This is just a patent filing. Even idiots realise patent filings almost always don’t result in products, it’s purely to protect IP, and to stop other people doing what you are doing.

There is nothing to support the fact that what this patent contains is anything new at all, it may even be a catchup patent that’s only just been granted.

You are correct in identifying the lack of Graphics Synthesizer as the reason for current models not having backwards compatibility – as stated in the article.

You could question why Sony would then choose to update its Emotion Engine software now, if it already has a (partly) working software solution. Just because we don’t know about a similar GS chip emulator doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t happen.

There’s a limited number of reasons why Sony would want to emulate the Emotion Engine – backwards compatibility being the most obvious, and the potential to sell PS2 games through the PlayStation Store is a potential money spinner.

This “news” is flawed because it’s a patent for software emulation of the PS2 Emotion Engine, which is ALREADY emulated in software in the Euro 60GB models, and because it’s emulated in software it means ANY PS3 is also capable of emulating it. The problem with PS2 software emulation is not the Emotion Engine, it’s the Graphics Synthesiser chip (“GS”), which the Euro launch 60GB models had in hardware because its alot harder to emulate in software, and something this patent has nothing whatsoever to do with.

I really hope the Mirror read this comment and realise that ElectricPig is the wrong choice for the tech news reporting, as their reporters are clueless tech idiots.