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Rumour: Full PS3 backwards compatibility only weeks away

Wednesday, 01 Jul 2009 11:51
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As Sony's backwards compatibility patents make the rounds, a German website has supposedly gained comment from a Sony employee.

We were quick to point out that the unearthed Sony patents for the emulation of the PS2's CPU (Emotion Engine) on the PlayStation 3 did not imply full backwards compatibility. This was for the simple fact that the PS3 had already been software emulating the Emotion Engine since early-2007 when it was ripped out of European PS3s.

However, the fact remained that the patent was filed in December 2008 with a publication date of only last week.

This brings us to the German website DemoNews.de, which claims to have gained comment from a Sony employee stating that full backwards compatibility is coming to US PS3's as a firmware update in the "next few weeks."

A European release date for the update has not yet been determined, but if there's any credibility in this news, we expect it drop at around the same time as the US update. Pinch of salt people, big pinch of frickin' salt.


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  • "If true, then I'm glad I got a PS3."

    Livin in a box (Somewhere in the North West of the United Kingdom) Posted: 01/07/2009 21:38:04

  • "NOT GIONG TO HAPPEN!"

    John (Here) Posted: 02/07/2009 01:55:58

  • "Thanks for linking to us and our news, but our website has the name DemoNews.de :-)"

    Sven (Germany) Posted: 02/07/2009 09:01:53

  • "wtf? does that mean ill have to buy something to put in my ps3? its one of those gay 08 series that only play ps1 games :|"

    spike123131 (funville) Posted: 02/07/2009 09:19:28

  • "I hope so! And I hope for digital distribution of some PS2 games. (Or the MOST of all? Why not!?) Shadow of the Collossus would be my first one to buy - it's one that I didn't play through - shame on me! Greetz from Germany, Gregormeister(.de) "

    Gregormeister (Germany) Posted: 02/07/2009 09:55:24

  • "spike123131: No you won't have to buy something to put inside your PS3. This is about software emulation on the PS3 hardware, meaning it will utilise your 08 series PS3. Thanks"

    Gamezine (UK) Posted: 02/07/2009 15:07:29

  • "With it being a software emulator, it's not going to be 100% backwards compatible. Hopefully you're favorites will be included in the initial update."

    ChrisW (Nagoya) Posted: 03/07/2009 04:50:20

  • "THIZZ"

    HYPHY 510 (DEEP EAST OAKLAND) Posted: 27/07/2009 10:06:08

  • "WTF, really your always wrong, and weeks away sure.. lets see it!"

    Digitalhour (Far from you) Posted: 01/08/2009 06:44:28

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