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NefCanuck,Jul 13 2007, 11:40 AM Wrote:...and here's another thing to chew over if you were debating buying a 60GB PS3 that I discovered over at the DigitalHome website.

The 60GB PS3 will cease production at the end of July and will be the last PS3 that will be backwards compatable with PS2/PSOne games as the 80GB will no longer have the emulation circutry installed.

So if you have a library of PS2/PSOne titles that you want to keep playing, better grab a 60GB model now.

NefCanuck
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um... they'll be changing the hardware to exclude the emotion engine and graphics synthesizer (two components of the PS2).. however, the machines will be backwards compatible and support nifty features as upscaling through emulation (how the xbox 360 does it). And this will bring the hardware more in line with the european models.

Typically in emulation, your emulating machine needs to be at least 5 times more powerful than the one you're emulating... fortunately, between the cell and RSX, the PS3 can handle emulation without issue.

I don't forsee compatability issues being a bother.. they'll address most of the popular games, and I'll still have my PS2 hardware kicking around for those that don't.