It's a bit ironic that Sony introduced BC to the gaming market with the PS2 (to the point where the GC was bashed for not having N64 BC.) Now they're removing it when the Wii has GC support and the X360 (kinda) has XBox support.
I assume Sony is trying to program a PS2 emulator and will release it as a future update. And of course will give another flip-flop PR statement about how awesome BC is and that every next gen system NEEDS it. But for now they'll wave their hands and say "NO ONE CARES ABOUT BC!"
The only factor going for Sony is that it's been a year since the PS3 came out, giving costumers, developers and retailers time to switch systems or burn their PS2 library to get a PS3, since BC "isn't important." Oh well.
There is no such thing as a console war. This is the first step to game design.
