Speaking to the IDG News Service, Sony spokesperson Reiko Sakamoto said: "It's hard to say the PlayStation 3 will be 100 per cent backwards compatible."
We believe multiple factors are responsible," Sakamoto told IDG, explaining that the new console has a different chipset which is not compatible with the way some software is programmed, resulting in glitches such as hangs and slow game saves.
Seems only Nintendo gets it right.
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: mantidor on October 29, 2005, 04:56:29 AM
Nothing beats the uber-backwards compatibility of the Rev anyway.
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: King of Twitch on October 29, 2005, 11:43:45 AM
I don't think any system has been 100% backwards compatible, but 47+ seems like a lot.
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: TMW on October 29, 2005, 01:30:04 PM
Woah woah woah.
WTF? Sony is selling a new slimlined silver PS2 that can't play some PS2 games? Is it just me, or is that effing stupid? And people will still buy it, I bet.
Title: RE:PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: nickmitch on October 29, 2005, 02:54:50 PM
So, will the PS3 have the have the same list of unplayable games as this new PS2, or will the list get bigger?
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: jasonditz on October 29, 2005, 03:03:41 PM
Probably won't be a huge deal I'm guessing... the PS2's backward compatibility was pretty shaky in some spots as well.
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: odifiend on October 29, 2005, 03:19:40 PM
Yeah, this won't matter at all. Sony will still advertise backward compatibility and people (who can afford it) will still gobble it up.
Title: RE: PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: KDR_11k on October 29, 2005, 11:10:37 PM
Backwards compatibility always has issues because especially crappy games don't follow the specs put out by the manufacturers and abuse bugs in the hardware. Since the specs are a guarantee from the manufacturer to the developer of what will work how, anything outside of the spec can and will change.
Title: RE:PS3 not Backwards compatible?
Post by: Djunknown on October 30, 2005, 04:51:22 PM
As KDR said, its only the crappy games that have this problem. To make a similiar comparison, look at the 1019 memory card for the 'Cube. There's a handful of games that don't support that card (Sonic Adventure 2 being the most famous, though it'll work as long as you don't have 999 blocks..)
Here's a list of some games that 'may not work properly' on PS2:Here
The one that people might actually care about is Final Fantasy Anthology. I don't think you'll miss the rest.
Here's an expanded list for Model number 75001 (Slimline PStwo?):Here again
Again, just a couple of major titles, and a bunch of crappy ones.
I guess it goes to show to not dump those 'legacy' systems just yet.
