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It may not use the same I/O, or the same emotion engine, but they could still microsize a basic architecture similar to the PS2 and place that in there to handle the backwards compatibility.

I guess we'll see. I was being overly presumptious, as it has become a major selling point. Still, the point remains that it has not been confirmed, nor hinted at by Sony themselves. Also it depends on the architecture that Sony will be using, as to whether or not they will be able to emulate the EE in it. It's just been an assumption by everyone based on the PS2.