PS3 Emulator Refuses To Use New Nvidia AI "Slop"

Popular PS3 Emulator Takes Stance Against DLSS 5: "We Do Not Ship That Slop" Published Sep 2, 2026, 5:33 AM EDT James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life 3, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account Last week, Nvidia's newfangled DLSS 5 technology leaked, an AI filter that feeds art styles through a meat grinder to churn out hyperrealistic and often creepy-looking visuals. Players have been using it to turn Hi-Fi Rush into a lost rendition of Spy Kids, 'remaster' old games like Kingdom Hearts (read: butcher them), and force Geralt to confront the most treacherous region of all: the uncanny valley. Naturally, these same players are now eyeing older, console-locked games, which means that emulators like RPCS3 have been asked to implement DLSS 5 support. Its answer? "A few people are testing a leaked DLSS 5 DLL on our renderer. We have seen the slop it generates," the team posted to X. "Whilst the gaming industry pushes more upscalers and frame generation to hallucinate games and hide their lack of optimisation, we do not ship any of that slop." "RPCS3's Goal Is To Be As Accurate As Possible" It's hardly surprising that an emulation team that prides itself on preservation would take a stance against technology that completely disregards a developer's intent and direction. That's especially true with the PS3 store set to close, casting digital exclusives into the phantom zone where they can only be rescued through piracy. DLSS 5 is a technology that assumes the endgame is realism, and that the limitations a studio worked under somehow undermine the finished piece. A bit like all those ray-tracing mods that replace the intentional baked lighting with muh realism. When pushed by the AI brigade on its stance, with one commenter even claiming that internal resolution scaling is somehow equal to AI filters and that RPCS3's argument is "so low IQ," the team responded: "Maybe you should use your incredibly superior IQ to develop a better solution and save us all from DLSS 5, instead of peddling commercial AI slop software to others." "RPCS3's goal as a project is to be as accurate as possible, optimising down to the CPU cycle level, whilst avoiding game-specific hacks," they explained in another reply. "If you want to play your games with interpolation slop and double the input lag, there is plenty of software that can inject that for you." So, no. Don't expect official DLSS 5 support from the most popular PS3 emulator on the internet. RPCS3 is firmly in the 'no AI slop here' camp. But even if it were to capitulate and use the leaked Nvidia tools to render classics completely unrecognizable, what would be the point? The tech ties an anchor to performance and renders games borderline unplayable. A double whammy of Infamous looking like those old Will Smith spaghetti videos and running at 8fps, what a bargain! Brand Sony Original Release Date November 11, 2006 Original MSRP (USD) $499, ¥49,980 (20 GB model) / $599.99, ¥60,000, £425, €599 (60 GB model) Operating System CellOS Processor Cell Resolution 480i - 1080p