How to transfer PS2 saves to a PS3.

[f f freak]

It should be free with the PS3 if it's not already going to be.

[MageLuingil]

It should be free with the PS3 if it's not already going to be.

Agreed. Sony doesn't really need to make this thing any more expensive for us.

[Maxico]

Give me a break! Perfect!?

The bottom line- Sony: "can we make more money $$$???"

My PS1 save data works fine!! on my PS2...

I wouldn't sound so annoyed if all previous posters weren't saying "this is so awesome, and there is nothing at all bad about this awesome decision......it's so awesome!"

This is by far the best way Sony could handle this.

The harddrive and the ability to download file that would be far greater than the memory cards storage capacity has rendered memory cards obsolete.

They could build memory slots into the PS3, but as you would theoretically use it only once to transfer your save states, it would be a waste of space, time and effort.

They could package it with the PS3, but that doesn't take people who didn't own a PS2 and don't have any save states to transfer.

This way, if you have no need to transfer save states, you don't have to pay anything extra.

However, if you do, that option is open to you.


If you have a better solution to this problem, I'd like to hear it.

[Mirage]

I do, but it's kinda too late now. They should have used more widely used memory card standard, like the Memory Sticks they seem to be using for everything else they make. If they had done that with PS2, it'd be no problem, cause the PS2 apparently has Memory Stick slots anyway.

[Erdrick Holmes]

Oh great, Sony wants more of your money. Rather than making a slot for memory cards, like the Wii probably will since it's been confirmed to work with Gamecube controllers, memory cards, and games right out of the box, you gotta go buy another stupid converter device which probably costs at least 30 bucks.

[KentaRawr!]

Oh great, Sony wants more of your money. Rather than making a slot for memory cards, like the Wii probably will since it's been confirmed to work with Gamecube controllers, memory cards, and games right out of the box, you gotta go buy another stupid converter device which probably costs at least 30 bucks.

On the other hand, after you transfer the data, you get to use the hard drive as your Memory Card.

[Old Manus]

What? A PS3 thread that isn't complaining?

[Dignified Pauper]

This is a good idea because memory cards will not last forever. They will eventually die.

so do harddrives

[Yamaneko]

Not everyone getting a PS3 will have had a PSOne or PS2, so including a legacy memory card slot would have been a waste of money, ultimately adding to the manufactuing cost of the motherboard. This way people with memory cards can play their old saves for a reasonable price. $20-$30 is a reasonable pirce for an accessory in my opinion. And those that don't need this feature do not have to spend extra money on it.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Yeah, I'd gladly play thirty dollars or more to put all my two dozen or so memory cards' worth of PS and PS2 data in one place.

[Yamaneko]

That's crazy, man.

[Rengori]

So um, can I like take my save files to a friend's house if I want to play a game there?

[KentaRawr!]

So um, can I like take my save files to a friend's house if I want to play a game there?

Just hook it up to the power and the T.V. and the PS3 will start up in no time.

To be serious though, it has a virtual memory card within the hard-drive, so I think you'll be able to take the data from the virtual hard-drive to a PS2 Memory Card. Unless Sony hates us. >;[

[Mirage]

They do :D.

[Rengori]

You've lost me Ken.