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Old 30-09-2008, 11:29 AM
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Hi all, my first post so go easy on me, i am thinking of buying a ps3 for my son who has a great interest in gaming, 2 questions i would like help with please, is the ps3 able to play ps2 games as he has a large collection of them (the ps2 is now broken) and will the ps3 play standard dvds.

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60 GB and above is backward compatible, and yes it plays standard DVDs.
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:31 AM
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look at stevies info thread.
only the 60gb has bacwards compatability and it will play dvds from whatever region the ps3 is from
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billy ya bastid just before me
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:32 AM
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haha...technically, your a spammer then
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:33 AM
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:34 AM
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billy, its only the 60gb that plays ps2.
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:36 AM
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well done jimbley pointin out his lack of knowledge lol, he'll just edit the post
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So the 80GB doesnt then...?

Think you'll find it does - Limited, but is still backwards Compatible.

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Old 30-09-2008, 11:37 AM
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nope only the 60 has bc
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:38 AM
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@ Guil...Go do your research also then...And see its you with the lack of knowledge
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:39 AM
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http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/09/80...compatibility/

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Old 30-09-2008, 11:44 AM
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billys on a period
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:57 AM
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ah billy bein a girl wiki syas different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS3
have a look a little down for the table and ''limited bc'' isnt any use to the op
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:59 AM
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its cuz he got beef with his pal over da gal init!
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