Siliconera reports that Sony has filed a patent for an Emotion Engine emulation system to be used in conjunction with the PlayStation 3’s Cell processor. For those unaware, the Emotion Engine was the ...

According to a report in a Nikkei, Sony will be selling PlayStation 3 consoles that lack the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine chip in the US by the end of the year. This is an interesting move. Sony is ...

OK, before we begin let me say to you that what I'm going to post is based on both arcticles I've read and deductions I've made on my own.<P>Lets begin!<P><BR>According to Sony, the EE is capable of ...

Sony have filed a patent for a system whereby the PS3's Cell Processor could emulate the hardware of a PS2, opening up the older console's back-catalog. The patent describes how the Cell Processor ...

Many were surprised, even bewildered, to hear that the new 40GB model wouldn’t offer any sort of backwards compatibility with past PlayStation titles. That’s mostly true. Nick Sharples, SCEE Director ...