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{{Infobox console

|title = PlayStation 3

|discontinued = 2017

|predecessor = [[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]

|emulated = {{✓}}

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The Cell Broadband Engine consists of a 3.2 GHz Power Processing Element (PPE) and seven Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE),<ref group=N2>You might see listings of eight SPEs, but that's because there are eight on the die; one of them is disabled to prevent the manufacturer from yielding too many bad units. Another SPE is reserved for the console's operating system.</ref> and the system contains 256 MBs of XDR DRAM main memory at 3.2 GHz and 256 MBs of GDDR3 video memory at 650 MHz for the Nvidia/SCEI RSX Reality Synthesizer GPU. The GPU ran at 500 MHz and has to communicate forth and back with both RAMs. The complexity of the SPEs bogged down the PlayStation 3 in multi-platform titles, as developers had to go through the process of learning the SPE architecture before they could use it. As a result, several developers decided against using the SPEs, and the consequence is that many multi-platform games ran with lower framerates or worse graphics compared to running those same games on the PS3's competitors.

==Emulators==

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! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|Platform(s)

! scope="col"|Latest Version

! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|Hardware features<br/>and peripherals]]

! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]

! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]

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|[[RPCS3]]

|{{~}}

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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}}

|[[Nucleus]]

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}

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|N/A

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;Short Waves:Released in 2014 by InoriRus, who later returned to the emulation scene in 2021 as the developer of the PlayStation 4 and 5 compatibility layer [[Kyty]]. Short Waves could run a few complex tests that RPCS3 couldn't at the time it was released, but it hasn't been updated since.

;PS3F:Made by Shima, the creator of [[SSF]]. More information can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20161029044210/http://www.geocities.jp/mj3kj8o5/ps3f/index.html here].

==Enhancements==

|- style="font-weight:bold;"

! colspan=2 | Name

! RPCS3

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| [[Resolution|Resizable Internal Resolution]]

| {{✓}}

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| [[Wikipedia:Category:Anti-aliasing_algorithms|Pre-rendering AA]]<br/><small>(MSAA, SSAA)</small>

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| <small>Requires access to the depth buffer and temporal data like motion-vectors so it's quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.</small>

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| [[30/60_FPS_cheat_codes#PlayStation_3|Internal Framerate Hack]]

| {{Y}}

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| [[Overclocking|Overclock]]

| {{Y}}

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| [[Wikipedia:Category:Anti-aliasing_algorithms|Post-rendering AA]]<br/><small>(FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA)</small>

| {{N}}[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/10902 *]

|-

| {{Y}}

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| {{N}}

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| {{N}}

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| rowspan=5 | [https://tasvideos.org/Emulatorresources/Features TAS features]

| {{N}}

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| Built-in [[Mods,_hacks_and_fan-translations#Built-in_graphics_mod_editor.2Fmanager_for_emulators|Graphics mod editor/manager]]

| {{✗}}

| {{Y}}

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| {{N}}

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| Command Line Options

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| Built-in [http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,106405 Custom resolution/CRTSwitchRes]<br/><small>For using this on Windows OS you need [http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1009#p1009 CRT Emudriver].<br/>Another option is using EDID editor tool such as "Custom Resolution Utility".</small>

| {{N}}

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| {{N}}

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| <small>While freecam would be technically possible, it will require per-game patches.<br/>Said patches would require a significant amount of time to reverse the game's engine, which means that only someone talented with enough dedication to a single game could do it.<br/>Also there is a [https://forums.rpcs3.net/thread-200867.html feature request] for adding this enhancement feature to RPCS3 emulator.

|-

| {{Y}}

|}

==Hardware features and peripherals==

|- style="font-weight:bold;"

! colspan=2 | Name

! RPCS3

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| {{✗}}[https://forums.rpcs3.net/showthread.php?tid=201093&pid=307908#pid307908 *]

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| {{✗}}

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|colspan=2 | [[#Blu-ray_player|Blu-ray player]]

| {{✓}}

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|-

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|colspan=2 | [[#PlayStation_Move|PlayStation Move]]

| {{~}}

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| {{Y}}[https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Peripherals_and_accessories#Skylanders_Portal *]

|-

|colspan=2 | Rock Band 3 MIDI Pro Adapter

| {{~}}<abbr title="Only supported through USB passthrough">*</abbr>

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|colspan=2 | <abbr title="Required for some games like SingStar, Rocksmith, Guitar Hero, Rock Band etc.">Microphone</abbr>

| {{Y}}[https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Peripherals_and_accessories#Configuring_Instruments *]

|-

| {{TBD}}

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|colspan=2 | [[Wikipedia:UDraw_GameTablet|uDraw GameTablet]]

| {{TBD}}

|}

<references group=N3/>

===PSP communication===

:[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psp/current/network/remoteplay/remote.html Using remote play (via the PS3 system's wireless LAN)]

:[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/game/copypsp.html Copying games to play on a PSP system that can be played on either PS3 or PSP systems]

===PSVita communication===

:[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/gb/psvita/remoteplay/index.html PS3 Remote Play with PSVita]

:[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/connectvita.html Connect PS Vita System Using Network]

===Blu-ray player===

:See [[Home_Media_Player#Emulators|this dedicated page]] for more information about home media playback support for emulation softwares.

===Peripherals===

====PlayStation Move====

The [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Move|PlayStation Move]] is a controller similar to a Wiimote, shaped to be held into hand and play with motion detection. It is detected by the [[wikipedia:PlayStation_Eye|PSEye]], the successor of the PS2's [[PlayStation_2_emulators#EyeToy|EyeToy]].

If you have the Toy Pad [[RPCS3]] can communicate to the USB device directly ([https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Peripherals_and_accessories#cellUsbd_Device_Whitelist but only exposed devices that have been whitelisted]). Just like [[Wii_U_emulators#Peripherals|cemu]] there is no Toy Pad emulation for the RPCS3 at the moment but you can use [https://github.com/Berny23/LD-ToyPad-Emulator#installation LD-ToyPad-Emulator] for that.

[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+Namco+System+ Arcade variations pull requests for RPCS3].<br/>

[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/pull/14253 With this PR merged, the following 3 System 357/369 arcade games are fully supported by RPCS3];

===[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=900 Namco System 357]===

===[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=923 Namco System 359]===

===Namco System 369===

==Emulation issues==

There are two major bottlenecks at play:

:Something of note is that this GPU was also managed by two different memory units with very disparate frequency speeds; 1) 256 MBs of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 650 MHz with an effective transmission rate of 1.4 GHz, and 2) up to 224 MBs of the 3.2 GHz XDR main memory via the CPU (480 MBs max).

For more information about PlayStation 3 hardware and reverse engineering;

* MVG: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLebZyha74o Why is the Sony PlayStation PS3 so hard to emulate?], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW3XawAsaeU Why was the Sony PlayStation 3 so hard to develop games for ?]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joCMfTPP4M Alexandro Sanchez: FOSDEM'22 - PlayStation 3 Emulation]

* [https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation-3/ Rodrigo Copetti: PLAYSTATION 3 Architecture Practical Analysis]

* [https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/ psdevwiki: PlayStation 3]

==Screenshots==

Playstation3_superslim.png|"Superslim" edition in 2012

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==Notes==

[[Category:Sony consoles]]

[[Category:Seventh-generation video game consoles]]

[[Category:PlayStation 3 emulators|*]]