What is the deal with the backwards compatibility of the Playstation 3?
Question by L: What is the deal with the backwards compatibility of the Playstation 3?
I’ve heard that the Playstation 3 systems that are now in production have no backwards compatibility with the original Playstation and Playstation 2 games. I’ve also heard you can install software to add backwards compatibility, and then I’ve heard others refute that statement. What is the deal? I want as much detail as possible!
Best answer:
Answer by adrianclay81882003
The only PS3 that can’t play PS2 games is the 40GB PS3.
All of the PS3’s avaliable can play PS1 games.
The 20GB and 60GB PS3’s can play nearly all PS1 and PS2 games because of the Emotion Engine chip hardware.
The 80GB PS3 can play around 75%-80% of PS1 and PS2 games because it uses Software Emulation.
And as far as I know, you Cannot install backward compatibility with PS2 games on the 40GB PS3 by just installing software. Sony made the 40GB PS3 unable to play PS2 games.
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20 and 60 GB: PS2 CPU and GPU in them. Full backward compatibility.
80 GB: PS2 GPU, but software emulation of the CPU (at least the original 80GB models had to download the emulator from the4 Playstation Store, which may be where you heard about that). About 80% of PS2 games work.
40GB: No PS2 CPU or GPU. With no GPU emulator avaiable, there’s no BC for this model.