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Just paid a visit to www.playstationmods.com to see if they have any info and the page opens with this statment:
Due to recent legal proceedings by Sony towards our sale of the NEO4 chip we have decided to close down all our modchip operations indefinitely.
At the end of the day we work hard on our main games and repairs businesses and it is simply not worth jeopardizing our staffs futures just to do modchips. This is the first time we've been asked to stop supplying modchips by Sony and we will comply without reservation and without prejudice.
Our new online Console Spares & Repair / DVD Player / Games & Gadgets shops will be open in the new year.
Thank you for your support and we hope you have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
oh dear although i can't see how sony can do anything as it's just another mod which is no different to changing a sound card in a PC.
Due to recent legal proceedings by Sony towards our sale of the NEO4 chip we have decided to close down all our modchip operations indefinitely.
At the end of the day we work hard on our main games and repairs businesses and it is simply not worth jeopardizing our staffs futures just to do modchips. This is the first time we've been asked to stop supplying modchips by Sony and we will comply without reservation and without prejudice.
Our new online Console Spares & Repair / DVD Player / Games & Gadgets shops will be open in the new year.
Thank you for your support and we hope you have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
oh dear although i can't see how sony can do anything as it's just another mod which is no different to changing a sound card in a PC.
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I'd like the games to be cheaper, who wouldn't.
I have 3 mouths to feed, and one of them is a right fat cow
I have 3 mouths to feed, and one of them is a right fat cow
ResÆvilfan wrote:
> and do the words big borders
Not if properly optimised and/or a 60Hz mode is included.
17.5% slowdown
I always find this irrelevant. I've never found a game to be too slow unless it was designed to be. Many magazines review US/Jap versions before the Euro version is released, and even then they mention slowdown on some titles. You only have to look at things like Wipeout and Burnout to see that our 'slow' games aren't really that slow at all.
> twice the price
If you don't like the prices, don't buy the games. I've no problem with them personally - they'll always be higher than PC games until console manufacturers drop the license fees and put up the price of the hardware. Which won't happen any time soon.
> and do the words big borders
Not if properly optimised and/or a 60Hz mode is included.
17.5% slowdown
I always find this irrelevant. I've never found a game to be too slow unless it was designed to be. Many magazines review US/Jap versions before the Euro version is released, and even then they mention slowdown on some titles. You only have to look at things like Wipeout and Burnout to see that our 'slow' games aren't really that slow at all.
> twice the price
If you don't like the prices, don't buy the games. I've no problem with them personally - they'll always be higher than PC games until console manufacturers drop the license fees and put up the price of the hardware. Which won't happen any time soon.
That would be the sensibale idea but sony won't do it. i know microsft tried to realese x-box around the world at the same time but they couldn't propbably cause they wanted to cash in at xmas :) and knew theyd have to sod about making it pal for us
Perhaps sony should allow there machines to play imports, so less people would be tempted by copys after they have chipped there console to play the imports, then there would be no excuse for using these chips as they would only be for playing copied games.
The region codes are there to stop people buying it before it's released in their own country, sounds fair enough but alot of DVDs/Games don't make it over and do the words big borders, 17.5% slowdown, twice the price and 6 months till UK release date mean anything to these people :-)
You shouldn't have the right at all, because consoles are nothing like PC's.
A PC is a box that is designed to be upgraded and has purpose-designed expansion slots for you to do just that.
A console is like a TV, VCR or DVD player - it's designed for a specific purpose. The hardware is designed not to be modified.
Something like Region X or multi-region DVD players are, in my opinion, different - you're still playing authentic DVD's, even though the movie companies would rather you didn't - you're not breaking copyright laws by playing illegal discs. There is no valid reason for region coding of games or DVD's in my opinion. If you can legally buy discs from those regions, you should be able to play them.
If there was an add-on which let you play imports but not copies, I'd say yes, fine. But practically every modchip allows the use of illegally copied discs, and that's why they must be stopped.
A PC is a box that is designed to be upgraded and has purpose-designed expansion slots for you to do just that.
A console is like a TV, VCR or DVD player - it's designed for a specific purpose. The hardware is designed not to be modified.
Something like Region X or multi-region DVD players are, in my opinion, different - you're still playing authentic DVD's, even though the movie companies would rather you didn't - you're not breaking copyright laws by playing illegal discs. There is no valid reason for region coding of games or DVD's in my opinion. If you can legally buy discs from those regions, you should be able to play them.
If there was an add-on which let you play imports but not copies, I'd say yes, fine. But practically every modchip allows the use of illegally copied discs, and that's why they must be stopped.
People have said that it can cost £100 or more to get a PS2 chipped. IMO I would rather spend the money on getting a US or JAP PS2. Chipping will cause the warranty to expire if it hasnt. Could easily lead to the PS2 breaking within a few months, or being broken whilst having the chip fitted.
yeah but a £15 chip is different from spending another £200 on an import machine plus the cost of step down power converters.
as for the no different from changing a sound card in a pc well not the best comparison but what my point was i should have the right to modify the PS2 just like a can change a whole system setup on a PC
as for the no different from changing a sound card in a pc well not the best comparison but what my point was i should have the right to modify the PS2 just like a can change a whole system setup on a PC
Chips cost alot to buy and fit??
Not as much as buying a Us/Jap model and I want to play english games too so I'd still have to chip it for pal games. I was waiting for an external USB chip which allows you to play imports but doesn't naff my machine up, they said it was in the making but with Sony on their back they might go down with bleem :-(
Not as much as buying a Us/Jap model and I want to play english games too so I'd still have to chip it for pal games. I was waiting for an external USB chip which allows you to play imports but doesn't naff my machine up, they said it was in the making but with Sony on their back they might go down with bleem :-(
Exactly - why not buy a Jap/US machine?
"Because I want to play UK games!"
So buy both. It's the usual thing - "I want, but I don't want to pay."
"Because I want to play UK games!"
So buy both. It's the usual thing - "I want, but I don't want to pay."
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