When we reported that Sony's PlayStation 3 would run mostly all PS2 games, by means of hardware emulation (story), there was still no word on how - or if old saves could be imported on the PS3. Well, now there is, and it's great news for anyone who ever dreamed of replaying their favorite games on Sony's next-gen console... right from where they left them!

As explained on the PlayStation 3 webiste, a memory card adaptor will allow you to copy your old game saves to the PS3 hard drive, thus making the console truly backwards compatible - unlike Microsoft's lacking emulation of just some Xbox games on the Xbox 360, with no option for transferring old saves between the two consoles.

Here's what the brief F.A.Q. on the PS3 website says:

How do I save my PlayStation 2 Memory Card information to PlayStation 3?

To use saved data on a PlayStation 2 memory card, you must copy the data onto a virtual memory card within the hard disk. This requires a PS2/PSone memory card adaptor to copy the data to your PlayStation 3. A memory card adaptor is designed to edit, up/download game saves to and from EMS flash card or smart media card.

So, in fact, the adaptor will even work in both ways, as you'll be able to play on the PS3 and take your new game saves back to your rusty PS2... Thuogh I can't think of any reason why someone would want to do that.

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