14th April 2005, 3:55 AM
Doesn't the PS2 simply emulate the PS1 hardware? Just like running an emulator on the PC, yunno?
But basically, what i'm hearing is that there will be two versions of the XBox2 at launch for the purpose of cutting cost. One with the HDD, and (for $50-100 less) one without it. You can buy the HDD seperately though. Giving you a choice, do you want the backwards compatability or do you want the core system?
But would that mean if you buy the XBox2 without the HDD, you cant save your games? Or maybe it's just a larger HDD that you can buy seperately. Maybe there's a small HDD built in that supports the XBox2 games to save states and what not, but you'd need the 'expansion' to play XBox1 games... I dunno.
One thing is for sure, it would be just plain stupid to release a next gen console only a few years after the last gen and not have it backwards compatible. I dont care if the new gen hardware was made in a joint venture between ILM, Martians and God; You cant screw your consumers and your established user base like that.
But basically, what i'm hearing is that there will be two versions of the XBox2 at launch for the purpose of cutting cost. One with the HDD, and (for $50-100 less) one without it. You can buy the HDD seperately though. Giving you a choice, do you want the backwards compatability or do you want the core system?
But would that mean if you buy the XBox2 without the HDD, you cant save your games? Or maybe it's just a larger HDD that you can buy seperately. Maybe there's a small HDD built in that supports the XBox2 games to save states and what not, but you'd need the 'expansion' to play XBox1 games... I dunno.
One thing is for sure, it would be just plain stupid to release a next gen console only a few years after the last gen and not have it backwards compatible. I dont care if the new gen hardware was made in a joint venture between ILM, Martians and God; You cant screw your consumers and your established user base like that.