Playstation 3 80GB's PS2 backwards compatibility sucks

UPDATE: For full details on Playstation 2 compatibility, and which consoles support PS2 games, please see this PS3 model guide for details.

We’ve hinted at it in the past, that removing the Emotion Engine chip from the 80GB (and future) Playstation 3 consoles would ruin backwards compatibility with many Playstation 2 games. Without it, the console runs these games via a software emulator. You may not even care about this feature if you no longer play PS2 games, or kept your old console plugged in along with your new one. But one of the writers at Curmudgeon Gamer put his 90 game PS2 library to the test, playing each game on a 60GB and 80GB Playstation 3. The results weren’t pretty:

On the 60GB PS3, 84 of the 90 games worked perfectly fine, without any problems at all. 4 more had minor problems; 1 required a special controller that did not work with the PS3, and 1 suffered a show-stopping crash.

On the 80GB version, only 50 of the games worked perfectly (just 56.67% of his library). 12 of them crashed completely, 1 doesn’t work online, and there’s the one that required the special controller.

So if you care at all about playing your PS2 games and were planning on buying a PS3, you better run to the store now to pick up a 60GB version (as all remaining units are in stores now, and no more are being made). This is probably your last chance to buy a full-featured Playstation 3.

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Raz0r
I bought a 60GB when the price dropped, for this very reason! I have over 100 PS2 games, and I gave my ps2 to my little sis. There are still lots of games I want to play, and its nice to be able to play them on my PS3, upscaled! ;)
- Adam
  Hi all this may sound stupid but can you play ps2 games on a 80gb ps3 my mate said you can download something or summat reply back please many thanks
  - ashley
    how!?!?!?
    - evan
      no, its all false. unfortunately the only way to play ps2 games on a ps3 is to have
      backwards compatibility.
      but! the quality of ps2 games is very much shitty. to fix that all sony has to do is send
      out an update to improve the quality of games. kind of like what xbox 360 did but yeah.
      sorry for the heart break lol.
  - Jason
    Hey I have the ps3 80 and it does not play ps2 games how can i make it play ps2 games?
    - http://www.hardcoreware.net/ Carl Nelson
      If it’s CECHK01 or CECHL01, you can’t.
Flunk
You don’t need to run out now if you want PS2 compatibility, just keep your PS2. If that is not an option they will eventually drop the prices to the point where a PS2 and a PS3 is cheaper than the 60 gig PS3 now.
But if you want the full GS+EE PS3, I can see your point. Me, I am cheap so I am waiting for the super neutered 40Gig PS3. As long as it plays Blueray movies and PS3 games I am set.
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rota
oh jesus. I’m only able to get one by christmas. I don’t think they’ll be any left, and I don’t have a ps2 because someone decided an xbox was much cheaper.
Dekan
I just bought my 60 GB PS3 Today…OH YEAH!!! I bought it because I wanted it of coarse, but I’m sure my PS2 breaking had nothing to do with it….right!!! haha
RB
“This is probably your last chance to buy a full-featured Playstation 3.”
That’s what Sony wants you to think, to get people running out and buying PS3s!
http://www.hardcoreware.net/ Carl Nelson
Considering that they stripped backwards compatibility even more with the latest model, I doubt that is true.
http://www.wubakia.com Maitland
@RB:
Doubtful. I mean, that’s what the savvy among us will do, but we are the minority. Sony just wants to sell less hardware for more money to dumb consumers.
~Maitland
sasha
Guys why u even care about PS2 backwards compalability?? That’s like saying Jese I can’t play Atari systems anymore. Here in Canada you can get a PS2 for $119. But the whole point of PS3 or 360 is to be in the circle of new generation systems. Again that’s like saying oh I got a Mac but my 1992 PC 386 250 megs of HD and 4 megs of ram. I really miss that?? Christ come on guys the whole point is to enjoy the technologies as they get better. I know PS3 doesn’t have alot of game titles right now but when they do they will be much more fun and way better graphics then a PS2. I mean what would u rather play?? Resident Evil 4 on ps2 or #5 on ps3?? Or devil may cry 3 (excellent game) or $4 on ps3??
- Cloud Xtrife
  The fact that a game is new or uses newer technology does not neccesarily makes it better than another. Backwards compatibility is all about being able to play the best games out there using the same console. There are LOTS of ps2 games that are way better and more enjoyable than todays ps3 games, of course, if someone compares a game to its sequel (that belongs to an even newer console), they’re gonna end up thinking the way you do, but games like Final Fantasy, you cant just replace them with the next one, they’re just different.
  - Argiod
    I fully agree. I especially agree with your example, Final Fantasy. I totally enjoyed Final Fantasy VII. All the FF’s that followed, while interesting in their own right, didn’t hold a candle to it. I think FF7 was a gem and wish they would simply update the graphics and animations, leaving the rest alone. One would be hard put to create a game to match the gameplay and unique ‘Materia’ system. That alone kept me busy for months, experimenting with all the materia combos to see what they would do.
    For my money, I’m keeping my old PS2 for the ‘legacy’ games, and using my new PS3 for the games made for it.
- Napier41
  Your comment is not valid to anyone who enjoyed the greatest games of the PS2. Final Fantasy X, Summoner, Suikoden II, and other games with this replay value and uniqueness do not get made often. These titles will forever hold their place in the annals of the best games ever created. Not wanting to play these again is not an option for one such as I or most of the population who have enjoyed them. Get with the program Canada!
  - reecygee
    well if canada is the name, then cheap is the game. canada doesn’t care about the older games becuz maybe canada doesn’t live in the u.s. times are hard for us, we have a recession going on, and we are a sneeze away from a depression. yes we like our older games(me personaly, i feel that i can get a lot of money for older games that are no longer in existence, and yes i sold my atari 2600 for 800 bucks, and my coliko for 1000) don’t worry i’m too old to worry about grammar mistakes. I think that it does suck, that you wouldn’t be able to play all of the ps2 games on ps3. I mean why in the heck am i going to spend darn near $500 for a game(and trust me, i don’t keep up with the jones’, and i sure as heck wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth) gas prices are already high enough as it is, and there is no way to know if things are going to get better. That’s over three months of groceries. i would just wait til the prices go down even more, but the xbox 360 is sitting at a mere $200 new now. Call how you want it. I would rather eat and be full, than play a game and be hungry. sorry I can’t see myself losing money like that.
  - francis Mahon
    i totally agree,im an rpg collector and 90 percent of my rpgs are on ps2,i got the 80gb with no ps2 playback from my girlfriend and it sucks not having the playback.Dont get me wrong the ps3 is the greatest thing i have ever got,its just a nice addition to know i can play all my rare rpgs when i want to
- Argiod
  The point to backward compatibility is this:
  Some day my old PS2 will bite the dust and obsolete all my old PS2 and PS1 games; a collection that represents several thousand dollars investment; not to mention, I still like the old games.
  You may not care if your old toys are no longer useable, but many of us do. So, if it doesn’t matter to you, don’t worry about it. But don’t put the rest of us down just because we don’t have the same set of values; or lack thereof.
  - shawne
    My point exactly, I still (from time to time ) play the n64.
    What happens when the units croak.
    THAT SUCKS, NOW I HAVE TO FIND A USED ONE, THAT MAY ONLY LAST A WEEK !!
    - Greg
      That’s where emulation comes into salvation my friend! Last year I was hungry for some good old fashioned Nintendo 64 and I searched around for an N64 emulator. It works great and I can play all of the old games I have lost due to moving frequently.
- Crystal
  Sometimes people just like to play the older games that have become their favourites. But it doesn’t mean that they would not like the new games too, and Sony already proved that they have the technology to make the console backwards compatible so why take that away?????? Why have two consoles when you can have just one doing everything? PS3 just for next gen games is not appealling to many ps fans! Sony is not going forward, they are going backwards by limiting it’s consumers.
  - Hadou4
    Personally, I don’t think Sony is in touch with the consumer anymore. If they have the technology to make the PS3 backwards compatible, why don’t they?? It’s because they want you to buy a PS3 or buy a PS2 again. (I sold mine, and I regret it, now I have to buy another (seeing as my PS3 is a 40GB and can’t play DDR)
- uksamo
  My wife want a playstation purely for Singstar and Dance games and I’ve little interest in console gaming. Ideally I’d like a PS3 with the Blu-ray and media facilities but without PS2 compatibility there’s a very limited selection of Singstar software, to the degree that we’ll probably be out buying a PS2 and separate Blu-ray player for Xmas this year rather than a PS3!
  - scott
    you do know that you can now play ALL singstar (ps2 incl) games on the ps3? well you do now… lol
- shawne
  For me, I got my new hdtv( Sharp ), Ps2 anologue output on this tv looks terrible. Looked great on crt tv. Now , wireless controllers would be nice touch. how about all those old games that still have me hooked yet are noted released on Ps3. Now what!! Get with the times, really doesn’t apply anymore does it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- panzeraider
  I have about 20 ps2 games that i love to play and i just got a ps3 80gb not knowing about the BC feature gone, i know its better quality to play ps3 games and the games are very sweet graphics and all. But i enjoy playing the resident evils and the lord of the rings set i just hate haveing to drag out the ps2 system when we want to play an old game. If the technology was there for B.C. then why take it out for the new ps3? I think we should be peed – off at sony for doing this to its consumers and having said that i will never buy a ps4 or ps5 or ps6 or what ever again.
- S B
  Actually it’s like saying “gee my old computer is dying but i want to save the stuff i have on it for future use instead of just tossing it in the garbage and starting all over.” I LOVE Playstation, have owned three or four of the original and at least 4 of the PS2′s. The problem is, I HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING THEM. Eventually they stop playing movies, and then get to a point where you have to click the cd down onto the dumb clicking things (you KNOW what I’m talking about) just right in order to get it to read anything, if I’m lucky. Finally, nothing will work, it just wobble-spins out of control to a horrible grating tune… and then I don’t play any Playstation games until I can afford a new system. I had hoped with the new disc-feed option maybe this problem would be countered, and I’d be able to play all my favorites in addition to having all the fabulous new features. But no. They expect me to keep buying an older model that lasts me on average 1-2 years. Is this planned obsolence? I’m not doing it anymore, they’ve got my last $300. And yet I’m still faithful!
MR RESPONSE
RB’s got it.. Its all marketing to get the old off the shelf..(the 60gb). Now they take backward comp. out of the current model (80gb), make less of them and wow.. both sell well till christmas.. then rumor of a 100gb model with full backward comp. which we will not see until the shelves are cleared and a few thousand left overs are written off. MaRkEtInG… see your local college for more information.
http://www.wubakia.com Maitland
@sasha:
I dunno, I just like games. I like ps2 and ps1 and super nintendo and Sega Saturn and etc… However, all those things look really bad on a 1080p monitor. It’s cool to be able to play all my ps2 games on a nice screen with upscaling.
I didn’t really even buy the PS3 for the (current) games. It’s amazing just as a $500 computer. Where else do you get an 8-core powerPC64 (that’s “G5″ in apple-speak) processor, a nice video processor, AVCHD,Blu-Ray,DSD Disc, Super Audio CD, and LINUX(!!) all in one box?? Nowhere, that’s where.
Now if they could just make the PS1 upscaling better (ever heard of Super Sal2x, Sony??)
haha, i’m a weirdo, i know.
~Maitland
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JDWK
If the PS2 compatibility is now just software on the 80GB, why can’t it be put on the 40GB model as well? I am sure it can, it’s just a matter of getting it right?
I have no problem keeping my PS2, but I have enough cables running to the TV as it is. It would be nice to put the PS2 in another room. Also, I am hoping the emulator runs the old games in progressive scan.
playstation 3
Check the website link above at
Contains all the different ps3 model numbers and a detailed analysis of all the differences!
tiggstah
i hear rumor of a 100+ gb fully backwards compatable dual g5 ps3 released right now in japan. it is flying off the shelf at somewhere close to $1000. as to whether or not it will come to the U.S. and how much it will be is left unsaid.
Rohit
I have bought PS3 (80 GB) . Will i able to play PS2 games on PS3(80GB) . Can anyone in the forum suggest me which all games are working .
schoolboyeric
i have the 80gb limited edition Motorstorm and was outraged when i found out it have very limited ps2 compatibility i have over 40 ps2 games and my ps2 is on its last steps… but also i heard the ps2 will cost 100$ so that’s basically the price Sony saved by taking out the ps2 compatibility…and i bought it after the huge price drop for 599.99, now they have a 40gb with no ps2 compatibility for 499.99 which is not bad considering blu-ray won the format war… i just love my blu-ray movies… The main reason why i did’nt buy x-box 360 is because of the red ring of doom i heard that the x-box has a failure rate of over 50% within a year… ps3 is close to 1%… and have you seen the power bar for the x-box 360 now come on thats almost the size of the console itself… ps3 is going to win in 2008 maybe in 2007 it was behind in game selection because coders were too lazy to code anything next-gen (halo 3 is not next gen), final fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, Motorstorm, just about all the exclusive games for the ps3 are the only next gen games out there…
KingRican
I bought the PS3 (40gb) without knowing the un-compability it has. I raised all hell when i tried to play Socom on it, by calling the Rep who sold it to me and didn’t explain that to me.
I was told too bad so sad, I said I’d call the Corp Office (not saying what store), they called back in 15 minutes telling me to return and I’d get my money back.
I’m waiting for the next generation PS3′s. I hate not to be able to play the games my buddies are playing for now, but ohh well. I heard the 80gb had issues, that’s why i didnt run and get one.
Now, I’m trying to patiently wait, in the meantime, the red circle of death came and is gone….my system (360) is good and well, COD4 is off the shizzle (my PS3 friend played both, says 360 is much better). So I am content, for now…..
IceViking
Well.. I was wondering if the backwards compatability option would have that Region Free thing as in the PS3 console… I come from Iceland and was thinking about buying this bundle for it wont come to Icelandic stores (As far as i know)… but it would be a bit useless for me to have the backwards compatability if it won’t work for PS2 games from Europe… so does anybody know something about this?????:D
David
See… I have just got my ps3, and got it for the new releases (DMC4, MGS4, GOW3, Etc…) no one mentioned, at the store where I bought it, that my 80 GB would not have full compatibility with my PS2 Games, but you know what? if I would like to play ANY PS2 game, I´ll have it played at my PS2, wanna play an PS3 Game? play it at the PS3 80 GB Console… quite simple, oohh wires everywhere, connecting to the TV PS2, PS3, well, that´s not a problem, I can do it, and maybe a few months later, change my PS2 to another room, I don´t know, I don´t think of that as such a big problem, is it really something BAD about the PS3 80GB that would make you decide not to buy it? (despite the price)
Don
Guess what? The playstation 2 is last generation. Move on. First off you you have 90 PS2 games you need to get a life. Second if you have that many games you already have a PS2. When I got my PS2 I played a few PS1 games and put the whole setup in the closet. I played one Gamecube game in my Wii. The whole purpose of getting a next gen console is to play new games not to play old games on a new console. Backwards compatability ruined the PC. Thats why it has so many problems and can’t advance. Droppin wholesale compatability saved the 360. It came in at a lower price point and got the exclusives because it was not hampered by legacy code which makes it easier to program for. The best thing Sony did was kill the 60gb. This allowed them to compete again. My advice, put the PS2 on ebay and buy 90 PS3 games. Maybe the system can get back to its previous standing.
- http://www.hardcoreware.net/ Carl Nelson
  Hmm, until MGS4 came out, my PS3 has been pretty much exclusively used to play PS2 games. Aside from the occasional demo, there just isn’t much out there that isn’t better on the 360. Games that aren’t on the 360 have been pretty much disappointing so far. So I’m glad I got one that has backwards compatibility that works ;)
  Again, that is all PRE-MGS4. Should be interesting to see how it goes from now on…
- ulTRAX
  Don wrote: Guess what? The playstation 2 is last generation. Move on.”
  What a ridiculous comment. Since the PS2 was the most popular gaming console of it’s day Sony rightly knew that it could attract all those PS2 gamers IF if protected their investment through backward compatibility. To start with a new system would negate that market advantage. I think Sony’s big gamble was to try to leverage the PS3 to gain an advantage for Blu-ray. But I’ll acknowledge that backward compatibility is expensive. I wrote the following yesterday and I don’t know why it’s not up:
  I invested in a PS2 because it was backwardly compatible with the PSX. I’d hoped the PS3 would maintain this backward compatibility since I intend to KEEP all my favorite PS!!! If Sony is going to abandon support for these older PS game consoles… and who knows how long the old PS2s will be made, then I would hope Sony would create a quality emulator for PC and manufacture a USB controllers for multiplayer use. Sony has made it’s money off of us and that’s the LEAST they can
- some guy
  maybe you didn’t hear ps2 games are worth maybe $30 and ps3 games cost about $50. besides, what if you have a classic favorite game?
- http://viciousviscosity.wordpress.com Tanner Williams
  …You’re an asshole. I don’t want to ONLY play my PS2 games – I want to ALSO play my PS2 games. There’s a difference.
pic
Does anyone know if sony is gonna release more ps3 80gb bundles with metal gear ? im trying to find one in montreal but its all been sold on the 1st day.. :(
I wanted the 80gb for compatibility with ps2 games but also because it came with MGS4…
- susan
  I am deciding what playstation 3 to buy, 40gb/80gb (which I can’t find) or wait for a newer one? we have p2/xbox 360, etc.
  I appreciate any suggestions or comments. thanks.
Game
did you know Sony is not earning anything on the Playstation 3, also I just saw this
just a tip for some game images, but the Sony thing is for real.
ulTRAX
I invested in a PS2 because it was backwardly compatible with the PSX. I’d hoped the PS3 would maintain this backward compatibility since I intend to KEEP all my favorite PS!!! If Sony is going to abandon support for these older PS game consoles… and who knows how long the old PS2s will be made, then I would hope Sony would create a quality emulator for PC and manufacture a USB controllers for multiplayer use. Sony has made it’s money off of us and that’s the LEAST they can do!
Tahir Khan
I am deciding what play station 3 to buy, 40gb/80gb (which I can’t find) or wait for a newer one? i want play more games on ps3 console but i cannot decide to take any unconscious
pls anyone surges me that how is much better for all games
Tanks
Brian
Well, now I am stuck finding a 60GB version, used most likely. I was planning to buy a new one, but oh well. I guess Sony won’t lose money by my buying used, but they will lose some good will.
Torri
for those of you who say sony is making a killing off of the ps3 and/or that it is overpriced: 80gb model $847 to manufacture, 60gb model $927 (due to EE) to manufacture, 40gb model $804 to manufacture and finally 20gb model $781 to make. In other words sony loses significant money on the console. Otherwise wait for the 160gb model with full backwards compatibility, to be launched late 2008
- Jake
  There will be no more backwards compatible models out anymore. The 60 GB and 80GB are it (and not the new 80 GB being sold for 400, make sure you know the difference, the easiest way to tell is look for 2 USB instead of 4. The BC 80GB has 4 USB ports and card readers. Also make sure if you get a 60GB its a US model and not a European. The current 80GB and the 160GB that will be released at the end of this year have ZERO backwards compatibility for PS2 but have it for PS1 (all PS3 consoles do)
Sipke
If you want to see what games work on the 60gb and 80gb PS3 you should check this
it may be helpfull
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PJ
Is there any upgrade that I can buy or download for the 80gig ps3 to play the ps2 games? i dont get why the hell sony would drop the ability to play them, that was always one of the draws of playstation, you can use your old games on the new system.
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emppu
i have a 80gb ps3 ,and none of the ps2 games i tried so far havnt worked.
(ps1 games work fine though..)
i have the latest firmware… will there be a better one with more support ?
and :
what ps2 games worked on your ps3 (80gb) ?
omar f
so i have 60gb model # cecha01 ps3 is it better then the 80 gb ps3? model# ceche01 please let me know thank you
- http://www.hardcoreware.net/ Carl Nelson
  Yes, you have the version with the PS2 hardware integrated. See the Model Guide for more details http://www.hardcoreware.net/playstation-3-model-guide/
woobs
ps3 sucks big time ive waisted so much money on ps2 games i cant play them atleast i should have an option to play them. sony is a rip off xbox would be laughing its pants off at you shame on you sony.
B-ROC
I bought an 80GB PS3 not to long ago here just before Christmas, and couldn’t be happier with it. When I decided to continue with Sony instead of jumping over to Xbox, two things influenced my decision. One was Blu-Ray capability, the other backwards compatibly with my 20 or so PS2 games.
And you know what? Blu-Ray’s are great and I haven’t EVEN TRIED to play any PS2 games. What with GTA4, Assassin’s Creed, and now RE5, I barely have the time to play my PS3 games, let alone dig out old Final Fantasy X and play that. (Then again, I do work full time and have a variety of other hobbies ie. I have a life) All my old PS2 stuff hasn’t done anything but sit in the closet. If you really care about your old games, buy a new PS2 (dirt cheap, and will continue to be for some years even after Sony stops building them), or rebuild your old one, you can usually dig up broken PS2′s with good parts for free.
- B-ROC
  Just for giggles I just tried to run GTA Vice City on the PS3, and it straight up told me that my model is straight up NOT compatible with PS2 formatted software. I would imagine that means it won’t play anything for PS2, let alone do it well. Meh.
muca20002000
i was told..april 16th..some guy developed a patch for the 80 gb ps 3 that will make it backwords compatible…any one have a clue if this is true? and if so..where do we find it?
McNavdo
The ps3 will never play ps2 disks. the closest we will ever get is if sony make ps2 games available for download. to be honest i dont think the cost has anything 2 do with the ps3 not playing ps2 games. i think sony where dissapointed to see how many ps2 version of games where being sold compared to ps3 version so they took out the ps2 compatibility so we would be forced to buy ps3 games instead. Its would make alot of sense sonce we can play ps1 games which sony no longer make. as soon as they stop making ps2 games they will start 2 think about backwards compatibility again
panzeraider
Yes there must be something some computer geek can come up with to download backwards compatibiliy on the Ps3 new 80gb please help us
Alex
I playing ps1 and 2 games PERFECTLY on my 80gb and shops sell brand new 60gb..they want you to think oh no they might not have 60gb…they have always had 60gb and they are still making them…if your not picky pick up the 80gb one..it plays all the final fantasys and all the metal gear solids and all of the GOOD stuff lol. the 60gb is only more because it plays all of them with the 80gb like 10% dont work..it happens my 80gb was 245 pound if i wanted a SECOND hand 60gb it would of cost me 295 pound….*alert just buy a ps2* then yesterday i had a bright idea i shoved *litterally* some ps2 and 1 games in the PS3 wala! it worked…brilliant stuff thats the trick see. they want you to think it doesnt work..so you dont try it…when you try it…it works :D on the back of my 80gb it said *Does not have backward compatability* ….my arse lol
- panzeraider
  I have the new Ps3 80gb and it said on the box that it was not backward compatable and its not i have tried all my Ps2 games so whats the deal with yours u must have the old 80gb i bought mine in British Columbia where u get your or are u just shiting us?
eric
are you sure its new one ?
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http://www.cbc.ca ian
I have a ps3 60gb cechao1 and I put a few ps2 games to the test:
gradius 5 – played flawlessly
gradius 3 & 4 – sound only on demo games are silent
family guy – controller issue at dark knight, can’t proceed
acme arsenl – conrtoller issue at game select – can’t proceed
simpsons hit and run – played flawlessly
defender – played flawlessly
I must be real unlucky if 93% should play properly
jonathan
I got my ps3 80GB in June of 09 it is not compatible with ps2 games at all. It only has 2 usb ports and the bad part is i have to bye connecters for my sd cards and stuff like that sony has really gottin cheaper since the first ps3 came out.
Chazza346537826
So i heard about the ps3 slim and I was incredibly excited. I mean, what was not to like? A price drop with all the feautures. But then I found out. No bc.
I was so disappointed i mean there are still great ps2 games coming out, like jak and daxter 4, and I know there are still some games i would like to buy.
Our ps2 is nearly 5 years old and we have had no problems the whole time. There are some great games (kh, ff, j&d) and I dont want to play them in the shed. Come on Sony! :(
Zindikar
I will agree that not having backwards compatibility is a downer. When you look at the Sony side, though, it was a choice that had to be made due to pricing. All that stuff for compatibility takes resources not needed for the PS3. You say you would take software emulation. That requires some heavy code to cover all the abilities of the PS2 and then compiling them to run on a completely different piece of hardware.
For me, the only game they made that was a necessity is now available for download. FFVII !!! You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You want Sony to cover 3 generations of console because the 360 covers 2. When the next MS console is released, I do not foresee them having the ability to cover 3 generations either. If they do, it will be because the architecture is not all that different. They went PC from the get go. Sony did not. Many devs have said that the PS2 was an eternal nightmare to run on. I would see this as a sign of significant differences between all their platforms. Good Luck with your gaming ventures.
- Silver
  As a PSX game FInal Fantasy VII works on all PS3s unless they made a model that isn’t BC with PSX that I haven’t yet encountered. Just insert the disc, and presto, no need to rebuy a digital copy. Though it is likely easier to play the digital copy on a PSP rather than the method of installing custom firmware and using Popstation.
  And I mean really, if the xbox was more advanced than the PS2 and the PS3 is so much more powerful than the xbox360, surely Sony could develop an emulator of some kind. Oh wait, the different architecture once again causing difficulties. Damn.
  Mmmm cake.
dj5674
yea i got my 60 gig ps3 a long time ago, but keep in mind that the 60 gb ps3′s may get infected with Ylod.(real common in 60 gig ps3′s)// mine’s infected at the moment : /
reed
i bought my ps3 80g in dec of 2007
and i really enjoy it i can play every thing i own on it, I only play RPG’s and I have to say
the different games that came are the best rpgs of there time
i have evey ps1 and ps2 rpgs that were ever made like the luner series and the all the ff series suikoden and xenosaga and many more i am finding out now like the valkarie and vandal hearts are so rare, and the castlevania series, I have a lot of money wrapped up in these games, and i play them a lot. some of the older game have a lot more plot to them than some of the newer stuff, yeah the graphics are not the greatest but the plots are great some of the games i have u cant find any more, that is what is so enjoyable, I have thought about selling my collection and every time i do, i look on the shelf and end up playing something i haven’t played in years. when I bought my ps3 they were only selling for that x-mas i went to this web site and there is a girl that can make ps1/2/3 work on a xbox 360 (http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-9866-ps3-games-on-a-xbox360#p144367)i went to kioskea .net and asked if you could play ps games on 360 just for fun and found out there are really people that can show u how to convert your game stations what ever kind it is in to a full gamming station i thought it bull but they are doing it.
Mommy 1
I purchased the playstaion 3 in October for my son. I had no idea that it was not compaable with playstation 2 games. I brought it for this christmas. I am very upset because I just did not know, I thought I’ll buy the system and one game and he will get more games letter. He has a large amount of games that he loves. I am totally lost now because i don’t know if I should take it back or keep it. I guess I am so out of touch. I wish sony would create some sought of download or patch to fix it even if I had to pay I would.
Disapointed mother
argiod
I guess I got lucky; I kept my old PS2. I can play 100% of my PS2 games.
But it is kinda shitty that Sony keeps playing games with us. First they put out a sorta compatible PS3, then they stop. Seems like they like to mess with Americans. Maybe they’re still pissed about Hiroshima and Nagasake…? In any case, I kept my old console as it is compatible with PS1 and PS2 games; including my old favorite: Final Fantasy VII.
gamer
has anyone got a black ps2 game disk because all ps1/x disks are black and they work so maybe that will work too.
Grawr
I thought sony took out the backwards compatability from the PS3′s for two reasons. One being that it was a really expensive component for the system, and two being that the PS2 was still selling really really well. So I guess in their own way they were being crafty. Making you either have to keep your old PS2 or buy a new PS2 with your PS3 just to pay your old games?
Either way, it makes more money for them. No console is meant to last forever, even the most well taken care of.
When it all comes down to it, people are still purchasing the PS2 so see no reason to add the software to the PS3.
While this is a major inconvenience, I don’t see them ever making another PS3 console with backwards compatability. So it looks like I won’t be buying one til theres a major price drop in consoles, as people on auctions sites have jacked up the prices on earlier backwards compatible models.
Maybe, just maybe, if the PS2 sales and PS3 sales suddenly durastically drop, there will be a chance sony will have to add this aoftware again, but I highly doubt this will happen. I for one wouldn’t mind paying extra for the backwards compatability feature. If people want it so much, and are willing to pay for seperate consoles with it, why not have two versions of a console? One for serious gamers of all generations of consoles, and one for recreational.
Although I see where sony went with this, I feel they let their followers down with this decision.
Lets home they realease a new console!
- Zrex
  The componet in the PS3 that gave it compatiblity was the Emotion Engine CPU and the graphics synthesizer, which only cost $5 more than the replacement CPU and graphic chip. The CPU and synthesizer was only put in models CECHB01 (60GB) and CECHA01 (20GB). Model CECHE01 (80GB) still contained the synthesizer, but not the CPU, allowing it to emulate the Emotion Engine to provide backward compatibilty. All other models did not contain the Emotion Engine CPU nor the graphic synthesizer with no emulation software built into the console, thus preventing backwards compatibilty.
http://japanesewords.net Japanese Words
The problem with the older models is that they overheat. Mine just did and now Sony wants to charge me a fortune to fix it.
Druff
Well, I was one of the people that camped out 3 days for a 60GB PS3 on launch. I attest that it had way more problems with games than my 80GB, I bought in 2008 has. In fact Silent Hill 2 just wouldnt play on the 60GB, but plays flawlessly on my 80GB. I also have no problems with any of my PS1 game from Descent, Twisted Metal, Toshinden to Resident Evil. I highly reccommend the software emulation over the emotion chip. That didn’t work right anyway.
Lord Umbrella
Shit! Damn them to hell. Its such a hassle to find one.
lancevan
@Druff
All PS1 games work on PS3 they use the same type of programming as an audio cd. Whereas the PS2 games use a different engine.
Carl
I love the fact that i can play my PS1 Descent 2 game on my PS3, i love the entire Descent series and have played them for months on my PC, even getting the level editor to create my own levels, so playing Descent 2 on my PS3 on a hi def 42″ tv is fantastic!
Steven
Hey i have got a UK 80GB PS3, and i have a UK account but i made a USA account aswell so i could download the PS2 System Data thing on the PS Store that is only available in America, and i downloaded it and installed it but everytime i try one of the games on the 80GB list it comes up as ” Unsupported Data” and it says on the PS Store it works for all PS3`s apart from 40GBs , its soo unfair because i have about 30-40 PS2 games but i cant play them anymore , and i really cannot be bothered paying about £30 for a new PS2 when sony clearly says it works for all PS3s apart from 40GBs.
My PS3 was japaneese or chineese, i forgot but would i have to make a japan/chineese account and download it to work?
Denny
I have been trying to find a decent backwards compatible 60 or 80 gb ps3 for the longest time without having to wipe my savings clean! I finally got a hold of one and it wasn’t backwards C and so I finally found this program on ps3 network stating I could download it and play ps2 games (by the way my ps3 was a 60gb) and IT DIDN’T WORK!!! I later found a small print statement within the paragraph stating it not being able to work on 60gb and 40gb models and i’m like if they are the only ones non backwards C then what’s the point of making that stupid program if all the other ones have it but those models and those models can never have it??? It’s ridiculously stupid!!!
- anonymous
  You don’t need to download a software program for the 60gb ps3 to be able too play ps2 games.
Captain Natterjacks
I understand that many people were and possibly still are up in arms with regards to backwards compatibility for their ps3 but to me it has been of no interest whatsoever and has always had the feel of a media driven issue which some clowns bought in to, specifically when the Sony machine was struggling and short sighted and talentless journalists were lining up to stick the boot in. I never purchased an Amiga to play C64 games, nor a Super Nintendo to play NES games and certainly not a ps3 to play ps2 games… if the option is there then all well and good, but if it’s not the case then I guess that is just progress, not backwards thinking…
Anon
@ Captain Douche,
Actually, you sound like someone who sucks. You’re in a thread of people who want ps2 games to work on their ps3 machines because, well, that’s what they were sold when they upgraded to ps3 and sold off their ps2 machines so they could afford a $500 beast that was guaranteed to play both systems’ games. You should probably omit yourself from forums where you don’t belong since you have no interest in this topic, coolness.
duuude101
HELPP!!!!! I Have The 80GB ps3 model version 3.60, and then downloaded ps2 backup data from my American Acc, (i in UK) it Still wont work can anybody HELPP??

Playstation 3 80GB’s PS2 backwards compatibility sucks

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