Sony UK working on PlayStation HUB, PS3 back-compatibility

April 25th 2006 | Games Consoles

Key elements of the technology for PlayStation 3 - including the PlayStation Network Platform and the software to enable back-compatibility with PS and PS2 games - are being worked on at Sony’s UK studios, GamesIndustry.biz has learned.

Sources at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have revealed that technology for the PlayStation Network Platform is being developed at Sony’s London studio, under the internal name of "PlayStation HUB".

GamesIndustry - UK teams working on PlayStation HUB

Apparently they are trying to use the same software emulation idea being used pretty unsuccessfully by Vole on its 360 machine.

Although a large number of PS2 titles are working, Sony needs the majority to go to compete with Microsoft. One of the PS3’s biggest selling points is that it is backwards compatible with the PS2 and you can run all your old software.

the Inquirer - Playstation 3 has backwards compatibility problems

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Sony UK working on PlayStation HUB, PS3 back-compatibility
Published in: Games Consoles on 2006-04-25