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r505Matt on 06 November 2009
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themanwithnoname said:
theprof00 said:

the whole point with BC is that ps2 is the best console of all time...
why should you get it for free simply by buying a ps3, when you can simply buy a ps2 slim for less than 80$ now?

The point is that the ps2 will continue to sell, and it sells quite a bit every month. If ps2 BC were on the ps3, Sony would be in dire straits financially. They would have to bend over backwards to give customers for free, something which should be 80$.
Sure 360 has BC, but does 360 have ps2 BC? Actually it probably does, if you hacked your console.

Are you serious? That's like trying to justify Microsoft's overcharging on harddrives. Every system should be backwards compatible. Especially, if you know, it has been backwards compatible for awhile, I don't see any justification for taking that feature out.


Simply put, any company should be expected to do whatever it can to maximize profitablity. Hence overcharged hard drives and no PS2 BC on the new PS3s. You shouldnt expect a company to just give you anything. Even promotions are done in a fashion as to generate profit.

I agree that each new system by a company should be BC, but that doesn't mean that it actually SHOULD be; that's just our opinion.