If Xb one can do emulation BC for 360, then PS4 should be able to easily do emulation BC for PS2

[Mr Puggsly]

Aeolus451 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I'm pretty sure what made PS3 expensive was the cell and Bluray.

It was apparently losing money even at $600. The PS2 CPU and GPU was responsible for only a tiny fraction of that cost.

My point is after they ditched BC out of the PS3, the price dropped to a level gamers were far more comfortable with.

No, the price dropped because Sony was willing to take massive losses to get PS3 off the ground.

To reduce losses Sony omitting features in future models. The point is the PS2 CPU and GPU were cheap, they weren't the reason PS3 was expensive.

Ultimately, software emulation is the cheapest way to offer BC for old hardware. The Xbox 360 emulator on X1 is hands down the most impressive software emulator we've ever seen.

It would be awesome if PS4 had a PS3 emulator, but maybe the PS3 CPU is just too powerful to emulate. The cell seems to have been a huge mistake for Sony, it was really expensive and didn't benefit games in a significant way (but I'm sure some would disagree). Now nearly 10 years later, emulating that processor seems to be a difficult task.