PS3 hits Europe: "And by 'backwards compatible,' we mean Eragon"

[wraggster]

via engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/14/ps3-hits-europe-and-by-backwards-compatible-we-mean-eragon/)

Look, Eragon is great and all, with his pretty boy hair and that whole dragon thing he's got going on, but we wouldn't exactly describe him as ideal representation of a complete Euro-PS3 backwards compatibility list. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the folks at Cynamite found, who nabbed a pre-release Emotion Engine-free PS3 for testing a couple weeks before launch, and confirmed some of the worst fears about the PAL PS3's backwards compatibility. Granted, Sony could (and hopefully does) have a major software revision up its sleeve to boost emulation capabilities of the PS3 at launch, but they tested the top 12 PS2 titles in Europe (including such faves as God of War, MGS 3: Snake Eater and Guitar Hero 2) only to find that the sole game on the list that would even launch was Eragon. (The other titles popped up a screen telling users to hope on future software updates and to refer to Sony's compatibility list.) Time is running out, but we're gonna keep the faith. Sony definitely knows better than to promise 1200-some-odd backward compatible titles and deliver on what could mathematically be estimated as only about 100.

[devdj]

ps3 sucks if there is no solid backward compatibility software for the ps2 games at rate we can see the ps3 drown by the end of year.

[muffinman]

ps3 sucks if there is no solid backward compatibility software for the ps2 games at rate we can see the ps3 drown by the end of year.

one thing to say... rofl

if they got the chipless ps3 a few weeks before launch and the ps3 doesnt have the firmware to run without the chip yet so how do they expect the games to work :s

i could understand this if they said "oh yh and sony gave us the update thats coming with the euro's ps3's"

[Uchuu]

Hmm.....looking at the calendar, I see that it's not yet March 23rd. The date of the release of the new firmware 1.6 that has most of the PS2 emulation on it. So I can't really believe this article just yet.

I'll just have to wait to see how the PS3's backward compatibility works after March 23rd.

Also......


ps3 sucks if there is no solid backward compatibility software for the ps2 games at rate we can see the ps3 drown by the end of year.

Um.....since when did a console NEED to have backwards compatibility to be successful? The 360 itself already has shown that you don't need it. Thats probably why MS has been reluctant to really care to add in lots more BC for the 360.

Plus, once the games start to come out, why would you want to play PS2 games instead of PS3 games?