Kutaragi Talks PS3 Backward Compatibility

Sony"s next-gen console will use hardware and software to play PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games; SCE president says Xbox "killing itself."

Since Sony announced the PlayStation 3 would play both PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games, many have wondered how the next-generation console"s backward compatibility would work. With the PlayStation 2, Sony solved its backward-compatibility issue by equipping the console with the original PlayStation"s chipset as a subprocessor.

But when Sony announced the PlayStation 3 specs, the machine didn"t include any subprocessor chips, which led industry watchers to conclude that its backwards compatibility would be done through emulation software, as the Nintendo Revolution will.

News source: GameSpot

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