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SamuelRSmith on 15 July 2012
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europe ps3 phats never had emotion engine and played ps2 games just not as many or as good as emotion engine equipped ps3s 

First I've ever heard of that.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/mar/01/sonyplaystation.sony

 

OT will probably buy it i like the look much better than the current slim, im gonna miss the slot loading and led lights my 2501 has, but it better at least have wireless N

So how big is that emulation list? And if that's true shouldn't the current PS3 models be allowed the codes to allow for this limited emulation?

The original PS3s had two chips to enable 100% backwards compatability - the EE and GS.

When they launched in Europe, they killed one of the chips (forget which one) and just used an emulator for that chip. I think, using the combination of the chip and the emulator, they were able to get around 80-90% of titles running, though some had issues (I remember Ratchet and Clank games played, but suffered major slow down at times).

Later, they killed the second chip (with the PS3 slim), and didn't bother trying to write an emulator for it. Market research showed that consumers didn't care enough to warrant the costs to create an emulator (due to the massive differences in architecture, the process would have been long and difficult), so they killed emulation entirely.

They've since have had massive success with porting the "best" PS2 games over to PS3 with added features/improved assets... basically, they've become the George Lucas of the gaming world. As such, it seems unlikely that they'll ever fully implement PS3 b/c, as it cuts a significant revenue stream for them.

All PS3s with both chips are still 100% B/C. The PS3s with 1 chip are still 80%ish B/C, but Sony has ceased work on the emulation of the first chip (when they first launched the one-chip + emu combo, the B/C was significantly lower than when they started, and through firmware upgrades (which included newer versions of the emulator), they slowly increased B/C to its level between the Euro launch, and the announcement of the Slim).


You do know there are PS2 games on the PSN store that are exact copies of the original ones and are emulated, right?

Hmm.

It is possible that specific games can be recompiled with little effort to run on the PS3. This is not the same as emulation, and can only be on a case-by-case basis depending on the games that are chosen.

I'm willing to bet dollars for donuts that those games if ripped and burned to disc, could not be run on a modified PS2. Those files will only work on PS3s. If I am right, then they are not running on an emulator.