European PS3: what to expect?

Phill Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, defended the European version of the PS3.

He did it last week very unfavorable reporting due to Sony being forced to explain. As is well known, PlayStaton 23, which will be available in Europe from March 3, does not have the chip that provided hardware compatibility backwards for PS2 games. Not only will the PS3 be much more expensive with us than in the U.S., but we’ll also get a mutilated gaming machine that, like the Xbox 360, will only include software emulation.

Phil Harrison, President of SCEE

Responding to the negative reception, Phil Harrison said the situation is not at all as frustrating as the press outlines. He claims that there are more than a thousand PS2 games that will run flawlessly on the next-generation console with software emulation, and plans to create a list that includes the names of these programs, and will later improve the firmware with firmware updates. situation. Of course, he also added that they want to focus primarily on PS3 releases, as only those that really show the potential of the console.