PS3 Backward's compatibility blotched?

[H2SO4]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161638...stnews;title;0

Apparently some 200 PS2/PS1 games won't be able to run on the PS3. Not a big deal, but certainly something to think about if your planning on just scraping your PS2 when you get a PS3. According to Sony, they plan to release a software update in the near future to fix the problem. I'd be really mad/disgusted if they charged for it.

[Chad]

Re: PS3 Backward's compatibility blotched?

Silent Hill 2. Bummer.

[Crustyrailgun]

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My God... Sony wants everyone to hate them...

[Valkysas]

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meh.

some games dont work properly on the PS2.

some games on this list only have minor problems, like Megaman X7's music starting later than it should.

until you know to what degree the problems are, there's no point complaining. for all we know, silent hill 2's problem could be something as simple as X7's problem.

[John Mora]

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Silent Hill 2's problem is that the PS3 accidentally renders it as a happy-go-lucky musical adventure.

[Valkysas]

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all the endings are also replaced with clips from Harry and the Hendersons.

[Jeroak Nelave]

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Personally, it doesnt bother me too much, its kinda the same as with the PS1-PS2 compatibility.

And dont even get me started on the X360's backwards compatibility. I cant even buy back half of the games that were in my collection because they dont work on the 360.

[Valkysas]

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360 not supporting panzer dragoon orta is one of the most evil things a company has done this generation.

[IRC]

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Doesn't bother me because I have a PS2.

[Jeroak Nelave]

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i agree, and i cant play EITHER Mech Assualt game, and a bunch of other games i used to have on the original Xbox...i mean hell, i cant even play PGR2, which i prefer over PGR3, and its a freaking MS game.

[H2SO4]

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I think a major irony is the Final Fantasy XI not working on the PS3. Do they seriously intend to keep making PS2 expansions just so people can buy them and put them on their PS3?

[Valkysas]

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I imagine they plan to put the game on the PS3.

[H2SO4]

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I imagine they plan to put the game on the PS3.

When interviewed last summer, the development team said they have no plans on releasing FFXI for the PS3, although that would be nice.

[Valkysas]

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last summer, they probably thought the game would work on the PS3 too.

[H2SO4]

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last summer, they probably thought the game would work on the PS3 too.

True, but if Sony fixes the problem, it would be very ironic to make FFXI for the PS2 when everyone plays it on the PS3. But I can't imagine Square not making FFXI + it's expansions for the PS3 like they did for the 360 and a few weeks ago, the computer (again).