I think the only reason PS1 titles are not a thing on PS4 is because Sony wants to find a way to charge people again for those titles.

They already cleared up how their PS2 emulator works on PS4, we already know the Ps3 emulator for PS2 games was 'bundled' with each game Sony sells on the store, since if I'm not wrong pirates extracted the emulator so it can play every PS2 game on PS3. If Sony doesn't want to bring PS1/Vita/PSP games on PS4, is just because there's some kind of licensing issue (but I really doubt it, if they keep selling Vita and PS1 games on the store, it means you can contact rights owners and make an agreement with them, so this is a non-issue) or because, simply, they are lazy. The problem is not the hardware, here, there's no barrier causing the impossibility to have Vita/PSP games on Ps4.Īs other people wrote here, PS2 and PSP emulation is already a thing from years on PC, and this without official Sony tools. It would be a shame if this catalog of games were to fade away, just because there would be no contemporary hardware on which they could be played.Sorry pal, but the PS4 is totally capable to play Vita games, considering PS2 emulation should be much demanding. There are so many great PSP and Vita games. Consumers will be happy to carry over their old games without having to repurchase them, which in turn should give them confidence to buy more games, knowing that they can be played for many years ahead, Publishers and developers would also be happy, because they can continue to sell the great games that they've already created, instead of having to reprogram the game every few years (which takes time, money, and resources). I've said for several years now that they should allow these games to be sold and played on PS4, because it would please consumers, developers, and publishers. Even though it should be feasible from a technical perspective, I have doubts that Sony will actually go through with it, since they never bothered to bring over PS1 games, or the downloadable PS2 games that were sold on PS3.

There shouldn't be many technical challenges, aside from Vita games that rely on certain hardware features like the touch screen, rear touch panel, or cameras. I'd like to see my previously purchased PSP and Vita games (at least the digital downloads) playable on PS4.

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