60GB 1st Gen. PS3 or 80GB 2nd Gen. PS3? (I'll be playing PS2 games a lot.)?

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Allen750

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I want to play PS2 games and I've found some good deals on both versions. I'm planning to play a very wide variety of games, including, but not limited to: SOCOM (basically all of them), Ratchet and Clank (basically all of them), Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, and newer games like Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. If you have any of these games please tell me how it plays on your backward compatible PS3 and what version you have. Thanks.

(I posted this on Yahoo Answers too but the CAG community is much more specialized in video games :)
 
The older Phats are running into YLOD issues that potentially look to be about $70 to $100 to repair and repair services are slim pickings. With that said, I'd go with a 60 gig as I feel it's the better choice, if you can find a 20, that'd be an option as well. I have a 60 gig and it plays them just fine, upscaling the quality very nicely. If you've only had Composite cables, the HDMI picture quality difference from the 60 gig is huge. I have yet to run into a game I can't play on my 60 gig except that it suffered the YLOD and I've been dragging my feet on repairing it.

80's are software emulation, some games may or may not work, 60's are hardware and work on every PS2 game I've tried. The only funky issues I've had was GT4 scaling the difficulty WAY way higher on my PS3 than it did on my PS2.
 
Everything I've read says that the 2nd generation 80 gig won't play the R&C games. Decision complete!

I've got one, and couldn't finish Yakuza- but that my only experience with these problems.
 
just get a slim ps2 and ps3. if you get a bc ps3 unless its new expect it to die out sooner rather than later due to the ylod and alot of people unloading their dying consoles.
 
I have a 60 gig and have had no issues so far, but I keep it well ventilated and dusted. It's played everything I've thrown at it perfectly, and I really like having the card reader slots and extra USB ports. The PS3 has a pretty sweet photo viewing app, and I use the SD slot way more than I thought I would.
 
Buy a Slim PS2 and Slim PS3. Yes the PS2 will look like ass on a HDTV but its the best way to play PS2 games still.
 
Hmm. Any more insight on the 80GB?

From what I get the 60GB works swimmingly, thanks for the help guys.
 
I've had no problems from my 80gig as far as the hardware is concerned. For a PS3- it is supposed to be the most stable of the 1-2 gen systems. I haven't played a lot of PS2 games on it though.

There is an old thread on CAG that lists compatibility issues with the 80's emulation. I can't find it though. :(
 
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