Comment on ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online

FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lud@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sadly emulation is seemingly non-existent for newer consoles like PS4 and Xbox one (PS3 is pretty emulatable but fairly demanding, Xbox 360 emulation is last I checked still pretty poor) Luckily most of the games on newer consoles are released on PC.

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  • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I remember ps3 emulation a few years ago was determined too hardware intensive, nowadays it can be done on mid level hardware. PS4 and Xbox One is going to happen, just depends on when.

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    • LinyosT@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are already PS4 emulators. Though they’re extremely early and work a lot closer to how Wine/Proton do rather than traditional emulation IIRC.

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      • senseamidmadness@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep. The PS4 and Xbone are both very close to off-the-shelf AMD APU’s as far as I remember; you could buy very similar processors for desktop use. Emulation would require a ton more power than the original chips, and the original chips are so close to desktop processors that it’s more efficient and feasible to reverse-engineer the proprietary API’s those console chips use.

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      • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Aren’t we at the stage where getting the game to boot to the start menu is a big deal? I would imagine getting games running is a bit further off.

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe eventually but if ever it’s going to take a long ass time.

      They are getting better and better at implementing ways to complicate it

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      • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I will say I was expecting PS4 emulation to be more developed. Still it will be the fastest way to get Bloodborne 60fps for the masses.

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  • steal_your_face@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re working it, don’t worry.

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course but I doubt it will become as good as the much older consoles anytime soon. Maybe in a decade or two or something.

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