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No PS3 backwards compatibility (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (10 children)

I remember how some PS3 models have like the entire PS2 hardware inside them and it could run both ps1 and ps2 games.

[–] Zipitydew 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That model in the picture is one of them. I don't think all the fat PS3s could. But nearly all of them. Was why they were chonky.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Some of them did it partly in software, though - and they were less compatible. The European FAT models all worked like that.

Sadly, the fully-backwards compatible models are all ticking timebombs, unless you get the RSX chip replaced with a later model. It's a problem with the underfill on the chip which resulted in the YLOD, which is basically Sony's variant of the red ring of death.

I have an early FAT model and it still runs stable, but I'm afraid to use it because I know it will fail eventually if I do. It does look sexy asf though!

[–] Zipitydew 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. Recently took mine out of storage. Setting up a game room now that my kids are old enough to trust them. Did an SSD upgrade the other day. Will look into the chip issue.

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