Its the successor to the PlayStation 2 and the seventh best-selling gaming console ever.

The PlayStation 3 had its own moment of glory, competing with the likes of Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Thanks to its super slim variation that further refined and redesigned the console.

PS3 is basically a disc-based system that utilizes Blu-ray discs which provides more storage capacity for multichannel audio and HD graphics.

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Albeit good, the PlayStation 3 never lived to its lofty goal of being the best PS4 alternative and Sony had to discontinue its production in 2017.

Fortunately, we found the perfect PS3 emulator that can emulate PS3 games on PC.RPCS3 is the name.

It is an open source PS3 emulator that allows users to play PlayStation 3 games on PC.

Albeit a work in progress, RPCS3 has already brought some good PlayStation 3 AAA exclusives such as Demons Souls, God of War, Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Infamous, Gran Turismo, Persona 5 and more to PC.

You can head over to this page to see a list of compatible PS3 games that has been tested using RPCS3 emulator.

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Now heres how to install and setup RPCS3 PS3 emulator on PC.

So here are the steps to install, setup and boot PS3 games on RPCS3 emulator.

Next up, head over to Sonys PlayStation website and download PS3 system software update.

Get a self-dumped PS3 game which should be in.pkg or.rap format.

Then extract the file using RPCS3 built-in package installer found under File Install.pkg.

Then find and select any of the PS3 game you have on your PC and wait for it to load.

RPCS3 is the first and only PlayStation 3 (PS3) emulator for PC as of now.

And do not that theres currently no PS3 emulator for Android.

When you load a compatible PS3 game on RPCS3 and it runs successfully, then try to appreciate the painstaking effort that has gone to make that possible.

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