YouTuber Gets Native PS3 Emulation Running on PS5 Hardware

A tech YouTuber has managed to successfully run PS3 games on PlayStation 5 hardware. The prospect of running PS3 games natively on PS5 has been widely debated for several years, but this recent test proves that the current-generation console is indeed capable of the same on a technical level.

[darthv72]

Neat... would love to see this be an officially supported project, but we all know that aint gonna happen.

[zaanan]

When asked why they have such an InFamous Resistance to continuing some of their IPs (leading to a virtual Killzone or Apocalypse for some PS3 franchises), questioners receive no reply, only Dead Space from Sony.

[jukins]

Every studio moved on to a bigger more lucrative franchise.. why would they go back,

[Retroman]

And how is Sony not able to do this?? why someone always embarrassing Sony proving it can be done..
Sony is Lazy

[NotoriousWhiz]

There is no profit for Sony to do this. They won't make a cent on any PS3 games you own if they let you play it on your PS5.

[NXFather]

Lol. Hahahahahaha. Agreed.

[neutralgamer1992]

They also is something called customer satisfaction but now a days it's all about money

[Amplitude]

They would make profit if they charged you. Hell, Nintendo somehow found a way to trick people into paying a yearly subscription for an emulator.

Either way, they'd make money on game sales.

[NotoriousWhiz]

^ Sony already charges consumers to play PS3 games via PS Now Premium.

[jwillj2k4]

What are u talking about it will be the same as PS4. PS3 games would be made available on the digital store and they make more money on PS five hardware sales.

[Mr Logic]

They could do what they did with PS1 and PS2. No discs, buy the games digitally. Boom profit!

[tagzskie]

@whiz i totally agree, thats why im moving to pc from now on. I dont have to deal with ps6 10$ upgrades no separate version of the game aka persona royal, witcher3 save files etc. In steam its just 1 version, free online also cheaper than psn. Its not like i stop playing at playstation platform its just that its not my main console anymore. I still play with their exclusive if i cant wait for steam release

[Pyrofire95]

I would pay money to unlock an emulator without question, even if I didn't use it often.

[D2niceforu]

It can definitely help move more consoles but they're winning so why bother.

[Good-Smurf]

I guess they're going to waste all the time and resources and money just so you can play all the emulated PS3 games for Free and they're running a charity.
Please just pick one that make the least business sense.
This isn't the Sony of Kutaragi days where they would throw in a frigging PS1/PS2 chips inside a PS3 just so you can get hardware BC and people cried a river for it being too expensive and Sony lost hundreds of dollar every launch PS3 they made.

[CrimsonIdol]

Sometimes businesses put features in their products that people will like and enjoy as a means to attract customers to their product, that they sell for money. The more you know!

[RedDevils]

Do people even think? Do you think Sony is some charity, they're a business entity. What make you think having PS3 will be cheap?

[D2niceforu]

They are lazy. But im sure most sony fans look the other way..

[Babadook7]

I'm starting to really appreciate this type of nerdy stuff.

[Rancegamerx]

PlayStation has the capability to enable original PS3 emulation, but they seem unwilling to invest the necessary time, money, and resources. However, they could consider offering emulation as a premium feature, perhaps bundled with online services and free games. It's worth noting that the original PS3 was backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2 games, and the PS5 supports PS4 games. Therefore, with just two consoles, you can play almost every PlayStation game, excluding handheld titles.

[BlackCountryBob]

Really clever, but never gonna happen. And even if native ps3 emulation did come, it would be digital games only rather than disks you own, and the games you really want which haven’t already been ported or remastered (Orange Box, Portal 2, GTA4, MGS4, Splinter Cell HD Collection) have very little to no chance of being made available.

[Inverno]

The modding potential of the PS5 is most likely going to be my reason for eventually getting one. I really wanna try out those uncapped frame rates for Bloodborne and Drive Club.

[Pyrofire95]

>:( come on Sony. Give us the goods.
For how inFamously difficult the PS3 was to program for the RPCS3 emulator is shockingly well made running nearly every game near perfectly and with enhanced rendering. (sorry for the way I'm writing, literally listening to Digital Foundry rn)

[jznrpg]

Getting it running and being compatible with the entire library with little issues is a different thing

[Miacosa]

Don't think that the console power was ever the main stumbling block the PS4 PRO could have probably run some games. Most likely the cost of supporting everything too 100% and relicensing most software copyrights that's why they only stream a select set of game titles. Will be nice if someday one could pop-in a PS3 Disc and have it play.