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New PlayStation 2 Chip

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-is-better dept.

Iron Chef Japan writes "Sony has announced that they have fit the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine, and the Graphics Synthesizer on to a single chip using a 0.13-micron process. This will allow Sony to make three times more PlayStation 2's annually, so it's all for the better."

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  1. Allowing for a drop in price perhaps? by SexPig · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They've probably been working overtime to get the production costs down on this thing to be able to drop the price and take a chunk out of X-Box's gains in marketshare. "Always wanted a PS2 but couldn't stomach dropping $300...well, here you go".

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  2. Chance to improve copy protection? by gpinzone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now that the protection on the currrent line of PS2s has been pretty much cracked to allow swaps using just non-evasive plugin-card, I wonder if Sony is planning to make these new ones different enough to foil hack attempts?

  3. What this also means... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This also could improve chances of the PS3 being PS2 compatible.

    After all, as I understand it, the PS2's compatibility with the PS1 were mainly a side effect of the "Playstation On a Chip" design that was created for the PSone.

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