PS4 PC emulator

[Alaa]

I didn't know where to post this so here it is in the off-topic area.

 

Anyways I wanna know how could I emulate a PS4 into a PC and be able to play certain exclusive games, what specs of the PC are needed, basic stuff, etc...

 

For research purposes

[TetraSky]

You can't. There is no PS4 emulators available on the PC yet. Nor is there any Xbox360 emulator, or Xbox One emulator or PS3 emulator, at least, none that I'm aware of, that are legitimate and 100% working. (many fake sites on google would make you believe otherwise, but it's all a scam)

[Alaa]

3 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

You can't. There is no PS4 emulators available on the PC yet. Nor is there any Xbox360 emulator, or Xbox One emulator or PS3 emulator.

Hmmm, so emulation is for retro stuff not next gen consoles?

 

[TetraSky]

Just now, Alaa said:

Hmmm, so emulation is for retro stuff not next gen consoles?

 

Right now, pretty much. There is a Wii U emulator that technically work right now though, but it's still very early in development. 

[Alaa]

2 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Right now, pretty much. There is a Wii U emulator that technically work right now though, but it's still very early in development. 

Thanks, now I feel stupid lol

[TetraSky]

Just now, Alaa said:

Thanks, now I feel stupid lol

Don't be, it's easy to be misled when you google "ps4 emulator" and you are shown websites like "PS4 Emulator - Emulate PlayStation 4 Games on PC", but those are scams/fake/virus filled.

[Alaa]

2 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Don't be, it's easy to be misled when you google "ps4 emulator" and you are shown websites like "PS4 Emulator - Emulate PlayStation 4 Games on PC", but those are scams/fake/virus filled.

I knew they were fake, I'm making sure if such thing exist anyway. Thanks for helping me

[TAHIRMIA]

3 minutes ago, Alaa said:

I knew they were fake, I'm making sure if such thing exist anyway. Thanks for helping me

It's because of the encryption and the way the system is designed. The Nintendo switch might be the only next gen console to be emulated because it is based on nvidia graphics, so in theory it should be easier.

[minibois]

In theory?  Very hard to say. Depends a lot on how easy it will be to emulate and mostly on how well the code is optimized.

Could be a couple dozen of the modern CPU's and GPU's, maybe not.

 

And you can't emulate now.

[Squirrel724]

3 hours ago, Alaa said:

Hmmm, so emulation is for retro stuff not next gen consoles?

 

Eventually we may see emulation for the PS4/Xbox One. This big issue is that you need many times the power of the console in order to have the overhead needed to emulate the hardware as well as the software.

[Coaxialgamer]

44 minutes ago, Squirrel724 said:

Eventually we may see emulation for the PS4/Xbox One. This big issue is that you need many times the power of the console in order to have the overhead needed to emulate the hardware as well as the software.

that was the case when you needed to emulate PowerPC , MIPS or CELL chips in software . All the console's instructions had to be translated to x86 assembly ( or anything else a desktop cpu can understand ).

 

but the newest consoles are all based on x86 CPU's and standard GCN GPU's , so you don't really need that overhead ( scaling might still not be 1:1 though )

There isn't any translation to be done, which always was what needed so much power to emulate in real time.

 

the main issue emulator development teams might be facing is mainly security ; getting around the safeguards sony and MS put against this sort of stuff. 

[TheAvokadoMan]

I actually fine it funny

the old consoles like NES N64 GBA Genasis and so on. Had a much different hardware compare to a standard PC. but they have Emulators. 

But the newest consoles with have almost the same hardaware as a PC doesn't.  

[somebodyThatIUsedToKnow]

2 hours ago, TheAvokadoMan said:

I actually fine it funny

the old consoles like NES N64 GBA Genasis and so on. Had a much different hardware compare to a standard PC. but they have Emulators. 

But the newest consoles with have almost the same hardaware as a PC doesn't.  

 

 

It's to do with the encryption that console makers put in, and the power required to fully emulate a completely different, very powerful, processor. The PC would need to be magnitudes more powerful than a PS4 and that it totally out of reach for most people.

[TheAvokadoMan]

I heard they actually used a proper PC on CEO to show off the xbox one  

 

After a quick google search. . .

http://segmentnext.com/2016/06/16/microsoft-using-windows-pcs-xbox-one-demos-e3-agian/