PAL PS3 Backward Compatibility Ripped

24 Feb

Posted by Gibran Nawaz as Business, Hardware, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3

After the high price of the European PS3 was revealed, people were already hesitant to buy the console. But now, Sony has revealed that the PAL PS3 will not have the Emotion Engine microprocessor, nor the Graphics Synthesizer drawing circuit. What does this all mean? Less PS2 games will be able to be played on the PS3, as the console will rely on software to emulate the game. Currently, the US and Japan versions of the PS3 play about 98% of all previous generation games.

“Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3,”

For all you European PS3 gamers out there, you better not sell off your PS2.

Read (Yahoo! News)

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Tags: Business, Hardware, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3

24 Responses

Quartecks

February 24th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
1

That’s stupid, to say the least.
Zac

February 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
2

“Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3,”

WTF.. They already HAD backwards compatibility. They took it OUT, that’s not concentrating on it at all, they had it there in the first place. Why take it out if it already works?
Quartecks

February 24th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
3

because they’re Sony.
Zac

February 24th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
4

True.
Evander

February 24th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
5

They are taking it out to reduce the cost of the production so they can get closer to “breaking even” by middle of next year, as it says on this website;

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9886/532/

Wouldn’t you want to try to at least trade your PS2 in for more spending money on PS3 games? Now it just becomes a paperweight until you want to play all your old games.
tidles

February 25th, 2007 at 12:16 am
6

Haha, another indication of why us Euro are assholes to Sony.
Zac

February 25th, 2007 at 12:26 am
7

They said they weren’t going to put in any effort in emulation.

If they’re worried about price then they should change their whole strategy.
Challenge

February 25th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
8

Fuckers, just when i went back to thinking about a ps3 instead of a 360, this happens. fuckers!
Josh

February 25th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
9

hmm that sucks, but what are ya gonna do about it right? bitch about it on a forum seems like the best answer to me.
Challenge

February 25th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
10

fuckers
Quartecks

February 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
11

Somedays you get the bear, and some days you get the bear, but it’s sick and dying and under-wieght.
Challenge

February 25th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
12

WTF is that supposed to mean?
Zac

February 25th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
13

I think he means that sony is the bear, once strong and powerful, now sick and wounded.
Challenge

February 25th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
14

oh, kinda a crap metaphor. should have been something like…sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear is sick an dying and under-weight, so you go have a wee.
Zac

February 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
15

I personally like:

“Sometimes the bear is fighting, other times he is sleeping or dead.”
Ruined

February 26th, 2007 at 4:00 am
16

Imo stupid move. Over a hundred million ps2 owners out there who now don’t have the certainty of being able to play their old games on the new console.

Makes ex ps2 owners more likely to consider an alternative.

Doubt sony themselves will go for emulation its costly and only necessary for wii because the older consoles didn’t use disc
Zac

February 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am
17

But does a movie make up for not being able to play all your games?
Challenge

February 27th, 2007 at 7:38 am
18

i might as well get a PS3 from america, so much cheaper, and i wouldn’t be able to play most of my ps2 games anyway.
Quartecks

February 27th, 2007 at 8:36 am
19

Not to mention that you could find one over here.
Evander

February 27th, 2007 at 9:17 am
20

Here’s some bad news I read from this article here;
http://www.playfuls.com/news_06339_How_Sony_Killed_the_PlayStation3_and_NOT_Just_in_Europe.html

Apparently Sony is only saving a measly $27 for taking out the Emotion Engine hardware in the PS3. Your disappointment and anger of not being able to play more PS2 games than before is only worth $27 to Sony.
monir

February 27th, 2007 at 9:42 am
21

^the price is still the same, paying more for less. american companies are the worst to foreigners, treating them like shit.
Evander

February 27th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
22

Sony isn’t an American company.. unless you just mean in general
Challenge

February 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
23

bastards, i’m screwed. twenty seven dollars!? i’m pretty sure that if we knew, europeans like me would gladly pay an extra $27 to be able to play ps2 games. my friend has got one now, so i’m gonna see how he copes before i get mine. fuckers.
monir

February 27th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
24

lol, forgot…i guess most companies screw the foreigners.