My wife was given a playstation. We need to know whether a playstation 2 game will work on it. Thanks
Do you mean she just got a Playstation 3? If so. The answer is … maybe.
There are a few different versions of the PS3. Some emulate PS2 games using hardware, other use a combination of hardware and software to emulate. And the 40 gig version doesn’t emulate at all.
Here’s a writeup from wiki that gives a good summation.
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No. Playstation one.
Nope…won’t work. Some gameconsoles are backwards compatible but never forward compatible - that’s be like having a 20yr old vcr being able to play dvds 
If they were forward compatible, we’d already be able to play Playstation 5 games, which would be awesome!
You won’t find new games for sale anymore but try a used game store like ReplayGames to find PS1 games.
I hear Grand Theft Auto XVIII is just mind-blowing.
For all its lack of backwards-compatibility, the original Playstation is still a great thing to have your hands on. There are tons of games for it, most of which are extremely cheap these days. Everything from RPGs to sports to platformers to fighters, you can find it. And some of the later games did have some really nice graphics, that still hold up rather well despite their age.
I’m holding out for a Playstation 9.