PlayStation 4 Emulator Is in Development by the Team Behind RPCS3, a PS3 Emulator

PlayStation 4 was released a decade ago, all the way back in November 2013. Now, an emulator is in development for the console which can potentially help players play PS4 games on PC. This emulator is being made by the same team that built RPCS3, a PS3 emulator. The new PS4 emulator is called RPCSX. Here are all details about the new PS4 emulator in development.

PS4 Emulator – RPCSX

The developers have said that this project is currently an experimental emulator which cannot run games yet. They have also added that it is unknown when their emulator will be able to run PS4 games. The emulator is also being written in C++ for Linux, as per the GitHub page.

RPCS3, the PS3 emulator, has been around for 10 years, and yet 30% of PS3 games “either can’t be finished, have serious glitches or have insufficient performance”, as highlighted by PCGamer. The new RPCSX emulator has just begun development and there is also a key difference for the emulators to deal with when typing to play PS4 games on your PC. The current RPCSX emulator for PS4 takes advantage of PS4’s x86 architecture which is similar to one on a modern PC.

The team trying to pull off this emulator but it does have “serious glitches or have insufficient performance.” The current state that the PS4 emulator is early days so it can be years before games even boot up. However, the RPCS3 is proof that an emulator for Sony PS4 which runs games can indeed happen.