'Playstation Classic' announced.

[ambuletz]

link to the playstation blog here

will you get one?

[ShampooEfficient]

I still have my PSOne, the little diddy white one. So nope!

[p1stonhead]

Holy crap no way im not getting that.

[Snubs]

Nope. Based on my brief experience with a mini-SNES before i gave it away, retro games are best left as good memories.

[Steve Evil]

Snubs said:

Nope. Based on my brief experience with a mini-SNES before i gave it away, retro games are best left as good memories.

Very much this, think I spent about 2 hours tops on the SNES which is now gathering dust.

[LandR]

Final Fantasy 7 is still a great game, there plenty of other games on the PS1 that still hold up, but I can play these on my PS3 or my VITA...

I'm sure most of these games are available as PS1 classics on the PS3 / VITA. So don't really see the point in this.

[sixorout]

I have many fond memories of playing Gran Turismo, Tekken, Crash Bandicoot, Destruction Derby and so many others that this is very tempting other than, firstly I still have my original Playstation (in the original box), and secondly if it will allow other games (ROMS) to be loaded on to it (like the SNES mini|).

[bigandclever]

LandR said:

So don't really see the point in this.

Because Christmas

[PartsMonkey]

Tempting but it depends on the games. Of the five announced so far I'd only really play Tekken 3 and Final Fantasy VII. To be honest I'm far more tempted by something like this:

https://www.polymega.com/

More expensive but more flexible.

[coldel]

Waste of money, first couple of hours you will go 'wow I remember this' then the following day its gathering dust when you realise you enjoy modern games much more with all the connectivity etc. Nostalgia is a great motivator to selling though! I was one of the first people to get one of these (mate was a manager at Sony and I used my student loan to get one on launch day lol) FF7 was awesome, F1 games good too. Tekken. But Wipeout was ground breaking :-)

[Jobbo]

No dualshock controllers, no way to play my actual PS1 discs - it's far too easy to emulate a PS1 on my 2012 Mac Mini, connect a PS4 controller via Bluetooth and use the original games if I'm so inclined.

[chris watton]

Steve Evil said:

Snubs said:

Nope. Based on my brief experience with a mini-SNES before i gave it away, retro games are best left as good memories.

Very much this, think I spent about 2 hours tops on the SNES which is now gathering dust.

But you don't have to have a PS 1 to play PS 1 games. I have quite a large retro library on my PS3, the original Tomb Raiders, Resident Evils, Silent Hill etc. Once you acclimatise to the graphics, the gameplay still wins you over.

[dai1983]

Does it come with the ability to have it chipped by your dodgy mate so you can play cheap pirated games?

One of the main reasons the original sold so well IMHO.

[ajprice]

PlayStation TV console or a Raspberry Pi in a case are half that price and do more. I'll pass.

[Jasandjules]

I have fond memories of the PS1. Because of this, I won't be getting that unit and seeing the appalling graphics etc which will ruin my blinkered view...

[Xaero]

Jasandjules said:

I have fond memories of the PS1. Because of this, I won't be getting that unit and seeing the appalling graphics etc which will ruin my blinkered view...

Same here. Loads of titles I was a fan of. But looking at screenshots of Ridge Racer, Tomb Raider, etc. I can barely make out what I'm looking at. The older 2D games hold up much better than the original 3D games the PS1 sported.

[p1stonhead]

Xaero said:

Jasandjules said:

I have fond memories of the PS1. Because of this, I won't be getting that unit and seeing the appalling graphics etc which will ruin my blinkered view...

Same here. Loads of titles I was a fan of. But looking at screenshots of Ridge Racer, Tomb Raider, etc. I can barely make out what I'm looking at. The older 2D games hold up much better than the original 3D games the PS1 sported.

A bit later on than the PS1, but I remember looking at the grass in the original Halo and saying to someone 'that is identical to real life'

I stand by it

[coldel]

Thats the thing, at the time in context it was a step up. Play them now and they look like something a 14 year old could knock up at home on a mobile phone! I understand playability is important but lots of games also rely on realism, and the old PS1 stuff doesn't have it! If I was playing any of a racing/openworld/shooter/sports game, PS4 trumps PS1 everytime.

[Russian Troll Bot]

dai1983 said:

Does it come with the ability to have it chipped by your dodgy mate so you can play cheap pirated games?

One of the main reasons the original sold so well IMHO.

Someone will find a way to crack it in no time at all, just as they did with the NES and SNES minis

[Vocal Minority]

coldel said:

Thats the thing, at the time in context it was a step up. Play them now and they look like something a 14 year old could knock up at home on a mobile phone! I understand playability is important but lots of games also rely on realism, and the old PS1 stuff doesn't have it! If I was playing any of a racing/openworld/shooter/sports game, PS4 trumps PS1 everytime.

Well - yes

But I can't be the only person who enjoys a good old wallow in back in the day nostalgia? Playing games from when I was 14 or 15 makes me happy and isn't that the name of the game?