I was pretty frustrated to find out about the fact that the emotion chip was being taken out of the PS3 and so PS2 BC was going to rely on software emulation which meant there would be a lot of PS2 games that won't play on the PS3 from the off.

I get more annoyed at the talk of people saying that it's ok. Why would you buy a PS3 just to play PS2 games? Well that's not the point. There are some I'm sure who will be selling their PS2's to go part way in buying a PS3. There are those like myself who are passing it on to other people. In my example, I'm passing it on to my brother.

The point is, there are times when you like to go back and play the older games, and it's just much easier to have one system which would do all things in one. I mean how annoying would it be if you had to buy several computers. You had one computer which you use for the internet, another to do word processing, another for programming, another for printing and another for e-mailing. How frustrating would it be to have to switch between all those computers? You'd need a lot of power sockets to begin with, plus many monitors or would you be happy to swap between the cables all the time.

Backwards compatibility is just a convenience. Or at least it's supposed to be. But when you find out that you still have to pay the same price for something other people in other countries have which you will no longer get, well then you feel a little ripped off.

I'm not cancelling my preorder though. I've been saving up for a damned long time for a PS3. I've been saving up since Christmas of 2005 with the expectation of a March 2006 release. I kept saving up money which is why I can afford it now. Not because I'm rich and I can throw the money about. I just made sure to set aside so much money every month and now I can afford it.

Anyway, there are some of us out here who will get a kick out of the launch games on offer. I for one can't wait to play Ridge Racer 7. Loved Ridge Racer 5 on the PS2, played that game to death. Will do the same with this. Plus I've only just got Okami, God Hand and FFXII to play. Plus God of War 2 is yet to come out, so I'm hoping the PS3 BC will be up to date enough to play those.

I'm still glad I'm getting a PS3. Just a little more annoyed that I already am at how much more we're being shafted.