John-ShepardThe rumor flood just can't be stopped: mere days after learning that Sony had filed for a patent that could lead to the return of full PS2 software backwards compatibility in the PS3 , more evidence has arrived. …and this new tidbit says it's not only coming; it'll be here in the next few weeks.
Since that time, we know the patents in question don't automatically imply backwards compatibility, as the machine has been emulating the Emotion Engine since the original graphics synthesizer chip disappeared from all models after the original 60GB iteration. However, this doesn't change the fact that the patent was filed in December of last year and was only made public just last week, and as we all know, you don't go and patent existing things. To add more fuel to the rapidly spreading fire, German website DemoNews.de claims to have received a direct comment from a Sony employee that says full PS2 b/c will return to the PS3 via firmware update within the "next few weeks." Obviously, as this is a European website, we have to assume they're referring to a SCEE employee, provided they're not telling tall tales. This would further imply that such a firmware update would be available simultaneously in all major regions, simply because the formerly mentioned patents were submitted in the US. Connect this together with the PS3 Slim rumors, and current and would-be PS3 owners have plenty to discuss.
If all this is indeed going down in the next two weeks or so, we'll have to say it'll likely be the biggest news of the month. Then again, you never can tell when an especially huge announcement will just pop up out of the blue… It has been known to happen before.
If this is true, congrats to the non-BC owners!
hurray for my 40 gb ps3! hurray!
This is Indeed great news. A lot of people i know will not pick up a PS3 because of not being able to play their old games. If true this might lead in a sale spike.
well if they already have ps2's to play their old games why does it matter about their ps3's?
To save up space plus the old PS2 can be kept as a souvenir or sold. Besides, I gave away my PS2 because I thought all PS3's will have backwards compatibility. I was sadly mistaken but I hope this so-called "update" will bring me peace.
Hooray for me! My PS2 just hit the fritz, and i was supposed to look for the old SKU with b/c, though couldn't hold off buying anymore. Hoping this isn't just a rumor…
@Legendary
not only does PS2 B/C save space the PS2 doesn't support true HD. PS2 in 1080p? Yes please.
I hope so, but that is pretty sketch.
I don't think this one will be true. Some random German website getting info from a Sony employee? I doubt it.
Why? Germans aren't fit to receive info from Sony?
WARNING: That damned site uses pop-up ads, including a porn one, and even popped up a couple after I left the site!
So if you clicked on it too, I'd advise you to do an anti-virus & spyware scan ASAP just to be on the safe side.
Yeah, I've removed the link from the story.
Wow, I even got a thumbs down for warning people about spyware on that site?
Does your mama even know what a huge pathetic A-hole of a loser you must really be????????
And here's a little FYI for ya, I really don't give a flying f*ck if you like me or not, so give me all the thumbs down you want.
Chew on that, bi*ch!!!!!
Will the real "thumb downer" please stand up.
sounds awesome, also sounds very fishy, is that something you could even do with a firmware update?
Hmm, this also somewhat connects with the announcement of a Price Drop for the PS2, when it happened a few months back.
Although Sony said that the price drop happened because they still support their 10 year life cycle philosophy for the PS2 and that demand is still there for the console, I can infer that from a business standpoint, another reason they can issue a price drop is to get as much more PS2s in houses as much as possible before Sony feels it is the right time to move on from physically producing PS2s, and just incorporate PS2 backwards-compatibility to the PS3 by whatever means they can.
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Eh, FFXII supports wide screen display and as far as I can tell image looks upscaled to me.
I kinda don't want a ps3 with b/c because then my ps2 would go to waste just like my ps1, but whatever.
Ps2 in 1080p.
just because it's upscaled doesn't make great
But, having these games upscaled and viewable on a large HDTV is easier on the eyes.
Makes it better you negative Nancy. FFXII in 1080p is awesome.
Don't know what you're talking about but it's not 1080p. Just because it says, all it doing is stretching the pixels to fit and match. It's not True 1080p anything. That's why it's somewhat disproportional sometimes.
@ LegendaryWolfeh – Give up… some people just don't get it.
Oh man. My 60gb just died. Maybe I shouldn't have paid to get it fixed.
Yup my 60GB died recently to, its sitting on my desk underneath my laptop, im not sure what to do with it :(, I just stopped reading discs. i might see if i can in get it fixed but you do have to ask whats the point, it'll probaly f'up again in a few months.
@ultima off topic I don't mean to be a p-hole but your avatar scares the p out of me
Ultima, i know…. cause your going to college you don't wanna fix it or get a new ps3 for that matter,right?
Ultima, apparenty it's jus a falty blue Ray drive. Sony is replacing mine with a new one. I don't mind paying to fix it. I'm sure it will be fine after the repairs. If i were you I'd just get it fixed. Got almost 3 years of constant use out of it before I had problems.
Well to be honest im a bit grouchy i wont get to play Heavy Rain, i was pretty hyped for that. If i could afford it i would, but i just spent alot on a filming project and now saving for Uni this year, so its an impossibility. I have been tempted to buy a B-R Drive of Ebay, but its not as simple as disconnecting ther B-R and replacing it, you have to dismantle the motherboard and put it in the new one, plus a B-R is around £70 – £100 on its own.
I guess i'll just get a PS2, my friend bought his round the other day and it looks ok on my 26inch TV.
Aah yes. Priorities are a bitch.
well the ps3 i won on this site will enjoy this little update 😉
Not sure why someone would thumb you down for having won something. I still remember the day you won it… way to go and let's hope b/c comes back for all ps3 owners.
Balanced the thumb scale for you too.
Alienage True, i guess we have some real jealous guys here, i wonder how they'll cope if they see their girl with another man…
oh that would be great my ps2 died & I'm not spending money on another one. but i still want to play a few sp2 games
I just hope they get BC back so they can refine their emulator and hopefully get ps2 compatibility on the PSP2. Its a long shot, but i can hope.
They should develop a dual-core EE chip and drop it in the psp2. One core for running the ps2 games and the other for emulating whatever else. It would make for kick-ass psp2 games too.
But i digress.
I hope it's true because I really want to play SOTC and the GoW games .
Those two games were the first I played when I got my PS3 and HD TV, looks amazing!
WOW! If it comes true, Sony is going to steamroll the competition this year.
A $299 PS3 Slim with B/C, Uncharted2, GoW3, GT5, MAG, Heavy Rain and so on. This would send their sales to the moon.
Hope it comes true and hope Sony start making some serious $ with the PS3.
Go SONY!!!
Think Heavy Rain is due in 2010. At least that was what I heard!
same with GoW3 but it rly doesnt matter ps3 still rocks
This sounds pretty fishy to me. What gives?
Hey John Shepard: You write just like Ben Dutka. I was suprised to find your name at the bottom of the article. Anyways, keep on the hard work!
I notice that too…hmm more fishiness…
"You can't handle the truth!"
Oh no! Ben has two lives- one as John Shepard, and one as Ben Dutka! I can't take it! There must only be one, on way or another. *Cracks evil smile*
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It is highly unlikely that Sony will introduce BC, in a Firmware update. It just doesn't sound right to me. But who knows?
I will love it if this is true.
But I doubt it.
yehey.. i will be able to play Persona 3 and Persona 4 again!! on my 40gb (upgraded to 250gb) PS3!! YAHOOOOO^^
I want this to be true.
And no ps1 BC?
This is bull