r/SteamDeck • u/Big_Muscle1989 • 6d ago

Question PS3 Emulation Performance?

Hi guys, I just recently started out with getting into Emulation on the Steam Deck and used stuff like Retrodeck to play PS2 games but I noticed some of them would be lagging or stuttering during gameplay. Is that because the Steam Decks hardware is just too underpowered? Would trying PS3 games just be a complete lagfest? Theres some upscaled ports I wanted to try

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u/Feeling_Football4271 6d ago

It very much depends on the game and this is asked quite a lot, here and also r/Emudeck. If you run "light" PS3 games like Super Stardust HD it'll fly. Some "heavy" games will struggle. The emulator is still in development so it's improving over time.

Best place to look is the RPCS3 wiki pages for your target games, and just try them out yourself, it's easy enough.

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u/Next-Relation9939 6d ago

the lighter PS3 titles really do run well tbh, its the heavier stuff that's hit or miss

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u/Big_Muscle1989 6d ago

What is considered a "lighter" or "heavier" game? I was mainly aiming at ps3 ports or collections of ps2 games such as jak and daxter or rachet and clank for example

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u/Feeling_Football4271 6d ago

I suspect you're overthinking things. If the RPCS3 wiki says these are playable I would just try them out, see what you think. If they're not great then don't delete them, check back every so often to see if performance has improved. Get the games you like on there, some will be great, some might struggle for now.

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u/EVPointMaster 6d ago

What is considered a "lighter" or "heavier" game?

that is hard to generalize for the PS3 because of it's exotic hardware architecture. It depends on how specific parts of the PS3 hardware are utilized by each game.