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[bjork]

I haven't read up much on PS3, but I was curious to know something regarding memory cards, if they've made any sort of announcement or whatever:

will these be able to save PS2/PS1 games, or is it just technically not possible to make older games recognize the newer memory card?

 

[TTP]

It's technically possibile but no announcement was made on the subject.

 

[hukasmokincaterpillar]

I haven't read up much on PS3, but I was curious to know something regarding memory cards, if they've made any sort of announcement or whatever:

will these be able to save PS2/PS1 games, or is it just technically not possible to make older games recognize the newer memory card?

I believe they're going with standard memory sticks for PS3, like the PSP. You'll definitely be able to save PS1/PS2 data but you wont be able to transfer old data from your current memory cards. At least not without a 3rd party solution.

 

[bjork]

I believe they're going with standard memory sticks for PS3, like the PSP. You'll definitely be able to save PS1/PS2 data but you wont be able to transfer old data from your current memory cards. At least not without a 3rd party solution.

That'd be fine with me. I just notice that most places that sell ps1 games don't tend to sell the memory cards any more, so it seems they'd be even harder to find a few years from now. Kind of hard to get people into the "classics" when they can't save the game, you know?

 

[TTP]

The irony is that one of the main reasons behind the backwards compatibility thing was not just to allow people to play old games on a new system, but also to allow low-budget project to be greenlighted on a dieing system. ie: why make a new mahjong game for PS3 when you can easly do that for PSone using your old SDK, paying less royalty fees and targeting a wider market?