"A recent job posting on the official PlayStation Jobs site suggests that Sony might be ramping up the number of titles, though, or at least getting better at making that emulator sing."
(PS2, PS3, Sony)
Are maybe it's for the PS 4 to have Backwards Compatibility with PS 1, 2, & 3. Unless I missed it, the Job listing doesn't specify that it's for the PS 3.
I have no problem playing old games on gaikai. I can already see the different options sony could provide. I think they are setting themselves up for great things next gen!
....well if you bought a PS3 without the hardware emulator or buggy software emulator and don't own a ps2, what do you want? Free games?
If you have ps2 games, it would PROBABLY make some sense to have a ps2 to play them anyway. Emulation is never as good as the real thing. Even on PC when you can make some nice adjustments, you still tend to run into issues.
Considering the PS4/Orbis will likely ditch the cell processor in favor of a more conventional (and more powerful by today's standards) CPU, backwards compatibility will be very difficult. Much like, after removing the PS2's CPU and GPU from the launch model of PS3, it also was not able to emulate the PS2's games well enough to release an all in one emulator, so backwards compatibility was removed on future models. Individual PS2 games instead got re-released as a result. It actually forged a new market of HD remakes, one that has even spread beyond PlayStation with the Halo remake.
However, as Ziggurcat below points out, Gaikai could remove that barrier completely. Not as good as hardware based BC, as it's network based and will likely have a fee (Prolly at least a PS+ membership to access the back catalogue.), however it's still a good solution to not being able to do it at the hardware level.
CELL software emulation would indeed be viciously difficult if not near impossble on current x86 hardware because it is such a unique architecture.
You can pretty much take it as given that any PS4 is not going to software emulate PS3, and it'll need at least the CELL cpu lobbed in somewhere as hardware.
Again this is possible but I am not certain sony would bother with the added cost of it and if they did it would be the first thing to be cut again just like the PS2 hardware was quickly removed from PS3 models.
This. Tired of everyone making Gaikai out to be the 100% solution. Gaikai will be nice I'm sure but some of us already have huge PS1 and PS2 libraries that would have to spend a ton of money in order to play again with that service. And I kind of also doubt every single game ever released in even just those two consoles lifetime will be available. It would just be way more convenient to have a single do-it-all system for those of us that's been gaming for a long time.
Meh this needs to read"Sony Hiring PS2 Emulation Engineer for PS Vita". I dont care to play any PS2 games on my PS3 now even the HD remakes. I am however interested in these same games on my Vita.
It would be hard to get the PS3 excusives running im sure, but all the Multiplatform games will probably emulate fine, they all completely failed at utilizing the Cell the way it was ment to be used due to just lazy xbox ports.
Ok, after talking to a friend that works for Sony, she mentioned this. "I'm not working on any of those contracts/projects, but I can tell you that PS2 games are supposed hit the Vita store soon." There you have it. *But please take it with a grain of salt*
I've never really been high on freemium. I mean, how many online gaming fads have been only fads because of free to play? (Fusion Fall, Qiuckhit football). Only some have survived, which are usually the ones from bigger companies.
I think this is for PS4/Vita than PS3. Im sorry but untill someone explains how PSN PS2 games work, I think all PS3s can run PS2 games. I think Sony just locked it just to resell it.
Wait a min, since its rumored that the PS4 won't have the Cell chip, shouldnt Sony hired PS3 engineers?
i high doubt that ps4 will run ps3 with his hardware..the only chance is on gaikai....remember the architecture of the ps3 is unique..and also the codes of the games of it
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If you have ps2 games, it would PROBABLY make some sense to have a ps2 to play them anyway. Emulation is never as good as the real thing. Even on PC when you can make some nice adjustments, you still tend to run into issues.
p.s the current emulator is not buggy.
Let's just hope the PS4 at least plays PS3 games. If it plays PS2 and PSX games, then we'll be really happy. haha
However, as Ziggurcat below points out, Gaikai could remove that barrier completely. Not as good as hardware based BC, as it's network based and will likely have a fee (Prolly at least a PS+ membership to access the back catalogue.), however it's still a good solution to not being able to do it at the hardware level.
You can pretty much take it as given that any PS4 is not going to software emulate PS3, and it'll need at least the CELL cpu lobbed in somewhere as hardware.
Again this is possible but I am not certain sony would bother with the added cost of it and if they did it would be the first thing to be cut again just like the PS2 hardware was quickly removed from PS3 models.
CUNSPIRASY haha just kidding that would be awful
This. Tired of everyone making Gaikai out to be the 100% solution. Gaikai will be nice I'm sure but some of us already have huge PS1 and PS2 libraries that would have to spend a ton of money in order to play again with that service. And I kind of also doubt every single game ever released in even just those two consoles lifetime will be available. It would just be way more convenient to have a single do-it-all system for those of us that's been gaming for a long time.
I believe Sony's trying to have PS2 games accessible on not only the PS3 but the Vita & PS4/Orbis as well.
Wait a min, since its rumored that the PS4 won't have the Cell chip, shouldnt Sony hired PS3 engineers?
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99.9% the ps4 will be a x86