PS3 40gig: PS2 & PS1 emulation?

I was thinking of getting a PS3 40 gig but I still want to get the PS2 titles i missed out on (gamecube...) and Ps1 titles i want to replay. Does anyone know if You'll be able to get PS2 and PS1 software emulations to play the old titles on PS3?

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Thomas

PS2-nope

PS1-yep

I was just thinking, why wouldnt they include backward compatibility through emulation software? There is no reason unless the 40gb doesnt have a DVD drive therefore physically disabling it to play PS2 games, or sony is just being weird by not includingthe software, of course it would suck if it didnt have a DVD drive, there just isnt any reason at all that i can think of why sony wouldnt include them, beside to lower price, but putting emulation probably costs pennies more for each PS3 because the emulationis already made for the 80gb. I just don't know. Can someone please explain or help out.

I was just thinking, why wouldnt they include backward compatibility through emulation software? There is no reason unless the 40gb doesnt have a DVD drive therefore physically disabling it to play PS2 games, or sony is just being weird by not includingthe software, of course it would suck if it didnt have a DVD drive, there just isnt any reason at all that i can think of why sony wouldnt include them, beside to lower price, but putting emulation probably costs pennies more for each PS3 because the emulationis already made for the 80gb. I just don't know. Can someone please explain or help out.

brownwhale

Because the 60gb use hardware for bc and 80gb use half hardware half software, none use total software emulation except ps1 titles. I don't think sony want to invest in making a total software emulation. The bc with these usually suck and it cost a great deal of money to make.

[QUOTE="brownwhale"]

I was just thinking, why wouldnt they include backward compatibility through emulation software? There is no reason unless the 40gb doesnt have a DVD drive therefore physically disabling it to play PS2 games, or sony is just being weird by not includingthe software, of course it would suck if it didnt have a DVD drive, there just isnt any reason at all that i can think of why sony wouldnt include them, beside to lower price, but putting emulation probably costs pennies more for each PS3 because the emulationis already made for the 80gb. I just don't know. Can someone please explain or help out.

plg2307

Because the 60gb use hardware for bc and 80gb use half hardware half software, none use total software emulation except ps1 titles. I don't think sony want to invest in making a total software emulation. The bc with these usually suck and it cost a great deal of money to make.

[QUOTE="plg2307"][QUOTE="brownwhale"]

I was just thinking, why wouldnt they include backward compatibility through emulation software? There is no reason unless the 40gb doesnt have a DVD drive therefore physically disabling it to play PS2 games, or sony is just being weird by not includingthe software, of course it would suck if it didnt have a DVD drive, there just isnt any reason at all that i can think of why sony wouldnt include them, beside to lower price, but putting emulation probably costs pennies more for each PS3 because the emulationis already made for the 80gb. I just don't know. Can someone please explain or help out.

brownwhale

Because the 60gb use hardware for bc and 80gb use half hardware half software, none use total software emulation except ps1 titles. I don't think sony want to invest in making a total software emulation. The bc with these usually suck and it cost a great deal of money to make.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/10/08/40gb-ps3-missing-key-components-for-ps2-emulation/