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Hardware may be "relatively" simpler compared to a PC, doesn't mean it's actually simple (i.e, just because a racecar is "simpler" than a rocket, doesn't make designing it any easier). Check out these 2 links generalplot posted:

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/ps2vspc.ars/1

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/1q00/playstation2/ee-1.html

This question should probably be in the FAQ...