One isn't really better than the other, the Emotion Engine is hardware, and Emulation is software. I think taht the EE can play a couple more dated games than emulation provieds, but nothing that really effects anyone.
The Emotional Engine is on a chip in your PS3. It was the heart of the PS2, and with it it´s possible to easily run 99% of all PS2 games. Emulation means that it´s a program that makes your PS3 to believe that it is a PS2, instead of using the real heart. This is harder to do, and in most cases you need to make a own program for each game, to prevent glitches. But you can run your PS1/2 games in HD with a emulator and/or make the games look better. I believe that the last number I heard was around 80-90% of all games supported. The PS3´s with the Emotional chip will run both modes. If the game is not supported by emulation, it will run the Emotional chip. If it´s supported, you will be able to run it in HD if you want.
The Emotion Engine is the actual PlayStation 2 chipset while the emulator uses software to fake having it there. having the actual chipset in the system makes it much more likely that any PlayStation 2 games you want to play will work (if not an import). The emulator, meantime, is more limited as code must be written to get it to work properly with some games. This usually gets added in through the firmware updates.
The Emotional Engine is on a chip in your PS3. It was the heart of the PS2, and with it it´s possible to easily run 99% of all PS2 games. Emulation means that it´s a program that makes your PS3 to believe that it is a PS2, instead of using the real heart. This is harder to do, and in most cases you need to make a own program for each game, to prevent glitches. But you can run your PS1/2 games in HD with a emulator and/or make the games look better. I believe that the last number I heard was around 80-90% of all games supported. The PS3´s with the Emotional chip will run both modes. If the game is not supported by emulation, it will run the Emotional chip. If it´s supported, you will be able to run it in HD if you want.Foppe_
actually as of the last update it was 96% b/c with PS2 games.
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