Ps2 emulation on all ps3 say yes!

PS2 Emulation Already Up And Running?




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Is your PlayStation 3 running firmware greater than 2.10? Chances are it is, but did you know that apparently it’s then already capable
of running PS2 games then? “PS3 is capable of running PS2 games with
100 % software emulation but the performance and compatibility is
really poor,” says lherre
on GAF. “The emulator is present in every PS3 in the market (since 2.10
if I remember correctly) but is “deactivated”. “ He then goes on to
suggest that the current PS3 firmware has some “interesting” files on
it, which are presumably linked to his statement above.
This follows our news this morning
that Sony have applied for a patent for a purely software-based
solution to the PS2 emulation issue and ties in nicely with the job
advert from last January for a software engineer at Sony Japan to work
on exactly this. TheSixthAxis has also learnt this lunchtime that the bottleneck isn’t
the Emotion Engine, which is already up and running, it’s the Graphics
Synthesizer that’s causing the headaches. If Sony can crack this, then
surely that would open the gates to downloadable PS2 games over the
Store, as we suggested this morning.

PlayStation 2's use the emotion engine as a processor, which was
removed from PS3s to save money. This killed off PS2 backwards
compatibility, but Sony has a new software solution.


A patent filed by Sony has a method for the cell
processor to emulate the emotion engine which can bring PS2 backwards
compatibility to all PS3s.


Why am I so excited? Why are they doing this now? Can you say god of war collectors!