PSN Games and 60Hz

[bcass]

Is there any evidence that any of the downloadable games on the PSN are 50Hz-only (besides the Playstation Classics)? I know that there are still some retail PAL PS3 games that are 50Hz only and wondered if this extended to any PSN games?

[JamesS]

I have an NTSC PS3 and couldn't play Tekken from the EU store on my SD TV as it wanted to switch to 50Hz.

[bcass]

I have an NTSC PS3 as well. So I'm guessing that if a game is 50Hz only, it simpy won't run on an NTSC PS3? Was there an error message?

[skyghene]

It will run, but not if you have a SD TV. Works fine on a HD TV.
My friend in the states (SD tv) couldn't load these from the euro store:
- Tekken 5 DR
- Flower
- PSX games

Some are 60Hz (also) though, like Outrun Arcade.

[bcass]

That's fine then as I am still using an SD TV at the moment. I downloaded a load of PSN games today from the EU store and was concerned that I was buying 50Hz crap, but if the games are running fine on my SD TV (using a US PS3) then they must support 60Hz.

On a related matter, how easy is it to buy stuff from the JPN and US PSN stores? I'm assuming I need to create new PSN IDs for each region and just buy PSN points cards from the respective region to buy the games?

[Number45]

On a related matter, how easy is it to buy stuff from the JPN and US PSN stores? I'm assuming I need to create new PSN IDs for each region and just buy PSN points cards from the respective region to buy the games?

Yup, spot on. There's a guide for creating a JPN account in the PSN forum.

[bcass]

Yep, found the guide and have managed to setup US and JPN accounts. Cheers.

I have one more small Q though, which is going to sound really dumb, but I can't for the life of me figure it out - how can you sort your games alphabetically in the Game section of the XMB?

[Number45]

I think the sort options are on the Square button. It'll sort by date modified, last game played and one or two others if I remember correctly.

You can manually sort games as well, by adding them to custom albums (Hit Triangle on the game and manually enter the name of the album).

[bcass]

Got it - you have to manually name a folder for each game in each games Information section. How utterly retarded! It will automatically sort Albums alphabetically but not games! No wonder Sony are in 3rd place peddling **** like this.

[bcass]

One more question (semi-related): is there a list anywhere of all the retail PAL PS3 games that are 50Hz only? Failing that, does anyone know if PAL Little Big Planet supports 60Hz?

[J0e Musashi]

PS3 games don't work like that. There is no PAL or NTSC coding. Any PS3 disc will run any way you tell it to (with the exception being 1080i/p). i.e. you are governed by what signal your TV can accept.

Answer my PM too whilst you're at it.

[bcass]

Sorry, my question was incorrectly worded, what I meant to say is, does PAL LBP support 60Hz on an SD TV? I am aware that there are some PAL PS3 games that do not.

[J0e Musashi]

Does your tv support 60hz?

[bcass]

Yes, and it's an SD TV. I just wanted to know if PAL LBP does 60Hz so I can use it on a US PS3. I don't want to buy it only to see that it's 50Hz-only in SD, which my PS3 won't display as there are no PAL/50Hz options in the display settings.

[J0e Musashi]

It'll run

Seems like an odd choice of PS3 to buy if you only have an SDTV though. PSN-wise anyway.