40GB PS3 PS2 full compatible

[tutting]

I'm afraid i have to agree with the other posts, the video is way too vague to be conclusive. We must treat it as fake until proved otherwise.
What's with this 'factory mode' too?

[ElChivafighter]

Well the factory mode is the normal Retail version of the PS3 so in that sense the video could be real. But the thing is he doesnt show us enough evidence to say its real

[JLF65]

Another thought is that this could be a beta firmware sent to specific companies for testing of upcoming PS2 emulation on all PS3s. It wouldn't be enabled on home machines as it crashes left and right... notice how short the video is. It could be the video is completely true... and they cut it off where they did because it crashed spectacularly right at that point. There's no way you'd allow users to use this feature until it was mostly solid.

[chuggman]

My thought is that sony made a Goober? I'm not saying the video is correct or incorrect. But In order to sell PS2s there needs to be a need for PS2s. With the 20gb/60gb/80gb(1st version). The PS2 was emulated fairly well and thus people without a PS2 could simply pick up a PS3 and now have both. But this means the PS2s won't be sold off as quickly to make room for the PS3s. By having the PS3 not backwards compatible new games now have to choose between PS2/PS3/other console. PS2 already has a good name and a number of good games and it is cheaper! So it would be a good qualifier for people with less money and they wouldn't feel bad because the current PS3s can't play PS2 games anyway. Once all the PS2 are out of the way and people start buying the PS3. Since they have worked on the emulator they can simply add it in as a update and then the PS2 owners feel stupid for buying a older console when that console could of just been added to the newer console. !!!This is all speculation as well as being able to play PS2 games on 40 GB PS3!!! But I do believe there are possible marketing reasons for not having a PS2 emulator on a PS3.

[jonezybaby]

well its can be real, the 60gb models have full emulation thru software so theres no reason why the others cant!

As to why sony would lock it? because the ps2 isnt dead yet and they still want ppl to buy the consoles, if they unlocked it on the ps3 then ull find alot of ps2 consoles in second hand shops!

[Eviltaco64]

Jonezybaby, the 60GB (save the Euro 60GB, which had partial emulation) had full backwards compatibility, but they slowly removed the PS2 components that made it BC (first the Emotion Engine, then the Graphics Synthesizer).

I'm sure it's either one of two things:
a.) It's running off a debug unit (which might have everything) like Accordion said.
b.) Sony still finds it incomplete and will release it in a future firmware update.

[Ultima Chocochu]

Eeh, call me kind of crazy but...
Isn't the 40GB like the 80GB/60GB about the disc tray thing?
AS in, the disc tray was shiny and reflective...
This one doesn't look shiny or reflective, more so like a 160GB or possibly new 80GB(unsure what the ones without BC look exactly like).
Point is, this video is pretty fishy.

But I must say, it is possible this is real, just unlikely.
I find it hard to believe someone could unlock this when the PS3 is hard to do anything along the lines with.

And one more thing being, I kind of don't expect BC back until the PS2 ceases to exist, so we have around a year or something possibly.

[Accordion]

Eeh, call me kind of crazy but...
Isn't the 40GB like the 80GB/60GB about the disc tray thing?
AS in, the disc tray was shiny and reflective...
This one doesn't look shiny or reflective, more so like a 160GB or possibly new 80GB(unsure what the ones without BC look exactly like).
Point is, this video is pretty fishy.

But I must say, it is possible this is real, just unlikely.
I find it hard to believe someone could unlock this when the PS3 is hard to do anything along the lines with.

And one more thing being, I kind of don't expect BC back until the PS2 ceases to exist, so we have around a year or something possibly.

the trim is as follows:
BASIC UNIT/20GB - black
REDUCED SPEC/40GB/160GB - matt silver
FULL SPEC/60GB/80GB - chrome

So the console in shot appears to be a reduced spec without hardware BC.