PlayStation 3 may not play your PSone/PS2 games
14th Nov 2006, 19:17 GMT
Details are emerging that Sonys PlayStation 3 games console might not be backward compatible with some games designed for the earlier PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games console.The problem affects about 200 PSone and PS2 games and issues range from audio problems to the games not playing at all. Ive no details on titles affected or whether this problem affect all or just some PS3s. [Updated: Nov 14, 2006 @ 9:05 am] Affected games are believed to include Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy.[poll=25] Theres a core difference between the PS3 and the Xbox - with the Xbox Microsoft took the route of providing software-based backward comparability. With the PS3, Sony chose the most costly hardware route. While ...
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