80GB PS3 Backwards Compatibility Issues Gone?

People must remember that when creating a "next genenration" console, making it "backwards compatible" is actually really difficult if you have changed the hardware significantly. In the case fo the PS3, it's an entirely new console - not some re-hash of an old console to give it a little more kick (like the xbox360) whilst being nearly 100% fully backwards compatible. Therefore with a completely new design (hardware wise) the PS3 offers better performance than it's current competitors at the sacrifice of backwards compatibility.

If you thinkg about it, those people looking to upgrade from their PS2 to a PS3 are wasting their time and money selling their old console to put a little extra towards a new one. I still have the original PS2 (i.e. the one before they made it quieter, then silver, then smaller - mines a first generation, noisy PS2) ... and it still works great after several years of ownership and lots of playing. There's no point selling it as even a brand new slimline PS2 would only fetch about £40 on it's own in the second-hand market.

Compare this to my xbox360, which had to get sent of for repairs just after it turned 1 year old ... and recently the hard drive failed. I called up xbox suport again, bu they kept giving me the excuse of "sorry but our system is down so we can't raise a repair order at this time, please call back later" (after getting me to do a variety of tests each time to bring up the error message) - the excuse was the same for 3 attempts in a row (over a period of about a week).

My Brother has an original European 60GB PS3 and he's had NO problems with it. I have played on it a lot and found it to be very easy and fun to use. If you have a PSP it adds extra fun - I have one and my Brother added my PSP to his system. I won;t go into full detail, but if you read up on waht you can do with your PSP and PS3 - it's impressive ;) - no other console can offer that kind of connectivity (basically you can use your PSP as a remote for your PS3, but you can also stream video and songs from your PS3 to your PSP, and with a hardware addon - record digital tv and stream / download it to your PSP via an internet connection - i.e. anywhere in the world!!!)

Ok so I don't own a PS3 ... but if I don't get one for my birthday, I'm buying one as I'm 100% sure I'm not wasting my money. It may not be very backwards compatible, but it's one hell of a console with a huge array of features ;)

- AlkoSoul

I myself, lost my Playstation 2 when it was stolen from my room. I bought a PS3 thinking I could play my old games. So what are people like me supposed to do? Sony seriously wants me to buy another console, one I've already paid for once, to play games I've already paid for, instead of just maintaining one of the smartest options a console manufacturer ever thought of including (Backwards Compatibility)? Even from a business standpoint, thats retarded.

With this, I have to wonder if consoles are on their way out. I bought a new HP I7 last year, and you know what, it doesnt have the slightest problem running my 15 year old copy of SimCity. If Xbox and Playstation cant at least pretend to match that sort of compatibility, well then, eventually people will get smart, and just get a computer.

i gots a psp and i wants a ps3 with backwards they discontiued the only one with non lagy backwards the 20gb and i was wondering if there was a one with ps2 bacwards

Sony has permanently lost my business because of this. I will never buy another Sony or Playstation game or title because of this. I'll stick to computers thanks. I can still play most of the games I did back in the 80's on my new I7 HP. I dont have to buy an older computer to play older games. Epic fail on Sonys part. Microsofts too. Either one of them would have a huge advantage over the other they were BC. In fact, I would'nt be surprised if they got together and agreed to eliminate BC just so they could both make more money.

My ps3 80gb system for me reads everything to my dvd's cds blu rays cds ps1 ps2 ps3 games i guess i am one of the lucky ones so if you buy a ps3 i suggest you buy a 80gb system not slim