And what's wrong with the cost being deferred to the customer? Z80s can't be THAT expensive. Besides, people are still buying PS3s at twice the cost of a Revolution. Would even fifty bucks (which I doubt) for the additional Z80 processor dissuade that many people? Plus, I'm a firm believer that
(Number of additional units that would be sold because of full backwards compatibility)>(number of units that wouldn't be sold because of a marginal price increase)
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