The xbox and especially ps3 used some fuck ass architectures that are hard to emulate. But the ps4 and xbone are just x86 PCs with AMD CPUs and Radeon GPUs. PS4 emulation has probably made more progress than ps3 in the last few years.
I’m curious how much will carry over to ps5 emulation since they’re basically the same thing.
Just emulate them for free if you want to play them, pretty dumb move on Sony’s part.
Is performant ps5 emulation a thing yet? Unless you mean “in 10 years” in which case I agree
No idea I had been buying their games on PC, but I sincerely doubt it will take 10 years if it isn’t already a thing.
You seem overly confident in the rate at which performant emulation occurs. We’re still struggling to make good Xbox 360 emulators.
The xbox and especially ps3 used some fuck ass architectures that are hard to emulate. But the ps4 and xbone are just x86 PCs with AMD CPUs and Radeon GPUs. PS4 emulation has probably made more progress than ps3 in the last few years.
I’m curious how much will carry over to ps5 emulation since they’re basically the same thing.
Time will tell.
Time is already telling. The PS4 is 13 years old and only a very small portion of the catalog can be successfully emulated.
As the consoles become more advanced, emulation takes exponentially more effort.
When the PS4 has a good emulation story you can start "time will tell"ing about the PS5.