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Sony, The PS3 and the Emotion Engine
GEARFUSE —
... and now only a very limited number of titles are supported. To boot, Sony is also selling a lot of PSX games on the Playstation Network , so the incentive to add the EE back into the system is low. But there is hope. According to a patent filing from last year (December, specifically), Sony is working on a way to compile and decompile the Emotion Engine. This will allow PS2 backwards-compatibility through software emulation, thus keeping us fanboys happier than ever. Link
Sony patents new Cell-based PS2 emulator
Engadget —
... by the patent office late last week) for the technology to decode and recompile software written for the PS2's Emotion Engine on the current device's Cell Processor. There's been some speculation that this functionality might be included in the rumored slim PS3 at some point -- either in the form of support for your old school PS2 discs or for digital downloads. Who knows? You might be playing your old copy of Shrek: Super Party! on your PS3 sooner than you think. [Via Joystiq] ...
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