Yeah...considering how low sales are in Japan (You know how the Japanese love their BC) I wouldn't be surprised if they're working on a software emulator behind the scenes and denying it...and then will pull the carpet out from under us and "surprise" us with a pretty decent software emulator. The 80GB is only half-software, it still has a PS2 GPU, which is why the 40GB doesn't have the software emulator.
But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they either released a software emulator sometime this year or they revive the Emotion Engine Chip into the PS3. I doubt Sony is going to stand for losing Japan...I'm pretty sure that's probably why the sales are so low in Japan too, the removal of the BC. The Japanese don't have the choice of the 80GB...they're forced to stay with the 40GB.
In a sense, Sony is already making the move to get the Japanese back, they're going to be releasing the 80GB MGS4 bundle everywhere I think...so the Japanese will be getting BC back. Still...they need to be working on a really good software emulator...doesn't need to be perfect as software emulators never are. Either that or revive the Emotion Engine Chip...I think those are the only two choices Sony has.
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