All PS3s are backward compatible with PS2 software.

[fordy]

Fireforgey said:

fordy said:

That's like saying my PC is backward compatible with every system ever made....

in many ways it is.  It is in fact techincally legal to have an emulator playing games that you have already bought on a system that you already own.  It is protected by some law about backups and stuff.

It doesnt even have to necessarily be backups...

Some old hardware allowed you to plug SNES cartridges into the PC, and some emulators can run the games straight from disc...