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PS5 jailbreak proves the console could've been backwards compatible with PS2 discs all along (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 1 day ago by supaSuit@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] dog@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't even need to understand how a console works to know this. It's pretty much a given, because Sony.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its all x86 computers no?

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

PS2 has a custom MIPS-based RISC CPU

PS3 is PowerPC

PS4/PS5 are x86_64

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PS3 is not really PowerPC. The cell processor has a PowerPC core, but its a different enough custom processor that it needs its own custom coding and tooling to use it to its fullest.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But actually, why were the home consoles of that generations all PowerPC-based

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it was mostly because IBM would contract make chips for them using their own designs and Intel / AMD wouldn't.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Oh interesting, didnt know that