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CDiablo on 24 January 2008

BC through software is going to be more of a XBOX360 approach if at all. They may be able to BC old games in update packs, but I doubt they will fully emulate all games. Shouldn't matter to the masses though.



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zackblue on 24 January 2008

This a bad move by sony if it is indeed true.



 

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dannyphantom105 on 24 January 2008

this will only be good if they drop the price of the 40 gig to 299. it would help if they could achieve total software emulation through a firmware update.

ps2s library is just too good, i would hate for anyone to miss out on shadow of the colossus.

this makes me glad i got the 60 gig a few months after launch.



tk1989 on 24 January 2008
GooseGaws said:
They have already discontinued all BC models in other regions, it wouldn't be surprising for it to happen in NA as well.

Sony had explicitly stated that they wouldn't be spending another penny on BC. Why does everyone seem to think that they have changed their tune? Have they said anything to suggest this?

Sony has said a lto of crap that hasnt made sense over the past year... i honestly dont know anymroe :P

 

And all that stuff about the GS GPU etc, sorry, didnt know about it :P my bad. I thought that the physical thing they had been using for BC was the Emotion engine 

 



Bagaren85 on 24 January 2008

Thats crazy :s



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jjseth on 24 January 2008

The motorstorm game is getting a bit dated and that sku could be up for retirement, but that doesn't mean that there isn't another 80gb sku coming up that either has another game packed in (Ratchet and clank or DMC4 anyone?) to replace the motorstorm bundle. Sure, they could bump it up to a 100 or 120gb HD, but I think we may have heard some grumbling from the FCC on a new system that had a different HD in it by now if that was the case. The only thing we have heard is the white 40gb, and that would be silly to have a higher price on the white color over the black. If they keep the specs completely the same they wouldn't have to register anything new to bundle together another package with a different/newer game.



 


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epsilon72 on 24 January 2008

One of the media guys at my local Worst Buy said that they are phasing out the Motorstorm bundle (they currently have no 80gb's in stock) - but he didn't know anything about selling the 80gb by itself, so we'll have to see.



lightbleeder on 24 January 2008

Maybe they'll release an update for the 40GB that lets it play PS2 games!!! That would be great!



spunky on 24 January 2008

For some odd reason when I go to the link I get blank article space. I think they removed the article.



Gnizmo on 24 January 2008
Dno said:
davygee said:
The thing is. Although BC is very important for a vast majority of users and potential users of the PS3 at the moment. Once the system has been out for a couple of years and the list of great games grows, then wanting to play PS2 games on your PS3 will be a thought of the past.

Yes, people will want to play classic games in a year or two, but generally speaking when you want to do that now, you just pull out your old system and plug it in and play.


i agree i mean do any of you use 360 to play xbox 1 games? not a lot of people do because 360 has lots of games and ps3 and wii will also and then no one will use ps2 and GC games either.

The only reason the ps3 should be BC is because ps2 still outsells lots of other systems in hardware and software (whereas the GC and xbox 1 are completely dead). but that means the ps2 is still being made so go buy that one if you have to play ps2 games. im all for the ps3 price being dropped i love my ps3 and i love blu-ray so do what needs to be done sony!!!


 So you would agree if I said that it was stupid for Sony to try and sell PS1 games? It is an old game and no one would use a current system to play old games. The Virtual Console is an equally terrible idea because no one would want to play those old games without hooking up the old systems. BC is always a really nice feature. It would be stupid for them to cut it out completely.



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