Playing your old PS3 collection on PC just became much easier, with a new emulator feature removing one of the biggest barriers between players and their physical games.
Sony released the PlayStation 3 almost 20 years ago (sorry if that makes you feel old), introducing players to iconic games like inFamous, Resistance, Metal Gear Solid 4, and the original Demon’s Souls.
However, since then, getting the chance to play your physical PS3 games has become a little tricky. Well, thanks to a new feature in the RPCS3 emulator, you don’t even need a PlayStation to dive into those classic adventures – just a PC, a disc, and a compatible disc drive.
Essentially, RPCS3 is a free, open-source PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD that allows you to play PlayStation 3 games on your PC using the physical discs.
Sharing the update, the emulator’s developers said: “Owning your games as physical media allows you to play games released as far back as 20 years ago without relying on any servers!”
You can now play your PS3 games on PC… DIRECTLY FROM THE DISC DRIVE!💿 PLUG AND PLAY! Owning your games as physical media allows you to play games released as far back as 20 years ago without relying on any servers!See compatible disc drive models at https://t.co/nSzG5S954L pic.twitter.com/d1uKE7Bpyr
Despite RPCS3 describing the feature as “plug and play,” there are still a few requirements, though. Players will need the latest version of the emulator, official PS3 system software, a physical PS3 game, and a compatible Blu-ray drive.
Not every Blu-ray drive can read PS3 discs. According to the developers, a simple way to test a drive is to insert a game and check whether its files appear on the computer.
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