PS1 and PS2 emulation coming to PS4?

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PlayStation 4 to get PS1/PS2 emulator - Report

A new report on Digital Foundry has said that the PlayStation 4 will gain the ability to locally emulate PS1 and PS2 titles.

The anonymous source, reported to be working on Sony's PlayStation Now streaming technology, says that the cloud streaming tech is only currently scheduled to support PlayStation 3 titles for now.

Sony's internal emulator is already used on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, but the incarnation in the works for PlayStation 4 is said to be aiming for the ability to run the games in native HD resolutions. This would offer a distinct visual advantage over the current PS1/PS2 upscaling, and open up visual options seen in emulators like PCSX2. Running classic PlayStation games locally on your PS4 would also mean that any of the potential downsides of streaming--such as input lag--would be non-existent.

PlayStation Now is expected to launch in the US this summer, and was announced at the start of 2014. So far the service has been only been shown running PlayStation 3 titles, predominantly Naughty Dog's excellent The Last of Us.
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This is the best PS4 news so far (imo) if it turns out to be true!
 
Little confused here, Does this mean it will play the old game discs or play digital versions? Coz i would expect the digital side...
 
Tom said:
Little confused here, Does this mean it will play the old game discs or play digital versions? Coz i would expect the digital side...
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Hmm yeah they don't seem to mention. Hopefully disc versions as I still have a lot of my old PS1 & PS2 favourites on disc.
 
Damn good news indeed for those gamers that still have their old games. I'd rather want them to emulate PS3 games instead of going the online streaming route.
 
blaaislaai said:
Only digital it seems then, bleh.. If it was possible to play physical discs then it would of been a winner
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:cry:
It would be awesome if they at least supported two gens back with emulation on their current console as it gets more powerful (i.e. if the PS4 could support PS1 and PS2 games from the physical media) - that way we'd be guaranteed that we'd never lose our wonderful gaming libraries.

I guess at least I can still use PCSX2 until then...actually more worried that my PS3 library will head the same way eventually.
 
problem is, if its digital then you will have to pay to download it. Even if you have the physical disc, so you will be buying the game twice. would be great if you could use the disc as well.
 
bradbear117 said:
Mmmm being doing this on PC for a while now.

BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!!
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Touche' you win the internet.
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On a serious note, a lot of people (specifically in Asia) love their PS1/2 titles still, with enough know how and a few broken PSone units you can make your own and even have it output HDMI.

I would blame Final Fantasy but that would not be fair.
 
Glordit said:
I would blame Final Fantasy but that would not be fair.
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I think that would be completely fair... The level of awesome that was FF 7 8 and 9 is still yet to be surpassed by any rpg to date... That's why people keep going back to them...
 
masontdk said:
problem is, if its digital then you will have to pay to download it. Even if you have the physical disc, so you will be buying the game twice. would be great if you could use the disc as well.
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Yeah my frustration with digital re-releases exactly. At least they should allow the system to verify a real disc if you insert it and allow you to download the digital version for free.
 
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