It's not just not having BC Montana, it's how what Sony tells it's customers changes.
Going from:

"Backwards compatibility, as you know from PlayStation One and PlayStation 2, is a core value of what we believe we should offer," to "backward compatibility is a nice secondary consideration, but it's far from the number-one priority."

That kind of stuff gets to me, if a cheaper console of Wii came out with no BC, I just wouldn't buy it. However, if Nintendo did a switch flip and decided to scrap the Wii mote in place of graphics at the PS3/360's level I would be furious.

Btw, the 40Gb is 450 Euros in Greece... isn't 400 Euros the Official price in every European country?

I dunno, the 40GB model seems to be doing well enough. It's of course still a bit early to tell from first week sales, but they might get some momentum going with it.

Cutting BC was a bad move as far as we gamers are concerned, but I doubt it'll do much to PS3 sales, except maybe add to the pile of Sony's bad PR.

BC actually isn't really gone its just not installed. Sony never said anything about not making new BC software eventually. It just will take a while, 10000+ games isn't really an easy amount of games for software to run. Plus the PS2 is dropping $30 in price soon according to analysts and some Sony execs. $399 PS3 + $99 PS2 = $499 and you dont have to buy them both at the same time, and the PS2 can be found used for $79 now so after the price drop they will be maybe 59? 49? not a bad price.

Why would they say that, did anyone ask them? And BC is as gone as we can tell! We can wish otherwise, but it's just a wish.

She looks like a fangirl..

From everything I've read, BC would be extremely difficult if not impossible. The EE was a pretty easy emulation. The GS is not.

 Who knows, they might reintroduce the EE+GS later after the CELL and RSX go 45nm with a possible 45nm EE+GS. Who knows, only time will tell. 

Was she living under a rock

her "analysis" took long enough

OLD NEWS to us

BUT

If I had to cut something to get PS3 to $499 for the holidays I would say F OFF BC

$499 is PIVOTAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS....

I doubt they will reintroduce BC. They are selling all their chip production facilities that produce those chips. Toshiba would charge an arm and a leg to restart production.