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"PS3 Officially fully backward compatible with PS1 & 2 games"

Confirmed by Sony yesterday, everyone probably took it as read anyway,

September 02, 2003 - Why do we love our PlayStation 2's? Sure, it has lots of cool games and plays DVD movies, but why do really love it? Because it can play original PlayStation games too, of course. A seemingly minor feature, the fact that the PS2 can play PS one games is without a doubt one of the reasons for the PS2's success; so why fix something that definitely isn't broken?
In a talk with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Ken Kutaragi, head honcho at Sony Computer Entertainment, officially confirmed that the successor to the PlayStation 2 will in fact be backward compatible with not only PS2 games, but also PS one games.

"PS one runs on PlayStation 2 through emulation rather than actual hardware. PlayStation 3 will offer the same compatibility for PS2 software and the format will continue forever," Kutarai explained.

The inclusion of backward compatibility is not all that surprising, but we're glad it's finally official. Now we don't have to worry about having ten consoles and the corresponding wire mess in our living rooms.

The only PSX games i play on my PS2 are my old RPG's so stuff like:

Final Fantasies, Vandal Hearts, Suikodens, Vanguard Bandits, Xenogears (can't wait to get the english version of Xenosaga), Hoshigami etc etc

Agreed, I do like backwards compatability. MS should have had DC support in the Xbox. Would have made things interesting.

It's still nice to get an old classic out now and again, plus you start with a good back catalogue of games.

Yea your lucky, you got a nice forum member who will advise not attack!
So use proper English...or newjerseyish or whatever it is.

Hobbit wrote:
> hi am a new guy who just arrived to the forum aiiright am from New
> jersey not from uk so i really think it's a cool place well i think u
> say dat do people play psx games any more of course i do play them
> the ps3 is not out or is it and if out how is it better than the
> psx,ps2 HOBBIT

PS3 will be far more powerful than them two but thats for future debates. Hobbit are you 3 feet tall with hairy feet?

No the PS3 is not out and will not be for at least 18 months.

Just a bit of advice, if you are going to hang around then you might want to work on the grammar, you'll get respected more.

hi am a new guy who just arrived to the forum aiiright am from New jersey not from uk so i really think it's a cool place well i think u say dat do people play psx games any more of course i do play them the ps3 is not out or is it and if out how is it better than the psx,ps2 HOBBIT

Jive wrote:
> Do people actually play on PSx games anymore?

i sometimes play bomberman from time to time

Thats funnt because whilst reading August's issue of Official PS2 magazine they said it would be compatible with PS2 games but NOT PSONE games?! Then again 99% of what is printed in that magazine is bull sheet.

old should read odd