Take Mr. Seybold's answer for what it's worth -- an honest sounding, and somewhat surprised, reaction. We don't know what to take from this and perhaps we shouldn't read into it any further as there's nothing really left to go on. Then again, the image in question belongs to the UK store while Mr. Seybold is with SCEA ... hmm. Anyway, it is an interesting response to say the least. It is a very different answer to the usual robotic auto-reply "we do not comment on rumors and speculation."
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6-30-2008 @ 8:03PM
browntown said...
There better be plans, otherwise WTF are u doing?
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6-30-2008 @ 8:05PM
mike said...
DAMN. that would have been cool.
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6-30-2008 @ 8:11PM
RagingStormX said...
If this were to be true, wouldn't that also mean that all those 40GB (aka non-PS2 compatible) PS3 will have to be updated to play them, via software emulation? Until Sony announces such of an update...I am calling this image BS.
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6-30-2008 @ 8:13PM
MCX said...
What that means is they don't wanna say yes right now.
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6-30-2008 @ 8:17PM
crazypenguin said...
as i've learned for a long time from dealing with rumors from sony, i will never condemn a rumor, believe in it 100 % is of course not possible either, but i'm not condemning it either. like the psp redesighn, i was absolutley sure like months before it happened, i said, no, sony wouldn't do that, not if people just bought some, no, that would be horrible, sony don't do it. and they responded to the rumor saying ,redesigning the psp is the furthest thing from our mind, blah blah blah, so yeah, not believing for a while. so far, most of the rumors i've heard, especially from this site, have been true...so why not, you know, not condemn them and say, this is total BS.
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6-30-2008 @ 11:36PM
Shooter McGavin said...
maybe he only said that to get the attention away from it
so it won't spread like wild fire
that way when the announce it at E3 (hopefuly) most people will be suprised in steed of like "wow like i didn't see it coming"
they would be more like, "WOW, OMFG I THINK I JUST SH!T MYSELF IN EXCITEMENT"
but one can only speculate
6-30-2008 @ 8:47PM
ahsayuninew said...
How I would love to replay ssx3. Probably the best snowboarding game ever, imo
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6-30-2008 @ 8:51PM
Bellerophon said...
When you think about it, with all the PS3 SKUs out at the moment, some sporting BC others not, this is just a disaster waiting to happen. It's just not a feasible thing to do for the PS3. Sony would be immediately alienating all those who opted for a cheaper SKU at the expense of BC. Unless these games somehow run on the PS3 with some special trickery, I too call this image BS.
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6-30-2008 @ 9:21PM
maxpontiac said...
Interesting.
Sony denied the PS2 rumor quickly, but said nothing about 2.40...
Now we know what to expect...
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6-30-2008 @ 9:28PM
--- said...
@ Bellerophon
do you honesty believe sony has no plans to add bc to all ps3's at some point? lol. come on. any idiot can figure out that ps2 downloads is in the cards, and obviously it'd be available to all ps3's.
is it coming this summer? who knows. is it coming at some point? i'd say yes
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6-30-2008 @ 9:37PM
Dwag said...
Why would they they don't need to have it I mean at 90% of PS3 owners had a PS2 so why would I download them and alot of PS3s are b/c so no point really unless they like making money off games that most of there onwers probably own looking at you 360 xbox Originals come most of your owners had an xbox.
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7-01-2008 @ 10:59AM
Dan said...
A lot of ppl never had a PS2 to begin with though, and even if they did some probably don't have it anymore. My ps2 was one of the first models and is beat to a crap, I would definitely buy the PS2 games to store on the PS3 and play in upscaled HD goodness.
And you can bet a bunch of other ppl will too.
6-30-2008 @ 9:41PM
Pete said...
SSX is one of the games listed there. SSX doesn't even work on the 80GB PS3. It crashes almost immediately. In fact, all of the SSX games crash on the 80GB PS3.
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6-30-2008 @ 9:44PM
Tremada said...
@ Bellerophon
So if the people who bought the cheaper PS3's that lacked backwards compatibility all of a sudden were able to play ps2 games, this would make them feel alienated? Are you an alien?
I don't know how large the ps2 game files are, but it is more than likely that ps2 games see the same treatment as ps1 games. It's a cash cow.
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6-30-2008 @ 10:32PM
Popfrogs said...
"but it is more than likely that ps2 games see the same treatment as ps1 games"
What, released by the dozens in Japan and barely available in the rest of the world? God I hope not. :)
6-30-2008 @ 10:48PM
Tremada said...
Unfortunately, that would probably be true too :(
6-30-2008 @ 10:09PM
Dwag said...
I doubt Sony is gonna release all PS3s with b/c cause even with software emulation it still cost money and Sony needs all the money they can get and releasing patches which cost money just get 40Gb PS3s to play PS2 games is dumb first and foremost I have a PS2 I can easily hook it up and done I can play all my PS2 games easy and plus whos gonna buy the PS2 games online when I can get them at stores(not gamestop I mean street stores) for no tax and ten bucks. It just doesn't make sense to do this cause it takes money to get this up and running and then people might not even buy the games.
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7-01-2008 @ 12:14AM
Brett from Atlanta said...
Ok, well heres how they get the money. Someone walks into a store looking to buy a ps2, but then they find out that all the ps3's are now backward compatible, have a steady library of ps3 games as well, and it is also and affordable blu ray player at the same time. Pretty convincing if you ask me. Dont you think that at some point, sony is gonna have to kill of the ps2. Then what, people who dont wanna shell out the cash for the higher prices ps3 sku have to hunt down a ps2? It'll happen sooner or later, we as the community just have to complain about it enough. See in game xmb complaints...
6-30-2008 @ 10:39PM
Barndo111 said...
Actually, a pretty useful feature that I would like to see is being able to put the PS3 to sleep just like the PSP does. Am I the only one who thinks this would be a good idea? I always have to leave the house in the middle of a play session far away from a save point. Sure would be nice to have that ability.
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6-30-2008 @ 10:40PM
Riley Freeman said...
honestly it sounds like he didnt have a damn clue. like he was pissed off for being left out of the loop lol
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