Sony has announced that the European specification of their new console the Playstation 3 will indeed be tweaked. What does that mean for the general public and gaming fans? It basically means that Sony have already taken steps to reduce the manufacturing costs at the sake of Playstation 2 backwards compatibility.
The XBOX360 already emulates the original XBOX via software emulation as Microsoft moved from nVidia to ATi. The situation was different for the Playstation 3 as Sony decided it was better to use parts of the Playstation 2 hardware to run such games, however this increased manufacturing costs. Now Sony has probably seen the recent sales statistics (where the PS2 outsold the PS3) and decided that they will gladly sacrifice backwards compatibility for cheaper costs.
Sony’s official website where they list backwards compatible titles on the PS3 have been taken down but should be back on the 23rd of March. However this does not influence the retail price which is still £425, but we get a stripped down version for more money than our American and Japanese counterparts.
Have Sony illustrated once more that they have bitten off more than they can chew? I personally would love to use the PS3 to play my PS2 games, especially if they get upscaled and have filters to make them look better. Both of which though have not been the case and many PS2 games look much worse on the PS3 than they do on the original console.
Sony’s PR team certainly has their work cut out to please people beyond their fanbase, especially when the Wii360 combination is looking more and more attractive.
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Janus says:
I’m starting to think this whole PS3 thing is a black hole Sony’s digging for themselves. They’ll still win but at what cost to the gamer?
Feb 23, 2007, 2:18 pm