Differences in playstation 3?

Question

I know the main differences in them is the hard drive space and memory space and all that, but when your talking about memory space does that only refer to uploading lots of pics and uploading videos and stuff? it has nothing to do with graphics? because all i really want in the ps3 is the one with the best graphics for games since im not the kinda person that takes millions of pics and always loads vids and stuff, the only downloading ill be doing is prolly the playstation store network thing or w/e that is, and ps2 backward compatibility. and i heard that the 80 gb ps3 can play ps2 games, but only 60-70 percent of them. for the ones that are playable out of those 70 some percent, will it perform the same exact on the ps3 as it can on ps2? but mainly all im really concerned about is the differences in ps3's and if the different ones have better graphics. like i have the money for a 80 gb but thats only cuz i heard they have better graphics, if the only reason the 80 gb is good cuz of space for pictures and stuff, then thats not for me, like i said all i need is the best graphics, and ps2 backward compatibility. and i plan to download from the playstation store and stuff. but another quick question, what when your talking about memory space what is all that refers to? like pictures, vids, downloading alot from the playstation store, anything else?

Answer 1

There are no differences in graphics between PS3 versions. Different PS3s have difference in power consumption (20GB and 60GB - highest, 40GB - lowest), backwards compatibility (NTSC 60GB and 20GB - the best, PAL 60GB and 80GB - average, 40GB - none). There are some differences in features (card reader, SACD playability, etc.) As for PS3 games and graphics - all versions are the same.

Answer 2

there is a big, no HUGE upgrade in graphics the people in the games look almost real. i heard that it can play almost all the games for ps2 even though the old 60gb has more backwards comapability, but they dont sell those anymore, the harddrive is for store playstation store stuff, the videos, the music, the pictures, and all the game saves.

Answer 3

That a lot of questions jam packed into one post lol. I recommend looking the ps3 up in wikipedia.org.

Memory space does matter. When you download demos and stuff off of the ps3 store, it takes space. Some demos even take up 1 gb each. Of course you can deleted the demos when your done with them but I like to keep them. I have a 40gb upgraded to a 160gb hard drive. Also only certain ps3's can play ps2 games. the 80gb (old version), 60gb (no longer being made), and 20gb (been gone) can. The new 80gb and the mgs 80gb can't play ps2 games. Also you are somewhat right about the 60-70 percent ps2 games. The 80gb ps3 has to simulate the hardware to play it. you can check the ps3 site (forgot the link) for related gameplay issues.

If i'm missing anything sorry. It's 1:28 am here.

Answer 4

I'd get the 80GB model. What you do is download the PS2 system data from the PSN store for free and it creates backwards capability. And on top of that the firmware updates increase the backwards capability too.

I have the 80GB model. I played God of War 1,2. MGS1,2,3 on it.

The only issue I had was a slight frame rate drop while fighting "THE FURY" in MGS3.

If you get the 20/40/60GB models, I would upgrade the HDD.