Caboose The Ace Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Like last week I have a lot going on right now and not enough time to do a smashup but hopefully next week I can deliver a full smashup. With that out the way lets begin. Article one: PS2 emulation coming to the Ps4! At E3 this year Microsoft dropped the bomb that backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 games will be coming to the Xbox One. Giving the Xbox One a huge advantage over the PS4 in that area. So it would be a good guess to assume that something similar would be coming to the PS4 in time, and recently that has been proven true. An unnamed Sony representative confirmed that a PS2 emulator is coming to the PS4 in an email with Wired. “We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation” The Sony representative stated. “We have nothing further to comment at this point in time" However for some people this has already happened. A bundle available now at retail includes a PS4 console and Star Wars: Battlefront. But also includes a selection of bonus classic games. Such as, Super Star Wars, Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. In addition to various visual improvements and remapped controls there is also Trophy support. But these three classic games are not simply ports of old code but are actually running on proprietary emulation software according to Digital Foundry. (So Sony decided to emulate games and not tell publically announce it?) So it looks like emulation for other games is not very far behind. Yet there are still lingering questions. Will emulation just be limited to bonus features? Will you have to buy the games from the PlayStation digital store? Or will you also be able to insert a PlayStation 2 disc into your PS4 to play it? Only time will tell I suppose. Thanks for reading this latest article! Source one:http://www.wired.com/2015/11/playstation-2-emulation-coming-to-ps4-sony-confirms/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Taco Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 I bet sony is doing it because mircosoft did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 I bet sony is doing it because mircosoft did it. In January of this year a Sony rep said they were looking into emulation for the Ps4 so that's clearly not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ni Nihon Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I guess they also realized backwards compatibility is important, good for Sony! Now, if only i had a PS4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I guess they also realized backwards compatibility is important, good for Sony! Now, if only i had a PS4... Apparently from an article I read in January Sony already had plans to do this. But this isn't backwards compatibly. Its emulation. The difference being. Backwards compatibility means the physical PS2 disc works in the disk tray. Emulation means the software is run through programs that were not the original. And so can be available for download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Uh, Caboose... Backwards Compatibility IS Emulation. Xbox One struggles at it as well, just look at Halo: Reach right now. It's bad. I assume PS4 will do the same, but not as bad. Since Emulators kinda already exist for the PS2. (Guilty here!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted December 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Uh, Caboose... Backwards Compatibility IS Emulation. Xbox One struggles at it as well, just look at Halo: Reach right now. It's bad. I assume PS4 will do the same, but not as bad. Since Emulators kinda already exist for the PS2. (Guilty here!) No, its not. Already with backwards compatibly you can put a disk into your new system and it plays what on the disk. With emulation that's not always the case as in this case since you can only buy old games from the PS store at outrageous prices. And if it is emulation and I'm actually getting it wrong, its a different type of emulation for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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