Pal PS3 to play LESS PS2 games and MORE expensive (for some people)

It is a known fact that the new Sony PlayStation 3 is an expensive piece of shit hardware. But imagine you are a Greek, or the Irish, you would be hard pressed to even consider looking for one. According the Sony, the RRP of the Irish PS3 is EUR 629, and Greek PS3 is more expensive at EUR 659, about 60 Euro more than everyone else in Europe.

It's almost better to just jump across the border and and buy it from the nearby countries. If I were a game shop, I could probably open a PS3 stand just next to the border.

Now, this other news affects not only the Greeks and the Irish, but the all of the PAL region. It seems like that the PAL PS3 will not have backward compatibility as good as the NTSC (read US and Japan) version. In a statement released by Sony, they said:

"PS3 is first and foremost a system that excels in playing games specifically designed to exploit the power and potential of the PS3 system. Games designed for PS3 offer incredible graphics quality, stunning gameplay and massively improved audio and video fidelity that is simply not achievable with PS and PS2 games. Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3, truly taking advantage of this exciting technology."

That has to the biggest load of shit I've heard so far from Sony regarding the PS3. Not even the ridiculous pricing could top that. They tried to covered their asses by dodging the entire issue here.

Just admit it, Sony, your PlayStation 3 is full of shit. If you say PS3 is backward compatible, make it so. If it doesn't, fix the damn thing, or don't say it in the first place. But then again, they did say the PS3 was to have a worldwide release.... *roll eyes*

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