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Old 09-16-2010, 11:25 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by m3thods View Post
Backwards compatibility was lost after the 80gb fat version, which only had software emulation. That was lost in a firmware update.
I think you are misinformed. The CECHE01 80GB SKU did use software emulation from the CPU standpoint but still used the PS2 GPU (Graphics Synthesizer).

It is very unlikely sony will remove backwards compatibility via FW updates on these consoles if there's already hardware to support it.
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