PS2 Backwards Compatibility "Not Coming Back"

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The question of backwards compatibility returning has dogged Sony and the PlayStation 3 since it was removed. Now, with the announcement of the PS3 Slim, the company seems intent on squashing it for good. In an interview with Ars Technica, John Koller flatly stated, "[Backwards compatibility is] not coming back, so let me put that on the table. But it's all people ever talk about!"

What's the reasoning behind the permanent removal? "It's not as big as a purchase intent driver as you may be hearing," he says. "We've got such a substantial lineup of titles on the PS3; most people are buying the PS3 for PS3 games. They've been buying it for PS3 games and Blu-ray movies. That won't be returning." So, if you hadn't already deduced from Sony's hardware actions for the last year or so, your best bet for playing PS2 games is to dig out your old system, or pick up a new one.

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there you have it folks, if you want to play your PS2 games then you better buy yourself a new PS2 or just trade in all your PS2 stuff for a PS3.
 
That's why we still have a PS2 and I haven't even bought a PS3 yet. Still no games on it that I want to play and since FFXIII is going to be on other platforms, I may just break down and buy it for a different system.
 
Atleast, the price is more reasonable at $299 for the Slim PS3 with a 120GB drive and Blu-ray and all the other goodies that come with the PS3 minus backwards compatibility.

I just buy an extra PS2 if I were to but a PS3 since the PS3 was not very well known for having decent backwards compatibilities when it came out, so I'm not very confident in the PS3 being good at playing old games even if the PS3 has backwards compatibility.
 
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