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

• 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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      • millie@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If they’re bring ripped and preserved, it doesn’t really matter if they work yet, in an archival sense.

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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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