| GranTurismo said: Who cares if the PS3 plays old games or not, if you want to play PS1/PS2 games you have the PS2. |
it is true that the vast majority of people who would want to play PS2 games on the PS3 would own (or possibly used to own) a PS2, but most people (me included) don't like to have a number of systems around their television, i would have loved backward compatibility for the N64 on the GC, that wasn't really a feasable option with carts and discs but if it had been possible i wouldn't have had to keep swapping consoles whenever i felt like an old game.
That is of particular importance when talking about the PS3 because it is huge, and in my old room (i swapped with my sister recently) wouldn't have fit by the TV on it's own, never mind with a PS2 as well (especially the old PS2)..... In fact in the living room downstairs the only consoles that would fit by the TV without having to go on the floor is the PS2slim and the Wii, as we have just two shelves that are part of the TV stand and they are taken up by the NTL digital box and a DVD/VHS player (there is just enough room for the Wii (without the round standplate) to go vertically by the side)
