Sony Patent Emotion Engine Emulation (Key to Backwards Compatibility)

Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Gamoc

The emotion engine is the CPU chip in PS2s and the first backwards compatible PS3s. It essentially enables the playing of PS2 games. So, if Sony patent emulation of this emotion engine, it logically leads to speculation that PS2 backwards compatibility is on it’s way to a PS3 near you, via firmware updates.

Exciting news, but we don’t know for sure if we’re going to get any bc-goodness any time soon, if at all. However, feel free to speculate in the comments.

Filed under: Backwards Compatibility, Firmware Updates

3 Responses to “Sony Patent Emotion Engine Emulation (Key to Backwards Compatibility)”

Intel-Qube, on July 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 am Said:

Hip-Hip-Horray! Even though I already have a bc PS3, with such emulation being available for all PS3s, then that will mean there will be a slim chance at seeing down-loadable PS2 games hit the PSN! Then again, it’s a pretty slim chance, even if the software is completely successful.
doug bouffard, on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am Said:

I thought that was impossible. Thank god i bought a launch 60 gig. The thing is, since the PS3 keeps coming out with sweet exclusives as well as multi-platform games, i hardly ever play my old PS2 games. Isn”t the PS3 just the best!
Lord_Turkey, on July 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm Said:

I preordered my PS3 the first day it was possible, determined to risk the initial batch being prone to failure (ala Microsofts latest console)
Yet I seem to be one of the lucky ones: I wasnt mugged following the stores midnight opening as I walked my PS3 to the car. And I have backwards compatability & card reader by default. I only feel beaten by the rare 80gig PS3s that have no region lock on PS2 games – making my imported, never released in the UK PS2 games unplayable.

Thus I may have been screwed over by three PSP revisions but it seems I got lucky with the launch date PS3 – its been worth the huge chunk of my student loan it cost me to buy!