IGN har oversat en artikel fra det japanske Ultra One, som nævner, at Sony helt eller delvis vil stoppe PlayStation 2 komponenter i deres kommende PlayStation 3. Sony har jo lovet, at PS3’en vil kunne afspille tidligere PS2-spil, men har ikke helt software-delen på plads. Ifølge Ultra One vil PS3’en derfor også indeholde en CPU og en grafikchip som også sidder i PS2’erne. Rygter en dog ikke bekræftet og man gør klogt i at tage disse oplysninger med et gran salt. I hvert fald indtil Sony selv kommer med en udmelding.
A surprising report has emerged from Japan’s Ultra One monthly technology magazine. The magazine’s July issue reports that Sony will be achieving backwards compatibility on the PlayStation 3 not through software emulation, as previously announced, but through physical hardware.
The magazine states that the PS3 hardware, in its current form, includes the core PlayStation 2 chipset. This presumably means that initial PS3 units will include the single Emotion Engine (the PS2 CPU) and Graphic Synthesizer (the PS2 graphics chip) combo chip that powers the slim model PS2.
Of course, including the extra hardware drives up costs. The magazine adds that Sony plans on removing the PS2 chipset from future revisions of the PS3 hardware once it has finished development of a proper software-based PS2 emulator. Such a removal would help bring down costs for the system.


























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ah der er lang tid til at maskinen overhovedet kommer i handeln. Så mon ikke de nok skal få fundet på en emulator til den tid.
Jeg tror ikke at noget som helst a PS2’ens hardware er dyrt.
Jeg kan ikke forstille mig at PS2’en koster meget mere end $30 at producere som helhed. (Uden at jeg dog selvfoegelig ved det)