Will Sony TOTALLY get rid of BC in the PS3?

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naznatips said:

Gnizmo said:

NFGBlinkAC said:
@ Naztips

Are those only with the 80GB model? I have yet to encounter an issue with my 60GB, tho i yet to play some games on it, like DQ VIII, which I wanna play again now :( lol

The 60gb is fully backwards cimpatible so you wouldn't see those issues. I am really surprised by Naznatips list of games. I expected a few titles to have glitches but some of those seem like games they should have gone out of their way to make work.

Right, these would be 80GB only issues. I still really want a PS3. In fact, I'll be buying either that or a 360 very soon, but the lack of BC still bothers me. I may go for a 60GB on eBay...

Yeah, the 60 GB does BC through hardware, so it's fine.  The hardware approach is really the way to go; it worked great for PS1 compatibility in the PS2, for PS2 compatibility in the 60 GB PS3, and for Gamecube compatibility in the Wii.  Software solutions will always have problems.

In general, the games that pushed the original hardware the most (i.e. the best games) will be the most difficult to emulate with software.  GT4 is a perfect example of that.  You really need more than an order of magnitude increase in performance to emulate all the little details, otherwise you have to resort to approximations.  Even the N64's GPU microcode isn't emulated properly on the Virtual Console.