PS4 Playing PS3 (& Wii U) Game Titles on your PS4? - Maybe sooner than you think!

Wait what? Is this headline correctly? Yes, your eyes doesn't trick you! Following up after the newest Release of Psxitarch Linux Version 2.0, several Developers and Teams such as Team PSXITA (who brought you this very good Linux Distribution for your PS4) - the Great Developers behind the RPCS3 Project (who brings you a very strong PS3 Emulator for both PC and Linux Systems [constant readers from this Forum already knows them by their monthly Progress Reports]) - but also Developers like @valentinbreiz together with several others from @PS4LINUX brings you in combination a good-looking and most of all, promising method to play your older PS3 Game Titles on your PS4 running on System Firmware 5.05. But they won't stop there. The YouTube-Channel behind @PS4LINUX showcases also how they was able to play the very famous Nintendo Switch Launch Title "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" on a PS4 Pro with System Firmware 5.05 by using the also well-known Cemu Emulator through Linux. Sure, you might want to ask how this is possible but more importantly, how you can do this as well. Don't worry, it isn't so difficult as you might think. But first we should check all those showcases and then we can analyze every step needed to enjoy your favourite PS3 and Wii U Game Titles on your PS4.​

Showcase of PS3 Title "Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch" running via RPCS3 on Linux installed on PS4

Ni no Kuni 1 on PS4 PRO 5.05 Psxitarch Linux v2 |

Zelda: Breath of the Wild on PS4 PRO 5.05 Psxitarch Linux v2 |

Psxitarch linux v2 on PS4 PRO 5.05 RUNNING Counter-Strike GO


So how is this possible? Well, the answer is simple. When you have your PS4 "sleeping" on System Firmware 5.05, you already know that you have the luck to use a Kernel Exploit which gives you the ability to install a Linux Distribution such as the Psxitarch Linux as mentioned before. And while on Linux, you will also find out that those great Emulator Solutions such as RPCS3's PS3 Emulator are not only available for Windows-PC's, but also for Linux as well. Sure both the PS4 and PS4 Pro aren't so powerful like a full-fledged PC and yes, those Games showcased above have a few issues due to the weaker Hardware but the fact that such a strong Emulator running on a PS4 with Linux installed, itself is very impressive.

But why this looks so promising even with slower PS4 Hardware? The answer is here simple as well. Emulators like RPCS3 or Cemu aren't new. With the mentioned monthly Progress Reports, you are already able to recognize how those Emulators get better and better Support for various Game Titles by each new month. You have to understand that when the Developers try new Games on their Emulators, they also need to try various settings and other options at first to make a Game more playable. Even on stronger and more expensive PC Hardware, emulating those Game Titles aren't a easy Task and they start with major issues mostly as well. But as on those Videos shown, you are able to tinker with those settings for your own to give you a playable experience on your PS4. Together with the opportunity that you can contribute your results in their respective Communities, this show that using Linux for Emulating older Game Titles can be the "Real Deal".

But it isn't only the Emulator Software itself which deserves your applause. As showcased in the third video, it is also possible for you to play your older Classic Titles which saw a Linux Release as well, such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive - or you probably know it better as CS:GO. Sure, this isn't the first attempt to play Linux Games on the PS4 but thanks to a well-developed Linux Distribution such as PSXitarch, it shows only minor issues in Gameplay, as you can see inside the video. And while this special Linux Distribution for your PS4 already showed in it's initial release how good it was implemented with the PS4 Hardware - especially GPU-wise - there is no Problem to use a Emulator written for Windows-PC's only by using the well-known Wine Application. With Wine installed, you are able to run Windows-Applications on your Linux System, as you already probably know. So there is no problem to emulate the Great Cemu Emulator through Wine by emulating a Wii U Game like Zelda. There is only one word left to say: Emu-ception

But we aren't finished yet. To give you a opportunity for getting a good base by emulating your older PS3 Classics on your PS4, our own Team Member @Roxanne also made her homework by bringing you a new "PS3 Classics Emulator Compatibility List" on PS4 Development Wiki. With such a List, as previous known for other older Game Titles such as playing "PS2 Classics on PS4" with nearly 1000 Game Titles for instance, she gives you the possibility to report and to contribute your results very easily. At first it looks very empty, that's true but with your passion and your help, you can fill this List with your Games Collection. And with that, you can help the community by your own and other Gamers can check your Results if they search for a specific Game Title. So it's time to grab your old Games out from your dusty Library by giving them a "2nd Chance" running on your PS4, don't you think?


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Psxitarch Linux Version 2.0 by Team PSXITA
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Is not that simple H1CA, the game files are copyed by using a PS3 so in this case is not needed to use additional stuff to circunvent the copy protection, the game was designed for the PS3 and we use a PS3 to copy it
Also, the license you sign with sony only affects to 2 points:
-the warranty and support services
-the online services

If i buy something i can do whatever i want with it, because i paid for it and is mine... what i cant do (incase of breaking the license) is the 2 points i mentioned before
-i cant ask sony to repair it because since i broke the license my PS3 is not technically a sony product anymore (it doesnt exists for sony, they refuses to touch my PS3 with a 10 feet pole), they are not going to repair it or give me any support
-I cant use it with the sony online services (so no online play because my PS3 is hacked)

If is ilegal to make a copy of the game explain to me why exists projects like the RPCS3 or orbital emulators that had a patreon and are hosted in a git in public, but the almighty game companyes and console manufactures have not took it down
Answer is in the spoiler

Spoiler

Because they cant

 

It is that simple. The game files are copied by using a HACKED PS3, and not a retail console.
End-user is fully within their rights to do whatever they want with the physical disc, which is what they actually own. End-user is not within their rights, in any country, to remove the encrypted content from the disc using customized hardware for personal use. In the US, and aligned countries, the DMCA allows end-user to make backups of purchased content, but only if there is no breaking of encryption on the content. Simply because the every country's legal system cannot handle thousands of small-court cases does not change that fact. Console manufacturers can and do prosecute commercial copy protection, and would do the same to personal copy protection, if they were inclined.

RPCS3 & Orbital emulators, I believe, are not using Sony's code. Their projects are virtualizing AMD's Vulkan architecture. Now, if Sony's code was found on the git, they would shut it down immediately, and prosecute, which they are within their rights to.

 

End-user is not within their rights, in any country, to remove the encrypted content from the disc using customized hardware for personal use.

absolutely not true,not even in international laws.as long as content is sold as a good and not a service end user is within his right to use the good in,on and in every way as long he's not endangering rights of others.

to put it in simpler example - if i buy a audio CD by international law and law of my not so progressive country i can play it on my cd player,computer,my fridge and oven if i want to,i can even spectrum analyze it,splice it,i can destroy the cd,i can even melt and analyze chemical makeup of the disc itself,but i can't make copies of it and distribute copies to others,i can't charge people to listen to it at my place or anywhere else and i can't blast people's heads off with it.

as long as it sold as a good and not a service i can decrypt a physical release of the game and/or contents of the hdd in my console with any tool or a device there is and in any way that's possible all i want.all contracts that limits my rights with my own property is null and void by international law.

 

You just repeated what I said. Yes, you can do whatever you want with the PHYSICAL DISC. Yes, you can make copies of that CD. You cannot make copies of encrypted content for fun. No law exists, in any country, to allow you to do this. Exemptions exist for content creators to break encryption to create new content, such as content review purposes. Be realistic. How many backups were created for this purpose? It's one thing to pirate, but why kid yourself to believe it's allowed? Why do you think that homebrew developers are generally against piracy?

 

That's what a jailbroken PS4 should be used for, not intended for piracy thing as most people think.

the ps3 psn is still working so naturally the store is also working. and you can use your account for both ps3 and ps4. the wii u belongs to nintendo and is one of sony's rivals. piracy is piracy