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Anyone taking that bet?]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.eternal-champions.com/images/ps3jcus-v-eu.jpg
Didn't we have backward compatibility with the emotion engine in the launch PS3s?

P.S. Well, I suspect this news is a hint that probably spells "curtains" for the PS2. Watch!

Sony Quote for why the PS3 slim costs more:
"Hey with this new machine you get FULL PS2 backward compatibility. 2 machines in one. thats why it costs more" Riiiight ;^)...]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Then the Slim drops in price a few months later n the cycle continues.]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
PS1 classics : PS3 yawners :: Empire Strikes Back : Attack of the Clones

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Hell, where's Destruction Derby 2? Twisted Metal 2?]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
Just sit twice as far away. It'll look better.]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jul 1st 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
If you meant CRT, then look no further:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/students-create-crt-emulator-hope-to-recapture-that-analog-gami/
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Here's the Wii and XBOX 360.

I'll let you all get re-acquainted...]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
It is embarrassing when a Sony exec poked fun at the 360 for only having partial software compatibility for Xbox titles and Sony kills it altogether. ]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
i second that]]>Jun 30th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
The thing here is, BC on the 360 has always been less than a primary focus for the 360, right from the get go. PS3 was pushing the BC as a mainstream feature so imagine the shock when it was yanked completely. Wii's a Gamecube in disguise as it were, so that's always been available.]]>Jun 30th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
I don't see where all this hype is coming from. Very few people use BC. Just like very few people use MMS but that was overhyped when it wasn't on the iPhone. I'll never use that either. Lots of MS fans on Engadget with a lot of spare time I suspect.

Oh noes, I made an iPhone reference. Must down rank!! AHHH!!! ]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
It's a poisonous, MAGIC pie!]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
"What if the PS3’s cell processor could emulate the Emotion Engine? Theoretically, all PlayStation 3s would be able to play PS2 games"

The current "Software-based" BC PS3's already fully emulate the Emotion Engine in software. The chances are that this patent is a new or unique way of accomplishing that emulation. Or they just finally got round to emulating it. There is nothing new about emulating the EE CPU in software.

In order to emulate the PS2, you also have to emulate the GPU, which is the problem. The newer BC PS3's still have a modified version of the PS2's GPU on board. This patent does nothing to describe the process, or even intention, of emulating the GPU in software.]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
Sorry for the fail.]]>Jun 30th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/Jun 30th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/sony-patents-new-cell-based-ps2-emulator/
They've emulated the PS2 CPU using the PS3 CPU. This has been true since the UK 60GB version, and the US 80GB bundle packs (MGS4, MotorStorm)

This is not a patent for emulating the PS2 GPU, which was dropped in the latest PS3s.

Therefore, no emulation, at least according to this single patent.]]>Jun 30th 2009 1:06PM