Koller: PS2 backwards compatibility “won’t be returning”

Love playing that great collection of PS2 games? Me too. That’s why I have a 60GB PlayStation 3. However, for those without, you’re not going to be able to play those games, Sony hardware marketing director John Koller has said at GamesCom.

“[Backwards compatibility] won’t be returning,” Koller told Ars Technica “It’s not coming back, so let me put that on the table.”

“It’s not as big as a purchase intent driver as you may be hearing,” he explained. “We’ve got such a substantial lineup of titles on the PS3; most people are buying the PS3 for PS3 games. They’ve buying it for PS3 games and Blu-ray movies.”

So as for now, if you want to play PS2 games, it looks like you’re going to have to get a 60GB PS3 or go buy yourself a PS2.