NJ5 on 05 January 2009
Simply put, because the PS3 is too expensive to manufacture, and the PS2 chips the PS3 used for BC cost money. Removing the PS2 chips probably also allowed to make a smaller motherboard.
When Sony realized the $600 / 600 € price was not working, they scrambled to cut the production cost and the result was canning BC.
My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957
