Cut down ps3 coming to all areas by sony

magick

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/09/all_ps3s_to_lose_emotion_engine/

Europe may be the first region to get PlayStation 3 consoles that lack the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine chip. It has been claimed other territories will also get the machine later this year as Sony strives to boost its profitability.

So basically ppl in Japan and the US got the best versions (early release) of the ps3 , wtf are sony on?

projectmayhem

old news

monument

magick wrote:

wtf are sony on?

Maybe an IV drip of 'lets not go bust'.

Rhyme

They've cut out the PS2 chip but they can still emulate the games without too much trouble... you'll just have to wait for a few firmware updates to play the full PS2 back catalogue.

Ciaran500

Just found this and all I can say is OOF!

http://www.cynamite.de/ps3/news/more/abwaertskompatibilitaet_der_ps3_so_siehts_wirklich_aus/80987/abwaertskompatibilitaet_der_ps3_so_siehts_wirklich_aus.html

From Babelfish:

Release of the PS3 in Germany is still scarcely two weeks away. Sony has, however, already supplied packed PAL consoles. After the message about the reduced downward compatibility of new PS3s we examined how well the the new machines play PS2 games. We tested twelve games. We tried to use popular titles for the test. We tried the following Games out: -

God Of war
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
MGS 3: Snake Eater
Shadow of the Colossus
Guitar Hero 2
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Okami
GTA: Liberty City Stories
Eragon
Final Fantasy X-2
Ratchet & Clank 3
Lumines plus

The result was: From the twelve games one ran, Eragon. All other titles refused the service with the reference to future software updates and the Sony Website downward compatibility.

K.O.Kiki

Huh -- it's like Xbox 360 all over again! :rolleyes:

But 7 awesome games not working doesn't sound nice at all.

projectmayhem

it's trying to do BC on a machine that hasn't had the software update required to do it. fine, getting your hands on a Euro PS3 is one thing, but managing to get the patch due on launch day to run BC is near impossible.

Lord Nikon

If my PS3 doesn't play PS2 games, I'll be bringing back. Or selling it for big money to a village idiot.

thebman

projectmayhem wrote:

it's trying to do BC on a machine that hasn't had the software update required to do it. fine, getting your hands on a Euro PS3 is one thing, but managing to get the patch due on launch day to run BC is near impossible.

I agree with you on this point. Until the official patch is made available along with the official list, its all just rumours and bashing from the media as PS3 hate stories are popular ATM.

tba

http://kotaku.com/gaming/eragon/pal-ps3-backwards-compatability-progress-update-244005.php

# God of War
# MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
# MGS 3: Snake Eater
# Shadow of the Colossus
# Guitar Hero 2
# Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
# Okami
# GTA: Liberty City Stories
# Final Fantasy X-2
# Ratchet & Clank 3
# Lumines Plus

Don't work

but 72% of the PS2 library will apparently work with firmware 1.6

K.O.Kiki

On Eurogamer -- more info.