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"Do Sony hate Europeans?"
This must be a question a fair few people are asking after the latest in a line of disappointments for the potential PS3 customers on this side of the Atlantic. First the delays, then the choice of only one machine (which, in my opinion, will be a good thing in the long term) and now the bombshell that most PS2 games won’t be compatible with the PS3 in European consoles. And Sony wonder why people import!
This cost cutting process means that Sony, while not making a profit, can make less of a loss on the PS3. At the same time, it may also prevent PS2 owners from trading in their machines and their precious back-catalogue of games which now seem unlikely to be played on the new console. Software emulation is still working, but this supports only a small number of the vast back catalogue of PS2 games at the moment and doesn’t seem to rise to Xbox 360 proportions as yet.
There was a similar outcry when Microsoft announced that not all old Xbox games would be compatible with the 360, but then software emulation was on the cards from the start with that console. With the PS3 Asian and American owners have already enjoyed hardware emulation, so it makes little sense for Sony to remove this even before the European launch unless, like many are now thinking, they have something against Europe.
On the plus side, the PS3 releases look quite strong enough to hold plenty of interest for potential purchasers, but PS2 compatibility would have been a nice bonus for those wanting only 1 console under their TV.
This must be a question a fair few people are asking after the latest in a line of disappointments for the potential PS3 customers on this side of the Atlantic. First the delays, then the choice of only one machine (which, in my opinion, will be a good thing in the long term) and now the bombshell that most PS2 games won’t be compatible with the PS3 in European consoles. And Sony wonder why people import!
This cost cutting process means that Sony, while not making a profit, can make less of a loss on the PS3. At the same time, it may also prevent PS2 owners from trading in their machines and their precious back-catalogue of games which now seem unlikely to be played on the new console. Software emulation is still working, but this supports only a small number of the vast back catalogue of PS2 games at the moment and doesn’t seem to rise to Xbox 360 proportions as yet.
There was a similar outcry when Microsoft announced that not all old Xbox games would be compatible with the 360, but then software emulation was on the cards from the start with that console. With the PS3 Asian and American owners have already enjoyed hardware emulation, so it makes little sense for Sony to remove this even before the European launch unless, like many are now thinking, they have something against Europe.
On the plus side, the PS3 releases look quite strong enough to hold plenty of interest for potential purchasers, but PS2 compatibility would have been a nice bonus for those wanting only 1 console under their TV.
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"Do Sony hate Europeans?"
This must be a question a fair few people are asking after the latest in a line of disappointments for the potential PS3 customers on this side of the Atlantic. First the delays, then the choice of only one machine (which, in my opinion, will be a good thing in the long term) and now the bombshell that most PS2 games won’t be compatible with the PS3 in European consoles. And Sony wonder why people import!
This cost cutting process means that Sony, while not making a profit, can make less of a loss on the PS3. At the same time, it may also prevent PS2 owners from trading in their machines and their precious back-catalogue of games which now seem unlikely to be played on the new console. Software emulation is still working, but this supports only a small number of the vast back catalogue of PS2 games at the moment and doesn’t seem to rise to Xbox 360 proportions as yet.
There was a similar outcry when Microsoft announced that not all old Xbox games would be compatible with the 360, but then software emulation was on the cards from the start with that console. With the PS3 Asian and American owners have already enjoyed hardware emulation, so it makes little sense for Sony to remove this even before the European launch unless, like many are now thinking, they have something against Europe.
On the plus side, the PS3 releases look quite strong enough to hold plenty of interest for potential purchasers, but PS2 compatibility would have been a nice bonus for those wanting only 1 console under their TV.
This must be a question a fair few people are asking after the latest in a line of disappointments for the potential PS3 customers on this side of the Atlantic. First the delays, then the choice of only one machine (which, in my opinion, will be a good thing in the long term) and now the bombshell that most PS2 games won’t be compatible with the PS3 in European consoles. And Sony wonder why people import!
This cost cutting process means that Sony, while not making a profit, can make less of a loss on the PS3. At the same time, it may also prevent PS2 owners from trading in their machines and their precious back-catalogue of games which now seem unlikely to be played on the new console. Software emulation is still working, but this supports only a small number of the vast back catalogue of PS2 games at the moment and doesn’t seem to rise to Xbox 360 proportions as yet.
There was a similar outcry when Microsoft announced that not all old Xbox games would be compatible with the 360, but then software emulation was on the cards from the start with that console. With the PS3 Asian and American owners have already enjoyed hardware emulation, so it makes little sense for Sony to remove this even before the European launch unless, like many are now thinking, they have something against Europe.
On the plus side, the PS3 releases look quite strong enough to hold plenty of interest for potential purchasers, but PS2 compatibility would have been a nice bonus for those wanting only 1 console under their TV.
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