I can understand the appeal in someways, when you see the ps3 properly programmed like in some of the Resistance games with soo much happening on screen its incredibly impressive for such old hardware and the fact often ps3 games deliver by far the best soundtracks with 7.1 support with very high quality sound something neither 360 or even wii u does to a comparable standard. The clever way some developers use the cell to enhance the gpu and add some functionality.
However it won't happen and I hope the ps5 will be strong enough to software emulate the ps3. We are already seeing ps3 emulation on pc and surely the PS5 has a fighting chance of emulating it too especially as Sony have all the important hardware documentation on the ps3.
Sony ignored the accountants with the ps3 but today's Sony isn't like that and they have a much more intelligent and sensible approach to hardware. More powerful x86 hardware with the best gpu they can afford is pretty much what we are going to get.
