PS3 will support old saves
Providing you buy an adapter.
An update to Sony's PlayStation 3 website has revealed that you will be able to use older PlayStation memory cards with PlayStation 3 - providing you buy an adapter.
An entry in the official PS3 FAQ states: "To use saved data on a PlayStation 2 memory card, you must copy the data onto a virtual memory card within the hard disk."
"This requires a PS2/PSone memory card adaptor to copy the data to your PlayStation 3. A memory card adaptor is designed to edit, up/download game saves to and from EMS flash card or smart media card."
The FAQ offers no further details on the peripheral, but given that console manufacturers make most of their dosh out of game and peripheral sales, you can probably expect to fork over something above and beyond a tenner.
Mind you, at least it's a solution. 360 owners who want to play existing Xbox games on their next-gen consoles - providing they're even supported - either have to start from scratch or invest in a third-party peripheral to transfer save-games across.
We should get a firm idea of how much the adapter costs when Sony releases more details about its launch plans for PlayStation 3. The console itself is due to go on sale in Europe on November 17.