ssj12 on 03 November 2007
| Level42 said: They could have made the 40GB PS3 backwards compatible if they wanted to. It honestly would not have cost them that much. They had the software emulation ready to go. My theory is that the guys in charge realized that they're still making a nice chunk of change from PS2 sales, and it would be retarded to eliminate that market completely. If more PS3s get sold with BC, less PS2s will be sold. Pretty simple. That would be a bad financial move on Sony's part, especially considering that they're selling more PS2s some places than they are PS3s. They'll still be selling PS2 3 years from now, it's free money. |
.... i think you dont understand that they removed the GS and ram, thats the PS2's GPU btw, from the PS3.The GS is a very screwed up GPU as it didnt boost any form of power (ie flops). Honestly I forget exactly wtf it really did but all i know is Sony might be working on emulating it but truly it wont be a cake walk like emulating the SP1 was. Removing both the ram and GPU manufacturing costs for the 40GB PS3 and the PS2 as they have more GPUs and ram laying around that arent going into some PS3s anymore.
Yes its good that they are enabling themselves to sell more PS2's but for families not wanting both a PS3 and PS2 connected to the same TV they can still get the 80GB model.
