Is this how back-compat returns to PS3?
Sony’s answer to the problem of PS2 backwards compatibility for PS3 appears to be a case of repackaging the vast majority of the original hardware and supplying it as an all-new add-on.
The recently unearthed patent application, first revealed in the West by Siliconera and currently being dissected on Japanese gaming forums, describes how a “removable adaptor” is connected to a “next generation games machine”. The not-so subtle codenames (“200″ and “300″) are clearly supposed to represent PS2 and PS3, though the patent could apply to any games machines going forward.
English-translated versions of the diagrams show us how Sony intends to make it work. The “200″ box appears to be an almost entirely complete rendition of the original hardware: CPU, memory, graphics chip and RAM are in there, along with a bespoke module for DVD emulation (note that there is no actual optical drive). Inputs and outputs are routed through a hub that connects both to the “300″ unit and a router.
Check out the video file footage of some guy smashing up his PS3 (idiot)
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