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The Emotion Engine is a central processing unit developed and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment and Toshiba for use in the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was also used in early PlayStation 3 models sold in Japan and North America (Model Numbers CECHAxx & CECHBxx) to provide PlayStation 2 game support.
I have one of the original PS3 with the real emotion engine chip. For years it played my whole PS2 (vice city!) and even PS1 games (Chrono Cross!). I haven’t tried in a long time and now PS2 games aren’t detected. Blu-ray and PS3 games are fine. Any ideas?
Mar 9, 2007 · 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.
The best advice i can tell you, is to just buy PS2 with some good quality component cables and upscaler. It will be much cheaper, and quality of image can look better. Reply reply
Its still incredible that this baby processor can play 1080p and yet only 4 games exist that do play in 1080p. 413 votes, 53 comments. 137K subscribers in the ps2 community. The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is Sony's second game console. Released in 2000, it officially….
Jul 27, 2007 · I want to pull the trigger on a 60GB next month (only a few days away now). Cost and HD size is not my issue but backwards-compatibility is. Which is better...
Feb 25, 2007 · “With the latest European specification we have removed the Emotion Engine, retaining the graphics chip. This has an impact on the number of PS2 titles that will be backwards compatible.” While no specific reason for the shift from hardware to software emulation of PS2 titles was cited by Sony in the interview, many have speculated the move ...
