Hardware and software experts say the “poor quality, few filtering options and bugs do these classics a disservice”
The idea of playing classic ps2 games on the PlayStation 5 is something that draws a lot of attention to a certain sector of the community. Fortunately, that can now be done with PS Plus Premium, the highest and most expensive tier of Sony’s subscription service. So that these older titles can work on PS4 and PS5PlayStation has had to work on a new version of the emulator which they did two years ago and which presented some problems, but it seems that this time there are a number of drawbacks that must be mentioned.
Digital Foundry considers (via Eurogamer) that the new Sony emulator for classic games PlayStation 2 is “a disappointing effort” Due to the “poor qualitythe poor filtering options and the bugs do not do these classics any favors.” Hardware and emulation experts explain that it all comes down to “a lack of care when it comes to emulation, with some of the same problems that we observed with the PS4 version of the emulator that remain unresolved two years later and with some new problems too,” they say in the latest episode of DF Direct.
Currently the PS2 emulator on PS5 and PS4 allows us to enjoy interesting improvements such as rewinds, custom controls and choosing NSTC or PAL versions. And this is something that is welcome, although Digital Foundry says that “the problem is that the application of these ideas is often disappointing or even detrimental to the enjoyment of the game.” In fact, Tomb Raider: Anniversary is given as an example, where the “video scaling is significantly worse“, something that “is disconcerting to see how sloppy the scaling is here on the PS5 hardware.”
PSP to PS5 emulation is also not convincing
Digital Foundry explains that they tested Daxter and noticed a “irregular frame delivery“, and observed “similar and even worse problems in other PSP releases on PS Plus.” The conclusion they reach is that “it’s hard to accept Sony’s efforts when the retro community has collectively solved a lot of these problems, especially by developing really good scaling filters that one might want to use.” Because of this, they think that “it seems that Sony just doesn’t want to spend the time necessary to present their classic titles in their best form.” This is not to say that they are not playable, not at all, “but wouldn’t you prefer that someone who knows the title set it up perfectly for you?”
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