I’m a PlayStation fan, have been ever since they launched the first version in 1990 something. However I have decided not to switch to PS3 because I don’t really like what Sony is doing.
The PS3 doesn’t bring anything new to the market, unlike a certain big N console which is kicking its arse all over the world, just powerful hardware and, most importantly, crippled backwards-compatibility. I honestly don’t understand why anybody would go outright against gazillions of gamers wourldwide who bought boatloads of PS2 games!
Even The Company of the 2000 different versions of the same crap OS for dummies figured out that maybe, just maybe, it was smart to keep its new console compatible with old games.
Now luckly the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO explained us why oh why they did something like that -
Jack “Daniels” Tretton is here to dazzle you with mathematics: according to Jackie, the consumer actually benefits from Sony’s move to cut emulation, because now you have the opportunity to buy both a $399 PS3 and a $129 PS2, for a grand total of $528, which is — wait for it — less than the original 60GB PS3′s price of $600!
– News found on Engadget
