Thats great Sony...I may never play God of war 2 now.

It's funny that Nintendo and MS both have BC in their consoles - giving gamers a chance to play Halo 1 - Halo 2 - the old skool Mario Kart, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Donkey Konga and other games - without the need of buying the other systems.

I do still play older games - why stop playing them, unless you are a graphics whore. A gamer loves games - old and new - not just graphic masterpieces with gameplay that just downright sucks.

Bad move, Sony. You need to check your research.

Obviosuly a couple years down the road (maybe even sooner) they'll bring back B/C more then likely through a PS Update

But theres no sense in killing off the PS2 now, it's still selling pretty decently for a 9 year old console.

Just buy a ps2 if u guys really want to play your ps2 games their cheap now anyways

It's selling because of price and a stellar gaming lineup. Why wouldn't Sony want to toss a few carrots to gamers? Folks think the PS3 is the PS2. It's not. It's a cool console - a great value now at $299 - but doesn't have any real killer games - exclusives - that propelled the PS2. Sony squandered chances by pricing it into the statosphere, then axing features folks enjoyed. In the end, bringing back BC would win over several holdouts more than costing them money.

And I say, "Screw you, Sony."  After 7 years, my (second) PS2 (fat) just died this weekend (won't read discs).  I am not buying another PS2 at this point.  I have a PS3 60 GB.  All that this means is that if the 60 dies, I have no reason to ever support Sony again.  I'll just sell my library if the PS4 doesn't suit me - and that includes BC.  If it doesn't have BC, I may still buy a PS4 after the slim arrives and the price is down.  Bottom line, I won't be an early adopter for Sony ever again if my 60 dies unless PS4 offers full BC.

Sony systems are the only ones (since the NES) -  that I was an extreme early adopter for, and they are the only ones that have broken.  If I have to take that risk, I am no longer willing to pay full price.  I sure hope my 60 Gig holds out.

They have a $99 system that plasy PS2 games for anybody that's interested. If you want next gen games then buy the $299 PS3.

Afterwhile, all future consoles will not have backwards compatibility. I personally think putting BC in the slim would be "the icing on the cake" but its just my opinion.

Well there still making a profit on the ps2, so why lose money?