PS3 Backward Compatible
Yes, it\'s now official.
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.
Check back with IGN for more news regarding Sony\'s latest console beast.
