I am going to say this is heavy on the rumor side. From what I understand, is that the original PS3 has the PS2s emotion engine chip in it, for backwards compatibility . The new PS3s coming to the US are going to have software to do the backwards compatibility, saving the cost of the chip. This saves money but lowers the b/w comp. rate. This PS3 is already being sold in other countries. The UK has it I think. But who knows, I may be wrong, anything could happen.
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