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brendude13 on 19 August 2011
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Michael-5 said:
brendude13 said:
Snesboy said:
 

Oh yeah, because the 10 year old Emotion Engine is so expensive. Sony is just a bunch of cheapskates.

The DS did not have a Z80 processor making GB and GBC game playing impossible. Also, Nintendo was just too cheap to put in a 20 year old processor in the DSes hardware.

/rant

I'm sure it cost a fair amount to put in those extra PS2 components, power them, cool them etc.

After the removal of the PS2 components, the HDD size increased, $100 was slashed off the price tag and the likelyhood of getting the YLOD dropped significantly.

The original PS3 played PS2 games because one of PS3's cores was a PS2 core, just smaller. With the Slim design they replaced that core with something cheaper. I read that this saved them $5 or so per console sold. Guess they were really trying to cut costs. Also HD remakes do sell :-/

Next gen, I think they will be smarter. No more $600 consoles

I have to admit, if a Final Fantasy HD collection comes along I won't miss PS2 backwards compatibility. I love the idea of having them in HD with trophies, it makes the experience better than the original.

And I think they learnt their lesson, it would be better for us and for them.