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Last month Sony announced that the PAL PlayStation 3 console would feature a new chassis, complete with a change to the way in which backwards compatibility is handled by the console. The company decided to remove the hardware support for PS2 games and opt to use a cheaper software solution.
Whilst this will reduce the cost of each PS3, it also reduced the number of PS2 games the PS3 will be able to play. Sony has since backed its decision, stating that the hope is to have support for around 1,000 PS2 games at the PAL launch.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at last week’s GDC, Harrison urged gamers to remain calm, insisting that a “strategy is still in place” for backwards compatibility.
“While that has unfortunately reduced the total number of games that will be compatible from the PS2 catalogue, it’s important to remember that the PS1 catalogue remains unchanged, and definitely, March 23, we expect over 1000 titles to be playable for PlayStation 2,” said Harrison.
He was still unable to detail which games would be playable, merely pointing out that the list will contain “the vast majority of games” people will want to play.
We’ll find out exactly which games do and don’t work next Friday when the PS3 launches in the UK and an online list of compatible games is published.
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