Ditched my PS3 for a backwards compatible PS2 after 8 years

I spent YEARS playing PS1 games on my PS3 because I thought it was fine. Then a buddy let me borrow his old fat PS2 that had the actual PS1 processor inside. The loading times on Final Fantasy 7 went from like 15 seconds to maybe 4 or 5. I grabbed one off Facebook Marketplace for $45 last month and I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. Anyone else notice a big speed difference between systems on old games?

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troychen2mo ago

Gotta push back a little here... my PS3 has been running PS1 games just fine for years honestly. The loading times on something like Crash Bandicoot feel pretty similar to what I remember on my old PS1. Plus my PS3 upscales everything to 1080p and it looks way better on my modern TV. I tried playing FF7 on a friend's PS2 last month and honestly the graphics looked so blurry on my flatscreen I couldn't do it. The load times might be a tiny bit faster but the visual tradeoff isn't worth it for me.

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adam_baker2mo ago

Fair enough, but doesn't playing old games through all that extra processing defeat the purpose of the original experience?

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