Euro Gamer is reporting via a “well placed source, working with Sony’s streaming service”, that Sony plans to bring PS2 and PS1 titles to the PlayStation 4 via emulation on the PlayStation Network. They are also reporting that instead of having the blurry up scaled graphics that we have seen on older titles on the PS3 they are looking for native HD resolutions on the emulated titles as well. This also implies that PlayStation 3 games would be available via PlayStation Now, and that PS2 and PS1 games would be downloadable, and running locally via emulation.
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Our information suggests that the same internal emulator strategy is planned for PlayStation 4, and we understand that Sony is actively pursuing the ability for older titles to run without the blurry upscaling seen on PS3, suggesting that native HD resolutions are being targeted. Assuming this intention carries through to final code, we’ll be seeing an effect similar to the resolution scaling seen on unofficial PC emulation of Sony’s consoles, as well as a great many of the “HD remasters” we saw on PS3 – where original assets were rendered at a higher resolution, often without any actual remastering at all.
How do you feel about this? From a gaming perspective it would offer better performance for the titles and the native HD situation would be wonderful for a lot of the classic titles. Sound off below!