PlayStation®2 Technical Help

[Funky_Monk87]

Sorry for asking if this has been answered already.

I recently bought 80 gig ps3 having never owned a playstation2. One game i've been dying to play is Final Fantasy 12 which i bought just the other day. I was under the impression that the PS3 was backwards compatable however when i put the disc in my ps3 says it doesn't support PS2 games. 

I've checked this website and found that i should be able to play it but i need a  PlayStation 2 Network Adaptor Start-Up Disc. Could someone tell me what this is, where i could find one and if there is any other way to play ps2 games.

Thanks for any help given

[Sonnyjimba]

Youb can't play PS2 games on the 40/80/160gb models at all.

The only way it would be possible if it was added in a firmware update.

[Funky_Monk87]

Any idea if that's likely to happen anytime soon?

Why does it say it is possible on this website somewhere?

[Dreamsorcerer]

It's only possible on the 60GB version, it's done through a combination of hardware and software emulation, meaning without the hardware no other model will support it, regardless of firmware updates.

[Sonnyjimba]

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Dreamsorcerer wrote:
It's only possible on the 60GB version, it's done through a combination of hardware and software emulation, meaning without the hardware no other model will support it, regardless of firmware updates.

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It is possible using only software, but chances are it would be inferior

[NurbFurble · Accepted solution]

Hi,

As has already been said, only the initial 60GB PS3 supports backwards compatibility.  At this time there are no plans to re-introduce this feature to any future PS3 models.

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