Sony Working on PS2 Emulation for PlayStation 4

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Wondering when you’ll be able to play your favourite PlayStation 2 games on your PS4? Sony has finally offered an update on the possibility of the same and it’s fairly positive.

Speaking to Wired, a representative said that, “We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation. We have nothing further to comment at this point in time.”

This came after a report by Digital Foundry, which examined the Star Wars PS2 titles that shipped with the Star Wars Battlefront PS4 bundle and confirmed them to be running on proprietary emulation software as opposed to being simple ports. It was manifested in the form of an upscaled resolution with black bars allowing for 1080p resolution output on the PS4.

Of course there’s no timeline for the PS2 emulator or how it will exactly work so stay tuned for more details in the coming months.



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GaryPosted:

Hopefully they allow crash bandicoot to be replayed. I loved that game.

agapePosted:

i think they shouldve worked on ps3 emulation, before ps2, but still a cool idea

GibbityTreePosted:

Geekwad
UZl
SpyGamer004 They are just copying the idea of Xbox's Backward Compatibility! Bad Form


Well actually it was PS2 that was first backward compatible with PS1 games and then PS3 was backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games, i think. So it looks like xbox copied PS.

Also, if microsoft wants the xbox community to be happy, then they should consider adding games for backward compatible that players will actually play.


Now, to be fair... The Gameboy Color was before both of those and did a lot better job than the Atari and Sega consoles. Gameboy Color Master Race confirmed???


Real gamers remember this... Salute.

GeekwadPosted:

UZl
SpyGamer004 They are just copying the idea of Xbox's Backward Compatibility! Bad Form


Well actually it was PS2 that was first backward compatible with PS1 games and then PS3 was backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games, i think. So it looks like xbox copied PS.

Also, if microsoft wants the xbox community to be happy, then they should consider adding games for backward compatible that players will actually play.


Now, to be fair... The Gameboy Color was before both of those and did a lot better job than the Atari and Sega consoles. Gameboy Color Master Race confirmed???

RoopPosted:

UZl
SpyGamer004 They are just copying the idea of Xbox's Backward Compatibility! Bad Form


Well actually it was PS2 that was first backward compatible with PS1 games and then PS3 was backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games, i think. So it looks like xbox copied PS.

Also, if microsoft wants the xbox community to be happy, then they should consider adding games for backward compatible that players will actually play.


They can't just add games. They have to get permission from the devs

Joyful-Posted:

lolohnoeszsz Lol so instead of working on PS3 emulation they do PS2? Sony is such a failure.


Not really, PS3 sucked, PS2 had all the amazing games, and it's where gaming got popular. I'm actually excited for Shadow Of The Colloseus if I could play that original on my PS4, that would be so rad.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

Lol so instead of working on PS3 emulation they do PS2? Sony is such a failure.

SpartanPosted:

UZl
SpyGamer004 They are just copying the idea of Xbox's Backward Compatibility! Bad Form


Well actually it was PS2 that was first backward compatible with PS1 games and then PS3 was backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games, i think. So it looks like xbox copied PS.

Also, if microsoft wants the xbox community to be happy, then they should consider adding games for backward compatible that players will actually play.


I believe he's talking about the idea of using an emulator to do it.
Also you have to realize you have to deal with copy right issues, and their isn't just a switch to add all games...

OGPosted:

SpyGamer004 They are just copying the idea of Xbox's Backward Compatibility! Bad Form


Well actually it was PS2 that was first backward compatible with PS1 games and then PS3 was backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games, i think. So it looks like xbox copied PS.

Also, if microsoft wants the xbox community to be happy, then they should consider adding games for backward compatible that players will actually play.

DanielPosted:

Hah this is acctually quite cool, but it's a shame you can't do ps3 games.


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