ForeverGeek » Emotion Engine http://www.forevergeek.com Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sony files patent for Emotion Engine tech on PS3's Cell processor http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/06/sony_files_patent_for_emotion_engine_tech_on_ps3s_cell_processor/ http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/06/sony_files_patent_for_emotion_engine_tech_on_ps3s_cell_processor/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:50:45 +0000 Mel http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=13286 patent 196x300 Sony files patent for Emotion Engine tech on PS3's Cell processorWhen I heard that Sony was going to remove PS2 backwards compatibility on future Playstation 3 units, I decided that I was going to track down a unit that still had the Emotion Engine installed on it. I still have some PS2 games that I want to play and I wanted the option to play it on the PS3. Even though software emulated backwards compatibility was also made available on PS3 units released a year ago, I felt that having the actual hardware on my PS3 was the way to go.

Sony’s decision to remove this feature may have been borne out of the desire to save a few more dollars on production costs but I always felt that the company actually lost more because backwards compatibility is a major come-on for established PS2 gamers with an extensive games library to jump on the PS3 bandwagon. But based on a recent patent that Sony Computer Entertainment filed in the US patent Office, Sony may have a way to put backwards compatibility on PS3s once again.

Sony has apparently found a way to translate the instructions from the Emotion Engine into data that can be referenced by the PS3. The figures above are schematics on how the technology will actually work.

So the question is, will we see this new technology in play as a firmware upgrade in the near future?

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