They'll lock the EE so that they'll only have to manage 1 version of firmware (code base that is...)

I see trouble brewing on the firmware updates, and wtf is with charging almost double for the PAL PS3 and taking out the PS2 hardware compatibility?.

of proportion. First of all SONY is not getting rid of firmwares, they need them for piracy. Also the fact is that SONY will not try to make all "older games" compatible, it has something to do with the signal Europeans use, PAL. Sony is now trying to focus on next gen games, which by next year all of us PS3 owners will forget about the last gen. I remember playing Resident Evil on the old PS1, when I played Resident Evil 4, the first game lost all of its appeal, and the same thing will happen when the new game some out. If any M$ fans starts slamming SONY on this issue, just remember a majority of XBOX games still do not work on the 360! Nintendo so far is the only company that did this thing right, but after playing the new Zelda its hard pressed to go back and play blocks on the Wii.



Here's the spin....



SCEE president David Reeves added, "PS3 is first and foremost a system that excels in playing games specifically designed to exploit the power and potential of the PS3 system. Games designed for PS3 offer incredible graphics quality, stunning gameplay and massively improved audio and video fidelity that is simply not achievable with PS and PS2 games. Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3, truly taking advantage of this exciting technology."



In other words they are doing an M$, they are focusing on new games.

Nothing said anything about getting rid of firmware. Firmware is not a tool against piracy, it's the OS of the system, it would be a brick if they got rid of it.



Also, it's nothing to do with PAL. Pal means little more than the fact it is using a 50Hz signal instead of 60Hz. It's just another way they can lose less money on each PS3.

why is it ok for MS to profit $100+ on every console while Sony has to loose $200+?

microsoft had to lose money on them for a while, but because they released it so early, the price of the technology has gone down.. so now they can make money off of them, or probably drop the price. that will be fun for sony

Sony think they are smart first we get a very very very very very very very very very very very very very late launch here in the UK / E.U then we have to pay 425 pounds for the console not including the 20 gb version they wont release yet.



Then you have to be the one of the 500,000 that have to sign up to get the blu-ray version of Casino Royale whilst the U.S get there blu-ray packaged in the console then this outrage out having less backwards compatibility for ps2 / ps1 games than the U.S and japan.



Sony just keep screwing us UK / E.U citizens over and over and over and over and over again we need to teach Sony a lesson about equal rights.



And before i forget you guys aint gonna believe this but two guys broke into a store or a place dunno which just to play a ps3 before its released in the pal territories click on this to see what im talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0S7k6lPcQw

Just an FYI, the Blu-Ray movie was only included with the first 500,000 PS3's in the US as well...



Too bad about it costing ya'll the extra cash over there tho, guess you just gotta decide if it's gonna be worth it to you or not.

its all been bunked. Another hoax by someone who has no life. All the rep from Sony said is that they did all they could do for backward playability. The chip stays!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R98qC0fd_1w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eg4tv%2Ecom%2Fthefeed%2Fblog%2Fdate%2F02232007%2Findex%2Ehtml

to hear a funny ps3 song.