Question on the current status of PS3 backwards compatibility...

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  1. netkid, May 10, 2012
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    My friend is pretty sure he has a 60gb PS3. Last week he booted it up to play Burnout Revenge and he did an update as well. Moments after that update, he got messages saying that his system can no longer play Playstation 2 games. What happened? Has Sony released an update that renders the Backwards Compatibility inoperable? If so, is this update only effecting 80gb w/ the software emulation or does it affect 60gb w/ the hardware emulation as well?
     
  2. Starfire22, May 10, 2012
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    To my knowledge there was an update that does grt rid of PS2 compatibility. (Even on the fat models)

    All PS3's can play PS1 games however...
     
  3. MegaMoonMan, May 10, 2012
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    That is absolutely pathetic if true.
     
  4. netkid, May 10, 2012
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    But does it effect the 60gb models with the actual parts for BC?
     
  5. Mechafire, May 10, 2012
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    Wait, what? When did this happen?
     
  6. MetalRyde, May 10, 2012
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    well. that sucks.
     
  7. smangerbot, May 10, 2012
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    i believe the consoles with software BC had this feature recently removed. why? the psn store now has ps2 titles for sale.

    fuck off sony.
     
  8. seeker311, May 10, 2012
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    hmm, i have the 80gb and updated it on sunday. I was able to play FF10 just fine...
     
  9. Mechafire, May 10, 2012
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    Just booted up a PS2 game on my 60 GB. It's working fine.

    I personally haven't heard of any "update" removing backwards compatibility.
     
  10. Starfire22, May 10, 2012
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    I realized after the intial post, that what I was referring to was just a rumor from a while back.

    I apologize for the confusion.
     
  11. Mechafire, May 10, 2012
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    It's cool. I vaguely remember some rumors floating around, but nothing definite.