My PS2 resumes like normal
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Still have a slim PS2 and wouldn’t you know it, it still plays all the games I bought for it.
Amazing. Maybe we could reverse-engineer it and figure out how the ancients achieved this technology.
It was achieved by emblazoning the games on to sacred discs.
But that would be communism!
I put a hard drive in mine, now it also plays the games I didn't bought for it!
Sony should fucking refund me for every one of my games that I bought that stops working
I'll just never rent anything from them again. Fuck renting.
Bruh I cleaned my PS2, turned it on after being in storage for a decade, and it remembered what time it was. That cell battery is a goddamn king
And of course, discs and memory cards. I'm sure some folks' digital PS2 mods are also solid, and aren't affected by one of the weakest links, the read laser.
SNES/GBA game saves erasing due to batteries 😭
You’re telling me I’m going to have to replace the batteries and replay chrono trigger and Pokémon emerald again? Oh the horror
Pokemon Emerald's battery is only there for real time clock functions. Saves remain intact even after the battery runs dry.
Gen I and II games used the battery for save data, however.
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GBA? The kids these days. I have an original Zelda cart for the NES that still holds save data.
My Atari VCS (this was before they were calling it the "2600") was manufactured in 1978. It's 48 years old, and if I slap E.T. into that son of a bitch, it plays.
if I slap E.T. into that son of a bitch, it plays.
But why would you do that?
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the og atari and nes were video game consoles.
a 'modern' console is just a required hardware device to access a subscription service and game rentals falsely advertised as purchases.
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Paradoxically, I’ll open GOG to replay Riven or Ultima Underworld, and I’ll find my last save, and feel silly seeing the last place I got stuck.
My PS2 has game saves from 2002 on it that still function.
I could start up sonic on my sega genesis right now.
I fire my 8 bit Nintendo up every five years or so. As long as I blow in the cartridge I'm still good to go.
Fgs use a q-tip! Your saliva will corrode not only the cartridge but the contacts in the system.
I've always been told not to put a qtip anywhere my elbow wouldn't fit.
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That's why I've never bought a digital game on console. For years, my strategy was to buy AAA games physically on console and indie games on PC via DRM-free services. Now that Sony is stopping physical disc production I won't have that option anymore, but luckily none of the AAA studios make anything worth a damn these days.
Yes, I expect that.
Just shake out the mouse turds and plug that fucker in
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If the PSN account was deleted, this is less a PS3 issue and more a digital software licensing issue.
i would say that it’s a PS3 issue due to being dependent on licensing issues prevent a user from playing games they own
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Either way, it's Sony providing an inferior product
My Atari 2600 still works!
I still have an old cracked Doom 2 CD. No problems whatsoever... We're talking 30 years there
Doom 2.... CD?
I thought it only came on floppy...
I love how you apparently think that Doom 2 is some obscure game that was only released once for MS-DOS on floppy disks.
tfw i turn on my ps1 to play final fantasy 7 and my save where i go on a date with barret is still there.
I haven't even thought about it. I know where to find the games on the high seas and emulators are my preferred mode of play, although there are probably ways to run them on original hardware.
If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing.
Yes, yes that should be a normal expectation.
If you buy a game as a kid, play the fuck out of it, then end up tossing that console in a box or closet for a decade as you grow up, then when that nostalgic urge to play your old game again hits you should be able to plug the console in and play again. Not be told that your Xstation account was deleted because you didn't log in as ButtholeSurfer696969lol in the last few years so all of those purchases no longer exist.
I have pirated copies of Sierra online games from the 80s and some of them have saves made by the first person who uploaded them. Who were those people? No idea. But I would LOVE to know where they are now.
I find my DS every few years and it still just turns on with the same charge for the last decade and a half. No idea what they made those batteries out of.
Just plugged it in and gave it a try... My NES still works... The "just plugged it in" part was a bit tedious,.. finding the right adapters,,😅🤣
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My PS Vita spent years in a closet, I charged it and it was as good as new (maybe the battery needs to be swapped), so yes.
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Just saying, the Xbox 360 doesn't have that problem, since buying a game gives a license to both the account and the console it has been bought on. So even if you get banned, your console should still be able to play the game with an other account. Of course they "patched" it with the Xbox One.
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