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Just announced today by the development team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI7nRkq9CEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJ2bSoaI8M

RPCS3 blog post: https://rpcs3.net/blog/2017/03/11/des/

 

[Lifeline]

Skimmed through and some framerate issues at parts, but it's looking pretty good.

PS Now seems like a better choice for now though.

 

[lostsupper]

I cannot wait for this to be running smoothly.

 

[Mifec]

So, this is the power of the PC platform...not bad.

 

[Lime]

Is this easy enough to set up? Just rip the Blu-ray Disc, fiddle around with some settings and launch the ISO, right?

 

[Tambini]

I remember people saying* it would be a decade or even never for ps3 emulation, the work these guys do is incredible

*a few years ago

 

[daitoqu]

Is this easy enough to set up? Just rip the Blu-ray Disc, fiddle around with some settings and launch the ISO, right?

https://rpcs3.net/quickstart

 

[Ahasverus]

I remember people saying it would be a decade or even never for ps3 emulation, the work these guys do is incredible

It's been a decade haha

 

[Guymelef]

"play"

 

[Mifec]

Is this easy enough to set up? Just rip the Blu-ray Disc, fiddle around with some settings and launch the ISO, right?

Nope. Here you go

https://rpcs3.net/quickstart

 

[GHG]

This is fantastic news.

Vanquish next please.

 

[AmFreak]

-Performance. The game is very demanding of resources, and while Ryzen @ 4 ghz or 6 cores of Haswell-E can run some areas of the game at 30 fps, it can also drop down to as little as 10 fps in big open areas such as in front of The Boletarian Castle. One really wants a stable 30 fps (native frame rate, maybe someone will mod it to 60 fps), and preferably also on “normal” CPU’s. But there are both short and long term plans to improve performance, for example by making the LLVM recompiler not crash in this game.
-The player character shadow is missing, and there are other minor graphical bugs here and there.
-The sound is a bit unstable. It can work fine for a while, but after some 5-10 minutes it can suddenly stop. There are also problems where sound effects are repeated before they are finished or they sound very loud and strange.
-The game can randomly get stuck on loading screens. Not critical as it auto-saves continuously.

More info: https://rpcs3.net/blog/

 

[molnizzle]

This is great and all but can someone please figure out how to let me play Persona 4 Golden on the TV at a reasonable resolution? thx

 

[Woxxi]

They also did a Patreon.

 

[Tambini]

It's been a decade haha

True, I meant people just a few years ago

 

[Vuze]

Amazing news! Glad to see X360 and PS3 emus making progress

 

[Lime]

This is great and all but can someone please figure out how to let me play Persona 4 Golden on the TV at a reasonable resolution? thx

You'll need a vita emulator for that.

Until then I'd just play regular Persona 4 on pcsx2 with widescreen fix + ui fix if I was you

 

[Fulminator]

So, this is the power of the PC platform...not bad.

Yo if this is referencing what I think it is, this post is amazing

 

[StoppedInTracks]

I remember people saying it would be a decade or even never for ps3 emulation, the work these guys do is incredible

Demon's Souls was released in 2009 so it is almost a decade.

 

[Vuze]

Yo if this is referencing what I think it is, this post is amazing

What would it be referencing? Did I miss some glorious GAF shit posting?

 

[daitoqu]

You'll need a vita emulator for that.

From their latest blogpost

Vita
– Initial package unpacking implemented
– Small Interpreter improvements

 

[LelouchZero]

Incredible, emulator developers are truly amazing!

 

[molnizzle]

You'll need a vita emulator for that.

Until then I'd just play regular Persona 4 on pcsx2 with widescreen fix + ui fix if I was you

These are items I was unaware of.

Time to do some research!

 

[Sad Affleck]

Godspeed you magnificent bastards.

 

[nkarafo]

Wow, the performance seems incredibly good considering it's in interpreter mode. Have you ever tried running other emulators in interpreter instead of recomplier? Some run at 1 or 2 fps in this mode.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Obviously not ready for prime time but I wasn't expecting to see it running so well in this early reveal.

 

[Real_Madrid]

A PS3 emulator, seems crazy if you think about how complex the PS3 was, but the PS3 had many good exclusives, so it's not that surprising if some people are working on it.

(It's currently also the only place where you can play the whole Metal Gear collection, so heaving a PS3 emulator would make those games available again.)

 

[MUnited83]

Don't forget to send them a few bucks over Patreon if you want to contribute and have them work on the emulator full time.

 

[c0de]

"play"

“Post“

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

Very impressive, how the hell do these guys develop this stuff? Hat tipped.

 

[Vashetti]

Impressive work.

Does RPCS3 allow for you to increase the resolution like with other emulators?

 

[Prelude.]

Did anyone test the 2-3 boss fight? Is it above 1 fps?

 

[bigol]

They said Persona 5 too goes from 10 fps to 30 fps. It's a huge improvement compared to the max 5 fps that game reached few days ago.

 

[chillybright]

wow this came out of nowhere.

 

[Harlock]

Shadows of Damned.

 

[ViolentP]

 

[Necro900]

Damn if this patreon trend actually helps speed up the development of complex emulators then i'm definitely going to support whatever I can. These developers deserve everything they can get for the time they sink in these projects.

 

[mrlion]

Is this easy enough to set up? Just rip the Blu-ray Disc, fiddle around with some settings and launch the ISO, right?

Eh not exactly, you do need to do a few more steps to setup the game.

 

[SunBroDave]

Just ordered a PS3 disc reading Blu Ray drive off Amazon. Between this and BOTW, what a time to be alive.

 

[Backfoggen]

I'm crying tbh.

 

[Real_Madrid]

Shadows of Damned.

I honestly sometimes think about that game. I remember looking for that game back in the day, but at least in Belgium I just couldn't find it for cheap...
Nowadays such a game would always get a digital and PC release.

The PS3 (and x360) have so many niche exclusives. 3D dot heroes is also such a game.

 

[Inuhanyou]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

 

[c0de]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

If they do it like with ps2 on ps4, they might as well not even try to develop it.

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

Even if the next Playstation packs the equivalent of a current i7 (spoilers:

Spoiler

It won't

) they would still rather push their streaming service for that sweet cash.

 

[Sectorseven]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

On a technical level, probably. But they don't seem to value BC much now, let alone when PS5 hits.

 

[Vuze]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

Probability of seeing PS4 BC and thus access to the "remastered" PS3 games is much, much higher and certainly less expensive in every regard imo. Also: PS Now.

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

Damn if this patreon trend actually helps speed up the development of complex emulators then i'm definitely going to support whatever I can. These developers deserve everything they can get for the time they sink in these projects.

I really wish someone would take a branch of Citra to Patreon. 3DS games deserve to be viewed at higher resolutions and framerates. There is so much wasted effort on the part of developers that isn't seen on that garbage screen.

 

[Inuhanyou]

If they do it like with ps2 on ps4, they might as well not even try to develop it.

I was referring to pure technical terms that's why i said possible not probable, generally speaking most of the PS3 games that i find worth it already remastered or games i already own

Probability of seeing PS4 BC and thus access to the "remastered" PS3 games is much, much higher and certainly less expensive in every regard imo. Also: PS Now.

On a technical level, probably. But they don't seem to value BC much now, let alone when PS5 hits.

I think going back and emulating older PS's are probably out of the question, but i do think PS4/Pro will be prioritized for BC on PS5

 

[Mivey]

Amazing that it runs so well on an Interpreter. Once they add dynamic recompilation this thing should run easily at full speed. Will probably still require a beefy CPU.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

i wonder if this kind of work bodes well for the possibility(not probability) of a PS3 emulator for PS5? I mean this is being run on an i7, but now that AMD have competition coming, it seems like the floor will go up dramatically very soon

How's that PS2 emulator doing on our PS4s?

Fantastic, isn't it?

Here's a tip: Sony can sell you the same game twice without working emulators. They will not allow it on PS5.