rand0m
06-06-2006, 02:33 PM
News article (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=141078)
PS3 to have built-in PS2?
Tuesday 6-Jun-2006 10:24 AM Report suggests the PS2 chipset will be included inside every PS3, plus enhanced PS3 models for the future?
With our ears and eyes kept firmly pointing towards the Land of the Rising Sun, we've uncovered a surprising report this morning from Japan's Ultra One technology magazine. According to the mag, Sony will be achieving PlayStation 3 backwards compatibility through actual physical hardware, rather than previously announced software emulation.
The magazine states that in its current form the PlayStation 3 hardware contains the core PS2 chipset, which presumably means that the PS2's Emotion Engine CPU chip and Graphics Synthesiser are present underneath the PS3's slick shell.
Of course adding extra hardware drives up costs, and with actual hardware physically present we can presumably wave goodbye to any kind of visual upgrade we might have expected from software emulation. Although on the flip side, having the chipset present almost guarantees that every PS2 game will be able to run on PS3.
Advertisement:Ultra One adds that once it has finished developing a software alternative, Sony will remove the PS2 chipset from future iterations of the PS3. This will presumably drive down the already-harsh price tag of the console, dropping it into the realms of 73,000 yen (about 350 GBP).
Another revelation in the mag comes from an interview with Izumi Kawanishi, head of Sony's Software Platform Development Division. In the interview, Kawanishi comments that the main difference between the PS2 and PS3 is that the PS3 hardware, as it was announced, is "nothing more than just the basic system." Upgraded models are apparently planned for the future, with larger hard disks and upgraded network features.
We'll wait for official word from Sony before we hail any of these details as fact.
if that turns out to be true ... what the fuck! Why the fuck have sony a ps2 chipset in there?
and yes i am critising the Playstation 3, fuck those who say im a fan boy.
PS3 to have built-in PS2?
Tuesday 6-Jun-2006 10:24 AM Report suggests the PS2 chipset will be included inside every PS3, plus enhanced PS3 models for the future?
With our ears and eyes kept firmly pointing towards the Land of the Rising Sun, we've uncovered a surprising report this morning from Japan's Ultra One technology magazine. According to the mag, Sony will be achieving PlayStation 3 backwards compatibility through actual physical hardware, rather than previously announced software emulation.
The magazine states that in its current form the PlayStation 3 hardware contains the core PS2 chipset, which presumably means that the PS2's Emotion Engine CPU chip and Graphics Synthesiser are present underneath the PS3's slick shell.
Of course adding extra hardware drives up costs, and with actual hardware physically present we can presumably wave goodbye to any kind of visual upgrade we might have expected from software emulation. Although on the flip side, having the chipset present almost guarantees that every PS2 game will be able to run on PS3.
Advertisement:Ultra One adds that once it has finished developing a software alternative, Sony will remove the PS2 chipset from future iterations of the PS3. This will presumably drive down the already-harsh price tag of the console, dropping it into the realms of 73,000 yen (about 350 GBP).
Another revelation in the mag comes from an interview with Izumi Kawanishi, head of Sony's Software Platform Development Division. In the interview, Kawanishi comments that the main difference between the PS2 and PS3 is that the PS3 hardware, as it was announced, is "nothing more than just the basic system." Upgraded models are apparently planned for the future, with larger hard disks and upgraded network features.
We'll wait for official word from Sony before we hail any of these details as fact.
if that turns out to be true ... what the fuck! Why the fuck have sony a ps2 chipset in there?
and yes i am critising the Playstation 3, fuck those who say im a fan boy.