| zero129 said: [...] Did you see videos of them os's running on the original xbox? they are bad and slow enough without even trying to run a game on top of them. |
I did it myself back in the days! Yes, it was slow like fuck, but like I said, only because nobody cared enough about it. There was no native solution, because there were no drivers at all for the custom mobile Celeron inside the Xbox. So the only solution was emulating via Linux. With the Celeron lacking any Virtualization features, it ran extra shitty. But Linux itself worked like a charm! If someone more talented than me cared enough to write native drivers for the hardware for Win 98, it would be doable.
Today things might look different. The PS4 already has a bigger install base than the Xbox had at the end of its life, so chances are there is some good hacker among the people who might be able to do it. Also, modern Windows versions get along with a whole lot more of hardware. In times of Windows 98, hardware drivers were a pain in the ass. Not so much today, Windows recognizes all your hardware pretty much itself. The Jaguar inside the PS4 is customized, but there is a version for home PCs also. So it might just work without extra drivers, we would need to try that out. I think Windows 7 should work real good on the PS4. Like I said before, the graphics drivers will be a huge issues, so I don't expect any intense PC games to run on it. But some indie stuff like Undertale or older games should be no problem whatsoever.
Anyway, I think it will be very interesting to see what will come out of this. Sure, there is the potential danger of cheaters and pirates. But that also exists on PC and the people play games just fine. Most people won't ever know that the console is hacked, so I would just chill out about that. It is really amazig what possibilities you have with homebrew! With a nice hacked PS4, you can send your Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast or whatever right into the trash for example!
唯一無二のRolStoppableに認められた、VGCの任天堂ファミリーの正式メンバーです。光栄に思います。
