PS3 Backwards compatibility: 1,000 reasons not to worry |
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Phil Harrison, Sony's president for worldwide studios, has some good news for the Sony gaming community to ease the tension regarding the PlayStation 3's backwards compatibility.The president says that come the March 23 release of the PS3 in Europe, Australia, Africa and the Middle East, the console will be able to host a thousand games from the PS2.
"The situation is changing everyday," says Harrison. "But on March 23, we expect the list to include over 1000 PS2 titles."
News broke out earlier that the PS2's emotion engine would be taken out of PS3 Euro in lieu of more formidable hardware which will beef up the next-generation experience that the console delivers.
Sony has also announced that a software solution to the hardware issue is forthcoming, saying that software emulation will be the means by which PS2 classics can bridge the gap between the old and the new systems.
Harrison promised the game community that the company is exerting effort to provide better means to preserve backwards compatibility. he says "We're working to introduce a resource to the Web to detail which titles will have backwards compatibility. and as we make firmware upgrades, we will be able to add to that list."
Here's hoping that more titles will be supported by the plan.
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over 1000 ps2 games ?
wow.. istn this even more than the x360 + xbox games combined ?XD
Wow they are so dumb for not originally stating this. Their PR team is without a doubt the worst in the world.
Mastication for the Nation, you heard me right, i said it, and in a jamaican accent, so STFU. On a more serious note, the ps2 has over 8000 games, 1000 is nothing. Also, no matter how many games are compatible, if even one of them dont work on the emulator, it will be worth sh1t in my book. But like i said, Mastication for the Nation (In jamaican accent).
Can't this Harrison guy sniff glue on his own time?
You pycho, anyway, its true, sony can have a massive catalogue of games that are bc, but even if one of those games in my collection are not compatible, it would suck big time for me.
Its a good start.
Seems the people on the Software emulation team at Sony have been working alot harder then the team at MS at the initial launch.
It is pretty funny seeing how gloriously sony is killing themselves with bad press. Almost as entertaining as watching nintendo release the N64..no wait this is still better. ofcourse a good system doesnt assure success. Look at the Dreamcast it was far better designed than the ps2 and it failed due to slowing sales after the ps2 launch. I predict that we are heading towards another market crash with nintendo once again having the top selling system. Ten years ago when nintendo shot themselves in the foot by choosing cartridge i never thought any company could make a worse decision. Sony has given me so much to laugh at lately that im greatful...its a shame there isnt much about nintendo to hate anymore.
are they working harder are the games going to be 720 p?and what they say and what comes out are 2 diffrent things they say 1000 but i bet 250 -400 games.we will see when it comes out i hope so but i do not think so.
lol come on treder ar 8000 or more game an sony will update the firmware an on the day one the consoles is out in the uk treder will be more an 400-600 games from the playstation 2 to work on the ps3 you all bad info on the ps3 consols some off you do not have 200-400 games for the playstation 2 for real so do not tark like *****
wher i get my playstation 2 back in 2001 i have only play 2 game from the ps 1 on my playstation 2 final fantasy 7 an mgs
an sony will get all the new ps2 games to work on the ps3 so come on after some time you all will play the playstation 3 games an some of you have the psp to an play some of the good games from the playstation 1 on the psp
For EU there are about 2500 games, 1000 is more than a good number.
As long as FF12 works I'll be happy
Well since the European PS3 still has the graphics chip from the PS2, only the emotion engine is emulated. With the XBOX 360 emulating much more powerful hardware than the PS3 needs to, entirely by software, with HD upconversion, I think MS is doing great supporting 230+ games. Also since the PS2 graphics chip is still used, I doubt there will be HD upconversion ever. With only 1 out of 8 games working, that isn't very good.
No they have not been working harder. Lucky for them they own the rights to the chips or they'd probably remove BC support totally.
Let's see that list, sony.
Do people actually take phil seriously anymore. He lives in his fantasy world, and the majority of times he ends up eating his words. This is nothing more than damage control.
8000 ps2 games? not really, try more like 5000 ps2 titles, and 3000 ps1 games. it ghas already been stated that all of the ps1 games will work.
Actually the Graphics Synthesizer is for PS1 games, not PS2 games.
The EE provided PS2 backwards compatibility.
So PS1 games will still use hardware, but PS2 games will be completely software emulated.
You can have 1 million more PS2 games but the fact is the PS3 games are rubbish so if you prefer an £450 PS2 SOFTWARE emulator thats your choice but why mention the 360 it has nothing to do with the fact that the hardware is being removed from the PS3 and the price still remains the same now does it...
Its amazing that anyone is actually boasting about the figures when it was pushed as 100% compatible and now this 1000 figure !!!!..
So if the new firmware updates use software emulation for BC, what will the U.S./Asia versions use? Will it continue to use the emotion or will the software override the actual hardware?
sorry to inform you, ps3 games being rubbish is not a fact, its an opinion. Youd be wise to remember that.
and besides, why are you talking abuot ps3 prisings here ? take your ***** elsewhere
Ps3 games + Ps3 + Ps2 + PsOne with backwards compatability and upscaling Dummmmbasssssss sss lol. And games worth playing LOL, this forum isn't worth talking on, we're all just having fun posting our stupid unworthwhile comments.
I'm feeling it LOL
Bad press + Oh well, we did what we wanted to.
(Basically Here's some things to hate about nintendo: Great, SD. Great, Motion-sensing?(if you're not a fan of it, but a fan of nintendo), Great,... No DVD Player, no HDD-_-;... no power.)
But really I think the Ps3 release was used to push Blu-ray, and well... it worked sadly enough. and as for the winner of the gaming war... dunno I think they'll all do well enough to make another console. And they're not killing themselves with bad press, they're killing themselves with exploding batteries LOL
Yeah I have about 25PS2 games... lol...
and ...no where near 1000... or 8000... kinda funny if anyone says omg, there are only 1000/8000 compatable... maybe the other ones aren't worthwhile>_>
This one comic has the CEO's talking and after sugesting something to the other one and then that guy says,"Haven't we *****ed this up enough already?"
As far as I know the Emulation for Ps2 is region coded, ... so if we want to make guesses from that...
I agree with Sony
I understand everything, but i'm studiyng the greatest mystery os the world... the WOMEN
why are you complaining about the prices?...what mommys little boy cant afford a ps3?....i got news for u....GET A JOB...start flipping burgers from now...your going to be doing that for the rest of your life....either that or living with ur mom as a 40 year old virgin....and thats a FACT oky have fun trying to earn so money hahah fool