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Report: PS4 will emulate, not stream PSone, PS2 games

30 Jan 2014
Steve Wright

Eurogamer yesterday reported that the PS4 will use emulation software to play original PlayStation (PSone) and PS2 games.

The site cites a source close to Sony for the revelation.

The source said that the PS4 will hold the backward-compatible PSOne and PS2 emulator and games directly on its hard drive, rather than making use of PlayStation Now and streaming technology.

Moreover, the source said the emulation software would upscale SD assets to HD, removing the need for HD remakes.

The source also said that PlayStation Now would exclusively stream PS3 games to the PS4.

Good news (if true) for PSone and PS2 fans… but will this emulation be packaged as “PlayStation Now” regardless? We still don’t have a definitive release date for that service in Australia.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.