[citation][nom]IronRyan21[/nom]This should have been done right, in the first place! Took sony long enough to realize that, with sales of PS2 still high, it would be smart to to offer backwards compatibility with PS3.[/citation]
I think the fact that they could release this only now says a lot about how difficult it is to code with Cell.
[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]I do realize its too late to discuss the merits of removing the Emotion Engine processor from PS3, but now that PS2 CPU is about 9 years old, doesn't it cost next to nothing to make and integrate into the PS3?If so, then removing the EE CPU wouldn't have cut the cost much anyway, while at the same time losing many potential customers.[/citation]
What then if they decided to kill the PS2, it would be uneconomical to keep a whole factory that just produces the EE when the PS3 could live without it.