PlayStation 4 gets PS2 emulation

[Kevin Lancaster]

PlayStation 4 gets PS2 emulation

Digital Foundry discovered that Sony has launched PS2 emulation on the PlayStation 4.

 

[PsYTraNc3]

Not as generous as Microsoft

 

[RazedInBlack]

PS2?

 

[blaaislaai]

PS3 games are probably too difficult or impossible to emulate on X86 hardware

 

[whatwhat]

PS3 games are probably too difficult or impossible to emulate on X86 hardware

Well lets not forget that the Xbox 360 was a PowerPC chip, but then Microsoft is a software powerhouse compared to Sony.

 

[kianm]

Now who wants to go back to those graphics

Even if it's for the love of the classics I'm sure one would quickly get ticked off after a short while

 

[Voicy]

All I want for my PS4 / Xbox is a bundle disk with pretty much every NES game ever made. I'm sure they'd all fit on bluRay and that emulation would be a breeze.

Seriously...playing Excite Bike, Contra or Ice Climber on a 48" LED TV in all it's pixelated glory must be the tits!

 

[blaaislaai]

All I want for my PS4 / Xbox is a bundle disk with pretty much every NES game ever made. I'm sure they'd all fit on bluRay and that emulation would be a breeze.

Seriously...playing Excite Bike, Contra or Ice Climber on a 48" LED TV in all it's pixelated glory must be the tits!

Now that you have mentioned that, I'm sure there are alternative ways

 

[Seriously]

PS3 games are probably too difficult or impossible to emulate on X86 hardware

I prefer the PS3 remakes. Prepared to pay for them too.

 

[InSanity]

I want this soo bad for FFXII

 

[ponder]

Well lets not forget that the Xbox 360 was a PowerPC chip, but then Microsoft is a software powerhouse compared to Sony.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the xenon cpu in the 360 did not have any SPEs. The xenon was derived from the Cell processor using modified PPE but contained no SPEs like the ps3 did. I suspect emulating the PPE+SPEs is a biatch compared to a straight up PPE.

 

[whatwhat]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the xenon cpu in the 360 did not have any SPEs. The xenon was derived from the Cell processor using modified PPE but contained no SPEs like the ps3 did. I suspect emulating the PPE+SPEs is a biatch compared to a straight up PPE.

Its a different instruction set, going from PPC to x86 regardless of what needs to be emulated. Also the 360 was a tri-core if I remember correctly, and ensuring consistency across emulated cores is extremely tricky.

MS is emulating their 360, and doing it while allowing you to swop in and out of games on the dash. The xeon was pretty powerful, and to emulate it you would need something a lot more powerful. I don't think many people have actually stopped to think just how the hell MS managed to do what they did.

Remember they aren't rewriting the games, but wrapping the game disc in in a virtual machine. So its full software emulation of the whole 360.

That shouldn't be possible on a console that people claim is weak.

 

[Ninja'd]

I missed out on Rogue Galaxy and Samurai Showdown 6 among others. Plus I'd kill to replay Def Jam FFNY again.

 

[Pho3nix]

Its a different instruction set, going from PPC to x86 regardless of what needs to be emulated. Also the 360 was a tri-core if I remember correctly, and ensuring consistency across emulated cores is extremely tricky.

MS is emulating their 360, and doing it while allowing you to swop in and out of games on the dash. The xeon was pretty powerful, and to emulate it you would need something a lot more powerful. I don't think many people have actually stopped to think just how the hell MS managed to do what they did.

Remember they aren't rewriting the games, but wrapping the game disc in in a virtual machine. So its full software emulation of the whole 360.

That shouldn't be possible on a console that people claim is weak.

Don't let Chevron see this post. He will remind you of Graphics!!!

 

[ponder]

Its a different instruction set, going from PPC to x86 regardless of what needs to be emulated. Also the 360 was a tri-core if I remember correctly, and ensuring consistency across emulated cores is extremely tricky.

MS is emulating their 360, and doing it while allowing you to swop in and out of games on the dash. The xeon was pretty powerful, and to emulate it you would need something a lot more powerful. I don't think many people have actually stopped to think just how the hell MS managed to do what they did.

Remember they aren't rewriting the games, but wrapping the game disc in in a virtual machine. So its full software emulation of the whole 360.

That shouldn't be possible on a console that people claim is weak.

We all know it's a different instruction set, we all know it's a tri-core, but you're just dodging the issue of SPEs the PS3 has which is not going to be emulated in the next decade.

Emulating the PPE in comparison to the SPEs is a walk in the park. If the PS3 did not use a CPU containing SPE's it would also have been emulated by now.

Google PS3 Cell SPE emulation and see what it's about.

Fsck I hate fanboys, It's easier to emulate the Xenon CPU vs full Cell CPU.

 

[Nuro]

Its a different instruction set, going from PPC to x86 regardless of what needs to be emulated. Also the 360 was a tri-core if I remember correctly, and ensuring consistency across emulated cores is extremely tricky.

MS is emulating their 360, and doing it while allowing you to swop in and out of games on the dash. The xeon was pretty powerful, and to emulate it you would need something a lot more powerful. I don't think many people have actually stopped to think just how the hell MS managed to do what they did.

Remember they aren't rewriting the games, but wrapping the game disc in in a virtual machine. So its full software emulation of the whole 360.

That shouldn't be possible on a console that people claim is weak.

As far as I know, XBOX One isn't emulating full 360 hardware. When you insert a disc, a ported form of the game needs to be downloaded. Obviously there are is still a hefty emulation layer running, but I'm sure the ported version has executable code optimized for x86 hardware. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_games_compatible_with_Xbox_One#History

 

[whatwhat]

As far as I know, XBOX One isn't emulating full 360 hardware. When you insert a disc, a ported form of the game needs to be downloaded. Obviously there are is still a hefty emulation layer running, but I'm sure the ported version has executable code optimized for x86 hardware. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_games_compatible_with_Xbox_One#History

There is no porting, which is why MS just needs the publisher permission to make the game backwards playable.

They don't touch the existing code at all.

 

[TJ99]

All I want for my PS4 / Xbox is a bundle disk with pretty much every NES game ever made. I'm sure they'd all fit on bluRay and that emulation would be a breeze.

Seriously...playing Excite Bike, Contra or Ice Climber on a 48" LED TV in all it's pixelated glory must be the tits!

But then they couldn't sell them on the PSN store (or whatever the **** it's called this week) for $10 each.

And no, I tried Excrement Bike on a modern TV before, not so great.

 

[ginggs]

PS3 games are probably too difficult or impossible to emulate on X86 hardware

http://rpcs3.net/

 

[Iceman360]

Who would want to play old ps2 games? Ps3 emulation would be much better if it was possible.