Earlier this month, we informed you about the PlayStation 4 emulator, shadPS4, launching Bloodborne. That version of the PS4 emulator could not display the right colors when Bloodborne was running. Thanks to a new update, though, you can now get the correct colors.
Do note that shadPS4 cannot progress further than the character menu. So yeah, don’t expect to be playing it on PC with this new version of shadPS4. Still, progress is progress.
Moreover, shadPS4 can now run Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remastered. This isn’t THAT exciting for a lot of PC gamers as there is already a PC version of it. Still, it’s good to see more and more 3D games running on this PlayStation 4 emulator.
From what I know so far, shadPS4 is the only PlayStation 4 emulator right now that can launch Bloodborne. The other six PS4 emulators (psOff, fpPS4, Spine, RPCSX, Kyty and GPCS4) do not seem capable of doing something like this.
As I said before, don’t expect to be playing Bloodborne (or other games like Gran Turismo) via this emulator anytime soon. To be honest, I’ll be shocked if the emulator manages to get in-game with a somehow playable framerate in 2024. By “playable framerate” I mean, something between 20-30fps.
Yes yes, we all want to run Bloodborne with 60fps at 4K. However, if we manage to get to the 20-30fps territory with minimal visual artifacts, it will be tremendous progress. So, let’s hope that the devs behind this emulator will keep working on it.
Anyway, it’s fascinating to witness the progress of shadPS4. Right now, this is the PS4 emulator with the most potential. The fact that it can launch and run 3D games is huge. Yes, Turok is not a demanding title. However, it’s more advanced than the 2D games that most other PS4 emulators can run.
Stay tuned for more!
PS4 Emulator shadPS4 now runs Turok pic.twitter.com/c6WmbHjGIl
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IM HERE FOR THE PROGRESS. ITS A RACE BETWEEN PASSION PROJECT MAN AND A BILLION DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL COPRORATION TO BRING BLOODBORNE TO PC.
There is no race, when only one side is running.
it feels like a race when one side is running and the other can do the whole marathon in like 3 steps.
The rabbit and the tortoise?
not sure if that fits. I just think that there exists a game package in one of those corporate offices that can be ported to modern consoles and PCs and that Sony or Fromsoft is just sitting on it until they feel a real need to put the resources in to see it released. The President of Fromsoft said its not something that’s terribly far off and Sony has to know that there probably a large base that would purchase the title from their own metrics. It’s probably a stretch but I’d like to imagine that theyd want to avoid a situation where the absence of the titles on modern consoles/hardware leads to the push of development of the emulator and piracy.