Can someone explain the difference between the different versions of the Playstaion 3?

Question

What version should I buy. they have 20 Gig, 40 Gig, and 80 Gig

Answer 1

The 20GB PS3 has almost full backward compatibility with PS1 and PS2 games just like the 60GB PS3. The 20GB PS3 does not have built in WiFi, and it does not have the digital camera flash card slots.

The 40GB PS3 is not backward compatible at all, it has 2 USB ports, it has built in WiFi, and it does not have the digital camera flash card slots.

The 80GB PS3 has built in Wifi, it has the digital camera flash card slots, it has 4 USB ports, and it is backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games but it can't play as many PS1 and PS2 games that the 20GB and 60GB PS3's can.

The 60GB PS3 is the exact same as the 80GB PS3 except is has a smaller hard drive and it can play more PS1 and PS2 games.

Even though the 80GB PS3 comes with a free game, I think that you should get the 60GB PS3 because it has the most backward compatibility, but if having the most backward compatibility isn't an issue for you or if you cant find a 60GB PS3 in a store then get the 80GB PS3.

Answer 2

If you play all these really involved role playing games you'd want the 40 or possibly the 80, however if you don't do that the 20 would be fine. Me and my friends pretty much just play a handful of sports games so we all only play on the 20. Although, I don't think the price difference is that much so it it's only an extra 20 or 30 bucks you might as well step up to the next one. IT also depends on how you plan to use it. I dont know how well it works as this but I guess PS3 is actually capable of prety much being your entire entertainment center so if you wanna keep all your music and save movies on there and stuff maybe go with the big one

Answer 3

20gb- (discontinued) hardware backwards compatibility, NO wi-fi, NO flash card reader

40gb- NO backwards compatibility, 2 usb ports (others have 4), No flash card reader, includes wi-fi

60gb- (discontinued) hardware backwards compatibility, includes wi-fi, includes flash card reader

80gb- emulated backwards compatibility, includes wi-fi, includes flash card reader

*hardware backwards compatibility is more reliable than software, but still not 100% (it's close though)

If you don't care about playing PS2/PS1 games get the 40gb for less $. If you want backwards compatibility get the 60gb, or 80gb if you can't find a 60. Keep in mind that hard drive size isn't very important because you can upgrade easily later on (google it).