Sony announced earlier this month that it would be closing the PS3 and Vita stores, rendering several digital exclusives completely inaccessible—among them Infamous: Festival of Blood, House of the Dead 4, and Ratchet: Deadlocked HD. It’s a damning move for preservation, and has especially worrying ramifications for future generations given that Sony is also ceasing game disc production from 2028 onwards. Thankfully, emulation is picking up the slack.

As reported by RespawnFirst, the team behind PS3 emulator RPCS3 just confirmed that 75 percent of the platform’s library is now playable on PC, meaning that they can be played from start to finish without any game-breaking issues. To put that figure into perspective, 75 percent of all games is equivalent to 2,681 of 3,559 titles.

The team also announced that the emulator will work without needing to install PS3 firmware "in the future."

Included among that 75 percent are some of the digital exclusive titles destined to become abandonware, like the aforementioned Ratchet: Deadlocked HD and House of the Dead 4, while others, such as Infamous: Festival of Blood, are making steady improvement—currently classified as “ingame.” There are 826 games in total with that label, which means that the game either can’t be finished, has serious glitches, or suffers from performance issues.

Only 1.75 Percent Of PS3 Games Are Completely Unplayable

The official RPCS3 compatibility list breaks down the exact status of the PS3 library right now: 75.33 percent playable, 22.93 percent ingame, 1.69 percent “intro,” and 0.06 percent “loadable.” Intro games are those that don’t make it past the menus, while loadable games are those that display a black screen with a framerate and nothing else. The bulk of these are demos, betas, and apps.

It’s a hugely impressive milestone, and ensures that while Sony is leaving the PS3 storefront behind, its library won't be lost for good. With that being said, the team reaffirms that they “do not condone piracy of any kind,” and that providing or discussing illegal downloads is not allowed within its communities. “Purchasing legitimate game copies, through the PlayStation Store or through acquiring game discs, and using those copies with RPCS3 is the best way to ensure you will have a clean copy that will work with the emulator,” it explained.

Abandonware is of course still piracy—but there’s a wealth of delisted PC games widely available online to download that publishers have not cracked down on. You can still grab a copy of Battlefield 1942 or even Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and these kinds of games are often discussed and shared across social media with little repercussion. It’s something of a grey area. While it’s still technically copyright infringement, the original rights-holders don’t make money from distribution, relinquishing profits to the second-hand market, so it’s rare to see publishers take against those preserving lost games.