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PS3 emulation on PlayStation 5 nearing reality as Sony partner discusses prototype functionality

Is PS3 emulation on PS5 finally happening? No, but the team behind Sony's backward compatibility releases is looking towards it.

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anast502d ago

It will be funny when like 5 people actually play these games.

PhoenixRising37502d ago

MGS4 will be the big request, but I'm blown away they didn't jump on a remaster for it.

hombreacabado502d ago

the next mgs collection by konami is allegedly going to have a remaster version of it along with metal gear rising or at the very least peacewalker.

zaanan501d ago

Resistance FOM with trophies, lets GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

mandf502d ago

I stream comet crash and pixeljunk monsters almost everyday

anast502d ago

Good for streamers, I suppose. People watching doesn't imply people playing.

StarcrossedBits502d ago

Anast, you know you can stream games to play right? He's not talking about watching youtube vids of those games. :eyeroll:

anast502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

@starcrossbits

You do know there are more people that game than streamers right?

The eye roll must me something you need to admit.

Knushwood Butt501d ago

I played the entire Resistance 3 campaign via streaming a few weeks ago. Was a pretty good experience.
I would do the same for 1 and 2 but for some reason they are not available to stream in Japan. Why??

zaanan501d ago

@Knushwood, 1&2 not avail in states either.

anast501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

@Knush

Yes, you did, but we can hardly apply that to the whole.

Thank you for using "via", it makes it less ambiguous.

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Flewid638502d ago

My RPCS3 emulator gets plenty of burn. Esp now that netplay is mostly fully functional.

MASTER_RAIDEN501d ago

People typically dont play things locked to ps3 because they dont want to deal with the clutter of multiple devices, and thats IF they’re lucky enough to have a working ps3 to begin with. To have all your games available on ps5 would be a gigantic plus. Think about all the people who still play ps4 games without even realizing it on their ps5s. I’m sure backwards compatibility with 360 games is relatively popular on Xbox now.

Speaking from personal experience, I can genuinely say that I spent more time last year playing my ps3 than I did ps5. There’s just a magic in those games that made them so worthwhile to go back and platinum.

anast500d ago (Edited 500d ago )

I see some people playing it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the game hours on these games are well below current games and then forgotten. It will go like this: first, the content creators will farm this stuff for content. Next, there will be a bump in people playing these old games. Then the initial excitement will die down and only the people that truly love playing old games will be left.

Sony will at least be able to add more value to their premium tier.

MetroidFREAK21501d ago

I'd gladly love to play my PS3 games on PS5

jeromeface501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

bro, your downvotes are on FIRE 10:1... great ratio.

anast500d ago (Edited 500d ago )

It's my new personal record. I could never break the mid thirties, but I finally got one. Thanks for keeping track. I wouldn't have been able to do this without my fans. I would also like to thank God, without him I wouldn't have been able to accomplish all that I have.

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babadivad502d ago

Greed is the only reason this isn't already a thing.

rippermcrip502d ago

How exactly is it greed for them to not do this? If they made this work and then sold all PS3 games on the store, they'd make money.

LoveSpuds502d ago

So you are just going to ignore what is commonly accepted as fact, that the architecture of PS3 makes reliable back compatibility extremely difficult?

spoonard501d ago

Extremely difficult for who exactly? A lone unsupported YouTuber did it with non-standard hardware. A team of supported developers from a 3rd part Sony developer has it working now, and a team of Sony engineers could likely have it up and running in no time flat. I don't know why people keep using the phrasing "extremely difficult". It was at one time, but hardware and software advances combined with experienced developers means it's just a matter of Sony OK'ing it and it would be a thing by next week.

jarek98501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

It was very difficult on PS4, I'm quite sure that PS5 has enough power to handle it already. If not for all games, then at least for majority of them.

LoveSpuds501d ago

It has little to do with power and everything to do with complex architecture. It is also one thing for a YouTuber to release a few vids of select games running, it is completely another for a company to release a commercial product which must be completely reliable.

DivineHand125500d ago

"It has little to do with power and everything to do with complex architecture. It is also one thing for a YouTuber to release a few vids of select games running, it is completely another for a company to release a commercial product which must be completely reliable."

This is an interesting spin, but Sony has already proven that this reason is not true. If this were the case, then the PS2 emulation on PS5 wouldn't have had so many issues at launch and the full or the majority of the PS1/2 library would be available for you to play on the PS5.

They don't need to make it so all PS3 games are playable on the PS5, but it would go a long way for them to make the PS3 exclusive titles playable natively with increased resolutions and framerates natively on PS5 shortly after launch when we didn't have much to play.

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phatak502d ago

honestly every console should have full backwards compatibility, im a full time pc gamer now but if sony brings full compatibility it would be a huge selling point and I would use the ps5 much more often, just the abilitity to play random ps1,ps2,ps3 games would be huge, most exclusives are on PC anyways now so this would be an ever greater selling compared to exclusives, ps3 fat was such a good console with full compatibility of ps1 and ps2 games, hence the high launch price, so since the ps5 pro already is priced so high they could even do atleast a pro model that has backwards compatibility with previous consoles.

gold_drake502d ago

yea i think sony went the wrong way with the ps3, it recovered throughout its cycle but damn.

such a shame. even with the 60 vs 30? gig differences.
i was lucky enough to had a backwards compatible one bk in the day

FinalFantasyFanatic501d ago

I wish I had grabbed the fat PS3, I still have a decent collection of PS1/PS2 games, my PS1 is dead, and one of my PS2s are dead, hopefully the other PS2 doesn't breakdown, otherwise I might have to learn how to fix PS2s.

Knushwood Butt501d ago

If Switch had backwards compatibility it would lose half of its library!

Demetrius502d ago

Imagine how good all 3 infamous games would look if they got proper remaster treatment for ps5

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA21d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY21d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay21d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos21d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7221d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY21d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator21d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum21d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z21d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."