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No emotion chip in new PS3

July 10, 2007 in News comments 6

The new and heavily anticipated 80 GB PS3 will not have an emotion chip for backwards compatibility according to news from Gamesindustry.biz. This means that people who want to paly older games on the new PS3 will have to continually download updates for their 80GB console.

With news of Sony's 80GB model PlayStation 3 comes word that the new console will eliminate the PS2 "emotion engine' chip.

"The current 60 GB model utilizes a hardware and solution for backwards compatibility, namely the Emotion Engine chip," said SCEA's Kimberly Otzman. "The new 80 GB PS3 will use a software solution for backwards compatibility, similar to that currently found in the PAL model."
black_wing79 via gamesindustry.biz »
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    Final Blade Jul 10, 07
    Well this is what i like to call good move. This was probably the reason they lowered the price. Good move. Lets wait and see.
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    MusiKon Jul 10, 07
    Will this mean some American PS/PS2 titles will be lost until further software updates?
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      Final Blade Jul 11, 07
      No i think currently its only for 80GB version. But it could change to all of them.
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    FRoGBuster Jul 11, 07
    SO the emotion chip is better, since it can emulate ALL games?
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    ZhaoYun88 Jul 11, 07
    I bet Sont arent to happy about that, with the problems already they have had with backward compatable games
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    Deviant Jul 11, 07
    So, you can't play the older games on it? People won't be too happy about that.

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