PAL PS3 1.7 Backwards Compatibility

Good news PAL PS3 owners. Backwards compatibility of PS2 games has improved with firmware 1.7. The list has now been updated. 

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

Some notable additions include:

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition
Gran Turismo 4
Mercenaries
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank 2
Ratchet Gladiator


ALSO it seems like some of the games that were previously BC now work better with this new version. With 1.6 the Prince of Persia trilogy and Resident Evil 4 were given a compatibility rating of either 1 or 2 (significant or minor issues) but now all play without any problems... according to the site :)

When I saw Gran Turismo 4 on that list it made my day, but I was celebrating to early. There are serious issues with Gran Turismo 4 on PS3 , intro movie is lagging, some flickering of unknown origin is in the upper left corner when you play the game and I was really looking to playing Gran Turismo 4 on PS3 . Hope they improve the performance in future updates.

Hope they improve the performance in future updates.

hailltoyou

They will, don't worry about it. 

why are you happy, we shouldnt hae to down load anything. its a joke. and never ever are all the ps2 games going to be on the ps3. your gettign ripped off, why are you happy.feel_freetwo

Actually, the performance will be better on PAL versions since it's emulated.

maybe, but its way better to have a ps3 with the ps2 engine than a ps3 with software emulation. This way, I'm sure that 99% of my games work and looks like the ps2, I actualy prefer this to a minimal visual upgrade and a limated game list..So_Young

Im happy as long as God Of War 2 and MGS2 and 3 are on there.Devils_Joker_22

My Metal Gear Solid 3 : Subsistence Doesnt work anymore with 1.7 but was working great with 1.6 i hope they get this sorted. im glad that MGS2 is now working.Darkclownxx