Real Dissapointing European Ps3 News

[NARMAK]

well, seems like we may be getting a sub par PS3 in europe after news that the european version will NOT play as many PS1 or PS2 games as the japanese or american versions.

As a gamer i would hate this as i own 50+ PS2games and would be dissapointed if they did not work on my PAL PS3 as i waited to get it from here just for the fact that i wouldn't be able to play my PS2 games if i got it from japan or america.

If all my PS2 games play on it, i'll be happy but this news is cvertainly disturbing and only time will tell if we are really being ripped off

[phranctoast]

where did you hear this?

[Jack Torrance]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

well, seems like we may be getting a sub par PS3 in europe after news that the european version will NOT play as many PS1 or PS2 games as the japanese or american versions.

As a gamer i would hate this as i own 50+ PS2games and would be dissapointed if they did not work on my PAL PS3 as i waited to get it from here just for the fact that i wouldn't be able to play my PS2 games if i got it from japan or america.

If all my PS2 games play on it, i'll be happy but this news is cvertainly disturbing and only time will tell if we are really being ripped off

Indeed, where did you hear this? Do you have a link? Unlike what M$ fanbois say, the ps3 has a very high backwards compatibility rate with ps2/ps1 titles (better than the 360's backwards compatibility with the original xbox)... so if this is true that they are doing this with just the euro ps3's it would be very odd indeed.

[discipline]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

well, seems like we may be getting a sub par PS3 in europe after news that the european version will NOT play as many PS1 or PS2 games as the japanese or american versions.

As a gamer i would hate this as i own 50+ PS2games and would be dissapointed if they did not work on my PAL PS3 as i waited to get it from here just for the fact that i wouldn't be able to play my PS2 games if i got it from japan or america.

If all my PS2 games play on it, i'll be happy but this news is cvertainly disturbing and only time will tell if we are really being ripped off

Why don't you keep your PS2 and play your old games on it?
I don't understand why they have to include PS2/PS1 compatibility and raise the price accordingly Why not just let the PS3 play PS3 games?

[NARMAK]

just to let people know where i seen this news, its in the google news section after typing in PS3 or playstation 3, many websites are reporting on this change in specification however i also have to say that although it's changed, they will try to add support through firmware updates available through the PS network.

I also feel that the comment about keeping my PS2 and using that to play them is valid but i keep all my games downstairs and having a PS3 and a PS2 together would only take up more space than i have to spare so i feel it's better to be playing them from one machine, my PS3 rather than having a PS2sitting there as well if my PS3 could play them.

[NARMAK]

"OMG!! Ripped off? You are buying a PS3!! Not a PS2.. Hence it is for PS3 games! You should just be happy if some of your old games work."

Yeah, i am buying a PS3 but the whole concept of being backwards compatible was promised to us and as many of us have an extensive collection of PS2 games that we would like to be played on our PS3, after all, we were promised an extensive backwards compatibility with our PS1 and PS2games.

True, it still is value for money even without the backwards compatibility, but we were told we would have it, so why shouldn't we

[Werewolk Killer]

Sony has made two updates to the PS3 here in order for it to play PS2/PS1 games and improve video output of these older games. Take it with a very small grain of salt. Even when we did have issues 90% of the games where not major titles. Sony will post on their UK sites the games that do not work just like they did here and I bet they will have the problem fixed in no time.

I have found that any bad news about Sony makes the headlines and any good news gets a small post somewhere. The media does what sells period, IE Anna Nicole Smith. She was not as important a Pres Ford and her death has more coverage than his did. I can not turn on a TV here without seeing that crap. After a year when the PS3 proves to be the system to own not a single news outlet, website or person will say we where wrong. Sorry we did not understand blu-ray or see the need for more storage.

Just do like I have done before buy the PS3, play the games that work. Wait for the update and play the ones that don't. I can tell you that after seeing the new games and playing them I have not really wanted to play the old ones as much.

[phranctoast]

@werewolk killer


Amen. great post.



Its kind of comical watching people jump on the hate bandwagon on this issue when they know it was an issue in NA, and was fixed with firmware within weeks.

[NARMAK]

I know at the moment it seems like real dissapointing news to me because they needed the PS2 chip to be backwards compatible but, HEY, maybe sony has managed to actually play the games using just the harware & software of the PS3 and now no longer need to use the PS2 chip they put in at first

This would be what i want to hear but untl i hear it from a reputable source, i can only say that i think we will not be able to play as many of our our PS2 games like the japanese or american PS3's do

[discipline]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

If all my PS2 games play on it, i'll be happy but this news is cvertainly disturbing and only time will tell if we are really being ripped off

OMG!! Ripped off? You are buying a PS3!! Not a PS2.. Hence it is for PS3 games! You should just be happy if some of your old games work..

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by discipline

OMG!! Ripped off? You are buying a PS3!! Not a PS2.. Hence it is for PS3 games! You should just be happy if some of your old games work..

Umm....there are people who are willing to get a few bucks extra by selling their PS2 in order to get a new PS3.