will there ever be a ps3 that plays ps2 games (NOT the 60gb,80gb one)

I wanna buy a ps3 but i need it to play ps2 games. Maybe sony will release a firmware update to allow us to play ps2 games? I really wanna play mgs2 , mgs3 , gran turismo , and gta games that i have

I wanna buy a ps3 but i need it to play ps2 games. Maybe sony will release a firmware update to allow us to play ps2 games? I really wanna play mgs2 , mgs3 , gran turismo , and gta games that i have

enriK233

Noone knows for sure. But I think that the PS2 emulation on the first PS3 systems were partially hardware-powered. So I doubt its even possible to include it in a firmware update.

One can only hope. :)

all up to sony

i think they're trying to push psplus so u can dl ps2 games instead of having backward compatability

Only time will tell.

Personally I'm hoping for the same thing.

we just have to wait and see. I also want them to bring it back.

I wanna buy a ps3 but i need it to play ps2 games. Maybe sony will release a firmware update to allow us to play ps2 games? I really wanna play mgs2 , mgs3 , gran turismo , and gta games that i have

enriK233

Not unless your friend jacked your ps2 when he moved away leaving you your ps2 games but not the system :x

that seriously happened to me

I had 2 ps2s , both broke :(

can you download mgs2 and mgs3 on psn store? I know that you can with mgs1.

This late in the game I doubt it. What would be the incentive for Sony to do so now as the intial customer base is already there. They are a business and will probably start selling them on PSN once the PS2 officially dies. This way they can get you to rebuy the games again so you can play them on their PS3. I'm sure this will happen before the gen is over as it makes great business sense. Of course Sony does make some weird business decisions PS3 initial, PSPGo initial price so you never know.

Just buy a PS2 slim, you can probably find them locally in your town for $50

This is a comment I made on another thread similar to this one:

The PS1 is a weak console so it can be easily emulated through software but the PS2 is a little more powerful and complex so to emulate it through software onlyyou either need an insanely perfect code or very powerful hardware.

The thing is that Sony completely removed every PS2 hardware component from the PS3 and they even made the mother-board like 3 times smaller than how it used to be so they can't add the PS2 hardware emulation back. The only way to make a PS3 to play PS2 games nowis solely through software emulation which would take years due to the insanely huge PS2 library and there's no benefit for Sony on doingthat. They would lose time and money when they just can just keep selling PS2 consoles and PS2 remastered games for the PS3 and make money out of both.

Another way would be through homebrew ? There are some people that dedicate years of their life to work for free into making these kind of things possible but that's illegal I think (?). I don't think we'll see completely legalPS2 BCmaking a combackuntil the next console generation.

I believe Sony in all honesty doesn't want you to play Ps2 games on your Ps3. They want you to buy Ps3 games and PSN games. Sony doesn't want you being occupied with old/used Ps2 games that they won't make a dollar out of. That just how I see it.

hopefully if not i aint stressing

i don't think so ps2 sales hold up sighty well to today standard