Will PS Plus classics have NTSC support in Europe? PlayStation responds ahead of launch

The Japanese company is working to allow the PSX and PS2 version catalog to run at 60hz.

Today, June 23, a date marked by fire on its calendar for the launch of a PlayStation reformulated PS Plus in Europe, invites you to access, at the highest level, a selection of classic titles from their first console. However, according to preliminary information, these titles are based on PAL versions, the coding system that prevailed in the old continent at that time. Does Sony plan to change that? It didn’t take long for the answer to come.

“We plans to offer NTSC options for most classic games In Europe, Asia, the Middle East, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand—where use of the PAL system has been selected—on PlayStation Plus Premium and Deluxe, the Japanese firm announced in a short message on Twitter. It offers more details on when it’s coming, so it looks like players will need to play the classics on PAL initially.

It’s a problem at one time the performance bet is bigger than ever by the main manufacturers. And as Xataka’s colleagues explain the differences between NTSC and PAL in a special post, the latter system played content at 50 Hz and 25 fpsThe dominant NTSC system in the United States and parts of Latin America was able to display at 60 Hz and 30 FPS, which was at a disadvantage.

PlayStation’s announcement comes the day PS Plus Extra and Premium premiere; the second is Premium, which lets you enjoy classic PSX, PS2 and PS3 video games (via the cloud) and trial versions. Along with Extra, it also includes a catalog of the latest releases. The most affordable tier, Essential will replace the traditional PS Plus and continue its commitment to offer two downloadable games per month, exclusive discounts and other incentives.