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80GB PS3 has 'limited backwards compatibility'
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 10th July 2007
With only 'limited backwards compatibility' in the new 80Gb PS3, gamers may miss out on some classy retro titles.
What it hasn't been so quick to announce to PlayStation fanboys however is that the new 80GB version of the PlayStation 3 which was unveiled not long ago will have only "limited backward compatibility with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 format software." according to blurb on the box, copies of which can be found here.
The limited BC comes as a result of a move away from the BC chip originally used in US PlayStation 3s. Instead, Sony has opted to use the European software BC method in the 80GB PS3.
There is no news yet on whether the same move will be made in other versions of the PS3, but some of us are already anticipating it as an attempt to cut costs in the PS3 and thus justify the recent $100 price reduction in America.
With that said, European gamers won't notice a difference - we're used to limited BC, being ignored in price cuts and just generally being mistreated by Sony. On the plus side though, we...oh, no there isn't a plus side. Ah well.
Of course, backwards compatibility is really just an added extra on any console as the focus should always be on moving forwards with new games. Sony has been recently having trouble in this regard too, but things are finally starting to look up for PS3 gamers with games like PAIN set to arrive on the console in the future.
You like backwards compatibility, or is it all about the new releases? Hate Sony or love PS3? State your fanboy allegiances in the forums.
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Anyway, this has basicly already been covered. The european ps3's had the chip removed to go with the software they originally were going to use what wasnt ready for USA launch. So it was ready and we get the PS3 with software only and not the chip. It would then be asumed that the chip would be fazed out of the USA PS3's which looks like they are with the 80Gb models.
To me this is not news and is just part of what they have already been doing.
Dont you mean "what it hasnt been quick to announce to Playstation haters that want to slate Sony is...."
Why is everyone that wants a Playstation called a Fanboy, Stop using the word fanboy and use the word consumer.
and i loled at the scooter racing picture. :D
edit: link in the article not working!
edit: werking now
IIRC, the EU PS3 is MUCH more backwards compatible than the 360 is, and both are using software to do it. And, with firmware updates, the software emulation has the potential to get better.
A quick look at this website may be of interest: http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc/
-- all the titles they list there are PS1 and PS2 games that should play on the PS3 -- most with "no issues," some with "minor issues," and some are "playable, but with noticeable issues"
can anybody tell if that site lists EVERY old game...or if they're just listing the ones that work? If they are listing every game, it looks pretty decent to me.
Sortware emulation backwards compatibility is absolute crap, as both consoles have shown. Yes, you can update it, but my experience of the 360's emulation is just to not bother, if you have an Xbox, play it on that, and MS have had a dedicated team working on it for a very long time, so I'd hate to think what the PS3's is like.
IMO, if you're not gonna bother with hardware backwards compatibility, just don't bother at all.
and don't say like "why 10 devices under your TV if you can have 1" because i will say to you "if you have only 1 device that does all of the work, what will happen when that device stops working?".
You said "both consoles" there, but only have evidence from the 360. Who's to say Sony doesn't have a dedicated team working on software backwards compatibility? And who's to say that Microsoft's team is doing much of anything? There are still new PS2 games coming out...when was the last time a regular XBox game came out? I think Sony has a bigger motivation to support backwards compatibility than does Microsoft -- and I think this is evidenced by the fact that Sony initially put the hardware for BC in there in the first place...and they're phasing out the hardware now, perhaps indicating they've got a good handle on Software BC.
I don't know either way...but it seems like all the bashing about this around the web is mainly based on the 360's poor performance at Software BC. But the companies and the consoles involved are completely different animals... Anybody here have experience with the Software BC of the PS3? Anybody find a site that lists the percentage of PS1/2 titles that work on the PS3 with Software BC? Anybody have a *real* good comparison of BC between the 360 and PS3?
That site I listed earlier seems to indicate many many games work just fine under Software BC on the PS3, and more work but with a few issues.
I don't agree.
With the relability of some consoles like the 360 people are going to be left with a pile of games with nothing to play them on in the future. I still play my snes from time to time. If the snes was as reliable as the 360 and the PS2 then mine would have been dead long ago. Thats why I think BC is important.