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They say that the PS3 is backwards compatible correct and it comes with a removable hard drive. All the PS1 and PS2 saved games are on memory cards. As far as I can tell, there is no memory card port on the PS3, does any one know if there is one, and will you be able to save PS1 and PS2 games on the hard drive?
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They say that the PS3 is backwards compatible correct and it comes with a removable hard drive. All the PS1 and PS2 saved games are on memory cards. As far as I can tell, there is no memory card port on the PS3, does any one know if there is one, and will you be able to save PS1 and PS2 games on the hard drive?
You will probably have to save the PS1 and PS2 saves onto the Hard Drive.
Mozzy wrote:
> You will probably have to save the PS1 and PS2 saves onto the Hard
> Drive.
And the data will get there by magic!
> You will probably have to save the PS1 and PS2 saves onto the Hard
> Drive.
And the data will get there by magic!
No doubt some third-party developer (like Lik Sang) will come up with an adpater device which will allow you to connect your PS2 (and maybe PS1) memory card to the Memory Stick slot on the PS3.
After all, a PS2 memory card is basically a Memory Stick in a different shell.
After all, a PS2 memory card is basically a Memory Stick in a different shell.
There's bound to be memory card slots.
Every other console has them, you use them to transfer data from one console to the other: bring your saves over to a friend, created characters etc etc.
Sony wouldn't dis-advantage their console by getting rid of memory card slots.
Every other console has them, you use them to transfer data from one console to the other: bring your saves over to a friend, created characters etc etc.
Sony wouldn't dis-advantage their console by getting rid of memory card slots.
There are "memory card slots", but as yet the only ones mentioned are for Memory Stick, Compact Flash and Secure Digital.
With the PS2, the memory card connector is the same as PS1, so the cards just plug in - as you already know.
What Word Life means, I believe, is that there hasn't yet been any mention of a 'standard' Memory Card slot. At least, not that I've seen anywhere.
Of course, they may well be there, but have just been overlooked in all the excitement of the rabid reporters!
I don't know about anyone else, but I've yet to see a picture of what lies behind the flap on PS3 where the various cards plug in.
With the PS2, the memory card connector is the same as PS1, so the cards just plug in - as you already know.
What Word Life means, I believe, is that there hasn't yet been any mention of a 'standard' Memory Card slot. At least, not that I've seen anywhere.
Of course, they may well be there, but have just been overlooked in all the excitement of the rabid reporters!
I don't know about anyone else, but I've yet to see a picture of what lies behind the flap on PS3 where the various cards plug in.
Didn't Sony say the PS3 wouldn't come with a hard drive?
They said it had space for a removable hard drive, yes.
Whether there will actually be one in there when you buy it, or what capacity it will be, is still unknown as far as I'm aware.
Whether there will actually be one in there when you buy it, or what capacity it will be, is still unknown as far as I'm aware.
I've just looked it up in the official magazine:
"The PS3 also has a port for a dinky 2.5-inch hard drive, but you'll have to buy it separately"
"The PS3 also has a port for a dinky 2.5-inch hard drive, but you'll have to buy it separately"
It's now been revealed that the only memory devices you can use on the PS3 are their Memory Sticks - the same as are used in the PSP - and it won't be backwards compatible with old memory cards, or old peripherals.
The hard drive won't come packaged with the PS3 and has been said to be for storage of movies and MP3s only, as opposed to storing games on it, but whether or not game saves can be stored hasn't really been mentioned.
As posted already, I'd think it would be likely that someone will make an adaptor that will allow you to get your saves from your old memory cards onto the PS3 somehow.
But none of this really matters, because if rumours are to be believed the PS3 won't be out here till '07 and will cost a million billion pounds anyway.
The hard drive won't come packaged with the PS3 and has been said to be for storage of movies and MP3s only, as opposed to storing games on it, but whether or not game saves can be stored hasn't really been mentioned.
As posted already, I'd think it would be likely that someone will make an adaptor that will allow you to get your saves from your old memory cards onto the PS3 somehow.
But none of this really matters, because if rumours are to be believed the PS3 won't be out here till '07 and will cost a million billion pounds anyway.
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