The PS2 does not come with a harddrive like the PS3
No
While the 250 GB PlayStation 3 slim can play PS1 games it can not play PS2 games and their is nothing you can purchase to make it play them.
PlayStation 2 game compatibility on the PlayStation 3 is as follows:The 20 GB model and the 60 GB model with model number CECHAxx can play PlayStation 2 games normally, as they have the full PlayStation 2 hardware contained in them.60 GB and 80 GB models with model numbers CECHCxx and CECHExx are capable of playing some PlayStation 2 games via emulation. Compatibility is dependent on firmware updates from Sony.The 160 GB model, the 40 GB model, and 80 GB models with model numbers CECHKxx and CECHLxx have no emulation support and thus cannot play any PlayStation 2 games at all.All Slim models are incapable of playing PlayStation 2 games.
the playstation 3 250 GB can not play playstation 2 games
yes you definitely can just pop it in
yes it does and the older machines do it with a hardware based system like the 20 GB PS3
The only PS3s that can play PS2 games are the 20GB and 60GB models.
On the normal 40 Gb you cant, on the 60+ Gb ps3 you are able to play ps2 games (:
This depends on the model of your PlayStation three. Sony has issued out four different models of the PlayStation three, these are; The forty gigabyte, sixty gigabyte, eighty gigabyte and the one hundred and sixty gigabyte. The forty and eighty gigabyte were released first, but the forty gigabyte PlayStation three cannot play PlayStation two games. Any other model can.
No the related links provides detail by model, but only 4 USB port PS3 models play PS2 games and most play some PS titles. GB size only helps to identify the first two models that play PS2 games with 20 GB and 60 GB, the 80 GB 1st model did and later 80 GB models did not
Depending on the model, the ability for the PlayStation 3 to play PlayStation 2 games can be seriously impaired or missing. The first PlayStation 3s (20 GB) contained the hardware to run PS2 games natively. 60 GB models NTSC also support PS2 games natively. 80 GB NTSC models with 4 USB ports can run PS2 games via emulation. 80 GB models with 2 USB ports, as well as all 160 GB models are completely incompatible with PS2 titles. If you absolutely need PS2 compatibility without purchasing a PS2 (which would probably be cheaper), purchase a 60 GB model. Actually all ps3s can play ps2 games on them no matter what the gb. I have a 40gb ps3 and i play ps3 games on it all the time. But you have to go to the playstation store and download the free ps2 content to play ps2 games on a ps3.
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