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fatslob-:O on 13 October 2015

The hardest part is arguably going to be the GPU ...

Every last attempts that emulator devs did for previous consoles consisted of fixed function GPUs ...

The way the Citra emulator side-stepped this was to emulate the GPU using the CPU. You'd think it would be easy emulating what looks like an OpenGL ES 1.1 feature set GPU with some extensions but it can't even be done using modern GPUs that support the latest graphics APIs like Direct3D 12 or OpenGL 4.5!

CUDA is one possible option but even with the latest Nvidia GPU micro-architecture, it may not provide every functionality from AMD's previous GPU architectures ...

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JRPGfan on 13 October 2015

spemanig said:

JRPGfan said:
That was alot sooner than I thought it would be.
Oh well before its ready to play games half decently for the avg joe, people will be on to the NX and laughing at people with emulators playing last gen games.

No one laughed at people playing GCN/PS2 emulators last gen.

Yeah that was abit harsh.... Hell Ive used a PS2 emulator before as well (I own a ps2 and the games), simply because its easier than hooking things up again, it looks better, save states, ect.

But the point was, this isnt going to hurt Wii U software sales any.

Its the first release, and these projects normally take many years before they can run "well enough" to be practical to use.

By then Nintendo will already be onto the NX.

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daredevil.shark on 13 October 2015

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walsufnir on 13 October 2015

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emulators have always been for cheap people. pfft buy a real console.

Hmm? That's nonsense because they are way more than that (as of emulators since PSX).

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walsufnir on 13 October 2015

Hynad said:

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Doesn't the XBO have the exact 360 hardware included? I remember reading in the same explanation as to how the 360 emulation works that there's literally a 360 inside every XBO, just as the early PS3 models also literally contained PS2s. Not exactly the best of comparisons.

From my understanding (I don't even remotely dabble in high end emulation, so little so that I don't even follow it), it still takes a relatively high end PC to run Dolphin games reasonably well, and Dolphin is incredibly well built and has been optimized about as much as it'll ever be. I think we're still a long while off of a 50% effective PS360 emulator, let alone something with as..."unique" specs as the Wii U has. After all, we only really got the Wii emu quickly because it's essentially a Gamecube with waggle.

No. It doesn't. The 360 was Power PC based, and the XBO is x86. Basically, Microsoft and its partners retool the games to make them run on the XBO. That's why not all games work currently. Besides, you can't run the games directly from their disc. You have to download them into your HDD first. The disc only serves as a proof you have the game, and unlocks the download file.

What exactly is "retooling"? The games aren't altered in any way. And not all games work as there are licensing issues involved. MS repackages the games, though. And yes, you have to download them as no game on Xbone runs off the disc and to Xbone, the emulator for 360 is just like an Xbone game.

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Boberkun on 13 October 2015

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episteme on 13 October 2015

Interesting that the first emulator came at the same time as the first USB loader of Wii U games.
And it's weird that Nintendo patched the exploit for USB loaders months before it came out.

I think we'll see PS4 emulation at full speed before PS3 because emulating the Cell requires a ridiculous amount of power while the PS4 is x86.

And I don't know how they made an 360 emulator for the Xbox One, that must be the most efficient emulator of all time, almost a miracle if you compare it to other emulators.