Comments on: Playstation 3 80GB’s PS2 backwards compatibility sucks

By: duuude101

duuude101 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:16:40 +0000

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??

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:55:19 +0000

You don’t need to download a software program for the 60gb ps3 to be able too play ps2 games.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:47:24 +0000

@ 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.

By: Captain Natterjacks

Captain Natterjacks — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:49:59 +0000

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…

By: Denny

Denny — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:38:30 +0000

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!!!

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:05:39 +0000

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?

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:45:35 +0000

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!

By: lancevan

lancevan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:09:28 +0000

@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.

By: Lord Umbrella

Lord Umbrella — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:35:08 +0000

Shit! Damn them to hell. Its such a hassle to find one.

By: Zrex

Zrex — Mon, 03 May 2010 00:44:34 +0000

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.