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The PlayStation 5 can play PlayStation 3 games, Sony just doesn't want you to for some reason (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] Majorllama 42 points 2 weeks ago

"for some reason"

I can think of a few rea$on$.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

The PC can also do that and Bill Gates just turns a blind eye

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Reasons

  • RPCS3 uses free license so they’d have to share their fork to the public.
  • Licensing issues for old games
  • Cost
[–] Alphane_Moon 5 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, I think while they had a financial incentive, they probably also just didn't want to bother with the all the work required to add production-level support for PS3 games and and the maintenance complexity of supporting it.

It's one thing to develop a strong proof concept, there is a lot more involved with getting it to the market as commercial product (with guarantees and support).

That being said, excellent work by the folks who figured this out.