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The PlayStation 5 Can Finally Play Your Old PS2 Discs - Here's How - BGR
Publisher description: Your PlayStation 5 console can now finally play PS2 games from your existing discs, provided it meets a few requirements, including being jailbroken.
NewsAPI | Oct 13, 2026 | Briley Kenney
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True backwards compatibility for physical disc games ended with the PlayStation 4. While Sony eventually re-released some older titles digitally, you can't put a PS2 or PS3 disc into your PS4 to play legacy games. So, only PS2 games pressed onto DVDs are compatible.
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