However, in the PS2 Era they had region locking that a backwards compatible PS3 still respects despite the PS3 software being mostly region free. The discs are not encoded differently it's just their region key doesn't match the one the PS2 emulation software is asking for.

Do some research before you call someone an idiot next time.

I was talking about OTHER people besides him, you obsequious nitwit.

Probably you don't know, but games aren't cheap in the rest of the world, like is in the U.S. In south american for example, games are HELL EXPANSIVE! They pay 2x or 3x more than americans. For example, in some countries here, xbox 4gb cost $ 300~400.

So, stop whining here and try to understand.

Damn! 70 cents? That's just insane. They shouldn't be ALLOWED to earn more than 30 cents! It's how a certain duck is handling his business.

Though It seems PS3 does pull ahead in lighting and post processing effects.

Hopefully PS4 won't have such issues and will be top dog.
Things they need is for 1 MUCH MORE RAM and a much beefier gpu

Banning from the PSN(Playstation Network) is somewhat of a gray area that would need to be decided in court because PS3's were sold with the advertised ability to use the PSN however the PSN terms of service also state they can be modified at any time without your permission so if Sony chose to modify the PSN terms of service to say that only completely unmodified consoles were allowed access to the PSN then they could even ban any one who had more controllers hooked up to their console then the number it was originally purchased with. So it would come down to a court decision on whether they were required to provide access to the PSN because they advertised the products with access to PSN or if they can later remove advertised features (as they did with Linux).

Yeah, let's buy a PC able to handle an emulator for 10 times the price of a new PS3. Now I'm in control of my expenses!

Besides, he said he buys the games he emulates, so your argument is invalid. Unless you're him, then you kinda contradict yourself.

People are beginning to see through your 'glass almost empty' arguments to realize that the glass is almost full for game developers and console makers except when they go out of their way to piss off their best customers, most of whom are the ones who use hacks of consoles to get back some control of their games.