>>59018316About as well as RPCS3 can manage right now, on the PC, which is around 70% of all ps3 being games playable from start to finish with existing emulator graphical glitches/etc. That's more on the emulator's fault, which will improve with time. Performance-wise, you'll be playing at a lower framerate, like around 40ish, which is why I initially said I was waiting on the Ayn Thor 2, which will likely have a gen4 chipset. Video related.
>>59018367It can, in a sense. You can only connect to any online networks that your emulators have available for pc (local wifi/Pretendo network). You can basically play cross-platform with people emulating on pc or similar devices.
>>59018460"Base" has the 8Gen2 chipset you want to play higher end games. Don't worry about paying more for storage since you can pop in a huge mircrosd for it. But if I were you, I'd wait for the Thor 2/next iteration for more performance gains on an 8Gen4 (or better) chipset.