Europe gets different PS3 Hardware than US/Japan

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AdrianT
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15326

The European version of the PS3 will apparently not feature the PS2's Emotion Engine chip and will rely mainly on software to emulate PS2 compatibility. The result is that backwards compatibility will be limited compared to the U.S. and Japanese models. Some analysts see this as a positive, though. More within...