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Forums - Sony Discussion - 40 GB PS3 to be Backwards Compatible in Oct. through Firmware???

ChichiriMuyo on 03 June 2008

DMeisterJ, it doesn't have any PS1 chips but can still play those games, and my DS doesn't have any SNES or NES chips in it, yet emulators exist to play those games on the DS. Oh, I think Ifigured it out! You're clearly ignorant of the existance of emulators. You should go learn about them sometime.



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DMeisterJ on 03 June 2008
makingmusic476 said:
DMeisterJ said:
Wonder how they're going to do that since they lack the chips necessary to do so.

All they need to do is figure out how to emulate the GS. Last gen, ps1 BC was done completely via hardware at first, but by the time the slimline ps2 hit, they had figured out how to do it completely via software (and that was carried over to the ps3).  It was only a matter of time before they got ps2 BC working completely from software.


Oh....

Didn't know that.

Well then, that'd be pretty awesome.  Could definitely spur Japanese sales, since that's what I think is hurting sales over there (Sales dropped when the sixty and twenty gig were dropped).



rocketpig on 03 June 2008

This is badly needed. I really don't like how Sony has taken a loaded console and slowly stripped away features, bit by bit.




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CrazzyMan on 03 June 2008

Just release PS3 slim 40GB at 299$ this Christmas and PS3 will own in sales. =)



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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

Magnific0 on 03 June 2008

I can' read german...therefore, the news is fake. :P



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Shameless on 03 June 2008

Very good change if it's possible.



colonelstubbs on 03 June 2008

Lets fecking hope so!



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darthdevidem01 on 03 June 2008

@Rocketpig

personally I feel its better than screwing launch buyers like M$ did...

they slowly added stuff to the console...as launch buyer I would feel duped.

but then again SONY went back on their "brand equity" by taking out BC



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rocketpig on 03 June 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@Rocketpig

personally I feel its better than screwing launch buyers like M$ did...

they slowly added stuff to the console...as launch buyer I would feel duped.

but then again SONY went back on their "brand equity" by taking out BC

You mean like Sony has done with their previous console, the PS2?

Sorry, that argument doesn't hold water. There's nothing wrong with improving a product over time.




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darthdevidem01 on 03 June 2008

@rocketpig

ofcourse there's nothing wrong but I as a launch buyer would feel ripped of..

I mean SONY lowered the price by £100 after 7 months of launch in EU...thats pissed me of a lot

But I am glad no new feature was added to the console at the same time..

PS2 slim...what extra feature did it have....as I cam very late to PS2 (late 05)



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