as longs decent ps2 games work like mgs and dmc no real deal.

This is because Sony took out some hardware dedicated to emulating the PS2. Fortunately, the hardware that was dedicated to emulating PS2 games is being used to accelerate native PS3 games. This will especially come in handy as Sony moves on to making games purely for the PS3.

... so its a shame they TOOK IT OUT... so it WONT be any faster at all. Just crippled. Like most SONY P.R.

Anyway, what would be the point? A PS3 (US and Japan) and a faster PS3.1 in Europe that would run games that COULDNT be run on the US and Japanese versions! Well, game developers just ARE NOT going to support 2 versions of the PS3. Imagine the code management issues... and the marketing headaches.

GAME DEVELOPERWell in the US the game does this... but IN EUROPE it does that...

OMG!

Whoops, bad choice of wording again, they're using what used to be dedicated to making PS2 games run into making PS3 games run better :) (fixed).

My fear is that the extra processing power will only be used OUTSIDE of the gamecode... for example, SONY streaming in-game ads. etc. YIKES!

So this means that PS3 games will run worse in Japan and America?:confused:

Think of it more like "better in Europe" :p (and I seriously doubt you'll see that much performance increase, maybe like 1 or 2 fps).

zekrahminatorThink of it more like "better in Europe" :p (and I seriously doubt you'll see that much performance increase, maybe like 1 or 2 fps).

Either way, Europe > America!!!

j/k

TBH I expect that any games worth running will have perfectly fine emulation - I mean the PS3 has so much power in reserve that running a PS2 game using software emulation should be fine... maybe Picture In Picture 3D graphic!!! Play one game low-res with the emotion engine, and one game high res using the cell processors :roll:

:laugh: In some ways it definitely is, you've got better currency, roads full of stick-shifts, way less gun deaths, and "tee time" :).

Oh well.........XBOX360 FTW anyway!!! :)

Well uhm, I honestly dont have a decent response for this. Make a game faster using PS2 hardware or software?? Where is the logic in that?

WarEagleAUWell uhm, I honestly dont have a decent response for this. Make a game faster using PS2 hardware or software?? Where is the logic in that?

Because the PS3 is obviously lacking on processing power isn't it :laugh:

If it is truly as awsome and powerful as Sony makes out, then I have to agree that I don't think much performance is to be gained by this, but Sony won't listen to the consumer whilst its console is flying off the shelves. Admittedly it isn't (and I won't be buying one for a while) but I still reckon it'll end up being the best selling console.

This could be MUCH MORE SINISTER....

Remember that there were yield issues on the Cell. It's taped for 8 cells, but 7 functioning is OK for PS3.

Perhaps what they are saying is that the EUROPEAN model will have 6 functioning cells... ie. they will use the reject chips for the European model.

In a twist of "P.R." the US version had a hardware emulator running on one dedicated cell. In the European version they've stopped that. WOW THAT FREES UP HARDWARE. W00T.

The emulation is now a "thread" on any cell managed by the scheduler. OH, NOT SO W00T AFTERALL