PS3 emulator

[Shakkap3]

is there a ps3 emulator i mean one that actually works

[GlassBomb]

You're sadly on your own here.

 

We here at the Linus Tech Tips forum does not condone the use of emulators.

[manikyath]

6 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

You're sadly on your own here.

 

We here at the Linus Tech Tips forum does not condone the use of emulators.

are emulators actually placed under the whole piracy thing? because for example PS1 and PS2 emulators can run straight of the original media, so kind of like torrenting, it's "not necessarily a means of piracy".

 

that said, last time i checked on the PS3 stuff it was a matter of "we dont have the horsepower to emulate this thing."

[minibois]

There is one that works, but there is no actual release for it I believe. RPCX3 or something it's called. 

Last news I heard is that they were able to run Terraria at low fps and the watch dogs main screen.

 

1 minute ago, Jorgen297 said:

I condone the use of emulators if you buy the game. Support developers, and don't partake in shitty business practices. As far as I know, no there's not. For some reason PS3 and Xbox 360 emulators are very hard to make compared to their Nintendo counterparts. It may be the higher hardware specs. 

That + the weird architectures used. Like Sony Cell power chip.

Nintendo has been using the same 'basis' for three gender now. That is why GameCube and Wii games run on the same emulator and Wii U has already gotten so far.

 

Of course I don't mean they run the exact same thing or that it's easy, jus easier..

[pipnina]

https://rpcs3.net/

 

Have a look at this one  It seems to work best under DX12 at the moment.

[DnFx91]

Stop shitposting without doing research first please guys. Emulation is completely legal as long as you are using a copy of the game's ROM which you dumped yourself from your own purchased copy of the original game, and if in the context of playstation emulators, you must use your own system BIOS from your legally owned playstation system. 

 

Granted, everyone gets their ROMs from emuparadise and their BIOS's from some sketchy russian website, but that's besides the point, don't just slap the illegal label on the entire thing.

[GlassBomb]

52 minutes ago, manikyath said:

are emulators actually placed under the whole piracy thing? because for example PS1 and PS2 emulators can run straight of the original media, so kind of like torrenting, it's "not necessarily a means of piracy".

 

that said, last time i checked on the PS3 stuff it was a matter of "we dont have the horsepower to emulate this thing."

It's a massive gray zone when it comes to emulators. At least when it comes to console emulators, as it often requires the user to get their hands on ROM's that are in no way supporting the developers, etc.

 

I personally see no real problem with it if you already own the software AND hardware that you want to emulate. And then there is also the question about "But what about 20+ year old products that you can't find anywhere?", that's also something that can be debated whether or not you should be allowed to freely emulate.

 

But with that said. I generally assume that the people asking is trying to get away with something without paying anything when it comes to situations like these.

[manikyath]

13 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

It's a massive gray zone when it comes to emulators. At least when it comes to console emulators, as it often requires the user to get their hands on ROM's that are in no way supporting the developers, etc.

 

I personally see no real problem with it if you already own the software AND hardware that you want to emulate. And then there is also the question about "But what about 20+ year old products that you can't find anywhere?", that's also something that can be debated whether or not you should be allowed to freely emulate.

 

But with that said. I generally assume that the people asking is trying to get away with something without paying anything when it comes to situations like these.

i have a PS2, and whenever i feel like playing a PS2 game i just copy the disk to an ISO and run it in an emulator because it actually runs better when it's not running off spinning glass. and because my PS2 completely thunks out with ambient temperatures above 30°c. and after the fact i just delete the ISO because wasted hard drive space

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that said, it defenately is true that people often just run an emulator so they dont have to pay for stuff, and i've defenately heard the whole "i'll just wait until there's emulators" before.

 

that's where nintendo is clever: they offer an experience that's technically very easy to emulate, but it's very hard to emulate the "experience" if that makes sense

[DnFx91]

16 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

It's a massive gray zone when it comes to emulators. At least when it comes to console emulators, as it often requires the user to get their hands on ROM's that are in no way supporting the developers, etc.

 

I personally see no real problem with it if you already own the software AND hardware that you want to emulate. And then there is also the question about "But what about 20+ year old products that you can't find anywhere?", that's also something that can be debated whether or not you should be allowed to freely emulate.

 

But with that said. I generally assume that the people asking is trying to get away with something without paying anything when it comes to situations like these.

spot on, i would like to think though, sony and nintendo can appreciate that functional PS1 and N64 units are becoming kinda rare now, before long the only way to run these games will be on emulators. Surely they don't want their works of art to just die do they ??

[manikyath]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

spot on, i would like to think though, sony and nintendo can appreciate that functional PS1 and N64 units are becoming kinda rare now, before long the only way to run these games will be on emulators. Surely they don't want their works of art to just die do they ??

i'd be down for sony and nintendo selling first party emualators, but i think we can keep on dreaming and never have that happen.

[DnFx91]

Just now, manikyath said:

i'd be down for sony and nintendo selling first party emualators, but i think we can keep on dreaming and never have that happen.

what a world it would be, to be able to buy a fresh "not-yellow" brand new playstation from sony, with all original games on a central marketplace.

 

i hate paying for stuff but i would pay for that 

[Aphexxis]

20 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

It's a massive gray zone when it comes to emulators. At least when it comes to console emulators, as it often requires the user to get their hands on ROM's that are in no way supporting the developers, etc.

 

I personally see no real problem with it if you already own the software AND hardware that you want to emulate. And then there is also the question about "But what about 20+ year old products that you can't find anywhere?", that's also something that can be debated whether or not you should be allowed to freely emulate.

 

But with that said. I generally assume that the people asking is trying to get away with something without paying anything when it comes to situations like these.

NVM forget this post.

 

My own post.

[DnFx91]

i wonder where Android/Google stand on this subject ?

 

they freely offer N64 emulators on the play store, and some of these emulators can even pull ROMS from servers right into your phone and away you go. Based on my understanding of the law around emulators, aren't they kinda walking a fine line there ?

[Aphexxis]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

i wonder where Android/Google stand on this subject ?

 

they freely offer N64 emulators on the play store, and some of these emulators can even pull ROMS from servers right into your phone and away you go. Based on my understanding of the law around emulators, aren't they kinda walking a fine line there ?

Please remember that the law is only for the general public.

[DnFx91]

Just now, Aphexxis said:

Please remember that the law is only for the general public.

i didn't know that, what do you mean precisely ?

 

that being a corporation, google has somehow got around this with epic corporate lawyers or something ?

[Aphexxis]

Just now, DnFx91 said:

i didn't know that, what do you mean precisely ?

 

that being a corporation, google has somehow got around this with epic corporate lawyers or something ?

It's sarcasm in it's finest form, however it's not exactly far fetched.

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

i wonder where Android/Google stand on this subject ?

 

they freely offer N64 emulators on the play store, and some of these emulators can even pull ROMS from servers right into your phone and away you go. Based on my understanding of the law around emulators, aren't they kinda walking a fine line there ?

i'm pretty sure apple usually hammers hard on them, and if i recall, on the android side it's mostly them looking away not condoning nor removing every emulator that comes on the store.

[DnFx91]

oh sorry, sarcasm is always the hardest one to detect through text alone. fair point then

[DnFx91]

Just now, manikyath said:

i'm pretty sure apple usually hammers hard on them, and if i recall, on the android side it's mostly them looking away not condoning nor removing every emulator that comes on the store.

yh i assumed as much, that there are only emulators on android because apple literally goes through their shit with a fine tooth comb. But clearly google are aware of the fact that you can super easily commit piracy (speculatively) using their software, they just appear to ignore it. law is fucked up man

[manikyath]

5 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

yh i assumed as much, that there are only emulators on android because apple literally goes through their shit with a fine tooth comb. But clearly google are aware of the fact that you can super easily commit piracy (speculatively) using their software, they just appear to ignore it. law is fucked up man

there was a DOS emulator on the app store once, for an entire single day before apple realised their mistake and pulled that down so hard

[DnFx91]

Just now, manikyath said:

there was a DOS emulator on the app store once, for an entire single day before apple realised their mistake and pulled that down so hard

haaaa, thats brilliant. did you ever play with MS-DOS Mobile ? i have to suffer a windows phone as my work-phone, but one cool thing it can do is run DOS, it's actually kinda cute

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

haaaa, thats brilliant. did you ever play with MS-DOS Mobile ? i have to suffer a windows phone as my work-phone, but one cool thing it can do is run DOS, it's actually kinda cute

it could actually run windows 3.1

[DnFx91]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

it could actually run windows 3.1

pretty badass, for a windows phone. I hate the thing so much, not only because its a windows phone, but its a work phone so its just a portal into my woes. i once hid it above the roof panels in my office for a month cos i CBA with it.