PS3 emulators

[KieranFretwell]

I have a few questions about PS3 emulators.. 

Are they legal?

Are there any that actually work? 

[Jade]

Not legal.

Nope.

[Cacao]

They don't exist and they won't for a very long time. Whatever you find is probably some kind of malware.

[qwertywarrior]

yes

no

[KieranFretwell]

They don't exist and they won't for a very long time. Whatever you find is probably some kind of malware.

I figured a lot of them would be malware

[helping]

Not legal.

Nope.

I don't think the emulator in itself is illegal.

 

Though it does not yet exist and all that do "exist" are scams.

[KieranFretwell]

Not legal.

Nope.

 

 

yes

no

Two different answers are helpful.. 

[CoolBeans]

There is one but it absolutely sucks at the moment and only has like 3 games

[Sharif]

I wish they were................i wanted to play ps3 final fantasy titles 

i played from PS1 to ps2 but ps3 and ps4 final fantasy must be played!!

 

(some point in time i will get them both used or something when the ps5 comes out  )

[luke_2bossly]

nonononononononononononono

[Clyne]

Those that exist are scams and malware. There you see on youtube are just videos of the ps3.

[KieranFretwell]

Those that exist are scams and malware. There you see on youtube are just videos of the ps3.

Yeah the videos on youtube have like 90% dislikes so i am not surprised.

[SeanBond]

No, the tech that is the ps3 is to complicated to emulate with brute force. I wouldn't expect to see any emulation of it in the next 6 years. But im sure the xbox 360 emulator with be a thing in a year or two. They have some already but I hear they don't work very well and require a lot of horsepower. 

[KieranFretwell]

There is one but it absolutely sucks at the moment and only has like 3 games

Which one is that?.. Just curious to have a look. 

[Kamina]

Just fake ones exist. The ones that do probably only run homebrew and emulate the xmb.

 

Trying to emulate the cell processor is rather difficult. I hope a PS4 can be easier to emulate so we can play some sony first party titles on PC and possibly 4k support.

[Clyne]

Yeah the videos on youtube have like 90% dislikes so i am not surprised.

the ones on youtube are actually video files of recording gameplay on the ps3. 

[CoolBeans]

Which one is that?.. Just curious to have a look. 

 

RPCS3 I don't think you can download it yet though

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

If you are looking for emulators, then the technical legality becomes a moot point.

 

As for a function model, the Cell processor is a proprietary PITA to program for, so the answer here is no.

[Clyne]

There is one way, "PUT THE CELL PROCESSOR IN YOUR PC"

LOL

[qwertywarrior]

Two different answers are helpful.. 

there is a ps3 emulator but its pretty much for homebrew stuff u wont be able to play games on it so i just said no

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/playstation3/

 

 

 

 

and about the legality

 

 

emulation is legal within the United States. However, unauthorized distribution of copyrighted code remains illegal, according to both country specific copyright and international copyright law under the Berne Convention.^[3] Obtaining games through methods not authorized by the developer or publisher is illegal in the United States.

Under United States law, obtaining a dumped copy of the original machine's BIOS is legal under the ruling Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc., 964 F.2d 965 (9th Cir. 1992) as fair use as long as the user obtained a legally purchased copy of the machine. However, several emulators for platforms such as Game Boy Advance are capable of running without a BIOS file, using high-level emulation to simulate BIOS subroutines at a slight cost in emulation accuracy.