azrm2k on 13 June 2008
| PooperScooper said: How does computers emulate Ps1, Ps2, NES, SNES, Genisis, ect ect consoles without having their hardware? thats the point for people saying SW emulation is possible, |
I haven't messed with PS1/PS2 emulation but the reason the older systems work perfectly fine is that modern computers can run dozens of laps around the original hardware so it can properly emulate it without a performance hit. However the PS2 HW is still recent enough that to get SW emulation running decently is still pretty hard. I'm assuming Sony wants to find a way to get a decent amount of titles working at playable framerates before releasing SW BC patches.
