Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
As far as I'm aware, the PS3 will be able to play both PS1 and PS2 games, although there are a small amount of them that are buggy and not yet compatible - but it's a small percentage.

EDIT: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061115/tc_zd/194144

Where are you getting your information, dude? Someone's feeding you incorrect stuff.
Thats not a small percentage, 8,000 games is alot and thats for just PS2 games alone who knows how many more PS1 games the PS3 cant play.


Clearly, enough people can afford the PS3 so far, every one of them is sold out!
The same thing happened to the Sega Saturn and the 3DOC when they launched. Most of the people who bought the PS3 so far are either rich kids or gamers in their 20's who have jobs. When the PS3 starts to become avalible and kids and teenagers (who make up a big part of the market mind you) cant afford them and their parents arnt willing to buy it for them then the sales will begin to slip. I remember just how much hype there was for the Saturn before and during launch but then as the time passed it just died. The same thing that killed Sega is going to kill Sony in the gaming market.



When those who can afford it for 600 all have it, the price will drop.
And how long will that be? It took Sony about two years to drop the price of their PS2.

Furthermore, backwards compatibility is far from the most important thing with the PS3. I already have 3 machines that can play my PS1 games, and 1 that can play my PS2 games.
I disagree, imagine how pissed off anyone here would be if they sold their PS2 and PS1 and bought a PS3 and then tried to play FFVII on it and then it doesnt work? I'd get pissed if I spent $600 on something that isnt backwards capable.