I’m about to acquire a used Playstation 3 and the guy says it can play PS2 games. I’m just wondering which version that would be, because I could have sworn I heard the PS3 isn’t backwards compatible. He doesn’t know how much hard drive capacity it has which makes things harder for me. Anyone got any suggestions? How do you check the hard drive capacity?
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ps3 20gb=yes can play ps2 games
ps3 40gb=no
ps3 60gb=yes can play ps2 games
old ps3 80gb= some ps2 games
new ps3 80gb= no
Here is a site that will tell you which PS3 are B/C: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation…
Although, the new 80GB that is 400 dollars is not backwards compatible, same with the 160GB that is coming before Christmas. If you want to check how much room you have, go to settings, system settings, system information. Say you have an 80GB like I do (MotorStorm pack), it’ll say you have 64/74 GB left, the reason is because of all of the OS on the HDD.
I would think that they both can play the PS3. I did some looking on the Sony PS3 website for ya and they do say that the 40 GB is compatible to play the PS2 games but it has some limited thing on the software but the website explains all of that for you. I would go with the 80 GB though just so you can get the very best.
20GB and NTSC 60GB paly ~100% of PS2 games (not manufactured anymore);
PAL 60GB (not manufactured anymore) and old 80GB (chrome trim, sold only in NTSC regions) play ~70%;
40GB, new 80GB (no chrome trim), upcoming 160GB won’t play PS2 games at all.
All PS3 versions play PS1 games.
The easiest way to tell is by the USB ports, if it has 4, it can play ps2 games, if it has 2 it cannot
You can check the hard drive capacity by going to the XMB(menu on the ps3) then settings, then system information
well there are multiple version of ps3, 20GB, 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB. the 20 and 60 are discontinued but they both can play ps2 games and 80GB will also play the ps2 games too but the 40GB will not. I own the 60GB and yeah it can play ps2 and ps1 games pretty cool
Heres a chart:
20 Gig (Discontinued): Full Backward Compatibility
40 Gig: No Backward Compatibility
60 Gig (Discontinued): Full Backward Compatibility
80 Gig: Limited Backward Compatibility
(Instead of using PS2′s EE chip, Sony used software emulation to cut down on costs of this model, only old titles that weren’t popular do not work on this system).
-Brandon
60GB and the 80GB
The 80GB core pack for $399 doesn’t have backwards
The only 80GB that has backwards are the MGS4 bundle and the other 1 that comes with Motorstorm.
It’s now hard to find a PS3 that plays PS2 games.
20 and 60 GB PS3 will play 99% of PS2 games(discontinued)
The old 80 GB PS3 will play 90 – 95% of PS2 games(discontinued)
The 40 and New 80 GB PS3s cannot play PS2 games at all.
In currently being made versions ps3 80GB plays about 90% of ps2 games through an emulator. 60GB has been ended but is still available in some stores, it plays all ps2 games (it has a built-in ps2).
The 20 gb and the 60 gb are backwards compatible heres a site that goes deeper into it in the sources
The 20GB, the 60GB, and the MGS4 80GB bundle A.K.A old 80GB ( From 2007 )
Your good to go my friend. I actually have a PS2 but all of the games play on any PS3 which is what all my rich friends have.
From what I know, PS3 systems can play PS2 games.
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