5 must-have PS3 accessories
PS2 memory card adaptor
Despite reports of some incompatibilities, the PlayStation 3 is designed to play nearly all of the past PS2 and even original PlayStation games right out of the box. And unlike the Nintendo Wii, you won’t need your old controllers or memory cards–the PS3 controller will work fine with the old games, and you can save your progress to the internal hard drive.
But for those die-hards who’ve started a game of God of War or Final Fantasy XII on the PS2 and have their progress saved on the old console’s proprietary memory cards, Sony’s got a workaround. Just plug in the memory card adaptor ($15) to one of the PS3’s USB ports, and you can copy all your saved games onto the new system.
So, unlike Xbox owners who were forced to exile all their old saved games when upgrading to a 360, you won’t have to start those games from scratch.
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