[RUMOUR] Sony To Find PS2 Emulation For PS3?

[richardhutnik]

NJ5 said:

richardhutnik said:
Emulation enables them to do what Microsoft did with the XBox games: Put them up on their marketplace and resell them. Being able to emulate competently keeps a game like R-Type Final, and other games, alive. It would also enable God of War to be on sale.

Unless people are THAT hard set against last gen graphics, it is good to enable people to play older games.

This is another reason not to believe the theory that Sony is holding back emulation on purpose.

As you said, this could be a revenue stream for them on top of an appealing PS3 feature. The only big cost would be the development of the emulator, practically no ongoing costs after that.

 

I am sure emulating the PS2 is NOT an easy task.  The system has complex internals, and trying to emulate that, is difficult.  They originally stuck a nearly full PS2 in the PS3, with the main chips.  They then went partial and full emulation (to cut costs) and then realized that it wasn't being well done enough, nor was it turning the tide in the videogame wars.

I would say there is a decent chance they will try to do it again, as time goes on.  Who knows how eeffective it would be though.