[QUOTE="FragTycoon"][QUOTE="Ninten007"] No one complains about the 360's lackluster backwards compatibility.
See if Sony puts BC in the PS3s again, the price of the thing will go up and guess what? More people will complain about the price being too high.
MS does not include BC because they know it increases the price of the 360, thats why their consoles are cheaper.
If you want to play PS2/Xbox games flawlessly, then go out and get a PS2/Xbox.
Ninten007
360 has BC but there are 2 things to remember.
1) You need a HDD and Internet access to download updates for most X-Box (1) games.
2) Not all of those emulation updates work well.
I have no idea if Sony is working on Emulation software but PS2 games have been notoriously difficult to emulate in a proper manner.
Still a huge hassle. At least the 60GB and 80GB(MGS 4 Bundle) play PS2 games outta the box without all the hassle of doing all that.
This is like complaining the 64 is not BC with the SNES and NES and complaining about how terrible SNES and NES graphics look compared to 64's.
If you want to play PS2 games, try to find a BC PS3(its pricey), buy a PS2(game in SD not HD).
Yeah I understand where you are coming from with the comparison to SNES, etc. The point is that the price of a console is going to drop over the duration of its cycle, except never before has a console dropped over time and then a core feature removed to cut the costs to the company. For the limited library that XBox had, those games all play well over 360. Meanwhile all of the 360 consoles are standard with how they deal with BC. Meanwhile, PS3 just takes the feature out altogether even though they are still producing emotion chips for PS2s, and why? To save their production costs. It urks me that somebody else with a PS3 can go and put in a PS2 disc and it works, and meanwhile I have to go hunt for a used, overpriced discontinued one to have the same feature as them. 
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