DigitalDevilSummoner on 10 March 2013
| TheKoreanGuy said: The Cell processor is the main reason for the high cost of PS3. If PS3 launched at $499 without Cell and with BC, I would bet that it would've sold so much better. Sony didn't ditch PS2 BC because it proved to be worthless. They did it to lower costs in order to alleviate their other poor decisions with the PS3. Now PS4 has to suffer because Sony is smart enough to ditch the Cell processor. I'm not saying having no BC is a deal breaker, but having it is a GOOD selling point, if not major for others. |
I have no clue why you're insisting. Having a PS2 cpu & gpu on the PS3 board did add to the price tag.
The PS3 was pricy because of the Cell, XDR RAM, wifi, bluray, HD, PS2 BC.... And the last one was the weakest link.
