In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Xen0s* <Xen0s@ba.it> wrote:

> however if ps3 will use the hardware chipset ot play ps2 games, ps3 will be 
> definitively unable to play this games in higher resolution and/or with 
> FSAA, additional filtering and so on..

Probably not, but Sony is going for compatibility.  I'd much rather have 
something capable of playing my entire PS2 library, over something that 
only supports a few titles really well, but nothing else.

> x360 wil play xbox games improving the quality in many ways, we don't care 
> if that will cost effort to ms developer, we care of final results 

First off, drop the "we" stuff.  You don't speak for anyone but yourself.

Second, I've not read anything that Xbox360's emulator would be doing 
any sort of imporvements to the Xbox games it supported.  Sure, it's 
possible that the software emulator could somehow improve the graphics of 
an Xbox game, but to be honest, I think it's going to be hard enough to 
get the games to run at Xbox-level resolutions, to say nothing of 
enhancing the graphics and everything.  The other problem with trying to 
do these sorts of enhancements is that they oftentimes only work for a 
small number of games, or worse, need to be tweaked for each game.

Again, nothing that couldn't be accomplished with time and resources.  But 
then the question becomes - is it in Microsoft's best interest to spend 
the time and money to do this?  Think about it - do you really think 
Microsoft wants to encourage people to buy and play that many XBox games 
once Xbox360 hits the shelves?