PAL PS3 to have limited Backwards Compatibility

Sorry to have to post this news, I don't even know why this situation would have happened. How big a difference could there be between the NTSC and PAL PS2 chips? Anyway, it seems Sony is going the software emulation route for European PS3 backwards compatibility. Original news article:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/pal-ps3-backwards-compatability-gimped-[update]-239076.php

Follow-up link to Sony's announcement:

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4331&NewsAreaID=2

Maybe they can throw some upscaling in if this is truly what is happening. Still doesn't make any real sense, though...

I don't understand what all the fuss is about. The PS3 is already over 97% BC. I am sure there are a few Europe titles that don't work. All this is saying is that, if certain Europe titles don't work, SCEE is not going to spend resources trying to fix games. The PAL PS3's are still going to get firmware upgrades like everybody else that will fix some games. Let's wait to see which games actually have a problem before saying how bad this is. If there is only 5 games that don't work, and those 5 games were the 5 worst selling titles, does it really matter that they don't work?eclipsed4utoo

- in case you missed it, very heavy on the sarcasm.

does sony hate europe or what :S?sheddi1

[QUOTE="sheddi1"]does sony hate europe or what :S?eclipsed4utoo

i dont really care the reason i'm buying a ps3 is to play ps3 games
hjolli23

Well before we all go linching Sony for this we actually need to get some facts.

They say limited BC. That could mean that 75% of PS2 titles work out of the box, and all the high profile titles at that. IF 100% BC meant 98% here in NTSC land, maybe limited is not nearly as bad as you are all thinking. It is lovely to see just how little faith people have in Sony, even though they have proven 2 times now that they have what it takes to make a console. And it is only a matter of time before the PS3 shines.

Also it seems that people have forgot that when Sony mentioned they would be using software emulation in the future, they claimed we would see an improvement in visuals of PS2 games. So is this entirely a bad thing? Less working titles, but they all have improved graphics?

Put your pitchforks away till more info surfaces.

And look on the bright side, I can gaurentee even with a gimped PS3 BC list, you will still have thousands more BC titles then the compeditors console....

[QUOTE="hjolli23"]i dont really care the reason i'm buying a ps3 is to play ps3 games
Gzus666