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  • First Sony hardware failure? I think the omissions from the PSX are pretty huge, almost unacceptable for some nowadays

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #36373  by Zeus
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:02 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6 ... l">here</a>

First Sony hardware failure? I think the omissions from the PSX are pretty huge, almost unacceptable for some nowadays</div>

 #36374  by G-man Joe
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:06 am
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Firmware update should fix some of that. But $900???????</div>

 #36375  by Kupek
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:25 am
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>If I had $900 to burn, I wouldn't buy a souped up version of a console system I already have.</div>

 #36376  by SineSwiper
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:32 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Why the fuck are they calling this the "PSX"? Goddamn confusing dipshits!</div>

 #36377  by G-man Joe
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:35 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Because officially, Playstation was never called PSX by Sony. The project name for the old Playstation was PS-X and the media stuck with that name.</div>

 #36381  by Tessian
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:47 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>...call me an idiot, but I always thought that PSX stood for the original Playstation</div>

 #36382  by Kupek
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:09 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I understand that, but I still think it's a bad name choice. It has potential for confusion, and you never want your name to be confusing. Ah well. It doesn't effect me.</div>

 #36387  by Zeus
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:08 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That was popular speak and their code name for the original, Sony never used it. Now they're reusing for the new system..</div>

 #36388  by Zeus
 Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:09 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Sony thinks they can do what they want and people will buy. Sound familiar?</div>