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The renewed version of PlayStation Plus is about to start operations worldwide but its launch has places reserved for the Asian market and it is from this that the first controversy has been generated for this service, which has to do with the quality of emulation of the PS One classics.
Classics on PlayStation Plus: PAL versions strike again?
It is known that the big companies have the necessary resources to guarantee an adequate emulation job for old titles, but few are interested in trying it because it costs money and it is not a big deal. This has resulted in bumpy and widely criticized launches, a profile that lends itself to being the same for PlayStation Plus. The above after the first PS One classics, which will be on PS Plus, were on sale in the brand store to be purchased separately. The community and some enthusiasts did not take long to access these games with Asian accounts and to their surprise they are running at 50Hz, the visual standard of the European market years ago, the famous PAL. even in regions with NTSC standard, that is, at 60Hz.
UPDATE: All first-party PSOne games included in the new PS Plus in Taiwan (an NTSC region) appear to be based on the PAL 50hz versions, I’ve confirmed.https://t.co/hT1Hj048cN pic.twitter.com/t3CxGqv9ua
— Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) May 23, 2022
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PlayStation community concerned about emulation work on PS Plus
This was confirmed by Andy Robinson of VGC, who revealed that first-party versions of PS One classics that are already available in Asia run at 50Hz regardless of whether some regions support NTSC. The above is exemplified by the situation of Ape Escape, a game that, according to the report, shows Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in its intro, confirming that it is the PAL version, which results in performance at 25 frames per second, not at 30 as in the version known in America and Japan.
Looks like PS1 classics are using 50hz PAL versions instead of NTSC. NTSC PS1 feels much smoother than emulated version. 😑😑😑 pic.twitter.com/5q3kRn353h
— The_Marmolade (@the_marmolade) May 23, 2022
This detail is relevant because it is one of the causes of the failure of the PlayStation Classic, a mini console that joined the trend of recent years but that infuriated the community for including a strange mix of versions, some in PAL, others in NTSC, suggesting that Sony did not have the slightest interest in reviewing the code, the licenses and its legal section, and limited itself to delivering the version that they had next and at hand.
This decision is already beginning to generate controversy because although it has been reported that the classics will have visual filters to give the appearance of those years, the stigma of what happened with the PlayStation Classic and the subtle differences between versions are enough to annoy the public. community that expects, at least, a decent emulation job but it seems that will not be the case, at least not for the moment.
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