Comments on: What playstation 3 system supports Playstation 2 backwards compatibility?

By: leojx94

leojx94 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:34:46 +0000

Well, your best bet right now is to buy a PS3 online Either a 60GB or 80GB with 4 USB ports. All the new version don’t play the PS2 games. So, you need to look online to buy one or go to a gamestop and buy a refurbished one. the 60GB plays all the PS2 games and the old disconitued 80Gb plays a wide range, but can’t play all of them.

By: Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:34:06 +0000

None of them do, anymore.

By: Respected Killer

Respected Killer — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:30:59 +0000

The systems that do support it is:

20GB, all PS2 games $500
60GB, all PS2 games $600, later $550
Older 80GB, 80% of PS2 games $500

These systems are Discontinued

By: meandmoney

meandmoney — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:53:01 +0000

all the old models because they took out the converter thing so now they don’t anymore sorry good luck hope this was your best answer

By: βling βling

βling βling — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:06:11 +0000

The only models that play PS2 games are:

20GB-Discontinued, all PS2 games $500
60GB-Discontinued, all PS2 games $600, later $550
Old 80GB-Discontinued, 80% of PS2 games $500***

The following DO NOT:

40GB-Discontinued $400
New 80GB-in stores $400
160GB-in stores $500

All PS3′s play PSone games.

An easy way to tell if a PS3 will play PS2 games

4USB ports=YES
2USB ports=NO (and NO means NO)

The reason is that the cost of putting the PS2 chip/CPU
and the PS2 graphics card in the PS3 was VERY expensive,
and as the PS2 only has about a year left (before it is
discontinued), Sony saw no reason to lose even more
money than they already are losing on the PS3, and
hence there is no backwards compatibility on PS3′s today.

*** The old 80GB PS3 had the PS2 CPU in it, but it used software to emulate the
graphics card or GPU. This means that when it tries to play PS2 games it 1) Will play them fine 2) Will play them, but with glitches 3) Won’t play them at all

The utility data or whatever it is called is software for the 80GB. The new PS3′s (40GB, new 80GB, 160GB) don’t have the PS2 CPU or GPU.