Builders are seemingly engaged on working video games made for the PS3 natively on PS5 {hardware} by emulation. Developer Implicit Conversions has, on its public roadmap, added a brand new merchandise: PlayStation 3 Emulator. The posting on the roadmap says that the studio is researching and prototyping a PS3 emulator that will work with in-house Syrup emulation engine.

It’s price noting, nonetheless, that PS3 emulation with Syrup might nonetheless be fairly a while away, for the reason that publish on the roadmap has been tagged as “Dreaming About”, which might point out that the builders are nonetheless within the analysis section.

For context, the Syrup engine permits builders to convey their older titles from consoles going way back to the Sega Grasp System and Nintendo Leisure System to extra trendy platforms like Xbox Collection X/S and PS5. The emulator offers a bunch of options as properly, together with help for on-line play, save states, timeline rewinding, and widescreen help.

The studio works with Sony to convey a few of its basic titles from PS One and PS2 on to trendy platforms, making them out there by the upper tiers of a PlayStation Plus subscription. PS3 video games, nonetheless, can at present solely be performed on the PS5 by using cloud gaming.

It’s also price noting that PS3 emulation has additionally been beneath works by open supply builders, with emulators like RPCS3 already working with some PS3 video games on PC. Progress, nonetheless, remains to be an ongoing factor, with builders engaged on including extra options and help for extra video games.