Just what I said. You technically can't play PS2 games directly (only PSOne games). You have to download them from the PS Network Store. Like what you do with the Virtual Console games on the Wii Shop Channel.

80GB though, however, suggests that only some PS2 games you can play directly. As it's still limited.

you clearly don't know what you're talking about zeta >.> because there's NO ps2 game in the ps store. the games that are in the ps store are either ps1 games that you can play on psp and ps3 or arcade games, like the xbox live arcades... beside that you must have a 60gb or 80gb version to play ps2 games on ps3.

I think what zeta is trying to say is that it only plays the PS1 games that are downloaded from the PS store. I'm not sure if thats true or not, I just think the 40gb version is stupid.

Does Sony even work on getting more PS2 games compatible with the 80GB model or are they just bullshitting and just made released an update once thats it? Doesn't matter to me, I got the 60gb but I'm just wondering since the 60gb models aren't being made and who knows if I ever need buy an 80gb model.

I also bought a blu-ray movie today, and it's the first time I was watching a blu-ray movie. Damn the quality is great, but damn the price.

I think we're all safe with the 60gb model :o


Hmmm.... I've been thinking.... I would like for Sony to add the option to show the date and time (or just the time itself) when we go to the PS Menu anytime. Just like the screen we get when we push the Home button on the PSP. We get a date and time... And maybe even have a clock fixed in the main XMB menu...

Just my two cents...

First of all, this zeta guy is pretty stupid and/or misinformed, and yet he continues talking. No one should listen to him until he proves that he can consistently make accurate statements.

Secondly, the 40 gig PS3 can play any PSX games, whether they are on disc or downloaded from the store. The 40 gig PS3 has the necessary hardware to make that happen.

Third, according to the several members here who have the 80 gig models, the software backwards compatibility is pretty solid, with a very large percentage of games supported, so if you simply cannot locate a 60 gig, it wouldn't be the end of the world to get an 80 gig. Again, according to the several members here with that model.

Hey, I only followed what's been said in the official PlayStation magazine and in the official PlayStation site. And what I said is true, just look up wikipedia.

Where on the official PlayStation site or Wikipedia does it say that you can download PS2 games? Quote or give links.

K, to give you the gist;

here's a list that Wikipedia compiled

History of PS3 models

20GB
- Yes

40GB
- No

60GB
- Yes

80GB
- Yes (Software Emulation, which Future's PlayStation magazine calls it "Limited")

I could have sworn that I was playing TR: Anniversary on my 20GB the other day.

I'm not sure what you're trying to get at, but here's the facts.

-40Gb PS3 has no PS2 software emulation. So whether you could download PS2 games or not (which you can't as of now) there is no emulation software on the system to run them at this time.

-80Gb PS3 has NO hardware emulation and only has 100% software emulation. Therefore no Emotion Engine, no nothing and can still play 95% of PS2 games.

-60/20Gb PS3s HAVE PS2 hardware within and can play 98+% of PS2 games.

Well, I heard a while back that you could download PS2 games (emulated) off of the PSN network.

Dude. Why won't you listen to us? This is the last time I am saying this.

I have had my PS3 since day 1 and as of this date there are still no PS2 games on the PSN that you can download and play. And I'm including ALL region's PSNs. There are no such things.

I know that Sony have said in the past that they'd like to make PS2 games downloadable via PSN. But considering all the work ahead of them with HOME. No such developments on downloadable PS2 games will likely be made within the next year.

Zeta26, I'm sorry to have to say this, but you are a fucking retard.

There is no way to download a Playstation 2 game onto a PS3 to play. If you have the 20GB, 60GB or 80GB models, you can insert a Playstation 2 format disc and play, but you cannot download any PS2 game onto a PS3.

Now please, for the love of God, stop posting about it.

Anyways. I was think of this question too, like what Kimichi had, seeing as I got $200 (bonus) and another $100 (December's check). As I'm just about close to getting a 40GB, but yet am $200 away from the 80GB.

Then just wait another month or two and get the 80gb version.

I know that it's a loosely based reason to post this here. However unless someone wants to create an "HD-DVD VS Blu-Ray" thread I'm posting this here. (yes, I'm that lazy)

Anyhow just thought I'd post this here as an interesting development on the Blu-Ray front more then anything.

However I feel that now that the power has been shifted influentually in one competator's direction that the market will support that said format out of sheer want for a single standard, and not so much for actual format superiority. (fortunately the winning format is the better one in my opinion)

Read the quote again. Then actually understand the quote. Then you will see why the quote is most likely not a typo. By your logic, you are saying that the Warner decision would have little effect over the format war. Clearly that makes no sense at all. But on the supposed console war between PS3 and 360, it would seemingly have little impact.

But anyways, there was a blu-ray vs. hd-dvd thread in media centre but the topic creator was an hd-dvd fanboy to the extreme and ended up closing the thread when a few people expressed support for blu-ray.

God damn it. Ah well thanks for pointing that out. It makes more sense now. I understood what it was saying, I just thought they said it wrong.

8 hours of class and 5 hours at work can start to get to you after a while.

Back when I was running a shitty forum (cause the owner was a tranny and was nutting over the Wii which he still doesn not own), there were loads of people saying blu-ray would fail as soon as it would come out and dragging the PS3 along with it. I seriously wish that forum was still up so I could post all these articles about the PS3 doing better than HD-DVD.

They should bring the Skype feature to the PS3 like they did with the PSP. I would actually like them to include AIM on the PS3.

I hardly see that stuff NOT coming for the ps3 sometime in the future... on the other side I would kill for a decent mail client (POP3 or whatever) integrated on the PS3.

Whats the attachment file size limit when sending a message in the PS3? I tried sending a picture but it was too big to send. It'd be nice if you could attach videos or multiple images as well.

Also, I put up an add on craigslist to trade or sell my copy of assassins creed, some one wants to trade their copy of Unreal Tournament for the PS3 for my assassins creed and another person wants to offer 45$ for it. Is Unreal Tournament any good?

Edit: I got Unreal Tournament 3 and wow, the single player sucks. Online is kinda fun but I know it will get boring after a while. So I'm gonna have to trade this one as well, I dont know what to trade this one for. Warhawk seems better but I dont really know, I'm looking more for a single player game thats gonna last a while.

Cooooool my mom got me a 60 GB PS3..didn't think she would ever find one at this point. She said she got it from Sam's Club online bundled with Motor Storm and I thought "oh AWESOME" until I went and checked her account status and saw that she paid damn near $600 for it. :gonk:

Now I feel guilty because the whole point of not getting one before was the price. Blargggh well I am still happy, though. I'm going to be cleaning the house and feeding the dogs for a long time to make up for it. I like to think it's worth it, though. Once I find a place to set it up I need to think about some games I want to get, one of them being Uncharted.

I think I'm mostly just worried about TV issues..or future TV issues. I don't have HDTV and feel like I'm going to have a rough time picking out the best TV to use with all my systems.

TV shopping isn't all that hard. From my experiance the quality is split up by price ranges. In other words all $800 HDTV are about the same quality (which is better then crap but not great). While $1200 is quality mid-range HD. And your $2000+ is your high quality sets with all the bells and whistles (and where it's the easiest to get ripped off).

I'm sure that someone like Megalith would have a whole nother take on it, but I'm not a videophile/TV tech expert like him.

Also unless you going to be getting a 40" + set, 1080P isn't really a big deal. But more details on this stuff can be given to you when you get to shopping for a new set. Till then enjoy your new game box ^^

BULLITIN
We PS3 owners need to make the desire for a PSN tag spot in our profiles known to the moderators. Seriously, the Wii got this feature long before which is pratically useless since you need a new code per an individual game.

I have to disagree, it's a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS. However, it could be easy if money isn't a problem (60+ 1080p Plasmas)

I'm looking for a smaller TV, one around the same size as what I have now. So I think I'm looking for a 26" or so. Bigger wouldn't fit in my media center to begin with. After that I guess is just getting the best one of those that I can for all my systems without having it be entirely too expensive. My head is already hurting just thinking about this >.<