There are over 7,900 PS1 titles and over 8,100 PS2 titles. That's a total of 16,000 games. Of those, 100-200 have reported bugs - keep in mind that could be even the smallest of bugs - and those bugs are being worked on and for all I know, that news story I linked in my last post means that some of these have already been corrected. Let's assume that they haven't been corrected - not a single one of them - in the latest firmware update for PS3 though. And we'll also say that a full 200 games have bugs, despite it being somewhere under 200 (between 100 and 200). That would mean 200 out of 16,000 games have the slightest of bugs. That's 1.25% - a small percentage as far as I'm concerned. And it's more than likely that at least 50 of them are still playable and another 50 were corrected in the last firmware update. Closer to 0.625%, then. Seriously, man. If you think that "only" having 15,800 of the previous generation games is 'not backwards compatible' then you're supplying incorrect information, because over 98% of the time, the games will work just fine. Probably closer to 99%.Originally Posted by BlackChocobo
You won't know this is going to happen until it happens. So far, it's far, far, far too early to say how big a price decrease will be and also far too early to say which it will follow - Sega Saturn or Sony PS2. The argument that it is doing just as well as Sega Saturn did is a poor one, and the argument that it is doing just as well as Sony PS2 did is also a poor one. They both negate each other. All it tells us is that we don't know what will happen until roughly half a year after it launches.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.Clearly, enough people can afford the PS3 so far, every one of them is sold out!
So? Still sold more than any other console in history.And how long will that be? It took Sony about two years to drop the price of their PS2.When those who can afford it for 600 all have it, the price will drop.
Then it's your own damned fault for selling your PS2 before buying a PS3. That's just a stupid thing to do, plain and simple. Logic says that you find out if your games work on the new console before you sell the old one. Furthermore, it's notable that the PS2 isn't any more backwards compatible than the PS3 is, and the PS2 was massively successful. However, newer versions of the PS2, notably the slimline one, appear to play a lot of them fine - this shows that Sony worked to get more PS1 games to work on the PS2 over the years. Sony will probably continue to keep this in their mind and do the same for the PS3. The difference? Firmware updates mean you don't need to buy the whole console all over again!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.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.
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