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Friday, February 23, 2007
Brits shafted on Sony PS3 backwards compatibility?
So this is interesting.Sony criticized Microsoft's backwards compatibility on the Xbox 360 (software emulation on a title-by-title basis).
The US version of the PS3 seems to be doing OK on the backwards (forwards?) compatibility front, but the EU version looks like a different story:
From a press release from SCEE that came over the wire today, announcing the EU PS3 specs:
"The European PS3 will feature the Cell Broadband EngineÂ, 60 GB hard disc drive, Blu-ray Disc player, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, SIXAXIS wireless controller. It also embodies a new combination of hardware and software emulation which will enable PS3 to be compatible with a broad range of original PlayStation® (PS) titles and a limited range of PlayStation®2 (PS2) titles."When a company uses "limited", that's a rarely a positive sign. Though the release does state, "Some additional PS2 titles will become compatible on the PS3 system through regular downloadable firmware updates."
It'll be interesting to see how the PS3/Xbox 360 fanboys/haters spin out on this.
As a total aside, have you ever compared the SCEA Website to the SCEE Website? Yikes.
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SOURCES: Gamespot.com, joystiq.com, kotaku.com, Xbox.com, IGN, GameInformer, Official XBox Magazine, CNN, gamesindustry.biz, and others.
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