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I think they planned to gradually phase out PS2 hardware BC overtime, eventually moving to a full software solution near the end of the gen, much like how slim ps2s had software BC for ps1 games. However, their slow sales forced them to speed up the process so they could drop the price of the ps3 sooner, and software BC just wasn't near ready yet.