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Sony Confirms PS3 Backwards Compatibility

Speaking in Japanese newspaper Ashai Shimbun, SCE boss Ken Kutaragi confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will be fully backwards compatible with PS2 software. However, his sl...

David Jenkins, Blogger

September 2, 2003

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Speaking in Japanese newspaper Ashai Shimbun, SCE boss Ken Kutaragi confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will be fully backwards compatible with PS2 software. However, his slightly ambiguous comments do not fully guarantee compatibility with the PS one: "PS one runs on the PlayStation 2 through emulation rather than actual hardware. PlayStation 3 will offer the same compatibility for PS2 software and the format will continue forever."

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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