By this logic PS1 games should still be being developed and PS1s should still be selling well. After all PS2 and PS3 are PS1 bc.

Where are all those beautiful new PS1 games?

Great. The sooner the PS2 dies, the better. That means more chances of PS2 games coming to PSN.

yeah and the sooner they stop making ps2 games and make psn games instead :D

Unlikely you'll be seeing very many PS2 games on the PSN. You think those PS1 games would be on PSN if it wasn't for the BC?

Porting a game to the PS3 is much more expensive than to sell the original. So here's hoping Sony has a PS2 emulator up its sleeve.

Well, if they develop an universal PS2 emulator they can bring all PS2 games to PSN and don't have to port every PS2 game.

PS2 emulator

PS2 games on PSN

????

Profit.

@ OP

I'm glad they removed backwards compatibility. you dont need it and it made my ps3 cost me $100 less. If you want a ps2 is only $70 brand new so just go buy one if you really need to.

sony needs to focus on the ps3 now. new AAA ps2 titles aren't going to come out anymore except for sports games.

well syphon filter logan's shadow is coming out june 1st for ps2
and Ill be byuin it

PS:I know is a psp port

The PS3 was introduced nearly 4 years ago. Yes, time moves on quickly. What I do remember from the PS1 to PS2 transition, however, is that virtually no store had Playstation 1 games in stock in 2003. The few games that were scattered around in specialty game shops were either sales of remaining stock or the late sports games. PS2 games are still readily available new, though slowly disappearing as well. The gameshop I order 'only' has around 600 titles left to choose from, of which half is used.

To be honest I see little to no difference between the two transitions regarding the older console. The PS1 was virtually dead in 2003-2004, and the PS2 is nearing it's end right now.

The only difference I see is where PS2 owners move to. Many go for a 360 or Wii. I'm still considering either the 360 or PS3, and the 360 still has a small edge to me. PS2 backwards compatibility could definitely convince me otherwise seeing I have quite the collection, but the additional $50-100 price tag the PS3 would need for that would scare away a lot of other buyers.

Sony didn't like cutting the BC either. If they did they wouldn't have included it in the first place, and it worked very well for the PS2. So well that Microsoft and Nintendo are actually doing the same. With the PS3 being very expensive to manufacture they simply had no choice but to cut the feature. The fact that they never included a full hardware solution in the European version confirms that - in Europe they needed to compensate for additional taxes right from the start. Think of it, developers are very happy with BC, which benefits Sony. Sony is very happy with BC for other reasons too: people are way more likely to upgrade from the PS2 to the PS3 and they earn on repressing PS2 game discs too. There are no downsides for them except the added cost for the console in this case.

To make a long story short, I believe you can blame Sony for a lot - including getting rid of BC to cut the price of their way too ambitious PS3 console - but I don't think you can say that they have 'killed the PS2' by doing that.