Sony may be responding to cries for PS2 backwards compatibility -- which was removed from later PS3 units -- in a slightly unorthodox way. A recent patent dug up by the information sleuths over at Siliconera reveals that Sony is exploring the possibility of an adapter that, when hooked up to the PS3, allows playback of PS2 format titles.
A schematic, shown above, gives a detailed run-down of the hardware involved[...]
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