From a business standpoint, if you wanted to keep pumping out games for the PS2, why in the DEVIL did you 1. remove backwards compatibilty and 2. want folks to focus on buying the PS3? That's really wounding your market. Think about it - you want PS2 gamers to buy your PS3, with your best-selling model having the ability to play PS1 games but not your most popular system. So, you realize you need some serious cash, so you decide to revive your cash cow of a system. The problem with that is ... how are you gonna shaft your current customers - the ones who endured ridicule for buying a console on brand-name alone? Why would Sony consider it? They are losing money - and they know they can get a quick buck off PS2 owners. I know a few folks who traded in their PS2 to get a PS3. If it doesn't have BC, forget it.
Sony proves how much they love their customers by pulling stunts like this. And what's even funnier - folks will STILL support PS brand. Count me out of this foolishness.
Sony = Tools
Lastly, what's sad is - how SOny will willing focus efforts on making new games for a dying system when you have tons of buyers - close to 9 million - that are begging you for games. Give me RROD, $50 Live, $100 wifi adapters over this crap ...
