whoa.. i thought 40 gb ps3 didnt have BC..

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#1 cloud345
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So my friend let me borrow Resident evil 2 for ps1 and it wouldnt play on my ps2 (cause its kinda old) So just curiously i decieded to put it in the ps3 and its playing. But it wont play ps2 games.. Kinda weird.

Sorry if people already knew this but i was kinda shocked :]

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#2 BenderUnit22
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All PS3s play PS1 games
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#3 mep69
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does no one read the specs of stuff anymore
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#4 cloud345
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but why wont it play ps2 games if it plays ps1?
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^ PS2 BC costs money while PS1 BC does not. Sony took out PS2 BC to save money but all PS3's can play PS1 games.
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#6 Ultrabeatdown55
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does no one read the specs of stuff anymoremep69
Nobody does...
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#7 mep69
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[QUOTE="mep69"]does no one read the specs of stuff anymoreUltrabeatdown55
Nobody does...

well thats kinda stupid. i like to know what im getting before i dish out money. Guess im one of the few out there that check the product out first before purchasing
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#8 MAILER_DAEMON
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The PS1 can easily be emulated via software. The PS2's CPU can't be fully emulated, which is why the first 80GB PS3 only had partial B/C, and the graphics were almost impossible to emulate. The 40GB/current 80GB/160GB doesn't have the necessary architecture to run PS2 games.
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but why wont it play ps2 games if it plays ps1?cloud345
they done have the PS2 semiconducters
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#10 LoCi-X
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My 60 gb emotion engine PS3 plays PS2 games.
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#11 ItsEvolution
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My 60 gb emotion engine PS3 plays PS2 games. LoCi-X
Yup. Whoo!!!
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#12 Amster_G
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[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="mep69"]does no one read the specs of stuff anymoremep69
Nobody does...

well thats kinda stupid. i like to know what im getting before i dish out money. Guess im one of the few out there that check the product out first before purchasing

I agree. When I see an item I want which costs at least $400, I make sure I know everything about it first.

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[QUOTE="LoCi-X"]My 60 gb emotion engine PS3 plays PS2 games. ItsEvolution
Yup. Whoo!!!

word!

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#14 GatCloudX
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they are most likely going to make it backwards compatable when the ps2 dies
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#15 Scianix-Black
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[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"][QUOTE="LoCi-X"]My 60 gb emotion engine PS3 plays PS2 games. dual_boot

Yup. Whoo!!!

word!

^!

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#16 codezer0
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does no one read the specs of stuff anymoremep69
Considering nobody reads forum threads past the first page(s) anymore, what makes you think they'd want to read specs written in fine print? ;) :P
but why wont it play ps2 games if it plays ps1?cloud345
the PS1 is handled by emulation in software, and that software has been developed back when Sony was creating the slim PStwo to compensate for the fact that those editions do not have the integrated MIPS CPU and RAM that the real ps1 used. Not perfect, but quite good. With ps2 compatibility on the ps3, Sony initially had both the PS2 EE+GS chips in the ps3 motherboard to handle BC duties. Then it was just the EE for the softBC units. Now, they don't have any hardware to reference to. While you would think that they should be able to write a software emulator that doesn't require this hardware at all by now (given all the bragging about the power of 't3h c3ll'), Sony either realizes they can't make an effective one yet, or can't be bothered (I'm voting on the latter). All that being said, just glad I do have a working 60gb model now.
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[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="mep69"]does no one read the specs of stuff anymoremep69
Nobody does...

well thats kinda stupid. i like to know what im getting before i dish out money. Guess im one of the few out there that check the product out first before purchasing

System War Comment *Warning*

Thus we have Nintendo in the lead for this gen.......

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#18 pukmok
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^ PS2 BC costs money while PS1 BC does not. Sony took out PS2 BC to save money but all PS3's can play PS1 games.Floppy_Jim

They didn't take it out of the lesser version to save money. They did it to make money. If you buy a ps3 with ps2 compatibility you will obviously sell your ps2 and sony loses $100 on a new ps2 sale. So they made the ps3 with PS2 BC a $100 more to not lose out on any profits.

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#19 realistic44
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I knew i shouldve got myself the 80 or 60 gig the day i bought the 40 gig :x

i miss some good ol max payne :(

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#20 gamer082009
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So my friend let me borrow Resident evil 2 for ps1 and it wouldnt play on my ps2 (cause its kinda old) So just curiously i decieded to put it in the ps3 and its playing. But it wont play ps2 games.. Kinda weird.

Sorry if people already knew this but i was kinda shocked :]

cloud345
Ignore these other rude people here. Most people don't know they play PS1 games, because it lacks the ability to play PS2 games, so there would be confusion on that. But as we all know, there's some smarty pants waiting to say duhhh. But anyways, it does play PS1 games.
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