Official: Cut-Price PS3 Drops October 10 October 07, 2007
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There was some speculation about a smaller, cut-price PS3 last week and , unlike many Sony rumours, this one has actually proven true.
From Wednesday, shoppers will be able to get a 40GB PS3 for just £275, while the 60GB ‘value pack’ [two games included] will see its price drop to a more reasonable £350, from £425 – although there’s no second controller. The new 40GB model at £275 will appeal to the hordes of gamers who have complained the PS3 is too expensive. Still, there is a catch – unfortunate, but true.
The 40GB version has two, instead of four, USB slots, no multi-memory card support and lastly, and most painfully, no backwards compatibility with PS2 games. I can hear many a gamer choking. While this might really annoy many, you will still be getting a next-gen gaming platform and a Blu-ray movie player for £275.
Does this appeal or has Sony’s lack of PS2 game support hamstrung what could have been a great, entry-level PS3?-Martin Lynch
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I've had a PS3 since the first week and I've used the backwards compatibility exactly once - to check it worked. Nobody I know with a PS3 or XBox 360 has used the functionality any more than that either; FAR too much emphasis is placed on it in looking at the consoles. The lack of memory card slots is a way bigger deal.
Xbox 360's dont have backwards compatiability.
Yes it does Gene Hunt.
Not with PS2 games
Buy a PS2 slimline for £20. Plug it into the spare scart socket. Hey presto.
Lack of memory cards and fewer USB ports is the problem here.
Not that backward compatibility ever works properly anyway... (Play Rollcage Stage II on a PS2 and then tell me it works properly)...
Gene Hunt Wrote
"Xbox 360's dont have backwards compatiability."
It does!
I still don't understand WHY it can't have backwards compatability - the UK versions have always used software to play PS2 games, unlike some earlier US versions which had the hardware inside...
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