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By Mansized, Mon 26 Feb 2007 at 3:21pm 
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Sony's next gen console will be less able to play PS2 games now that a key chip has been removed to save money. Are you planning on getting one?

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Re: Even less backwards compatibility for PS3

By Phoenix, Mon 26 Feb 2007 at 3:23pm 
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That article made me laugh! Sooooo glad i didnt bother waiting for ps3 now...

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Re: Even less backwards compatibility for PS3

By oscarricher, Mon 26 Feb 2007 at 3:25pm 
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well ps3 popularity shows in the pre-order takings. Amazon still has its allocation left. the Wii sold its preorder within hours and was the same for 360.

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By spike316, Mon 26 Feb 2007 at 3:28pm 
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Surely the idea is to make you want the new version by offering an upgraded console that can still play your favourite games form the previous/original one. It annoyed me that you Had to buy special discs for the PSP and couldn't even watch the movies on a dvd player. I'll stick to my trusty PS2 for now, at least it plays movies, psone and ps2 games and it's games are getting cheaper.

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Re: Even less backwards compatibility for PS3

By Matt, Mon 26 Feb 2007 at 3:29pm 
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though the idea of a next gen console is to play next gen games.. the fact that is is only Europe who suffer this because sony replaced a component with some software instead is stupid, especially when we will be paying the most for it. .. well, if we actually buy it, which doesn't seem likely.

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Re: Even less backwards compatibility for PS3

By ChrisP, Wed 28 Feb 2007 at 8:15pm 
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It's just yet another example of us Europeans being considered as second class citizens in the gaming world. Pay even more for a machine with less capabilities? Only we'd be forced to shell out like that....

That being said, I AM starting to get excited about finally getting a hold of one myself permanently.

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