Sony: European PlayStation 3 will have limited backward compatibility with PS2

Feb 28, 2007 By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
European PlayStation 3 will have limited backward compatibility with PS2
Sony said its European PlayStation 3 will have limited backward compatibility with PlayStation 3. It will be unable to play many older games when it launches on March 23.

(AP) -- The PlayStation 3 going on sale in Europe next month will play only some of the games for its predecessor video game machine - a move designed to cut costs and speed up production.



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