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calderra

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Rumor debunk: No more U.S. 20GB PS3 and Euro backward compatibility is
« on: March 15, 2007, 08:13:00 AM »
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As Karraker put it, "No firmware update equals no software emulation." The real compatibility list will release on March 23rd, along with the firmware update making it all possible.


EXACT.
SAME.

...as the 360 method Sony relentlessly bashed in the press for over a year.
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twistedsymphony

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Rumor debunk: No more U.S. 20GB PS3 and Euro backward compatibility is
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 02:13:00 PM »
As for the lack of 20gb PS3s... it's a shame they're in such short quantity... if I were to buy a PS3 I'd get the 20GB model without a doubt.
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mirx999

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Rumor debunk: No more U.S. 20GB PS3 and Euro backward compatibility is
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 09:30:00 PM »
It's because the profit margins on the 20GB and the 60GB models aren't the same.  I saw the wholesale prices for each at work a few weeks back, and was surprised by the difference.  I don't remember the exact numbers, but I remember that the % was significant.
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