What would you rather have: A Hard Drive or Backwards Compatibility?

[Caey]

I don't get the point of removing backwards compatibility?

First of all hardware backwards compatibility has been removed already due to costs. Now they emulate the PS2 on the PS3 by using software that turned into long long lists of games that don't work 100% right, but are kind of 'playable'.

So now they removed BC because of costs: i don't get it? How can you remove a feature that doesn't even costs you anything? It is just emulation software, it comes with the firmware.

This is just Sony being desperate and probably we'll have capped availability (like the 20GB version) in the hope that people will go for a 400$ PS3, and none will be available 'but we still have lots 80GB versions that are much better ... and cost 200$ more...

If you look at the 20GB version last year that did had hardware BC that lets you play PS2 games whitout problems, imagine that the Blue-Ray drive alone dropped 100$ in price and you'll see that Sony is just ripping people off in the hope that people will prefer a PS3 instead of a blue-ray player: 'because it plays games'.

Sony should not only learn to make games, they should also learn how to play it. And those 4.6 million teenagers screaming how good it is and let their parents buy one (of two if you fight enough with your brother) may fall for that but the rest won't.