Sony drops backwards-compatibility forever

Vikingod · Oct 9, 2007, 05:42 AM

Source: CVG
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In a new eye-opener from Sony the company's revealed that it's to drop backwards-compatibility support in PlayStation products.

"...we believe this [backwards compatibility] less important now than when we launched... Furthermore we believe we should now be devoting our resources to the future of PlayStation gaming and delivering next generation experiences", Sony's said in a statement on its plan to phase out the 60GB PS3 in the UK and leave the new cut-down 40GB model as the only one available at retail.

Sony's 40GB PS3 marks the beginning of the end for backwards-compatibility support in PlayStation products then. The console won't play PS2 games, although according to Sony 'The backwards compatibility of PSone titles is achieved through software and the vast majority of PSone titles are backwards compatible with the new PS3".

BlueMak · Oct 9, 2007, 08:19 AM

Sony you are great, finaly you found the reason why the PS3 is not selling as much as you would like, backwards compatibility! Yeah for SONY!

(idiots)

Da_Jewish_Fonzy · Oct 9, 2007, 10:27 AM

Wow. Even I will admit this is a bad move on their part. I always thought that backwards compatibility was a Playstation strong suit seeing as there are literally over 10,000 Playstation 1\2 titles.

interspaced · Oct 9, 2007, 11:24 AM

think the 60 gigs will still be able to support it just don't expect any further improvements. PS1 games should still work on the new 40gigs since that's software emulation.
The 40 gig PS3 will have the PS2 graphics synthezier taken out to reduce cost hence the reason for no PS2 compatablity. Before it was the emotion engine that was taken out of EU PS3s.

Oct 9, 2007, 05:42 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Sony drops backwards-compatibility forever Source: CVG __________ In a new eye-opener from Sony the company's revealed that it's to drop backwards-compatibility support in PlayStation products. "...we believe this [backwards compatibility] less important now than when we launched... Furthermore we believe we should now be devoting our resources to the future of PlayStation gaming and delivering next generation experiences", Sony's said in a statement on its plan to phase out the 60GB PS3 in the UK and leave the new cut-down 40GB model as the only one available at retail. Sony's 40GB PS3 marks the beginning of the end for backwards-compatibility support in PlayStation products then. The console won't play PS2 games, although according to Sony 'The backwards compatibility of PSone titles is achieved through software and the vast majority of PSone titles are backwards compatible with the new PS3".

Oct 9, 2007, 08:19 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Sony you are great, finaly you found the reason why the PS3 is not selling as much as you would like, backwards compatibility! Yeah for SONY! (idiots) __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 9, 2007, 10:27 AM	#3
Da_Jewish_Fonzy Me>You Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Da Hood Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	Wow. Even I will admit this is a bad move on their part. I always thought that backwards compatibility was a Playstation strong suit seeing as there are literally over 10,000 Playstation 1\2 titles.

Oct 9, 2007, 11:24 AM	#4
interspaced DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 287 Rep Power: 0	think the 60 gigs will still be able to support it just don't expect any further improvements. PS1 games should still work on the new 40gigs since that's software emulation. The 40 gig PS3 will have the PS2 graphics synthezier taken out to reduce cost hence the reason for no PS2 compatablity. Before it was the emotion engine that was taken out of EU PS3s.