Anyone with a PS3?

[FM-77]

In Europe and the rest of the universe, yes.

[TR0N]

It gives me this feeling that despite its flaws the ps3 will still win in Europe.

Sure it will given how they shut down lik-sang i bet gamers, there have forgiven sony 

[muse hunter]

It gives me this feeling that despite its flaws the ps3 will still win in Europe.

Sure it will given how they shut down lik-sang i bet gamers, there have forgiven sony 

whats there to forgive?  99% of people buy their games from highstreet stores, i don't think most people know about the lik sang situation, and if they did then they wouldn't care, why should they?  I don't

[Black Tiger]

this just reminds me, i was at woolworths today and they had an end of an isle dedicated to ps3 boxes with the console's release date and preorder, for some strange reason this managed to attract quite a few passers by who stood in front of the diplay, just mesmerised by the empty ps3 display boxes on the shelf.  It gives me this feeling that despite its flaws the ps3 will still win in Europe.

Wow, Woolworth's is still out there in parts of the world? 

As far as I know, the entire Canadian chain went under almost twenty years ago.

I bought some of my favorite childhood toys there.

[FM-77]

Lik Sang screwed everything up themselves, but blamed it on Sony because of their childishness. Losers. I'm glad they're gone, they were a**holes.

[guyjin]

Update: There is now exactly one ps3 game I am interested in: LittleBigPlanet.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/littlebigplanet/clips-littlebigplanet-242305.php

Here's hoping for a wii port.

[TR0N]

It gives me this feeling that despite its flaws the ps3 will still win in Europe.

Sure it will given how they shut down lik-sang i bet gamers, there have forgiven sony 

whats there to forgive?  99% of people buy their games from highstreet stores, i don't think most people know about the lik sang situation, and if they did then they wouldn't care, why should they?  I don't

Dunno some gamers i talk to in chat rooms that are in europe import alot.

Not to, mention they get treated like shit there on what... games that are released in europe years ago suposely that has change though.

Stil heaven forbid they have a choice on what they can play.

Please like sony is realy hurting for money becuse of one importer 

I call it greed pure and simple.

I've give credit to sony for letting the PS3 be region free at least.

Maybe the PS3 will make a dent there or just collect dust.

To be frank i still see Sony being a arrogant company these days.

[sunteam_paul]

this just reminds me, i was at woolworths today and they had an end of an isle dedicated to ps3 boxes with the console's release date and preorder, for some strange reason this managed to attract quite a few passers by who stood in front of the diplay, just mesmerised by the empty ps3 display boxes on the shelf.  It gives me this feeling that despite its flaws the ps3 will still win in Europe.

I hear loads of people are cancelling their orders and buying import machines now because the EU version is not as compatible with older PS2 games (they arsed around with the internals to make it cheaper probably).

[torgo]

Phil Harrison said that it will be initially compatible with 1200+ titles when the system launches. One of the magazines in EU got one already, and barely anything works, but they're running the 1.5 firmware. All of the new compatibility is included in the 1.6 firmware which will be out on launch day.

[guyjin]

yeah, right.

[takashirose]

If the EU buys import PS3 because it plays more PS1 and 2 games that is good if they have PS1 and 2 games from that import region.  Only the PS3 games are region free.  So it won't help them in playing their PAL PS1 and 2 games.

[FM-77]

Who buys a PS3 in order to play PS2 games? The people who own PS2 games most likely own PS2 systems already. Backwards compatibility sucks. I play all my PS1 games (like two of them) on a real PS1.

[GUTS]

It would be cool if it made the games look better like playing PSone games on a PS2 or playing regular Xbox games on a 360, but since PS3s can't play import PS2/PS1 games I'd never use the backward compatibility anyway.

[Black Tiger]

It would be cool if it made the games look better like playing PSone games on a PS2 or playing regular Xbox games on a 360, but since PS3s can't play import PS2/PS1 games I'd never use the backward compatibility anyway.

All the Xbox 1 games I've played on 360 look better overall, but games like Halo 1 & 2 were given special treatment and Halo 2 at least looks dramatically better (to those who play it a lot) and both support 720p.

[torgo]

Who buys a PS3 in order to play PS2 games? The people who own PS2 games most likely own PS2 systems already. Backwards compatibility sucks. I play all my PS1 games (like two of them) on a real PS1.

2 things.

-A lot of people will, because that allows them to only use one console for games from all 3. Less space used.
-At least in the US version, BC does not suck. They actually installed the Emotion Engine chip onto the board of the PS3. It has been said that the software solution for the EU systems will do the job fine. The reports that you are seeing are based on the 1.5 firmware, but the 1.6, that will be released on launch day, is what adds support for all of the BC-enabled titles.

Also, look at the difference in sheer numbers of titles supported in BC between the PS3 and the 360. The PS3, reported to support 1200+ initially, the 360 after being out for over a year, what, 250'ish titles.

When I worked at an EB years ago, and the SNES was coming out, 9 times out of 10, the first question asked was "will it play the games for the NES?"

We, as gamers may not care much about BC, but a LOT of parents and under-informed consider it a very big deal.