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PS3 BC may live on via PSN - Lempell |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: EGM, emulation, PlayStation Network, Sony
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While a lot of people are worried that backwards compatibility on the Sony PlayStation 3 may die along with the discontinuation of the 80GB SKU, a glimmer of hope was seen in EGM's latest issue.PlayStation Network director Eric Lempell was interviewed and he said that there were certain "possibilities" in the matter.
According to the PSN head, Sony's online service could host PlayStation 2 titles and run them on the PS3 with software emulation. Still, he made it clear that there are no solid plans regarding such a setup.
"We haven't talked about that yet, but there are possibilities through technology and software emulation to make that possibles," Lempell said.
The 80GB PS3 is currently the only PS3 model in stores with the ability to emulate the PS2's Emotion Engine chip. The cheaper, lower-end 40GB SKU discards backwards compatibility altogether.
Via Kotaku
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I thought the 40 GB SKU could still play PS1 games?
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thats y i still kept hold of my slim ps2 since mgs3 has a few hiccups(maybe only mine?)
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1. You spend 500 bucks on a system, and you cant even play imports that you legally purchase.
2. Heres a fun fact. I actually own the Ore no Ryori import disc for PS1. This game has also been released in the Japan PS Store for quite some time now. I find it funny that you can play Import PS1 games from the PS Store; however, if you were to have the actual disc, you cant play it.
My opinion (If i were a Sony buisness man), if Sony wants to bring back BC, and bring down a good amount of people from pirating, they should make the system Universally BC with legal games !
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1 euro + 1.45 dollars
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