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darkpuppet,Jul 13 2007, 12:49 PM Wrote: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.
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QFT.

The PS3 has the ability to update the firmware to fix bugs as they appear (actually Sony is pretty good with doing this); one example is fixing the Guitar Hero controller issue. The Cell processor has enough power to pretty much handle anything the PS2 games can throw at it.

That said, Futureshop IS giving away a BluRay movie with a purchase at the moment...