Man, you are missing the point. Sony was the one who called BC a 'core value.' Do you understand that? It was a tenet of the PS brand. The PS2 had it - and gave PS1 owners a reason to choose the PS over the Xbox. This generation, Sony axes it to make folks get off the pot. That's sad because there are about 125M potential customers that you just said 'You buy it - get a second job - and accept what we have. GRADUATE.'

That's harsh - and folks are still buying the PS3 thinking they have BC. Sony said it - we didn't. And to think that folks aren't interested in it doesn't matter. You need to move systems - you want to give folks as many reasons to buy your more expensive system (before the price cut) over the competition. And folks weren't fooled.

Some folks will never use the function, but others will. I myself played PS1 titles on my PS2, and would definitely enjoy playing PS2 titles on my PS3. You can't give a cold shoulder to gamers and expect them not to react. You want to sell systems - and if leaving the feature in wins some, go for the win.

if people who whine about "I would buy the slim if it had BC", then if it is so important to you then go and find a launch system with card readers and BC, which you should be able to find used for around $300 now.

You either do or dont want a PS3, make up your mind.

I understand people who have many ps2 games want to play them aswell but for me i bought the ps3 to play ps3 games so i dont care of the Bc.

This just means that they want people to buy PS2 games when they hit the PSN sometime next year. Around the time the PS2 is dead.

This could still give PS2 primary devs (like Atlus) a chance to release new PS2 games on the PSN.

I don't like you

Gamers should think for themselves and not listen to PR. In my opinion it's just not worth 2 wait. I feel really sorry for gamers with lots of PS2 games that want to play them on PS3. Maybe there is still hope with the 250GB model.

Let me ask you this: are you willing to skip the PS3 just because of PS2 BC? You are right it's disappointing, what do you win if you keep on complaining forever? In my opinion 360 has bigger disasters convincing HD-DVD & RRoD. Wii has a disappointing 3 third party support. Far more important then lack of BC imo.

my guess is that if sony plans to launch BC for ps3 it's gonna be with the release of god of war 3 if they plan to put God of war and God of war 2 games, because I think a port of those games will be way expensive.

Sony hasn't announced plans for BC. They want folks to buy another PS2 to play their games - and a PS3 for BR and PS3 gamers. Problem is - the recession is making folks look long and hard at their choices. Folks could lose their jobs in a heartbeat. And you have a shiny new PS3 looking back at you - and you can't hustle and get rent.

$299 is still not an impulse buy. You have to plan for a purchase like that - unless you have money to burn, a credit card or the like. For some folks it's not that serious.

Skip the PS3 because of no BC? Maybe. For gamers with huge libraries of PS2 games, they are facing buying another PS2 - and then buy a PS3. That's $399.

As far as the disasters with the 360 - it's still outselling the PS3, right? They still built an 8M lead on the PS3, right? And they are still trucking. HD-DVD was a failure because of the studios, not MS's decision. And it was a sidenote at best.

I'm thinking as soon as they stop selling PS2s there will be a software update for ps2 games on the ps3. Now they are just trying to milk as much out of the ps2 as possible.

No sony has't announced it, and it's also not in favor of their economic model. Why do you wait for BC if you know this? People that have trouble paying their rent I will advice not to buy any console. Even a $200 will be too much.

Why 360 is selling out PS3 is because their headstart (games) and their lower price. I believe that Microsoft did know that selling HD-DVD addon was a dead horse. It just worked in their favor against Sony. Unfortunatly some 360 gamers "believed" Microsoft and have bought a worthless addon.

The majority doesn't care about BC so the PS3 will sell. Micrsoft is very afraid how many times did they drop their price already?

Anyway this is getting of topic.