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weaveworld on 20 July 2008
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|_emmiwinks said:
cleveland124 said:
weaveworld said:
|_emmiwinks said:

I think you have that backwards, Sony wants you buying PS3 games for your PS3, not playing PS2 games you already own on it.

 

i'm sorry how exactly do i have that backwards?

It doesn't cost that much to include backward compatibility. They already have the software running on the soon to be extinct 80 gigs. Yes, they do make money on the PS2, but sales are going down and the lack of backward compatibility for most PS3s has hindered sales. So a good point is that too many people are buying PS3s and loading up on PS2 greatest hit games. Thus not making the royalty money that Sony is used to. I mean, do you think graphics are enough to spend $60 on Madden for PS3 or $40 on Madden for PS2? That's a lot of money to pay for usually less options, only better graphics.

 

He said it better then I could have. Sony isnt taking out BC to save the PS2's Hardware sales, its doing it to Save the PS3's Software sales. Too many people are buying PS3's which Sony looses money on, and then not buying PS3 games, which Sony makes money on, but PS2 games which Sony makes much less money on. So take out the BC and people have to buy PS3 games for their PS3 and help Sony recoup their losses.

 

This is indeed another theory.

The current 100million ps2 owners however will not buy a new ps3 just because they can play Madden 'upgraded' , these ports are nowhere near as interesting as new games made for ps3/xbox exclusively. Sony wants people with ps2's to upgrade to ps3.  In the current trend these people will still have hold to on to their ps2 and will probably keep on buying ps2 games. Sony cannot expect that every ps3 they sell, they sell to a completely new console-owner... So they decided to conquer 2 markets : the current (ps3 expensive/exclusive) and the previous gen (ps2 affordable/large database/not so hardcore). Since Sony doesn't really make haste to sell their ps3's (there are hardly any ads to be found over here), they have got and will take the time to profit the most from their 2 consoles. Personally i think that in 2 years they will somehow install bc in the ps3 and then end ps2's life...