One of the biggest reveals this week by Sony PlayStation has been the new PlayStation Plus (PS Deluxe in Latin America), an extension of the subscription service thanks to the unificacin con PS Now and their news three modalities of payment. PS Plus Premium, the most expensive and complete modality of all, will allow you to download and play online titles from the company’s old consoles such as PSX, PS2, PSP and PS3, although in the case of the latter games can only be played on streaming. However, the well-known insider Jeff Grubb has revealed that Sony may be working on bringing PS3 emulation to PS5 (via VGC).
“Since we talked regarding this all week, I’ve looked, I’ve asked… and looks like Sony might be working on PS3 emulation on PS5Although it may take some time,” Grubb said in a new direct from his Jeff Grubb’s Game Mess YouTube channel. “I wish they’d come out and tell us. Tell us you care regarding these things, because that’s what was missing from the PS Plus announcement… it seemed to me that they did not care regarding any of that. They have simply assembled it, they have given it a new name and they have sold it, “he added to his previous statements.
Why would Sony be having problems with PS3 emulation?
It is well known by all that, despite the fact that it was a spectacular console thanks to a wide catalog of exclusives and impeccable quality, programming titles for PS3 was anything but easy. It is speculated that, due to the particular architecture of the veteran desktop console and its Cell processor, emulating the system on PS5 by software -just like, for example, Xbox Series X/S emulates Xbox 360- is being a incredibly difficult and laborious task for Sony. However, not everyone agrees with this position, as MVG, a developer at Night Dive Studio, made clear in a Twitter post.
Emulation of PS3 is absolutely possible on PS5 hardware. Sony has never been interested in investing the millions to make it happen however MVG (@ModernVintageG) March 29, 2022
“PS3 emulation is absolutely possible in the hardware from PS5. However, Sony has never been interested in investing the millions necessary to carry it out“, He commented shortly following the announcement of the new PS Plus and upon learning that PS3 video games might only be played through the streaming game.
