Playstation 3: Two Years Later

[goddog]

Dgc1808 said:

goddog said:

Dgc1808 said:

goddog said:
"So there we have it. Clearly, the PlayStation 3 is a much more robust and fully-featured device than it was at launch. "
no your wrong here. removal of hardware, then software backwards compatibility means it is not, unless of course your lucky enough to have a 20, or 60 gb unit.

not related to the prior comment, wifi is a luxury, that honestly hurts gameplay speed, download speed, and leaves you open to security issues. they could save money and cut costs by removing that feature, a feature, which is less valuable then backwards compatibility.

 

I remember some recent poll that said over 65% of PS3 owners use WiFi instead of wired connections. Can't find it though :S.

But heck. I use WiFi instead of wired and my ps3 is set less than 5 feet away from my router.... it's just one less port I have to use, and one less wire that has to be there....

they might be, but would they make the effort to buy one if it wasnt included, im betting not, on top of that, Sonys problem of late has been cost, and an easy way to shave cost is to cut wifi out, that could easily change into a 50 dollar price drop, and might give them profit off each unit. on top of that it would have been better for the user to remove wifi, and not remove backwards compatibility. I assume the backwards compatibility was stripped because not only was it a way to cut costs, but keep people buying ps2s where they are making money. I assume this because backwards compatibility was a core philosophy of the playstation brand, wifi was not, so to kill backwards compatibility over wifi must have other benefits.

 

 

Wifi is another way for PS3 owners to connect to PSN, hence gain access to the PS Store and spend money :S. I can easily spin things and use this argument. There for:

Shaving BC -

Pro 
Increase PS2 sales
Cut PS3 production costs

Con
Some Unhappy ps2 game owners

Keeping WiFi -

Pro
Another way to access PSN for consumers
SONY makes money from PS Store Purchases

Con
Production cost that could be cut

your pro should not be another, but rather redundant. where as backwards compat is a feature not present otherwise