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vizunary on 17 July 2007
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gorgepir said:

Really I mean how much can this emotion chip be? Like 5 cents I guess. It is a chip that has already been designed on silicon, so how much could it really cost.
The only logical thing that comes to my mind is that sony can to the backward compatibility with software, so they don't think they need this chip anymore. I really don't understand what all this fuss about backward compatibility is anyway, you probably still have your ps2 if you bought a ps3 so??

 

also @eatrice 

While what you say is mainly true, but people don't wait for a final version for pc's do they. If sony keeps up increasing the hard disk and keeping the price the same, I guess they will start buying it anyway. 


I think the estimates for the cost of the EE was around $20(it's not just one chip BTW). Me personally, I do not have my PS2 any longer, gave it to a friend for his kids. I haven't heard any kind of outcry from people without the EE chips, mainly EU here, so the software BC must be working fairly well.

 As for a "final" version, didn't the PS2 go through like 20-25 different chipsets since there were no firmware updates then? They were just not widely known like they are now.