I just want to be clear, because I'm getting conflicting answers in this thread, was emulation only possible through partial ps2 hardware which the ps3 no longer has, or is emulation completely possible through software and they just don't want to do it? The original xbox was more powerful than the ps2 and the ps3 is more powerful than the xbox 360 and the 360 can run xbox games through emulation (and they don't seem to have a MASSIVE hacker issue). If thats the case I don't see why the ps3 wouldn't be able to emulate a ps2. As far as ps2 sales are concerned, especially now after the ps3 price drop, it's time to let it go...

the whole situation is a consumer information nightmare. full ps2 compatibility vs partial vs none... it's way to confusing for the average consumer and I think sony is earning some big time ill will. I bought my 80 gb ps3 (the two usb port model) around 2 months ago expecting to be able to replay some of the old ps2 games that I loved. (FF X, MGS 2, GoW, Ico...) being as my ps2 died years back and I no longer have the games I would have gladly paid for them. I guess I should have investigated more before purchasing... I thought that it was either fullcompatibilityvs partial, I never thought they would yank it completely...

First of all I want to thank everyone for their responses. I have a much better picture of what ishappeningnow.

Secondly

[QUOTE="theycallmeryan"]Because Sony isn't smart?kinjo13

All PS3's can run PS1 games through emulation. Wouldn't that create the same issue?

So why did they include it in the earlier models, and/or why don't they strip it off of the older models?

I understand that including the emotion engine in the ps3 for running ps2 games was too costly for sony, but once they developed a way of running ps2 games through emulation, why did they stop allowing it in the newer models. All ps3's can run the same ps3 games, they all have the exact same amount of processing power, what reason could there be for stopping software emulation?