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The PS5 can finally play PS3 discs, but only because modders made it happen

Bust out those classics.

You can force your PS5 to play PS3 discs.

Remember that mod for running Linux on PlayStation 5 consoles? It turns out that people are using it as a base to install the open-source RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulator, which allows Sony’s newer ...
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PS5 can run PS3 discs through unofficial modding workaround

Modders have enabled the PlayStation 5 to play physical PlayStation 3 discs by installing Linux and using the RPCS3 emulator, a feature Sony has never officially supported. The method only works on ...
Windows Report

PlayStation 5 Can Emulate PS3 Games with RPCS3, But It Requires a Jailbreak

Gamers are now running PlayStation 3 titles directly on PlayStation 5 hardware using a Linux-based workaround. As VideoCardz ...
Ars Technica

The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end

Any game I bought on the PS3 store is not playable in any form on my PS5, AND I cannot play PS3 disc based games on my PS5. Sony expects me to either keep the old hardware (which only works with discs ...