Quote Originally Posted by Jin View Post
Could that have been a more exaggerated speculation?

That's ridiculous. PS2 compatibility was removed so PS2s would still sell. Obviously PSXs are not still available in stores so there would be absolutely no reason to scrap it. The two USB ports and flash drive on the other hand, well it's just impossible to please you people; you complain that the PS3 costs too much money, but then complain when they take away relatively unnecessary features in an attempt to keep the cost as low as they can afford (while desperately trying, but failing, to keep it profitable).

We know nothing of the slim yet, including whether it's even real or not, so there's no reason to assume that it will be missing any additional features. It's just a matter of more cost efficient (as well as space efficient) technology becoming available. Sony may screw it up, they're good at that, but I really don't see how. We'll see what happens at Gamescom or, failing that, Tokyo Game Show.
I don't complain about the price as I have this stuff called money, damn useful stuff. I do complain about the loss of features with every new revision making my launch model seem infinetely better than any later PS3 and worth the extra money I spent.

Oh and I was right, something else did go. The ability to install alternative Operating Systems, which was fortunately not that big a loss as Linux didn't run all that well on it as a desktop anyways. Only thing I really lost was the ability to run emulators, but I have Wii's VC and a GP2X Wiz for that.