Temper Tantrums #32 - Classic Sony

kuwanger · Mar 14, 2019

Ericthegreat said:
Ah okay I thought you literally paid over $50 for just the pi.

Sorry I wasn't explicitly clear about it. I hate when people* do things like list the price of something, ignoring that a large part of the actual cost to use a thing. I mean, I can "buy a computer on ebay for $4" if we ignore that a Core 2 Duo alone isn't a computer. Now, if there were some sort of project to use up all those excess Core 2 Duos (and other Intel CPUs)...

Anyways, like I was saying I specifically got the Raspberry Pi because my Super Retro Cade was insufficient. Specifically, trying to get smooth scrolling in SNES games with shaders/filters wasn't working. I've had similar difficulty on much more powerful laptops with Lakka--presumable their integrated graphics have issues. And then my main system has issues with smooth scrolling with Vulkan (Nvidia GTX 750 Ti) but is pretty much butter smooth with GL.

*sigh* It's a shame there's so little real focus on this. It's a lot more distracting to me than input lag because smooth scrolling == at least consistent input lag. That to me is the real killer aspect when it comes to emulation, and I do wish there was more focus on resolving it. It's funny that of all things I've had more issues with Vulkan than GL. At least with the Raspberry Pi I won't have to worry that driver updates will break things.

* Youtube is full of such people. I can excuse it some when people exclude the cost of a keyboard/mouse. It's a lot harder when people talk about their $10 find and ignore the $40 shipping.

geodeath · Mar 14, 2019

Dimensional said:
My Raspberry Pi can do more than their PS1 Classic. Heck, an SNES classic can run PS1 games better. Even my hacked Coffee Brewer, Refrigerator, MP3 Player, and Amazon Echo Dot can play PS1 games better than theirs. "Alexa, Play Spyro!" "Welcome back, Dragon. You stand..."

Seeing these kind of reports, i tried to put a few ps1 games on my Snes classic and all i can say is that the speed was not playable. Not sure if it was the particular game or not, but nowhere near 'better' for sure.

Dimensional · Mar 14, 2019

geodeath said:
Seeing these kind of reports, i tried to put a few ps1 games on my Snes classic and all i can say is that the speed was not playable. Not sure if it was the particular game or not, but nowhere near 'better' for sure.

I guess it can be a bit hit and miss. R4 was the primary game used to showcase the comparison, with how poorly it ran on the PS1 Classic while it ran better on a Libretro PCSX ReArmed on the SNES Classic. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...one_games_better_than_the_playstation_classic

KEHT · Mar 14, 2019

saltyCake said:
2020: Sony releases the all new Playstation portable Deluxe! With a Tegra X1 processor, 32GB of ram and detechable controllers, is this the competitor for the Nintendo switch, which aparently has the same processor as the PSP Deluxe.

2019: Nintendo releases a Switch Mini: smaller screen, no detachable gimmicks, possibly better battery and of course no bluetooth.

YOUCANTSTOPME · Mar 15, 2019

EB Games in Canada is selling them for cad$50 (usd$38). At that price I picked one up, since it can be "hacked" so easily. Plus I like the idea of the USB controllers.

Can't believe how hard that thing flopped. All they had to do was add a few better heavy-hitting games like Tomb Raider and a Crash Bandicoot and it would've been pretty solid. Also apparently the North American versions internally run PAL games for some reason? Wtf?

Xabring · Mar 15, 2019

Nailed it!

the_randomizer · Mar 15, 2019

It was a mistake of a product, but very fun to hack just to piss off Sony.

YOUCANTSTOPME · Mar 15, 2019

I don't think they care if you hack it. They aren't losing money if you hack it, it's not like there's paid add-ons or DLC for it. Once you bought it, they got their money. It could even be considered a selling feature to them.

MaxiBash · Mar 15, 2019

Saw stacks of the PS1 Classic in the middle of the pathway at my electronic store recently, selling them for $40.
Yet nobody bought them.

Zense · Mar 18, 2019

the_randomizer said:
It was a mistake of a product, but very fun to hack just to piss off Sony.

My theory is that sony didn't put any effort just cus they knew people/fans would hack it. More profit for them. Biggest piss on Sony would have been if no one had bought it and no one had hacked it.

NightScript · Mar 24, 2019

You guys should link to the next comic in the main post.

HarveyHouston · Mar 28, 2019

Mindblown. I thought I was the only one who thought this was the case...

arceus · Apr 19, 2019

Costello said:
Temper Tantrums (the GBAtemp webcomic) - issue #32 "Classic Sony"

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was gonna buy a ps1 classic to hack it but walmart pulled it off shelves here

CMDreamer · Apr 19, 2019

That lame brand owner is more interested in profit that providing real gaming experience to its (still left) customers.

They should had named the PS5 as a "Classic Retrocompatible Edition" with all "lame brand owner" consoles, and even then I wouldn't buy it.

Too bad because when the first PSX was released it was a console I really wanted to have, and now I have it and prefer playing on it than buying that PSX-Classux piece of crap.

So to all those saying "that lame brand owner" doesn't try to mimic N's consoles and games, the PSX was a ripoff concept from N's project to provide a CD-ROM reader to the Superfamicom. But this... don't even deserves a place on gaming history.

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