Is there a good one?

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12/16/2010 3:47:57 PM

I, too, am interested in this

12/16/2010 4:43:29 PM

they are all pretty bad.

12/17/2010 8:30:49 AM

The first-run PS3s are fantastic.

[Edited on December 17, 2010 at 8:37 AM. Reason : But you can get a damn PS2 for the price of a nice dinner for two.]

12/17/2010 8:36:59 AM

Do they still make backwards compatible PS3s? or can i mod them to be? i don't care about online play

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12/17/2010 8:40:57 AM

it pissed me off that they made PS3's unable to run PS2 games. I mean i have both systems, but it would be nice to be able to play both games in one console.

12/17/2010 1:06:38 PM

Yeah if I got a ps two id have to figure out how to hook up our receiver I think it only has hdmi and optical connections


I really just want to play mgs three and four...

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12/17/2010 2:34:14 PM

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"it pissed me off that they made PS3's unable to run PS2 games"

lol...gg Sony

12/17/2010 2:47:59 PM

my 60gig PS3 is backwards-compatible what what

12/17/2010 3:24:08 PM

^^It was intentional.

^When I bought mine I wanted a backwards compatible one, but I didn't feel like paying a premium for a used PS3.

12/17/2010 3:34:41 PM

intentional? why?

12/17/2010 3:39:23 PM

b/c PS2 sales are still fairly healthy. They briefly sold a model that can play PS2 games. Specter mentioned having one. And b/c they have this ability they can sell 2nd hand for $400-500 easy.

12/17/2010 3:46:15 PM

mine does and i paid 700 bucks for it many years ago

12/17/2010 3:55:54 PM

From what I understand, new PS3's can still play ps2 games. They just have a limited compatibility list because it's a software emulation.

The 60gb ones from back in the day, actually had the ps2 hardware in them for backwards play. This was a cost that kept the ps3 so high. Once they cut that out, there was a price drop.

12/17/2010 4:55:54 PM

^ wrong. new "slim" PS3's dont support software emulation, so no backwards compatibility at all.

[Edited on December 17, 2010 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

12/17/2010 5:17:49 PM

^^They completely removed the PS2 backwards compatibility in the new PS3 models. Basically, if your PS3 is either slim or has 2 USB ports, it can't play PS2 games.

For emulation, try PCSX2. You'll need to get the BIOS somewhere (torrent). And probably a really good processor and graphics card.

[Edited on December 17, 2010 at 5:23 PM. Reason : hi]

12/17/2010 5:23:31 PM

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"my 60gig PS3 is backwards-compatible what what "

Yup yup, I liked it when I had the same one, but got sick of waiting for GT5 so I sold it last year for exactly the same price I got the ps3 when MGS4 came out. Actually made out 40 bucks since I had walmart giftcard at the time of purchase.

I'm surprised that the newer ps3's aren't backwards compatible.


Also Granite, I think the price of the ps3 was high mainly due to the fact that the main ps3 chip and boards were expensive, as well as the R&D research that was involved. When ps3 first came out, even the 20GB versions was costing sony like 160 bucks per set, I think it was like 110 for the 60GB since it was priced a 100 bucks more.

12/17/2010 6:20:37 PM