Tuesday, March 20th 2007
72% of PS2 Games Will Work on the PS3
Sony has published its list of Playstation and Playstation 2 titles that will work with the European version of the PS3, with 72% of PS2 games claimed to be working on the new console. The list should be available here, but unfortunately it is no longer working so Sony may be amending the list. The v1.6 firmware announced earlier today will allow 1,782 of the 2,451 PS2 games available in Europe run using emulation, although it is claimed that many will not work 100%. According to Sony, games such as Kingdom Hearts and Twisted Metal Black run with "noticeable issues" (which have not been published). Removing non-essential USB devices and avoiding 60Hz mode (NTSC) may help to solve some of these problems, as well as limiting the number of players on one console to seven. President of SCEE David Reeves said "We will be adding additional titles to this list in future firmware upgrades, but as we have made clear before, in the future our resources will be increasingly focused on developing new services and entertainment features exclusively for PS3, rather than on delivering PS2 backwards compatibility."Update: the link now appears to be working again
Source:
IGN
14 Comments on 72% of PS2 Games Will Work on the PS3
so 300/400 = 75%...
also, when it was first released in europe it was only compatible with ~150 games
i just found the number now...its 500.
you seem to be very bias against the 360.
www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=EEpEAkuuFElhYDugdL4431
so,
300/500 = 60%, just 12% short compare to the ps3.
I have a 360 and that make me feel dissapointed. the 360 don't support many games that I like.
Def Jam Fight for NY, Marvel vs Capcom 2 and other kick ass games. So the ps3 is better supporting last generation games.
a difference of 40%
rememer the xbox360 only supported 150 games when it was released in europe, they have had a year to nearly double that number
though the interesting thing that was just brought to my attention, the ps3 will be backwards compatible with more games on its release than the original xbox even had
assuming we believe your 500 game number which was posted back in 2004
if you pay attention to the trivial things like dates, i guess we could just assume no more games came out at all for the xbox in the year between the time that list was posted and the time the 360 came out
i am far from against the 360, why is it that when someone says something is better than something else in an area that suddenly means they are against it?
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=293000
see there, i openly admit i play my 360 more than my ps3, but yeah, i hate that xbox360 so much... /sarcasm
you sure do like to defend the 360 against the ps3 a lot and make rather bold claims about the 360 comparisions to the ps3, you wouldn't be against the ps3 would you?
i am sure you seriously would make a bold statement that the system is maxed out based on a handful of launch titles
it wouldn't be anti-sony of you if you didn't make bold anti-ps3 statements based on nothing
more than i think about it, yea, i am anti-ps3 now...they have changed, they are here for your money now, rather than delivering a better system. ps3 owners got themselves a glorified ps2 with blue ray.
and yes, there were improvements between the launch titles on the 360
the difference between gears of war and lost planet very noticeable, you can tell the developers have had time to streamline the latest 360 games compared to the launch titles
the same will happen with the ps3, the games will only continue to improve, the fact that they are starting out already better than the 360 games after a year means they will continue to be better as they improve