Playstation Classic Mini System

thelostsoul

@Ivan1606 This is wrong thread to ask for this. You can create your own thread and it is the best to ask which system to buy, instead of linking to a site where to check what you want. Otherwise this could be seen as an ad.

barbudreadmon

@Ivan1606 said in Playstation Classic Mini System:

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All pretty crappy "cons" imho :

switch's not so many games : i already own 37 games on mine, and they are all really cool
psp's on/off placement : is that an issue ?
3ds's no ac adapter : well, yeah, you'll have to spend 10$ for this, huge deal imho
psvita's need for a memory card : and other handheld needs micro-sd, so ?
2ds's no 3d : so no headache, is that actually a bad thing ?

I own or owned all of those handheld, my advice :

if you want a handheld console with a battery that lasts for long travels, go for the psp
if you want some modern console with many great games, go for the switch
if you want to turn your console into a retroagaming console by jailbreaking it and installing emulators, go for the psvita.
2ds's form factor sucks, i sold mine and bought a new3ds, nice handheld, however i think it is too pricy considering it's reaching its end of life.

dankcushions

spam post, so i've had to remove the link and ban, etc

thelostsoul

Digital Foundry Review arrived!

A Former User

So disappointing. I think I might wait until they end up on ebay, pre-owned, and a lot cheaper than new.
The form factor is great, and looks infinitely better than those 3D-printed cases you see on ebay.
I will get one, just to complete my Sony collection. But I might also get a pre-owned cheap one to take apart, pop a Pi 3B+ inside, and use it just for PSOne games. I have a huge collection of original boxed PSOne games, nearly 500, so I might just end up dumping the lot to a sdcard and using a Pi just for PSOne only.

markwkidd

This might be the future: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/7245

thelostsoul

So, turns out you can access the emulator settings of the PlayStation Classic by plugging in a keyboard and pressing Escape ..which allows you to use multiple save states, scanlines, change games to NTSC for 60 FPS and so on

Source: https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1069873514512031744

A Former User

Lol.
This is probably what Sony are currently doing, after hearing this.

thelostsoul

@John_RM_70 And there is no internet connection for an auto update. :D This will be history forever.

A Former User

@thelostsoul A mass recall ? lol.

"Send your Playstation mini back to Sony for a "Free" firmware update!", "And, we'll even throw in another "Free" game".

Dipkid

Its so weird/lazy Sony didnt enable these settings in the UI by default..
Gonna go home and test out some keyboards.

I think we`ll be able to flash/mod/firmwareupgrade this beauty within a week. :)

Magnum77

When the price drops after the holidays they might be useful eventually… with some modifications

Dipkid

My "PS Micro" next to my PS Classic and Ps4 Pro:

Bonus! My diy PS Micro games cover..:

ruckage

I wouldn't mind picking up a classic a bit later if the price drops if only for the controllers and to gut to use as a case for a raspberry pi. In the meantime though I've been making my own as well just using a standard raspberry pi case and ps3 six axis controllers.
As always I can't resist and have to make a theme as well to go with it so I've been working on one inspired by the PS4 menu.

BobHarris

@ruckage Where do you live? In the Netherlands prices have already dropped from €100-120 to as low as €50,-. It's a well deserved loss for Sony imo. The design is great but I won't buy it just for that. Do you want the controllers for the original feel of them? I wouldn't want to go back from Dual shock 4 to the first Playstation controller.

Clyde

@ruckage That looks great! It is such a bitter irony that private individuals create user experiences in their free time that are far superior to that what a multi-billion dollar corporation does deliver (after a smaller 1-2 billion dollar corporation already did it better).

goobatroopa

@ruckage that looks mint. Cracking work.

ClassicGMR

My step-daughter bought one for me 2 weeks ago when they dropped to $50 US here. This is a really nice system for $50 since it includes 2 controllers, power cord(no power block but who here doesn't have a bunch of extra plugs laying around) and an HDMI cable. It beats a complete Pi setup for that price. All I had to supply was a 2.0 thumb drive.

It performs very well. Granted RetroArch isn't fully functional yet - you have to load a core then a game manually and it doesn't scan directories yet - but if you can live with that for now it plays great. I added a bunch of PS1 games to the system and, honestly, either emulator works fine as far as I can tell. So I tend to use Bleem! for PS1 games. Yes... unfortunately it still doesn't like Driver "Retry mission" commands. It still crashes out.

Overall I love this system. I'm going to grab a 2nd one and duplicate the setup for my son and grandson to use once the bugs are ironed out.

I'm using:
2.5A power adapter (had this extra when I upgraded to a 3A for my Pi)
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB
Generic USB 3-port hub had lying around (this is new since I didn't know you could do this until yesterday)
BleemSync 0.4.1 (0.7.0 is right around the corner)
RetroArch 1.7.5c (Classic+)

ruckage

@BobHarris said in Playstation Classic Mini System:

@ruckage Where do you live? In the Netherlands prices have already dropped from €100-120 to as low as €50,-. It's a well deserved loss for Sony imo. The design is great but I won't buy it just for that. Do you want the controllers for the original feel of them? I wouldn't want to go back from Dual shock 4 to the first Playstation controller.

I'm in the Uk. And you're right they have dropped quite a bit here, they're down to £50 now which isn't unreasonable but for me I just felt I could get a better experience by doing it myself using a rpi so I would only be buying it for parts really. I do think the controllers look pretty good but I have lots of Sixaxis and Dualshock 3 controllers so I still get an authentic feel and they have the added bonus of analogue sticks for games like ape escape. Plus can be used wirelessly.

I think it was a badly missed opportunity by sony. Outside of the really nice case and authentic controllers they messed up everything else. The choice of games is quite poor, missing games out like Wipeout was a mistake even though I understand why they probably couldn't due to the licensed music tracks. The menu looks cheap imo and isn't iconic - particularly if you had a PS1 outside of the USA as it has zero nostalgia factor here. On top of that mixing pal and NTSC version of games was a dumb idea as was having no extra options for enhancing visuals with scanlines etc.

@ClassicGMR said in Playstation Classic Mini System:

My step-daughter bought one for me 2 weeks ago when they dropped to $50 US here. This is a really nice system for $50 since it includes 2 controllers..........

I agree, it is a great system for getting everything you need in one go at that price. For me personally though I already have controllers so I just needed the pi and a SD card which was cheaper than the classic and I think will always be more flexible. I would still like to get a classic if the price drops a bit more as I do think they made a really good job of it aesthetically but can't justify the cost just for a nice rpi case. Also as I still have an original PS1 I don't feel I'm missing out too much.

lilbud

@ruckage said in Playstation Classic Mini System:

I think it was a badly missed opportunity by sony. Outside of the really nice case and authentic controllers they messed up everything else. The choice of games is quite poor, missing games out like Wipeout was a mistake even though I understand why they probably couldn't due to the licensed music tracks. The menu looks cheap imo and isn't iconic - particularly if you had a PS1 outside of the USA as it has zero nostalgia factor here. On top of that mixing pal and NTSC version of games was a dumb idea as was having no extra options for enhancing visuals with scanlines etc.

They really did butcher this whole thing. I get what they were trying for, but they didn't quite reach it. They were trying to jump on the whole 'retro microconsole' trend started by Nintendo. This had the potential to be incredible, Sony had it easy. They had one of the most iconic systems of all time, with the games to match. But they couldn't even do that right.