A Sony patent has surfaced suggesting that PSX, PS2 and PS3 games could be emulated through the Cloud. First posted on Twitter by user Renka_schedule, the tweet can be translated into English, and at one point it explains: “A large number of game titles across PSX/PS2/PS3 and several generations of game consoles can be stored and used through the Cloud game library.” “These games can run on a virtual machine that mimics the operating system associated with each game console”.
The accompanying image shows drawings of the Playstation 1, 2 and 3 being emulated on separate screens. It is not clear how this would be done, or even whether it is related to the existing Playstation Now system. It is possible that the virtualized operating system solution is a way of not having to build backward compatibility into new hardware, although this is not mentioned in the patent documents.
Later in the thread Renka posts information about another patent, which suggests that users will be able to record and create minigames within their gameplay, and share them with friends through the Cloud. This seems to be linkable to the DualSense’s new “Create” button, and earlier Sony patents mentioned “tagging scenes“, which could allow players to record playable sections of games and share them
Obviously, it’s advisable not to take patents completely seriously, since it may just be Sony researching how to use some other technology. Nothing is confirmed
It’s worth remembering that backward compatibility with the PS4 is already confirmed.
Max Xavier
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