Ozymandias on backwards compatibility: price cut time!

Posted Feb 26, 2007 at 5:02AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Andre Vrignaud, Microsoft, Ozymandias, PS2, Sony

Ozymandias' prediction come true? - Image 1

So the PS3's backwards compatibility may be getting a nerf of sorts, but does it mean a price cut for Sony's cash cow is under way? Well, according to one Microsoft blogger, that may very well be the case.

Ozymandias, otherwise known as Andre Vrignaud, made some predictions early in January about the state of the console wars. According to his new statements, the gimping of backwards compatibility may very well be the first step towards lowering PS3 costs overall:

This is likely a step on that path. I believe the PS3 enabled backward compatibility by basically including PS2 silicon in the box. That hardware has likely been removed to reduce costs, and the PS3 is now moving toward software-emulated backward compatibility. Notice the new focus on firmware upgrades for enabling backcompat?... All of which means the backcompat story is likely to be very similar between the PS3 and the 360 going forward.

Whether or not this is true, we still wish they wouldn't gimp backwards compatibility. That's one of the fun draws of the console. Hopefully, the price cut will actually make it worth the trouble.

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# duh — hush404 2007-02-26 00:36

Having PS2 hardward within the structure of the PS3 to run older games is costing Sony moolas. They said it long ago, that emulation would one day replace the PS2 hardware... so I don't see what people are freaking out like it's some big shock they did it as early as they could.

# DUH — Guest 2007-02-26 02:00

Yer Yer You seem to be forgetting that the USA and Japan get the full hardware backward compatibility that was a BIG selling point for the PS3, BUT Europe and Australia have to pay a heck of a lot more for what is basically a lesser machine.You think thats fair?.

# well — hush404 2007-02-26 05:08

It's not like they'll never have compatibility with PS1/PS2 titles, it'll take some time to work out the emulation but they'll get it.

If you look at it differently, the PAL territories are getting a head start on the whole thing, where as emulation may fix problems with some games that are unplayable on the first batch of PS3's released in Japan/america.

Lastly, don't think for one second that this is a 'Europe Only' thing, as soon as they can implement it they will in Japan and the Americas.

# Genius! — Guest 2007-02-26 05:55

Wow this Ozymandias is a true genius isn't he - NOT! Anyone could have stated that info and pretty much any sensible person knows it! Plonker and typical Microsoft bum fluff.

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