PS3 emulation using DX12 is now possible

The hottest topic lately has been about the PS4’s backwards compatibility, which comes in the form of PS2 Classics being released periodically on the PlayStation Store.

Compare this, to the Xbox One which can now play Xbox 360 games straight off the disc with no issues whatsoever.

Microsoft are even adding more games to catalogue of backwards compatible Xbox 360 games.

But what about other consoles? Mainly, the PS3 where at present no PS3 games can run on the PS4 natively.

Very recently, both a PS3 PC emulator which uses DirectX 12 (DX12) and a Wii U PC emulator have made some extraordinary progress when it comes to game emulation.

Exzap’s WiiU emulator called Cemu is running Mario Kart 8. Considering this is the first public build of the emulator released back in October this is quite amazing.

The emulation is not perfect yet but there is definitely a lot of potential here. However, the only downside is you’ll need a rig with these specs to run Wii U games: an overclocked i7-4790K and a GTX 980.

But most importantly, what you’re all probably interested in is the PS3 emulator.

The emulator is the DX12 version of the RPCS PS3 emulator. There has been a great deal of progress with this emulator as there are a number PS3 titles working on the emulator.

Some of the games that are working very well include Silent Hill 3 and After Burner: Climax. Although games like Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit are having issues, so the emulator is not totally perfect.

Check out some of the games in action below:

It appears that emulation for both the Wii U and PS3 have come a long way indeed.

It’s pretty frustrating that the PS4 doesn’t have true backwards compatibility for PS3 games and that the Xbox One is getting a growing library of playable Xbox 360 games.

What do you think about the latest PS3 and Wii U emulators?

We think there’s still a way to go. If you have a powerful rig, this could possibly be a great way to play all your PS3 games.