Backwards Incompatibility?

[Ratso]

Huge apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but a) I haven't got time to read through all the other PS3 threads and b) I think it's worth it's own thread.

Basically, 5Live news have reported this morning (amazingly as part of the actual daily news along with stuff about the Iraq war and so on), that Sony have revealed that the PS3 is not 100% backwards compatible.

Was this common knowledge amongst people here already and have I just missed it (probably the case) or is this actually 'news'?

Do we know the approximate percentage of old PSone/PS2 games which won't work and will they work incorrectly or not at all?

Is there the (realistic) possibility of future updates or individual software emulation a la 360 to fix these issues?

I appreciate that the sheer volume of old PlayStation titles would make it very hard to fully test everything, and also that this is not the main reason that people are interested in the PS3, but I feel that it's an 'issue' nonetheless.

[Yoshimax]

Don't tell C' - He'll blow a fuse.

[SuperDanX]

Id also like an answer to this and is the backwards compatabilty region free?

[arcnas]

If you buy a Jap ps2 you can play all region PS3 games , but only Jap ps1 and ps2 games.

[SuperDanX]

If you buy a Jap ps2 you can play all region PS3 games , but only Jap ps1 and ps2 games.

bah. Guess the uk model will only do pal ps1/2 stuff too then. May have to get another x360 insead of a ps3 then.

[kernow]

no , its not region free, only the ps3 games are.

Id also like an answer to this and is the backwards compatabilty region free?

[Silvergun X]

It's true that it's not 100% backwards compatible.

A LOT of the Bemani JP PS2 titles have problems.

[Ratso]

To be fair, I recall there were a handful of PSone to PS2 incompatibilities, but crucially nothing all that 'important'.

[Crimson Day]

Im just annoyed gutar hero cant work yetft: supprisingly thats the reason i never got a ps3 at launch cancelled my order think ill just wait until the 360 version comes out

[C']

Don't tell C' - He'll blow a fuse.

WOO! Do I have a persona? Can I be PS3 Backwards Compatibility Guy?

Yeah the PS1/PS2 stuff isn?t perfect but apparently issues are fixable via firmware updates. Eurogamer reported that some of the issues with Ace Combat 5 have already been fixed for example. Compatibility is still generally high though.

Sony have a website setup where you can check current compatibility issues at:

http://www.jp.playstation.com/ps3/status/

[DCharlie]

internal section doesn't work ((((((((((((((

[fuse]

I was wondering if another bemani-head would have beaten me to mentioning this

It's true that it's not 100% backwards compatible.

A LOT of the Bemani JP PS2 titles have problems.

[djjimbob]

Beeb reports 200 games affected incl Gran Tourismo and FF.

Doh!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6146328.stm

[Ratso]

Beeb reports 200 games affected incl Gran Tourismo and FF.

Doh!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6146328.stm

Yeah those were exactly the sort of titles I was thinking about them not wanting to get 'wrong' when I was saying that PS1 - PS2 issues feature little of importance - 'd'oh!' indeed...

Still, great news from C'. I guess a lot of this will be sorted come European launch.

[C']

There's a thread on BC issues at Neogaf:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128293

I think the beeb are showing a slight misunderstanding of the problem or are making it out to be worse than it is.

For example, Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9,10, 10-2 and 12 all work without any problems apparently The only one that doesn't work as of yet is FF11 which requires HDD support and that is not currently available for BC. Some info on this here:

http://ffxi.somepage.com/news/297