So....you’re saying Sony isn’t going to do emulation because it isn’t cost effective? That is, that the money that the money and/or time spent on the development wouldn’t be worth it...

Which is exactly what I said.

“The trade-off here would NOT come at the expense of other system priorities,”

They could just as easily…

“Ok, answer my question first, as it’s important to me that you comprehend this: Do you in fact think that the devs responsible for PS5 system improvements would be the exact same devs responsible for reverse engineering the PS3?”

I think there is a pool of devs, and that a team that “would” work on the PS3 emulation…

Your right about this. I was incorrect, I conflated it with the Jaguar 64 (which was...let’s say “not good”). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_(microarchitecture)

I conflated that mentally with the N64, thanks for the correction and explanation!

There is a critically important difference, specifically that RPCS3 is released under GNU Public License, and any work that uses, even only in part, work released under GNU Public License must itself be released under GNU Public License, meaning open-source etc.

So if Sony adapted RPCS3 into their software, they would…

Do you think there are any Don't devs sitting around waiting for projects? Because that betrays a fundamental lack of understanding of software engineering.

“Sony could do it much easier than guys reverse engineering it”

While technically true, it’s an opportunity cost. And given a choice between continued development of PS5 systems updates, online tools, etc. and spending dev time on PS3 implementation, the former is significantly more likely to generate new business than…

The emulation is *incredibly* processor inefficient: You need a *substantially* better computer than a PS3 to emulate a PS3. It’s also not a situation where Sony can just take emulators created by others and use them. They have to make their own in-house, and that’s an opportunity cost: time not spent on PS5…

This is the biggest issue (PowerPC vs. x86), but the memory architecture on the PS3 is also weird.

Yeah, this is just because while the PS1, 2, 4, and 5 are basically just computers built using the available tech at the time using standardized architectures and parts (just with specialized motherboards, GPUs, power supply, etc.).

PS3 did a weird architecture where they split the memory explicitly. Basically, of the…

Yeah, ps3 architecture is weird. Whereas most modern (PS1, PS2, and forward) consoles use a shared memory pool for all processes like a normal computer, PS3 put a specific split. From it’s half gig of RAM, 256MB are specifically for graphics, and 256MB are specifically for processor, and it’s not feasible within the…

I am suggesting Google makes enough money that, for their already restricted population of ad-revenue based videos, they can do human verification, yes.

They don’t *have* to do that.

It would require *effort* to have humans review the content and determine if this is actually a copyright breach, or someone is claiming a copyright they don’t own for “Police Sirens” to shut down a Youtuber playing GTA5.

And Youtube is taking the easiest path.

This really isn’t a US…

The problem is that YouTube is choosing to do all DMCA requests in the absolute dumbest way possible.

Basically, if you are a big enough company, they just take your word for it on DMCA requests. Takedown first, and only worry about any fallout if it gains traction on social media. They actually have “mass report…

Part of it too could have been that when Borderlands 3 was coming out, people were still making decisions on XBox Series X vs. PS5, so blocking crossplay could have made people sticking together on PS4 -> PS5 more likely.

That said, I’m frankly glad Sony is going pro-crossplay here. For my money, Sony has *waaaaay*…

The first three advance wars games always had a “Yippee! We’re going to war! I’ll get to see my friends” vibe that just...always rubbed me wrong.

The gameplay was solid, but the tone was waaaaaaaay off.

Say what you will about Days of Reckoning, but at least war was bad, desperate, and killed innocents in that game.

“Below expectations” in today’s game industry means “it didn’t make Fortnite money.” This is the problem with assuming the exponential growth in the game industry is sustainable: there proportionally simply are that many human being left with the ability to game who aren’t gaming

Then we have to fire you and ruin your life. It’s the only possible way to help the visually disabled.

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That comment is offensive to the blind. Where do you work so I can get you fired?

You know what they say about men with short legs.

They have short jeans.

Look, let’s not get weighed down in hypotheticals, this conversation could get heavy real quick, and we all know how ugly heavy things can get.