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Some of us don't even know what RPCS3 is, so LBP could have been anything. I get it now. No need to explain. But maybe use fewer initialisms next time.
I don’t think RCPS3 has a proper name. But yeah, LBP has been this games name for me for so long that I don’t think I’ve called it anything else.
Made me delve a bit, the logical conclusion i came to:
it seems to be evolved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_(digital_video_recorder)
to https://m.emuparadise.me/Sony_Playstation_Emulators/Windows/PCSX/18
to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSX-Reloaded
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSX2
There is no mention on their page about it though. https://rpcs3.net/about
So an initial word play on PC and PS merged into PCS later added reloaded?
Makes sense. Like MAME, like the other reply mentioned. No one says Multi Arcade Machine Emulator.
RPCS3 is the name of the emulator. It's an acronym but I don't suppose anyone knows or uses it off the top of their head. Like MAME, also an acronym AFAIK (as far as I know), no idea what It means, the acronym is the name of the emulator. So not really initialism.