PS3 not fully backwards compatible

[Gspark]

quote from www.theinquirer.net

IT LOOKS LIKE the question of whether or not the PS3 will be backwards compatible has been raised again.
With the past few months being dedicated to Xbox 360 backwards-compatibility, attention seems to have slipped away from Sony's next generation console and nobody seems to be able to tell what it will be capable of.

With the recent release of the Satin Silver Slimline PSTwo, it looks like there are some problems with current generation compatibility, let alone the 40 PS1 games it won't play. This turned attention firmly back to Sony and the PS3. Joystiq is reporting that Sony spokesperson Reiko Sakamoto said, "It’s hard to say the PlayStation 3 will be 100 percent backwards compatible, but as we said earlier this year we aim to make it so as much as possible."

doesnt sound good for sony

[G4everX]

Well, that's fine, I'll just keep my PS2 ^_^. It's not as if they will sell for much money, by the time the PS3 comes out.

It's to bad that it won't play all the games though.

Thanks for the update, good find!

[ace2cloud]

I hate to say this, but BC is a really over-hyped feature for a console.

Honestly, how many PS1 games did you play on your PS2?

How many Xbox games do you really expect to play on your 360?

5, maybe 10.

[xpitbull]

I dont really care, but still ppl will be playing games for ps3 than ps2 and PS1 GAMES. I dont think gamestop sells ps1 games anymore. And i dont think the backwards compatibility is a big deal for me

[jt_mares]

i agree it is a highly overrated feature, however it does make the transition from one console to the next much easier, giving you games to play while you build up another expensive library

[deathbringr]

hey good find about the ps3 man. i figured they would probably run into the same problems microsoft is with bc.