backward compatibility

Saturday, August 22, 2009
Games

PS2 Compatbility Never Returning To The PlayStation 3

12:10AM Mark Wilson | Sony pretty much implied that backward compatibility was dead when they released the PS3 Slim (without PS2 support), but just in case, Sony’s John Koller put a few nails in that coffin during two recent interviews. More »
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Games

Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Updated

6:55AM Jason Chen | The Xbox 360 backward compatibility team’s just pumped out a batch of new updates, this time adding support for many older sports games, driving games and Batman games. There aren’t many A-list titles on here (probably because they’ve been added earlier due to the fact that they’re A-list titles), but if you really want to play Playboy: The Mansion without having to whip out that old black box, here ya go. As Microsoft’s said before, BC development will be ramping down after ‘07, so expect less frequent updates after this one. Full list after the jump. More »
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

PS3 Backward Compatibility

4:43AM Jason Chen | Easily look up whether your old PS1 and PS2 titles will work on your PlayStation 3 with this Sony Backward Compatibility checker. No giant list—you’ll have to enter a title manually. Again, the 60GB has hardware emulation, so if back-compat is important to you, grab one of those now while it’s still in stores. [PlayStation] More »
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