Sony's Euro PS3 will play fewer older games
Friday 23 Feb 2007 - 13:38
When Sony released its PlayStation 3 games console in the U.S. and Japan, it was criticized because despite its vaunted "backwards compatibility" with games for the older PS2 console, it couldn't play them all. But Sony plans to offer European customers a special version of the PS3 that is compatible with fewer older games, not more.
The version of the PlayStation 3 launched in the U.S. and Japan contained special hardware, notably the PS2's Emotion Engine microprocessor, just to ensure compatibility with PlayStation and PS2 games. Nevertheless, the PS3 was still incompatible with more than 200 PlayStation and PS2 games at launch.
Now that situation will get worse.
"The Emotion Engine has been removed and that function has been replaced with software," said Nick Sharples, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. in London. That has a "slightly detrimental effect" on compatibility, he said.
Successive software updates have made the U.S. version of the PS3, with its dedicated hardware,
compatible with 98 percent of PS2 games, he said.
Apart from the missing Emotion Engine, the rest of the European console remains unchanged -- although the company will only offer one model, with a 60GB hard disk, in Europe.
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PS3 Compatibility Chart
Model# CECHA01 (60GB PLAYSTATION 3 System)
Some PlayStation 2 or PlayStation format software titles may perform differently on this system than they do on PlayStation 2 or PlayStation systems, or may not perform properly on this system. (released November 2006)
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Υ.Γ. Έχω το παραπάνω μοντέλο 60GB (του έχω αλλάξει τον σκληρό μ' έναν 500άρι). Το video της εισαγωγής του GT4 κάνει διακοπές. Το PS2 το έχω δανείσει σ' ένα φίλο, οπότε δεν το έχω τρέξει εκεί για να δω διαφορές, αλλά υποθέτω ότι εκεί θα παίζει κανονικά.