RPCS3 is a free multi platform emulator that is completely open-source. It only emulates PlayStation 3 games, but it's a lot of these available. It's mainly developed by two developers, Nekotekina and kd-11. It does not allow any PlayStation 3 peripheral controller use as of today, but there are a lot of usable gamepads available to play with, and most brands and types of controllers can be used to play all of the games. {To download, you will need a 64-bit version of either Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9, or Windows 10. |} Modern versions of Linux also needs to be completely supported by RPCS3. It might also work with other hardware, though Linux and Windows appear to be recommended (For a much better gameplay experience). You can download RPCS3 from https://rpcs3.onl/ and install it following its instructions.
So as to install games, you will need to get them from either a physical PlayStation 3 games console you have access to or from a Blu-ray drive, though only certain types of Blu-ray drives can be used to install games to use with RPCS3. This can be inconvenient. According to the developer, 1876 games are currently playable, which is a great amount if you're looking to play a large number of different video games from a PlayStation 3 console on your computer. Right now, online multiplayer is unfortunately only available in a very small selection of games, which can be inconvenient if you want to play with someone that's not near you. This may be improved in the future, but as of right now it seems unlikely. Local multiplayer, however, is fortunately completely supported, meaning you can use it in all available multiplayer games that would have a local multiplayer option when playing on a real console. You may use up to 7 controllers at exactly the same time, which means that you can play with a larger group of people if needed. As of March 2020, there's now support offered for a number of PlayStation 3D games, which means you can play games offering 3D capabilities (3D effects such as the ones in 3D films ).
So as to install games, you will need to get them from either a physical PlayStation 3 games console you have access to or from a Blu-ray drive, though only certain types of Blu-ray drives can be used to install games to use with RPCS3. This can be inconvenient. According to the developer, 1876 games are currently playable, which is a great amount if you're looking to play a large number of different video games from a PlayStation 3 console on your computer. Right now, online multiplayer is unfortunately only available in a very small selection of games, which can be inconvenient if you want to play with someone that's not near you. This may be improved in the future, but as of right now it seems unlikely. Local multiplayer, however, is fortunately completely supported, meaning you can use it in all available multiplayer games that would have a local multiplayer option when playing on a real console. You may use up to 7 controllers at exactly the same time, which means that you can play with a larger group of people if needed. As of March 2020, there's now support offered for a number of PlayStation 3D games, which means you can play games offering 3D capabilities (3D effects such as the ones in 3D films ).