Rob Fahey fra Gamesindustry.biz, har forfattet en klumme / leder, hvor han giver sit besyv med på sidste uges udmelding fra Sony omkring den nye 40 gb. PS3, som ikke længere vil kunne afvikle PS2-spil. Fahey undrer sig over, at Sony synes at sadle helt om ganske pludseligt, da han, med flere eksempler, gør opmærksom på, at Sony ganske længe har benyttet det store bibliotek af gode PS2-spil, som endnu et salgsargument for PlayStation 3. Han siger det ganske klart i sin afsluttende kommentar:


The sad thing is that up until now, Sony practically had this aspect of the market in hand. Whatever about the quality or quantity of its software titles, or its pricing strategy, one thing that was regularly praised about the PS3 was its backwards compatibility – even on the European software-compatibility models. For users with HDTVs, the ability to upscale and smooth old games in higher resolutions is a huge boon – one owners of the new 40GB models will miss out on entirely.



More than anything else, this move simply confuses the market. Last week, asked about backwards compatibility, we could simply say that the PS3 does it very well. This week, the answer is “it does it sometimes, it depends what model you get”. We’re all for choice – but in this instance, Sony seems to have added a choice into its range that no consumer actually wants.

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  1. Jeg forstår heller ikke alt den kritik over en billigere konsol. Hvem gider betale 3000kr for at spille et 4 årt gammelt spil, de har spillet 200 gange før på en ps2? Hvis man har ps2 spil liggende har man vel os en ps2 stående og så gigantisk stor er den jo heller ikke så folk ikke kan have begge stående.