1. Good news - 1,845 titles is a lot more than the 1,000 we were originally promised. It’s 75% compatibility in fact, and I’m sure it’ll go upwards with future updates.

   Yes, I’m not thrilled that it’s not the 98% compatibility of other regions, but 75% isn’t too bad.

   
   Comment by cei — Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:38 pm

2. Good news.

   
   Comment by donmohsin — Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:38 pm

3. Excellent news!

   
   Comment by Tom Kiss — Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:45 pm

4. Well the damage limitation excercise by Sony continues unabted. They decide to do the honourable thing by letting us know which PS2 games will be able to run on the PS3 4 days before launch. Just enough time for people to reconsider getting one as many really felt this was a deal breaker for them when considering getting a PS3.

   1700+ titles is certainly heroic when compared to the XBox 360 who’s XBox titles were/are far fewer than that over a year after its launch.

   The final bit of good news is that Sony are offering to provide CDs for people who have no internet access to upgrade their firmware.

   All of this can only be regarded as a step in the right direction. However we can’t forget the fact that this is still short of the originally promised 100% compatibility as North America and Japan has. Any whay you slice it, Europe and Australasia are still getting a lesser product than the rest of the planet.

   
   Comment by Kropotkin — Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:56 pm

5. 1700+ titles is certainly heroic when compared to the XBox 360 who’s XBox titles were/are far fewer than that over a year after its launch.

   lol - Did XBox even have that many titles?

   
   Comment by Tom Kiss — Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

6. [...] vorhin gelesen: 1,782 von 2,451 in europa erhältlichen ps2 titel sind auf der ps3 spielbar mehr zu dem thema: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=346 [...]

   
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7. Excellent news!! Just a few more days to go now

   
   Comment by Timeless — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:00 pm

8. [...] Eben gelesen 1,782 von 2,451 in europa erhältlichen ps2 titel sind auf der ps3 spielbar mehr zu dem thema: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=346 [...]

   
   Pingback by Kann die PS3 Auch 2und 1 Spile abspilen - PS3 Forum — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:01 pm

9. Excellent stuff.
   This should guarantee compatability of the vast majority of the decent ps2 games.

   
   Comment by Jon Dawson — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:01 pm

10. Is the link not working for ne1 else?

    
    Comment by Youiri — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:02 pm

11. Great news. Background downloading looks more comprehensive than first thought, bluetooth keyboard and mouse support and 500 more BC games than last Tuesday :o)

    
    Comment by Sean — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:02 pm

12. Uhhh, the 75% is the number of games in the list. And in the list there are quite a few games that arent “fully compatible” i.e. give problems when playing. They should have just waited to get it sorted before savinga few bucks with the emo engine.

    
    Comment by Tik^4 — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:37 pm

13. Hi,

    Can’t access the damn list at present!

    Can someone let me know if FF 12 is compatible…. please…. my life depends on it!

    
    Comment by Bazlurgan — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:52 pm

14. FF 12 plays, with minor issues

    
    Comment by Youiri — Mar 20, 2007 @ 1:56 pm

15. Well. This is good news and definitely the right thing to do by Sony - a solid overview of the current state of BC before the actual launch. Many, many thanks.

    And 1800+ titles is something quite different from the “limited range” predicted a few weeks earlier. Huge kudos to all the software engineers involved who had to give up on sleep for a while there in order to cook up firmware update 1.60 ;).

    But.

    I’ve hopped over to the BC site and apparently, many of these playable titles will have “issues” to some degree. Of everything listed, only titles with three blocks next to them will play without noticable problems (as far as the engineers have researched, of course). Titles with one block have “occasional problems” whereas those with two blocks suffer from “clear problems”. I would have ordered things on the “problem scale” a little different, but oh well.

    Anyway, I did a quick scan of the list, looking for my personal favourites and noticed a few interesting tidbits:

    * Almost all the highend franchises which made the list (Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Okami, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, PES, Fifa, …) have one or two blocks besides their respective titles.

    * The SCEE franchises (Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, God of War) work great, as expected, phew. Including the still PAL-unreleased God of War 2.

    * Tekken, Project Zero and GTA seem to work pretty good with only 3 and 1 block entries.

    * Sadly missing from the list: Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

    The first tidbit above raises a question: what exactly can we expect from one and two block entries? Do “occasional problems” (one block) mean that the game crashes every once in a while, or that polygons are occasionally rendered with graphical errors? Do “clear problems” (two blocks) mean that you get graphical errors all over the place, or that cutscenes go crazy, or that the game will boot, but it’s pretty much impossible to get past the title screen?

    It would be great if more insight could be provided there.

    I hope future firmware updates can further improve the emulation accuracy of the mentioned AAA franchises. Either way, thanks again for taking the right course of action, Sony!

    
    Comment by VMerken — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:07 pm

16. Sony, please FIX:

    * SHADOW OF ROME (Capcom)
    * OUTRUN 2006 COAST 2 COAST (Sega)
    * OKAMI (Capcom)

    
    Comment by Joel — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:08 pm

17. WOW, you make my day, cant wait to get my PS3 in 56 hours and 45 minutes

    
    Comment by Max — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:15 pm

18. Edit pertaining to my previous post (14): At the time of writing, there’s a small communications problem on the site.

    The UK version of the site (and all other, english versions) says:
    two blocks = some minor issues
    one block = noticeable issues

    The Belgian (Dutch) version of the site (which I initially consulted) says the exact opposite. Further inspection shows that all other non-English versions say the same thing (German, Luxemburg, Denmark, Italy, …). Ehm… so which versions are correct, then? Personally I hope the english version is, as that seems the more logical classification.

    
    Comment by VMerken — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

19. Correction for post 18: Ehm… my previous previous post appears to be 15, not 14. Sorry about that.

    
    Comment by VMerken — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

20. Comparing my list of games with Sony list doesn’t get me anywhere near 75%.

    I must admit this has been a skilful manipulation of turning negative news into something positive. i.e. 100% of PS2 games won’t work as opposed to only 25%.

    Thankfully Project Zero, Ico, SOTC are on the list. Shame about RES4, Okami, FFXII, Silent Hill 2.

    
    Comment by rogerb — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:31 pm

21. i hope this message gets to the Sony Superiors,

    Why are all the “exclusive” games going to the 360? Was looking forward to Devil May Cry but now i has this gut feeling that, as it is a multi platform game, it will not use the PS3′S undoubted potential to the fullest.

    Please announce more games, so come this Friday, me buying a PS3 will be even sweeter

    
    Comment by superman — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:36 pm

22. What is this????

    In the comments, one persons says FF 12 works and in another someone says it doesn’t.

    Damn my PC for not allowing me access to the site!

    What’s going on here!

    
    Comment by Bazlurgan — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:38 pm

23. Bazlurgan, FF XII should boot in your Firmware 1.60 PS3 - at this point, it’s merely unsure whether or not it will run with “some minor” or “noticeable” issues.

    Incidentally, the PSOne BC list for PS3 is - while less important as the PS2 BC list, sure - a bit disappointing personally: Resident Evil 2 and 3, Tomb Raider, Fear Effect, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Final Fantasy VII are painfully absent *sigh*.

    
    Comment by VMerken — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:52 pm

24. Hi Sony,
    after this, you will not have my money:
    some minor issues, noticeable issues…
    SHAME!

    
    Comment by Attilha — Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:55 pm

25. Bit gutted: “PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6″ - “Should play on PLAYSTATION®3 with noticeable issues”

    That is the only PS2 game I currently own that I will want to play on my Ps3, looks like I might have to keep hold of my PS2 for a while longer

    
    Comment by Bojangles — Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:16 pm

26. yay Sony! Great job. I’d have to say this is great support given that the EE is removed. The remaining 25% should hopefully be done soon and this BC issue can be laid to rest. As a PS3 owner, I’d have to say.. I haven’t played any of my old PS2 games since getting a PS3, only spending some small amount of time on Okami since it became “Greatest Hits” and waiting for God of War 2 to do the same. But, nonetheless this is great for those who still wants to play PS2 games in the UK.

    
    Comment by nmc75 — Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:18 pm

27. yea, onimusha not badly affected…… thats right im a huge onimusha fan. but abit upset about san andeas being noticable problems….. but hey…. atleast its got a good number of ps2 games.

    
    Comment by thedirector — Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:19 pm

28. Some of the games on the list are classics but are listed as having ‘noticable issues.’

    I wonder if there is the possibility that Sony will try and further improve these, or is what’s on the list considered ‘compatible?’

    
    Comment by Andronix — Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:20 pm

29. Dear Sony,

    Many thanks for your hard work and dedication on this issue. You have listened to our concerns and acted in response to them. This enormous effort is of great benefit to everyone who has a PS3 on preorder and is very much appreciated. Who says Sony doesn’t care about Europe?!?!

    Regards,
    Richard Downey

    
    Comment by reakt — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:00 pm

30. can you please confirm the playing games while downloading tidbit from the press release?

    
    Comment by momo — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

31. Guys, I’m really worried — the PS2 game which I really need to be able to play on PS3 is listed as playable (Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence) But, the product code on the package of my copy does not match the codes on the website… will it still work — or will I have to wait for another update, or never be able to play it on the PS3 at all?

    Thanks,

    Steffan

    
    Comment by Steffan — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:14 pm

32. [...] ThreeSpeechEU PS3 Backward compatible ListText list of PS3 compatible games [...]

    
    Pingback by European PS3 Backwards Compatible List Revealed « Techstatic.net — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:17 pm

33. [...] ThreeSpeechEU PS3 Backward compatible ListText list of PS3 compatible games [...]

    
    Pingback by Techstatic.net » Blog Archive » European PS3 Backwards Compatible List Revealed — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:34 pm

34. A jednak - 73% tytułów z PS2 będzie działać na PS3!

    1,782 z 2,451 dostępnych tytułów na PS2 będzie działać w dniu premiery na PS3.
    SONY zrobiło podsumowanie tytułów kompatybilnych. Jak z niego wynika, aż 1782 tytuły z PS2 i PSOne będą działać na PlayStation 3.
    Jak podaje nieoficjalny blo…

    
    Trackback by PS3 Site Polska | Portal PlayStation 3 | PS3 News — Mar 20, 2007 @ 4:57 pm

35. Dear Sony,

    We really appreciate you charging us more for a console that has less functionality than other regions. Can I give you extra credit for letting us have it later than everyone else too!

    Regards,
    Martin

    P.S. Can you ensure that you have a team working 24/7 getting Pro Evolution Soccer 6 working flawlessly and upscaled? That would be nice

    
    Comment by Bojangles — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:07 pm

36. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Only 6 out of my 100 games work with out issue. 10 have minor issues 15 have major issues. The rest arent on the list.

    
    Comment by Carl — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

37. Fantastic news, thanks Sony!

    
    Comment by Tom Eccles — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:18 pm

38. some of the best PS2 games, or at least som of my favourites, are “one Block” (noticable issues) such as Okami, Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Madden 06, GTA san andreas, and Beyond Good and Evil. I wonder if this will be fixed with later updates or if they will stop bothereing once they are in some way compatible…

    
    Comment by MCFloater — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:24 pm

39. Sounds great. I’ll be getting this come midnight!

    
    Comment by Neil — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:33 pm

40. I must be reading the wrong list, because from what I can make out the list is short of games that I’d actually want to play.

    High on numbers, Low on quality.

    
    Comment by Sean — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:39 pm

41. LOL F**K THIS AND F**K YOU SONY

    
    Comment by meddow — Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:44 pm

42. At this point, I would like to say one thing for those who canceled their pre-order when they heard BC compability issues.

    “I TOLD YOU SO”.

    
    Comment by [-Z-] — Mar 20, 2007 @ 6:23 pm

43. “At this point, I would like to say one thing for those who canceled their pre-order when they heard BC compability issues.

    “I TOLD YOU SO”.

    erm…… ARE YOU RETARDED?

    You can walk into any store and pick one up.

    THERE NOT SELLING AT ALL

    NO ONE WANTS A GIMPED OVER PRICE MACHINE

    
    Comment by meddow — Mar 20, 2007 @ 7:27 pm

44. I hope your all happy with the BC list cause sony isnt ever updating it LOL

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3158104

    also

    BC PS1 and PS2
    Total Games: 5,021 (see asterisk notes above)
    Total games working: 2,826 (56.29% of all games)
    No known issues: 1792 (63.41% or working games)
    Minor issues: 473 (16.74% of working games)
    Noticeable issues: 561 (19.85% of working games)

    
    Comment by meddow — Mar 20, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

45. WHY IS SONY LOSING SO MANY EXCLUSIVE GAME TITLES, SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING! STOP THE BLEEDING!!!
    Sorry this topic is off the subject.

    
    Comment by ERIC MEADOWS — Mar 20, 2007 @ 8:25 pm

46. I’d like to see support for:

    Black
    Manhunt
    Metal Gear Solid 2
    Soul Caliber II
    SSX3

    These are all great games! =(

    The following have 1 block (poor):

    GTA: San Andreas
    Pro Evo Soccer series
    Time Splitters 2

    Surprising that the above list of decent games are either not supported or poorly supported. I hope this changes.

    For those of you not being able to access the site - are you using the right link i.e. this one:

    http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc/

    
    Comment by Obli — Mar 20, 2007 @ 9:28 pm

47. re) 31

    I retract my earlier statement, I didn’t see the next game

    There are some quality titles in that list.
    Just hoping Sony keep developing BC

    
    Comment by Sean — Mar 20, 2007 @ 10:21 pm

48. to all those trumpeting Sony’s ‘achievment’ of making so many titles BC: Sorry, it’s still a very poor list.

    The fact that it has more games BC than the 360 is a moot point. Sony from day 1 stated that the PS3 would have almost 100% BC with the previous PS generations. To take such a direct dump on the european market and go back on a key pledge is pretty awful…. and to trumpet this list as good news is just sad, very sad.

    There will be a lot of disapointed PS fanboys come friday, hooking up their gimped console using the included composite cable expecting a revolution. Even sadder when they try playing that copy of GTA:SA or PES6 they hung on to… Remeber, the HD era doesn’t start until Sony says so

    PS. I have all 3 key formats and am by no means a zealot, just a gamer with my head screwed on right

    
    Comment by NecronomiconUK — Mar 20, 2007 @ 11:42 pm

49. this is to threespeech could you tell sony that the people who imported the ps3 are already signing up for our free bluray fix this plz

    
    Comment by PSM3MAGSPITZ — Mar 21, 2007 @ 12:28 am

50. Great! most of my importent games work!,And I got 213!
    on a side note ppl that are trying to put a negative spin on things….grow up!
    As gamers I respect your opinion, but I don’t expect you to act like retards

    
    Comment by TGO — Mar 21, 2007 @ 12:51 am

51. “Sony from day 1 stated that the PS3 would have almost 100% BC with the previous PS generations”

    And then people complained about the cost. And Sony had to prioritize. Either 100% BC, or 75% and have more people actually buy it.

    Don’t blame Sony, blame the cheapskates who aren’t buying a PS3 even though it’s only $100 more than the 360

    
    Comment by Extinction — Mar 21, 2007 @ 5:55 am

52. Well given the price of the PS3 which still costs more then other regions. And the fact I am unlikely to be able to buy games often (most of the release games are pants).

    Its good to see that the BC is okay

    
    Comment by Ali — Mar 21, 2007 @ 12:12 pm

53. I can only Say: SONY update the firmware for SINGSTAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    
    Comment by Darkie — Mar 21, 2007 @ 8:13 pm

54. [...] Playstation 2 Giochi totali: 2,451 (ThreeSpeech) Giochi compatibili: 1,782 (72.7% dei giochi in totale) (Google Docs Spreadsheet) [...]

    
    Pingback by Giochi compatibili con la PS3: analisi dettagliata at Gaming — Mar 22, 2007 @ 3:25 am

55. I conducted my own count of the BC list and I don’t even get close to 1.782 games. In fact, I counted only 1.240.

    I think you guys counted all the different print runs as well as the different language versions as unique games. Some games on the list are listed up to 9 times because of different manufacturing batches. If you omit all those double entries, you should get around 1.240 unique titles that work…

    Anyone doubting this number, please be my guest and count the games yourself.

    
    Comment by grussbarbar — Mar 22, 2007 @ 12:55 pm

56. Love the fact the URL starts faq.eu.

    Well faq.eu Sony

    
    Comment by Piersy — Mar 22, 2007 @ 2:43 pm

57. I hope that SONY takes a two-pronged approach to future ps2 compatibility firmware in the PS3:

    .
    # Promoting more ps2 games from ‘non-working’ to a ‘working’ state.

    … AND …

    # Improving the experience of the current poorly-emulated ‘working’ games.

    ————-
    ————-
    ————-
    Personally, I wish to see new support for these games:
    * BLACK
    * MANHUNT
    * MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE
    * OUTRUN 2006
    * POOL PARADISE
    * SNIPER ELITE

    .
    And improved emulation of:
    * HAUNTING GROUND
    * SHADOW OF ROME
    * PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE TWO THRONES
    * GTA: SAN ANDREAS

    
    Comment by Joel — Mar 23, 2007 @ 9:53 am

58. the website which lists the ps2 games which work on the ps3 but a cant get on cos its sayn error 500

    
    Comment by manu support — Mar 24, 2007 @ 11:46 am

59. The real insult is that Sony only save $27 a unit by removing the Emotion Engine. Considering that we are paying waaaay more than the US and Japan, making a big chunk of our old games useless or “playable with issues” for the sake of $27 is a bit of a slap in the face. Why not offer a fully BC version for £15 more or something?

    
    Comment by danno — Mar 26, 2007 @ 8:31 am

60. As for Europe getting an “inferior” version of the PS3, Sony never intended to include the EE+GS hardware for *all* PS3 versions in the first place and just go software emulation. The problem was that the emulation software was not yet ready at the time of the Japan and US launch of the PS3 so they included the EE+GS chip to provide backward compatibility. In fact the next production runs of the Japan and US PS3’s will see the chip removed and go emulation just as well.

    
    Comment by Mel — Apr 1, 2007 @ 4:08 am

61. If I were you I’d have a look at this far more comprehensive list with integrated user rating as well:

    http://www.ps3comp.com

    
    Comment by Jay Jay — Apr 7, 2007 @ 10:21 am

62. WILL SCARFACE WORK ON PS3

    
    Comment by D1NK — Apr 8, 2007 @ 12:35 pm

63. i want to play pro evolution soccer 6 from playstation2 to playstation3

    
    Comment by nikos — May 28, 2007 @ 1:06 pm

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65. I packed up my PS3. I only play Soccer and none of my PS2 games could play on my PS3. I still use my PS2 to play games and the PS3 has been useless cos SONY has not been considerate.

    I have repeatedly upgraded with software from Sony, upto upgrade ver 1.92 and yet nothing good has happened. It all looks like a wasted purchase, considering that a friend had to help me buy the PS3 from UK to 9ja on release in Europe.

    I hope Sony would address the issue once and for all to ensure that we do not purchase this gaming machine for nothing. If they are serious about emulation, they would program a totally compartible software at once and make everybody happy.

    I am totally fed-up. It’s all fuck-up arrangement. It’s a shame for Sony to not live upto the promised 100% compartibility.

    
    Comment by Emma — Sep 15, 2007 @ 6:04 am

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