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Can PlayStation 3 play ps1 games?

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∙ 13y ago

Updated: 4/28/2022

The Playstation 3 Backward Compatibility depends on the model number of the Playstation 3. In general for Playstation 1 games they say that the PS3 will some Playstation Format Software on the System. The related link provides detailed information by individual model

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