Could you play playstation 1 and 2 games on ps3?

It came out Tuesday but is impossible to find. And yes, it plays playstation 1 & 2 games also because of it's retroactive technology. The PS2 did play playstation games.

Playstation 3 Features

The keys to the system’s amazing power are the Cell processor (jointly developed by Sony, IBM and Toshiba) and the RSX graphics processor, co-developed with Nvidia and SCEI. Working in tandem, the new components produce an astounding two teraflops of floating point horsepower - a simply unprecedented amount of processing power. See the article on the games that were shown elsewhere on this site, for a look at how the system’s sheer grunt will change interactive entertainment forever.

The hardware design innovates in plenty of other ways. Bluetooth

enables up to seven controllers to connect to the console without troublesome wires, and expect plenty of connectivity between PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP (PlayStation Portable) via the Wireless capabilities (802.11 b/g standards are both supported).

Storage is taken care of with a detachable HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the system boasts unparalleled connectivity. Six USB 2.0 slots allow a multitude of devices to connect to the system (including the controllers, which are charged via USB), while Memory Stick, SD card and Compact Flash media all boast their own slots.

High-definition visuals come as standard, with resolutions of up to 1080p supported. To make the most of this mind-blowing leap in visual fidelity, Blu-ray Disc - a new breed of high definition DVD capable of storing up to 54GB - is supported, as is pretty much every kind of DVD and CD you can get your hands on. This includes PS one and PS2 games, as PLAYSTATION 3 fully supports all the games released for its predecessors.

Simply put, PLAYSTATION 3 will be the centrepiece of any entertainment system when it is released next spring. The high definition, realtime visuals shown at the conference were truly astonishing to behold, and the tech demos that were demonstrated hinted at the sheer extent of the leap in power we can expect as PlayStation moves into the next generation.

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and it is out now

The PS 3 is backward compatible meaning you should be able to play both ps 1 and ps 2 games on it but keep in mind that some ps 1 and some ps 2 games may not work with the ps 3. I couldn't get a lot of my ps 1 games to play on my ps 2 so it's a crap shoot at best.

The PS 3 goes on sale next friday November 17 2006. Best buy announced that they won't be taking pre-orders so you may want to go a best buy and camp out to see if you get lucky. From what I understand, sony was only able to manufacture 400,000 consoles for the U.S. launch so the machine will be scarce.

You CAN play ps1 games on the ps2 but im not sure if you can play the them all on the ps3, i would think you could because there are so many games for the ps2 that are really good games..

i beleive it comes out in america on the 17th of this month. so in 8 days.

and yes it will play playstation and playstation 2 games.

no because the ps3 is to advanced for it but u might get to play ps3 games on the ps2 though

Just like you could play ps1 games on the ps2, so can you play ps1 and ps2 games on the ps3. Isn't that great???!!!

yes because it is a playstation

No. Just likeyou can't play ps1 on ps2.

yes u can and it is out