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PS3 will include the PS2 chipset

by Steven Williamson on 6 June 2006, 09:09

Tags: PlayStation 3, Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (NYSE:SNE), PS3

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Did you know that the PS3’s backwards compatibility with PSOne and PS2 games won’t be achieved through an emulator? Japanese technology magazine, Ultra One, claims that the PS3 will include the PS2 chipset until an efficient emulator is developed.

The July issue of the magazine reassures gamers that, despite the removal of the PS2 chipsets for future models, the PS3 will still remain compatible with those early PS3 games – thanks to updates that can be downloaded via the PS3’s online service.

Source : IGN


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Didn't the PS2 do this by using the Playstation CPU as the I/O processor?
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Didn't the PS2 do this by using the Playstation CPU as the I/O processor?

Yes it did, its because Sony own the technology, and its a better way of providing backward compatability other than emulation.
Initial software emulation is too slow then?
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Initial software emulation is too slow then?

At a guess - not finished - much like the rest of the PS3. It's probably easier to drop in the PS2 chipset at this late stage.
Hmmm - I'd have thought integration of another chipset and combining with another system would have been more work than optimising an emulators code…. unless the cpu isn't fast enough for the task?