Sony Quietly Adds PS2 Emulation To the PS4 (eurogamer.net)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 20, 2015 @03:21AM from the this-should-be-the-standard dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Digital Foundry blog reports that Sony has added functionality to the PlayStation 4 that allows it to act as an emulator for some PlayStation 2 games. Surprisingly, the company did not mention that this functionality is live; a new Star Wars game bundle just happened to include three titles that were released on the PS2. From the article: "How can we tell? First of all, a system prompt appears telling you that select and start buttons are mapped to the left and right sides of the Dual Shock 4's trackpad. Third party game developers cannot access the system OS in this manner. Secondly, just like the PS2 emulator on PlayStation 3, there's an emulation system in place for handling PS2 memory cards. Thirdly, the classic PlayStation 2 logo appears in all of its poorly upscaled glory when you boot each title." Sony has confirmed the games are being emulated, but declined to provide any further details.

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Re:Because of the endless whiners by idontgno · 2015-11-20 03:39 · Score: 1, Troll

But no, after all it is Sony's pool, with complimentary urine
Also, that's not a Baby Ruth chocolate bar floating in the water.
What I want to know is when are they adding "Other OS" back?

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