I've been admiring the PS3 from afar but I'm a bit disgusted that they
just dumped the entire PS2 lineup. Although I'm hearing conflicting 
reports.  Does it work with PS2 games or does it not?

No it does not

No compatibility for the slim. Have one of my 4 PS2s.

No. You can pick up HD versions of PS2 games like them God of War games though.

If you have the money for a PS3 surely you have £10/$15 for a PS2?

@TheVeteran13 said:

No it does not

@AlisterCat said:

No compatibility for the slim. Have one of my 4 PS2s.

@rjayb89 said:

No. You can pick up HD versions of PS2 games like them God of War games though.

Its unanimous, it does not have it.

I wonder if the PS4 will dump PS3 support from the start or
abandon it in later stages.

I don't really care if the PS4 will play PS3 games, cause I will still have my PS3, and I still have a PS2

Buy a PS3 Slim.  
 
Buy a PS2 Slim as well.

Only original PS3s can play PS2 games. Slims can't.

It can run the PS1 games but PS2 is out of luck unless they relaunch them in a collection. If they do this with the next console I'm definitely not buying it as I'd enjoy playing older games when there's droughts of good games for a specific console.

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

@Terry_Bogard said:

@PufferFiz said:

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

Well he'll need a good computer too.

maybe. depends on if you try and uprez it.

I am being critical cuse I had a launch model and used it maybe once or twice.

I don't really care if the PS4 will play PS3 games, cause I will still have my PS3, and I still have a PS2

Nope. It kind of sucks, but I've gotten over it. It helps that my PC can play PS2 games far better than the PS3 ever could.

glue a ps2 on top

Even most fat PS3s don't have PS2 compat. They pulled that really early. Only 2006-2007 models have it as far as I know.

I simply can't imagine why Sony & Mr. Softy will put out consoles that won't continue to play their old games. Doesn't make sense.  The whole thing is Intel architecture & PC-type video cards.  Boggles my mind.

@Lind_L_Taylor said:

I simply can't imagine why Sony & Mr. Softy will put out consoles that won't continue to play their old games. Doesn't make sense.  The whole thing is Intel architecture & PC-type video cards.  Boggles my mind.

Money is the quick answer.  Originally Sony had extra hardware in the PS3 (original Phat) to play PS2 games.  This was due to the fact that later PS2 generation games were doing things the consoles were not designed to do, like running regular CPU processes on the GPU.  After the fully backwards compatible PS3 there was a software emulation version PS3 which saved the cost of the extra hardware but not everything worked.  Sony was tired to paying to you to buy a PS3 so they killed it all together.  MS had the same issue which is why some games need patches to run on the 360 and some won't work all together.

Go ahead and buy a PS3 between the exclusives out already, and the remainder of 2011, it's very worth it.

I was mad about this too but than I hooked up my PS2.

@Terry_Bogard said:

@PufferFiz said:

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

Well he'll need a good computer too.

maybe. depends on if you try and uprez it.

I am being critical cuse I had a launch model and used it maybe once or twice.

Nope but Sony will happily sell you your games again as "HD Collections."

I'm pretty sure it's cheaper to get a PS3 slim and PS2 slim than it is to track down a 5 year old PS3. It also means both consoles have been improved and streamlined to be more reliable.

@PufferFiz said:

@Terry_Bogard said:

@PufferFiz said:

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

Well he'll need a good computer too.

maybe. depends on if you try and uprez it.

I am being critical cuse I had a launch model and used it maybe once or twice.

Emulation is a bit glitchy too. I ended up buying a PS2 to play Persona 4 because I kept getting glitchy floor textures in certain areas and the music quality was a bit off.  ...it loaded so much faster though :(

You can buy a brand new PS2 in box for $99 on Amazon, still.

Oh god, it's you who

talks in the most frustrating way ever

and there's really no need to

press enter every so often. Just

a little tip there to help the legibility

of your posts.

Resorted to borrowing a old PS2 from my cousin to play PS2 titles!

Oh god, it's you who

talks in the most frustrating way ever

and there's really no need to

press enter every so often. Just

a little tip there to help the legibility

of your posts.

@Ygg said:

@PufferFiz said:

@Terry_Bogard said:

@PufferFiz said:

dude... get pcsx2 then get the dualshock 3 drivers. problem solved.

Well he'll need a good computer too.

maybe. depends on if you try and uprez it.

I am being critical cuse I had a launch model and used it maybe once or twice.

Emulation is a bit glitchy too. I ended up buying a PS2 to play Persona 4 because I kept getting glitchy floor textures in certain areas and the music quality was a bit off.  ...it loaded so much faster though :(

So the PS2/PC emulation isn't too good?  That's a shame.  I hope with the PS4 they'll bring back backwards compatibility.

Sucks that it's gone but in 2011 I'm not really dying to play PS2 games.  The few that I would be interested in are getting HD remakes so I'm good.  I'm surprised they aren't doing more HD remakes or even something similar to the Xbox Originals program though.

Sucks that it's gone but in 2011 I'm not really dying to play PS2 games.  The few that I would be interested in are getting HD remakes so I'm good.  I'm surprised they aren't doing more HD remakes or even something similar to the Xbox Originals program though.