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Sony confesses PlayStation 2 won't play all PSX 1 games
Sony has admitted that the upcoming PlayStation 2 may not be quite as
backwardly compatible as the consumer electronics giant has previously
claimed.
According to a Bloomberg report, Sony Computer Entertainment director
Kenichi Fukunaga said some older titles may not run on the new console after
all.
Potential problems with the PlayStation 2's ability to play original
PlayStation games was first mooted by Japanese gaming publisher Jiji Press.
It claimed some games don't work with the new console's video system.
Fukunaga was unable to confirm why this should be an issue here, instead
claiming that problem software was probably not written to "Sony
standards" -- essentially games that bypass Sony's APIs and write directly
to the hardware.
Fukunaga couldn't say how many of the 3000-odd PlayStation titles would not
run. However, it's worth noting that the PlayStation-on-a-PC software Bleem!
will run only around 300 PlayStation titles perfectly. While Bleem! (the
company) has yet to test every single PlayStation game, most of the ones the
do fail, either by refusing to run at all or with various graphical
glitches, do so because they work directly with the game's hardware.
Of course, since Bleem! is merely a 'black-box' that behaves the way a
PlayStation might, it's not a perfect test of PlayStation 2 backwards
compatibility, but it does suggest that, since the two versions of the
console are architecturally different, the degree of backwards compatibility
may not be as high as Sony anticipated since a lot of titles won't find the
hardware they expect to find.
Backwards compatibility problems are unlikely to dampen the PlayStation 2's
sales too much, but they will come as a blow to existing PlayStation owners
keen to upgrade and take their favourite games with them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduardo Luccas" <elucas_at_s...>
To: <canal3_at_egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: [CANAL3] Re: Site sem Saturn? So' no Exterior.
Xii... já me meteram em rolo...
:-D
Eu não sei muita coisa a respeito...
Esta história de "melhorar" acho meio esquisita, ou ele roda ou não roda...
Quanto a retro-compatibilidade com o PSX1, tb já ouvi muita coisa...
Se a Sony resolver incluir a compatibilidade nos chips do PSX-2 acho
muito improvável que não seja 100%... a menos que eles excluam alguns
pontos de acesso ao hardware do PSX1 em que eventualmente os
softwares do PSX1 fazem ou incluir algum "truque" no chip... Mas isso
é, no mínimo, burrice, pois essa é uma grande jogada que a Sony pode
aproveitar...
Então na minha opinião vai ser 100% compatível sim...
[]'s
Eduardo Luccas
>>
>
>E', sao coisas que so' o Eduardo Luccas poderia explicar
>(o, indireta feia.. :)
>
>>Esse esquema do suporte ficou esquisito, né? Porque no começo a Sony disse
>>que não iria "melhorar" os jogos do PSX1 quando jogados no PSX2, via
>>emulação, colocando melhor texturização, etc., por que eles queriam manter
>>compatibilidade com o PSX1, inclusive mantendo o mesmo chip. Agora eles
vem
>>com essa história de compatibilidade não-100%? Hmmm.....
>
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Recebida em Mon 28 Feb 2000 - 14:28:31 BRT