As a matter of fact, yes. I do believe that if the slim model cut manufacturing costs of the PS3, the price would be reduced. Its always worked that way...whenever they make significant changes to the console and thereby cut cost of manufacturing, the price drops. As far as the cost of PS2 hardware emulation in the PS3 goes, I haven't read anything in which Sony claimed it cost $100 a unit. I'd have to see it for myself. I doubt it would cost that much, but I can't say for certain. You don't know for a fact what changes had to be made to allow for the PS2 hardware to function and the hardware itself, It may have ended up costing that much.
Trimming and "neutering", yes. Thats always been the natural way of things when you want manufacturing costs cut. But the slim models are fully functional for their main purposes. And, in fact, the PS1 slim really lost nothing. You claim that its vents are obstructed and promote overheating, but I've had one operating for 16 hours at one point, and experienced no issue. The PS2 slim lost the extremely obscure and rarely used ability to use a hard drive, which effects maybe 5% of those that own a PS2... I just don't think all of your bitterness is well founded at all. Do you lay this kind of crap on the 360 and wii board aswell? because I can come up with 3 times the amount ridiculous faults with those consoles.
Log in to comment