Thought sony removed bc to save money? Think again...

[hippy fascist]

Jack Tretton Says Dropping BC Wasn't For Cost Measures



The feature-gimped PlayStation 3 with a 40 GB hard drive is coming to North America at a reduced price, but without the ability to play PlayStation 2 games. If you thought Sony was removing the PS2 guts out of the system, saving them gobs of cash and passing the savings on to you, late adopters, maybe you should think again. According to the Wall Street Journal's paraphrasing of SCEA boss Jack Tretton, the removal of PS2 backward compatibility and other components isn't "dramatically reducing Sony's cost of manufacturing" on Sony's behemoth console.

Instead, the handicapping of the PS3 was part of an effort to "encourage buyers of the entry-level PlayStation 3 to purchase more games designed specifically for the new system." If only there were some other ways of doing that outside of ripping out the PS3's ability to play PS2 games better than an actual PS2 in so many cases.

God, I just can't think of any. Obviously having better PS3 software won't work. Nor would working more closely with third parties to help them ship their PS3 ports of Xbox 360 titles day and date, feature for feature. I'll admit... I'm stumped!

Congratulations Jack!



It's one thing to rip off your customers, but who the hell admits it and then tries to spin it as a smart business decision?

[Fran]

I always knew he was a dumbass

[Electro UK]

Oh Jack, will you ever learn?

That said, its true. Ever since I bought my PS3, I've bought 5 PS3 games, but also 4 PS2 games that I've been able to play all nice and HD like... I wonder if I'd bought them and still played them on my PS2 if there was 0% BC on my PS3...

[Havok83]

He really should have kept his mouth shut. Now that he opened up a can of worms, I expect Sony to put BC back in all PS3 models sometime next year. He just gave people a valid reason to b--ch and enough of that will cause change

[hippy fascist]

It's like the rumble thing all over again

[Superhero 101]

ARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[The Guardian]

OH BROTHER, ANOTHER BASH SONY THREAD, COME ON GUYS YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE TO TALK ABOUT, I MEAN THIS IS GETTING TIRESOME!!!

[블라스]

Hahaha are you kidding me?
Come on, man...
Stand up for your f***ing customer rights for once, and stop defending a company that DOES NOT care about you at all.
The guy is telling people "Hey! Buy this Ps3, it's cheaper...but you can only play Ps3 games, not Ps2 games. Why? BECAUSE WE SAY SO!"

Look, I'm going to buy a Ps3 eventually (Uncharted, GoW3, hell even Killzone 2 if it's good), but seriously, you (and people who think like you) have got to stop defending Sony (or Microsoft or Nintendo or whatever) when they make retarded moves like this.

Just play the f***ing games and have fun, don't follow the company blindly.

[Zenien]

Jack Tretton is an idiot who has spewed thing contradictory to the rest of SCEEWWS. I wouldn't put any stock in whatever BS spin he's peddling. It's a fact taht reducing the motherboard size saves them a decent amount of money, and any person with even a reasonable understanding of fabrication knows this, and we wouldn't have a 399 SKU without it. Just ignore him, he's an example of how retarded and harmful Sony's PR is these days.

Jack Trettons contribution to society is ****ing over the company he works for. Seriously, you have to wonder if he's paid under the table to sabotage Sony or something because there's no way anyone with half a brain would say something like that.

[블라스]

I can tell you typed furiously

[Zenien]

[Purple Prancer]

Looks like a rancid vagina cavern. Did you get an STD or something?

[The Guardian]

Originally Posted by Gammy79

Hahaha are you kidding me?
Come on, man...
Stand up for your f***ing customer rights for once, and stop defending a company that DOES NOT care about you at all.
The guy is telling people "Hey! Buy this Ps3, it's cheaper...but you can only play Ps3 games, not Ps2 games. Why? BECAUSE WE SAY SO!"

Look, I'm going to buy a Ps3 eventually (Uncharted, GoW3, hell even Killzone 2 if it's good), but seriously, you (and people who think like you) have got to stop defending Sony (or Microsoft or Nintendo or whatever) when they make retarded moves like this.

Just play the f***ing games and have fun, don't follow the company blindly.

YOU GOT ME ALL WRONG MAN, I COULD CARE LESS, I'M JUST SICK OF THREAD AFTER THREAD WITH THE SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE!!! SOMEONE FROM SONY SAYS SOMETHING STUPID (INSERT PICTURE HERE) AND WE GET THREADS ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN IT'S "HIP" TO BASH SONY, WHICH FRANKLY IS REALLY STUPID!!! PEOPLE JUST NEED TO PLAY THE GAMES THEY ENJOY ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS AND STOP THIS CONSOLE WAR NONSENSE!!!

[Zenien]

Originally Posted by Purple Prancer

Looks like a rancid vagina cavern. Did you get an STD or something?

I'm going to hurt you

[OobeDoobBenubi]

I guess good old Jackie boy there ruined Sonys plan

[블라스]

Originally Posted by The Guardian

YOU GOT ME ALL WRONG MAN, I COULD CARE LESS, I'M JUST SICK OF THREAD AFTER THREAD WITH THE SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE!!! SOMEONE FROM SONY SAYS SOMETHING STUPID (INSERT PICTURE HERE) AND WE GET THREADS ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN IT'S "HIP" TO BASH SONY, WHICH FRANKLY IS REALLY STUPID!!!

If that's truly the case, then I apologize

Originally Posted by The Guardian

PEOPLE JUST NEED TO PLAY THE GAMES THEY ENJOY ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS AND STOP THIS CONSOLE WAR NONSENSE!!!

Exactly! That's my point!

[Purple Prancer]

Originally Posted by Zenien

I'm going to hurt you

You already took..... my heart.

And kids.

[Zenien]

You were setting them on fire and shooting them out of cannons. :\

[블라스]

I smell love!

[Purple Prancer]

I smell deportation

[블라스]

Loveportation?

[Purple Prancer]

Lovertation

[The Guardian]

I ANSWERED YOUR COMMENT ABOVE GAMMY!!!

[블라스]

Originally Posted by Purple Prancer

Lovertation

You motherfu....

[블라스]

Originally Posted by The Guardian

I ANSWERED YOUR COMMENT ABOVE GAMMY!!!

Samesies