So simple for sony to win that its pathetic...

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EvilChronos said:

1. Complete software driven backwards compatibility for all ps2 and ps1 games. "that means downloading patches and updates that let u play ps2 and ps1 games for those who dont know".

2. A ps3 80 gig model bundled together in 1 box with Little big planet, dual shock controller, hdmi cable. All for the reasonable price of 299.99.

3. Stop production of the ps2. "the ps3's biggest competitor/enemy is its own brother"

Simple? Perhaps. Easy? Feasible? Not on your life.

1) Whether or not this is really possible depends largely on how they implement certain aspects of their OS. Certainly Sony should do this -dropping BC was yet another in Sony's long list of colossal mistakes with this console- but I think you underestimate how easy it is, even for a company with full access to the system's specs and documentation. Even the PS2 wasn't actually 100% backward-compatible, though it did come damn close.

2) Sony cannot do this. The losses they take are already too huge, and they are not in a position to sustain even worse losses than they currently do for the amount of time that they would need to sustain them. Depending on who you ask, they might not even be in a position to sustain the losses they're currently taking for long enough. Companies cannot run forever on debt alone, and a large part of our current economic problems can be chalked up to people and companies that tried to do it. Sony did too, actually, and now they are paying the price of that risk.

3) While stopping production of the PS2 would indeed push PS3 sales to some degree, it is unlikely that it would boost PS3 sales by enough to justify cutting loose such a profitable part of Sony's catalog. See point 2, above. Also see point 1, given that full BC is frankly a necessity before Sony can hope to do this without alienating fans.

You ask why Sony hasn't done this. I can give you the answer in two words: it can't. Sony has painted itself into a corner, to the point where they simply can't do what needs to be done to save the PS3.