No you could trade it in, but you can not do any updates or add any hardware or software that will allow a PS3 that does not play PS2 games to be able to play PS2 games according the Sony
The PS3s that have 4 USB ports were all made before August 2008 and they are over 3 years old and do not have the lower power consumption of the newer PS3s and run hotter. Many fixes for the yellow light of death like reflowing the soldier are only temporary and your PS2 compatible PS3 could fail as a result of the temporary fix.
The best PS2 compatible PS3s were the 60 GB models with the PS2 emotion engine and there USA Model production was stopped in August 2007 and they are all over 4 years old. The Europe 60 GB model did not have the PS2 emotion Engine and had a partially Software based emulation system similar to the 80 GB USA models with 4 USB ports
no you can not
No,PS3 is not compatible with ps2 it should play them if you have a special software for your ps3.
no
no they do not
no the games are not forward compatible
Most of the PS3 models can not play PS2 games and are not Backward Compatible. Yes the early 4 USB ports PS3 consoles can play some PS2 games .
no it was the earliest PS3 that was not PS2 compatible and only has 2 USB Ports and only 4 USB PS3s Play PS2 games
No you are not able to play pirated PS2 CD's in a Sony PS3. There are some PS3's that are backwards compatible and can play PS2 games.
no PS2 games have not been compatible since they stopped making the very early PS3 models with 4 USB ports and flash card readers
No except for early PS3 consoles that had 4 USB ports PS3 consoles can not play PS2 games.
No, PS3 is not backward compatible with PS2 games.
It depends what type of ps3. Only the ps3s released at the launch date are compatible with ps2 games. All new ps3s don't work with ps2 games