Updated: Sony enabled PS2 backwards compatibility for the PS4 without telling anyone

Updated: Sony enabled PS2 backwards compatibility for the PS4 without telling anyone

By Nick Pino

Updated: Sony enabled PS2 backwards compatibility for the PS4 without telling anyone

Update: A Sony representative sent us the following statement in response to our query about the emulator’s existence:

“We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation. We have nothing further to comment at this point in time.”

So, we know the PS4 has the ability to play PS2 games. We don’t know how long it’s had the capability or how many titles Sony will release, but it exists. We’ll continue to investigate.

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Microsoft may have gotten all the attention this week for its latest update to the Xbox One that enables backwards compatibility for over 100 Xbox 360 titles, but it seems Sony might have done the same thing for the PS4 with less celebration.

Eurogamer recently received the Special Edition Star Wars Battlefront PS4, along with the code for four downloadable titles: Super Star Wars, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, Star Wars: Racer Revenge and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter.

When the team went to boot up the three old PS2 titles, something strange happened. An old PS2 logo came up in “all of its poorly upscaled glory when you boot each title.” Eurogamer …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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