New 80GB PS3 Gives Us The Cold Shoulder

[Steve 3.2]

Lingyis said:

Steve 3.2 said:
This was a long time coming. It's a quick way for Sony to save on the costs and in the long run most people won't care. If you really have to have PS1/PS2 compatibility, go get a PS2.

good point.

similarly, the wii should do away with its GC controllers slots. nobody buys GC games anyway these days, so why bother.

apparently some VC games use them, but it really is a minor issue.

good for 360 that has none of this backward compatibility worries.

 

While Nintendo could do so (and I wouldn't put it past them when Wii 2 comes out), the GameCube controller can actually be used by current Wii games.  (SSBB being a prime example.)  I don't think the same can be said between PS3 games and PS2 controllers.  And the Wii's backwards compatibility comes from the fact that it uses the same family of processors as the GameCube.  There are no extra chips in the Wii to make this work.  So it's not like Nintendo is sticking a lot of extra money into the Wii to get GC games to run on it.  I'm sure the ports add only about $5-10 to the cost.