PS3 with PS2 included

[scaR]

The PS3 is supposed to be backwards compatible with the PS2 and PSone but not in the way we may have thought. Due to emulation difficulties and an already set launch date, Sony has bitten the bullet and added more costs to PS3 development.

Every PS3 at launch will include PS2 hardware. Specifically the PS2's Emotion Engine CPU and the Graphic Synthesizer combo chip. Sony expects to discontinue the process once an 'efficient' emulator has been developed. Interesting to note that Sony themselves are having problems coding for the cell processor.

This also means that PS2 games played on a launch PS3 will see no tangible improvement in graphics or frames.

[crash]

hmm..well smallthing i guess i still saving to buy a ps3 anyhow..having backward compatiibility doesnt realy make sense to me cause most likly they wud make ps3 versions for all the games that are worth playin....so no worriess..

[w1ntry]

You do realize this will add overhead and cost? I seeing the PS3 as a white elephant. I also read that they are suffereing BIG time in terms of hardware performance... there was something about a MEAGER 16MBps memory write in there somewhere... really REALLY bad performance and it seems almost the final specs... I also read the RSX may not even be up to the performance of the Xbox 360's R500 derivative...