PS3 40GB downward compatibility hitting this October?

sonarus - 561 days 4 hours ago

It will probably only work for downloadable ps2 games.

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grkblood13 - 561 days 4 hours ago

this will be sweet IF it happens. good thing I got an 80 GB model.

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WINZLOW - 561 days 4 hours ago

sonarus, chaos, and altis. it will probably only be for ps2 and we need HD remakes of MGS series GOW series and Twisted Metal!!!! Speaking of TM, anyone hear any news about a new game?????

bubbles for all

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Mikelarry - 561 days 4 hours ago

is good news for us 40gb owners. downwards compatiblity i thought it was backwards

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celticlonewolf - 561 days 4 hours ago

It to be so that you can just pop in a ps2 game and play it not downlaod it from psn. With install games and the movie and tv stuff that is sure to come people will run out of space all to soon. Im so glad I got the 60gig then upgarded real cheap. one of the best things about ps3 along with walpapers you can do yourself that is a sweet little perk. I have that woamn from forgotten kingdom on mein she's hot lol how cool is it that my wife did the back drop for me lol(shes much better at making wlampapers than me)

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DethWish - 561 days 4 hours ago

I really really hope so..
And what I know they never announced it, just thought about it.

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whoelse - 561 days 3 hours ago

I don't remember them saying that...

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Siraris - 561 days 3 hours ago

When has Sony ever said they were going to offer PS2 games as download? They have only ever said they were NOT going to offer PS2 games as downloads.

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titntin - 561 days 3 hours ago

I seriously doubt the credibility of this story.

The source - a console importer? The kind of dodgy console importers who deal in 'Grey' goods that I've known in the past would tell you anything!

One of the chips removed from the PS3 in order to scale it back for the cheaper 40 gig model, was video processing chip which the PS2 relied on. It was the removal of this chip that made it so much more difficult to do PS2 software emulation , and while nothing is impossible, I would be extremely surprised if Sony had wasted any dev time on this issue with so many other more pressing issues vying for their attention!

I do have back-wards compatibility having bought a 60gig on release day. I used it once - just to see what upscaled PS2 titles looked like! When you've got a decent collection of PS3 titles, you really don't want to go back to the old PS2 stuff - at least I don't, and I don't know anyone who actually uses the feature.

I seriously doubt this report.

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qwerti - 561 days 3 hours ago

if thats true, i know a ton of people that will buy one. my guess is that it will come with fw 3.00, jsut like there was a psx emulator in psp fw 3.00.

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Avto - 561 days 3 hours ago

Well they can change the games so they could run on PS3, but I hear they were hiring coders so they would make PS2 games work on PS3

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sinncross - 561 days 3 hours ago

This is good, though i hope the firmware has something else for 20/60/80gb adopters, such as full mp4. and avi. support.

After Sony have done this, they need to improve the upscaling features... something on level with bleem which really made ps1 games look great... and if something lie that happens, ps2 will have new life breathed into them.

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timestoby - 561 days 3 hours ago

well it would be nice if it was for physical ps2 discs,cause ps2 has alot of quality games that i havnt even played and not owning a ps2 ever this would be great.i mean the quality cant look as bad as ps1 games lol. but the download ps2 games via network would be great aswell. BRING IT ON DITCHES LOL.

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himdeel - 561 days 3 hours ago

...that the firmware if this is real and included would ONLY be totally awesome is if you could play ps2 disc on the system using the firmware. If not then it's okay but would require a MUCH better offering of PS2 titles on PSN. Nevertheless PS2 firmware for PS2 disc would be a wonderful convenience that I'd truly appreciate.

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f789790 - 561 days 3 hours ago

I know I paid less so I can wait a year or two for the feature but eventually I want it or you are guaranteeing that I get custom firmware to unlock it.

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Figboy - 561 days 3 hours ago

i have a 60gig, bought about 4 months after the PS3's release, so i've been enjoying the PS2 games i've yet to beat in upscaled HD since i got my HDTV in June of last year.

i always expected Sony would enable PS2 emulation via firmware, as i expected them to offer PS2 games via the PSN at some point in the future.

why people got so up in arms about the removal of BC to make the console cheaper is beyond me.

i mean, if you want to play PS2 games so bad, wouldn't you ALREADY have a PS2?

and if you didn't, why was that extra $100 such a big deal to pay to get PS2 backwards comp in the PS3 models that had the feature?

i mean, a PS2 is, what, $130 US now, and a PS3 with PS2 BC is $500, without, $400?

i got rid of my PS2 when i got my PS3 (i gave it to my roommate). i didn't need it, and i viewed the $600 i spent on my PS3 as worth it at the time; $600 for built in Wi Fi, standard 60gig HDD, Web Browser (which i'm not ashamed to admit i use quite a bit when i'm too lazy to get up and turn on my computer in the mornings), free online gaming, built in memory stick readers (which actually came in handy when i was showing my family the pictures me and my fiance took on our trip to Iowa on the big screen TV. it's also been useful when i download UT3 mods for the PS3, PS1 and PS2 BC, so i didn't have to have more than one system hooked up to my TV, and, of course, built in Blu Ray player, which, at the time, was going for over $1000 just for a STAND ALONE BR player.

in short, i thought it was a deal. i didn't really understand what there was to complain about. the PS3 packed a lot of features in there for $600.

do i feel sorry for those that didn't pick it up back then. not really. i mean, they either didn't pick it up because of COST (understandable), or they didn't pick it up because of that old standby of the "PS3 has no games," and "isn't worth it."

back on topic, i'd love to have them re-release Ico on the PSN with updated to HD graphics (not new graphics, just graphics that make it more HD friendly). i've played it upscaled on the PS3, and the game is just too pixelly to work in HD. it just wasn't designed for it. Shadow of the Colossus, on the other hand, looks GREAT on my 40" HDTV. as if the Colossi weren't intimidating enough already...

there's a few titles that i think would be great for the PSN treatment:

Beyond Good and Evil (maybe people will pay attention to it this time)
Klonoa 2
Ico
Primal
War of the Monsters (speaking of that, they need to make an online enable next gen sequel of this. that would be AWESOME)
Psychonauts
Second Sight

to start off. all of them quality. all of them underappreciated by the masses. a cheap, HD ready PSN version would be good for them.

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devilhunterx - 561 days 3 hours ago

hehe i got the 60gb PAL version. Let me tell you, playing GOW2 on a HDTV on a ps3 is SWEET.

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wwwkilla - 561 days 2 hours ago

Yeah that is wuz up I had a 60gb but fored to down grad to 40gb becuse the blue light of death I lost a lot of good stuff that is the best 3 out there had my for a 1 1/2 and I got that error coad was foced to get the 40gb the big thing was no backwards got my money back for it so I bought the 40gb and bought every thing I had for the 60gb just had to buy sd attioment 2 extral usb ports any way take god for this hope it is ture

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solidboss - 561 days 2 hours ago

what i dont understand is that if this is true then why release different systems and market them as saying " the 80 20 and 60 gig can play ps2 games" but the 40 cant? thats dumb. they should of at least had the forty gig play ps2 games from the start rather then wait for some damn firmware. im not a fan boy i think the ps3 is a very powerful machine. its jus sony makes stupid decisions with it.

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LenHart - 561 days 4 hours ago

and a GOOD news

However i never play PS2 games on PS3

But many do so it is a great news indeed

BTW new reviews for NG2

7.5 from worthplaying and GAMEPRO

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

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DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl - 561 days 4 hours ago

why would they make it have bc if they are going to put the games on the psn? who wants to pay for a game when you might already have it.

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livespawn - 561 days 3 hours ago

this is good for those people who have a big ps2 collection and don't want to keep their old ps2 lying around

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waseem335 - 561 days 3 hours ago

PS2 Downloadable games will put xbox originals to its grave!!!! XD oh and the 360 lmao

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juuken - 561 days 2 hours ago

...That is awesome news.

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Homicide - 561 days 1 hour ago

360 sucks. I'm glad I bought a PS3.

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livespawn - 561 days 1 hour ago

heh, im starting to feel the same way about my 360 now that its out played by my ps3, come june 12 i will be holding a funeral service for it ;)

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Ace-Jury - 560 days 22 hours ago

maybe there is a chance ill get to play Res4 and MGS3...the 2 games i feel i have missed out on

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PoSTedUP - 560 days 22 hours ago

this will move some consoles.

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Zhuk - 560 days 11 hours ago

I had this feature from day one on my Xbox 360, Sony playing catch up yet again

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ninja_united - 560 days 7 hours ago

to DL winning eleven 8 in my HD.

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xboxftw - 560 days 4 hours ago

I hope it can play getaway 3 and 8 days.

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The playa - 560 days 3 hours ago

Breakbox, your not allowed to speak, you own a wii. That basically means you've had your testicals cut off (if you had any to begin with) so please stfu before you embarrass yourself further.

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