Según Gamer.tm Sony está buscando un ingeniero de software para tratar con la retrocompatibilidad tanto para el PlayStation 3 como con una nueva consola de siguiente generación aún sin nombre. Como decía, lo más probable es que se llame PlayStation 4, ¿No?
Según Gamer.tm este ingeniero sería contratado para implementar y optimizar la emulación del software, pero no solo de PS1 y Ps2, sino de PSP y PS3. Que aunque no se ha confirmado nada, es más que interesante pensar que Sony ya está pensando en algo nuevo en cuando a la retrocompatibilidad. Quién sabe, quizá podamos ver juegos de PSP en el PS3.Quién sabe cómo manejarán el asunto de la retrocompatibilidad en la nueva consola pues ha habido muchos cambios en la actual, donde ahora esta característica ha sido dejada de lado a favor de un precio menor.
Pero quizá sea muy pronto para hablar de un PlayStation 4, pues la ps3 tendrá una vida de 10 años, ¿Verdad Sony?
El artículo original sería este:
Thursday, 17 January 2008 - 12:45 GMT
Rumour: PS4 to be backwardly compatible?
Story By Mark Podd
And could PS3 backward compatability make a return, too?
Sony isn’t ready to turn its back on backward compatability just yet, according to a job ad put out by the company.
So gamefront.de is reporting, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is currently advertising for a software engineer to deal with backward compatability for both the PS3 and an unspecified next-gen console – which sounds an awful lot like the PlayStation 4 to us.
Specifically, the engineer will be required to implement and optimise emulation software for PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3 games on both formats.
Not only would it suggest that PS4 development is now at the point where Sony can start thinking about specific software such as emulators, the fact the PS3 is mentioned as part of the job brief is also of note.
Although Sony has enjoyed considerably more PS3 success since it introduced the 40GB model last year (going so far as to drop all other versions of the PS3 in Europe and Japan), the fact it’s not backwardly compatible with the PS2 hasn’t gone down well with some gamers.
With many gamers still owning large numbers of PS2 games, reintroducing PS2 compatability would only help strengthen the PS3’s improving image.
Or on the other hand, it could all just be wishful thinking. Either way, we should find out soon enough.
Según Gamer.tm este ingeniero sería contratado para implementar y optimizar la emulación del software, pero no solo de PS1 y Ps2, sino de PSP y PS3. Que aunque no se ha confirmado nada, es más que interesante pensar que Sony ya está pensando en algo nuevo en cuando a la retrocompatibilidad. Quién sabe, quizá podamos ver juegos de PSP en el PS3.Quién sabe cómo manejarán el asunto de la retrocompatibilidad en la nueva consola pues ha habido muchos cambios en la actual, donde ahora esta característica ha sido dejada de lado a favor de un precio menor.
Pero quizá sea muy pronto para hablar de un PlayStation 4, pues la ps3 tendrá una vida de 10 años, ¿Verdad Sony?
El artículo original sería este:
Thursday, 17 January 2008 - 12:45 GMT
Story By Mark Podd
And could PS3 backward compatability make a return, too?
Sony isn’t ready to turn its back on backward compatability just yet, according to a job ad put out by the company.
So gamefront.de is reporting, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is currently advertising for a software engineer to deal with backward compatability for both the PS3 and an unspecified next-gen console – which sounds an awful lot like the PlayStation 4 to us.
Specifically, the engineer will be required to implement and optimise emulation software for PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3 games on both formats.
Not only would it suggest that PS4 development is now at the point where Sony can start thinking about specific software such as emulators, the fact the PS3 is mentioned as part of the job brief is also of note.
Although Sony has enjoyed considerably more PS3 success since it introduced the 40GB model last year (going so far as to drop all other versions of the PS3 in Europe and Japan), the fact it’s not backwardly compatible with the PS2 hasn’t gone down well with some gamers.
With many gamers still owning large numbers of PS2 games, reintroducing PS2 compatability would only help strengthen the PS3’s improving image.
Or on the other hand, it could all just be wishful thinking. Either way, we should find out soon enough.