Tuesday, March 13th 2007
PAL PS3 backwards compatibility tested
We already wrote about the somewhat crippled PAL version of the Playstation 3 numerous times. Finally some Germans got first in reviewing the unit focused on backward compatibility and describing their findings over here.
To sum it up: 11 out of 12 games do not work! And they say the games in question were all quite new and popular (even the games made by Sony won't work). The reviewed console had the firmware rev. 1.50 installed which will be the release firmware for all the PS3 delivered on March 23rd. Only the future will tell how fast Sony will bring a new more compatible revision.
Here is the list of the tested games, Eragon being the only success.
- God of War
- MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
- MGS 3: Snake Eater
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Guitar Hero 2
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
- Okami
- GTA: Liberty City Stories
- Eragon
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Ratchet & Clank 3
- Lumines Plus
If you dare to read the machine translated german story yourself click here.
Source:
Cynamite.de
To sum it up: 11 out of 12 games do not work! And they say the games in question were all quite new and popular (even the games made by Sony won't work). The reviewed console had the firmware rev. 1.50 installed which will be the release firmware for all the PS3 delivered on March 23rd. Only the future will tell how fast Sony will bring a new more compatible revision.
Here is the list of the tested games, Eragon being the only success.
- God of War
- MGS 2: Sons of Liberty
- MGS 3: Snake Eater
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Guitar Hero 2
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
- Okami
- GTA: Liberty City Stories
- Eragon
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Ratchet & Clank 3
- Lumines Plus
If you dare to read the machine translated german story yourself click here.
15 Comments on PAL PS3 backwards compatibility tested
God of Was...lol
GTA: Liberty town center Stories...lol
i bought a ps3 to play ps3 games, as odd as that sounds
if i wanted to play my library of ps2 games it would be nice to be able to use my ps3, but i would also have a perfectly fine ps2 around if i really really wanted to
also, i think many have forgotten how bad the xbox360 compatibility was when it was first launched, something around only 300 games were playable, and in fact it is still pretty bad
actually, as of 12/06, the xbox360 was compatible with just under 300 xbox games
www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
and it still managed to be the best selling next-gen console this holiday
sony claims that they aim to have 1000 games working at launch, that is a pretty impressive number imho
www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157599
ps3 will have Metal gear, while 360 has halo3...ps3 has gt5, while 360 has forza2...etc, they do share common games, such as gta4, but not all...most of the great console games are single sided.
but i would say no console is really worth the price when it first comes out
they usually aren't worth it until the first price drop, by then there is a good library of games available and the price is obviously more reasonable
though i have to say again, i buy a ps3 to play ps3 games, if i was more concerned with playing ps2 games, i would just keep my ps2 instead of trading it in indeed it is a scheme to make money, something they are failing to do currently with the ps3 in its current configuration
contrary to popular belief sony is not unicef
sony is a business, and part of being a business is to make money on the products you sell
they feel they can't make a profit with the current hardward configuration, and i am included to believe them
i don't believe they are going to do what you claim and just rerelease the games again as ps3 games to make people pay for them again, if that was the case they wouldn't have backwards compatibility at all