Back in February 2020, we informed you about a PS4 emulator that could run some commercial games. However, it appears that there is another Playstation 4 emulator under development. This emulator is called Spine and is only available for Linux.
According to its creator, there are 20-50 games that can go in-game with this emulator. Now obviously these games have a lot of artifacts and glitches. Not only that, but most of them are indie games. So yeah, don’t expect playing Marvel’s Spider-Man on your PC anytime soon. Still, it’s really fascinating witnessing these baby steps for the Playstation 4 emulators.
As said, this emulator is only available for Linux and you can download its demo version from here. I’m pretty sure that most of you won’t find it useful (as most PC gamers are using Windows instead of Linux). Nevertheless, here is a PS4 emulator that you can run it for yourselves.
Again, you should temper your expectations as both Spine and GPCS4 are in very early development stages. I mean, RPCS3 is still unable to run at full speed most of PS3’s triple-A games. So yeah, don’t expect to see below God of War running in 4K and with 60fps.
Enjoy!
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who cares about ps4 games ?
you because you clicked on an article about ps4 games being emulated on pc.
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I do, specially when more and more of them are coming to PC.
That would be a reason to NOT care, since PC versions exist.
You are aware that are basically ports, right? so, we already have a lot of information about those games, so it would be easier to know which ones of the multiple irrelevant and crappy games from that console are worth to try.
That’s why people on PC beg for them ? Because they’re crap ? lmao
serious question when it was the last time anyone begged for a ps4 game?
lol exactly.
When Dreams came out in February. A lot people asked in many different comment sections for a PC Port.
Because Dreams only makes sense in PC…
and? Honestly this is the kind of product you put on pc because the whole thing is making games, its stupid doing that with a controller and weak a*s graphics.
no begging involved, companies release them without any requests from gamers, it’s called making money.
Only low IQ $ony and Nier Autofarta faqboys care about it.
Oh my god, this r3t@rd is still having wet dreams with his fanboys. lmao.
Also, you guys noticed what he did there? He said Nier Autofarta! Farts, get it? XD So funny! Also also, he said Fvckboys! You understand? He put fvck instead of fan! Hahahaha, this guy is so fun.
Are you the next Dave Chappelle?
haha a butthurt fanboy
Aren’t you the gayo that got triggered because he couldn’t beat his meat to Jill anymore? Lmao. Go back in your basement.
Bloodborne is obviously utter trash because Gabe Newfag didn’t sign it personally off the back of his hairy balls, people like you are aids and the world would be much better off if you just kicked the stool out, fa**ot.
Why you weren’t aborted I’ll just never understand
the 10s of millions more people that buy them than pc games
not even close to true, first off there are more PCs that PS4s (that’s common sense) so the market for games is massive on PCs. Secondly, what you said would only be accurate if every ps4 “gamer” were to buy every single game released on the ps4… So you know, try thinking…
The same guys who care about the ps3..
When the ps5 is out, Sony is going to stop the support the ps3 on the ps store. It’s going to happen, sooner it later.
100% of the ps3 games have received online updates, patches, bug fixes.. many titles, without a day1 patch, won’t even launch. A title like skyrim, with the famous save bug that corrupts the save file and freezes the system, without a latch, it can’t be played.
Games like mass effect 1-3, have received huge updates and extensions, that add 100+ extra hours of content.
Not even mentioning gamers have spent hundreds of billions of $, on all kinds of items, expansions, dlcs, etc, for online, and four single player games…
Without such items, games are totally different.
Eg, I bought everything there was for sale, for mass effect 1-3, all expansions, all weapon packs. Mass effect 1-3 are my favorite games ever. Without those updates, I don’t even want to play it anymore… too much stuff missing…
So, the day Sony decided they no longer support the ps3 via the psn, without access to those updates, patches, e.t.c, 120 millions of ps3 owners can basically grab their 2 or 3 ps3s they have, they grab their 30…50… or even 200 games they have (not even including the online purchases), and they can burn it all… as it will become as useful as a dog poop…
Sony need to update the ps3, so it can accept game updates, patches, e.t.c, from an external hard drive(like we do with the firmware…), and they need to make a web server, or use torrent, or whatever, so gamers can download their patches, updates, etc, and install them on tube ps3. Even if to download it, they would need to use the psn credentials.
Nobody, no website, no journalist is talking about this, but soon, when sony announce the end of the ps3 support via the psn, it will be too late !
Today, 20 or 30 years later, gamers can still play their nes, genesis, n64, ps1, gamecube, dreamcast, ps2, Saturn, master system, etc, games. And even 30 years from now, their kids and brand kids will also be able to play those titles, that we can call ART.
With the xbox series x, gamers will still be able to play with their old DVDs, or downloads, from the x360, or even the first xbox ! Amazing.
With the ps5, only some ps4 titles will be playable. Like the ps plus free games, Sony will only support the ps3 titles if they have extra items that users can buy… otherwise, they won’t support it…
This is a long, boring comment… but it explains why the ps3 mod is important… and why the ps4 mod is important.
Those mods/hacks will probably be the only way to keep the ps3 or ps4 alive, as Sony will slowly stop supporting them, until they completely die…
Because obviously, Sony don’t want people to play, eg, 300 hours on mass effect 1 -3…. when they could be playing some recent game, and spending 400 or 500 bucks on microtransactions… !
didn’t read, lol
That’s because you’re a spastic. He literally made his point in the first 2 sentences. Sony will stop supporting the PS3 eventually, which means they will also stop supporting the PS4.
It’s about preservation of purchases to keep up with the expectations of people who invest in that.
You don’t like PS4, no one cares, you disappointing piece of cake.
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boy you have some time on your hand to be writing an essay like this. no one is going to read this.
Fair point bud. But I think you are posting this in the wrong place. If you want to have any effect on PS3 owners (to make them aware) and in turn Sony itself, maybe you should copy and paste your post somewhere it will gain more traction?
I am not sure where to post it to achieve this,but this is not the place where you will gain much awareness and support. You do have a fair point though,so look around and post it in different places where it will have more effect.Good luck in your quest bud.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is literally the perfect place for him to speak about this issue,
it’s literally the most important and on-topic comment than any other comment here. Lol. So it’s a little weird you think it doesn’t belong here.
Here’s the why:
If sony are gonna stop caring about the PS3 entirely you realize it means they will do the same to the PS4 eventually right?
He’s making the point we should care now so we can preserve these games via emulation, so even when Sony stops officially supporting software on it’s platforms, the fans can keep them alive and relevent.
All in all:
It’s not about just the PS3 but all console generations. Which is why emulation is important, because it preserves history and circumvents the need for official support.
My post to him is in reference to these parts of his comment:
“So, the day Sony decided they no longer support the ps3 via the psn, without access to those updates, patches, e.t.c, 120 millions of ps3 owners can basically grab their 2 or 3 ps3s they have, they grab their 30…50… or even 200 games they have (not even including the online purchases), and they can burn it all… as it will become as useful as a dog poop…
Sony need to update the ps3, so it can accept game updates, patches, e.t.c, from an external hard drive(like we do with the firmware…), and they need to make a web server, or use torrent, or whatever, so gamers can download their patches, updates, etc, and install them on tube ps3. Even if to download it, they would need to use the psn credentials.”
In my post to him I am telling him to post this at other places so more people can get on Sonys back to sort this bullsh*t out. To post that somewhere where people who work at Sony and where Sony fans themselves can build up as a legion to get Sonys attention. I am not referring to mod hacks or emulation.
I am trying to help him dude. I am not stopping him, I am encouraging him to attack Sony on their bullsh*t. Don’t let Sony get away with it because it will effect all future products as well. I agreed with him bud. I am saying he must attack Sony head on. I don’t know where he should post it, I just believe that he should post it in as many places as he can where it will have an effect.
Only literally 10’s of millions of people…Including people who can’t play them without PS Now because they own only a PC or an XBOX and somehow think their platform choice is relative to their social standing.
(Which it is, in a way. Because people who think they’re superior due to platform choice are jokes in society and on the internet)
amidst all the bad stuf in 2020 thsi is a happy news
Too bad it will barely run games in 30 fps if you’re lucky by the end of 2029 lol.
the reason x360/ps3 emulators are progressing so fast is vulkan. Switch gmaes are fully emulated and its not an old console, it is more powerful than those 2. Considering ps4/xbone have similar architecture to pc, with low level vulkan api the process will go much faster.
Switch games are not fully emulated, you mean WiiU games
haha someone has been living under a rock, many switch games run perfect or near perfect already.
Ohhh I ..see. Didnt expect it so soon, nice 😉
At best, a third of the library (is not that big) runs fine…let’s not blow this out of proportion…Yuzu is doing great developments still.
Switch is relatively new my dude.
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It’ll be good if I won’t have to have PS4 for some PS4 games in only 9 years.
spine….lol i was watching a video on how psx was cracked, someone pointed out the cracking groups put their phone numbers in the intro videos of their releaess…the balls on these guys. Same case here “ps4 emulators” the spine on these guys.
Now i get why most the PS4 exclusives are coming to PC
why? because 10 indie games can run for 5 minutes on linux?
Meh~ only Bloodborne matters.
nah, it really doesn’t.
Good news,but not excellent since its Linux only…
Ok dude.
I have a PS4 next to my PC for exclusive games.
And I can tell you one thing in common for all the games, the most inferior AI that can be in the gaming world, seriously I don’t understand how to play that way, especially the games … The last of us and also Spider Man.
Does WSL2 have GPU support yet? And isn’t porting from Linux to Windows easier than the other way around? I wouldn’t be surprised to see a more widely usable version when the emulator is more mature.
Having done a few coding projects I would say its the opposite. Building on Windows is a nightmare, and if you look at the stackoverflow survey for most used/loved/hated platforms you will see I’m not alone in thinking that.
those “games” can run on my toaster lmao
LOL look at all the poor broke kids get excited. Dont forget to clean your mommy’s basement and ask for your weekly allowances ???
I own a ps4 and a ps4pro, xboxonex, switch, plus all the main consoles from previous generations. Yet I still use emulation while buying well over a hundred games a year. So nice theory, but it turns out you’re a moron.
You are not getting laid for sure, you are not impressing anyone here with claims like that…keep going with your buyer’s remorse.
Peasant mad. Cute.
Hell I only care about emulating that cheesy Final Fantasy XV side scroller that didn’t get a PC release and FFXV VR Fishing…outside of those two things, I want nothing from ps4 emulation. The fishing isn’t going to happen but the side scroller is.
Emulation has completely lost its meaning since more than 10 years. Maybe even 20 years.
Most good PS3/PS4 games came out on PC, and they were usually MUCH better quality.
There’s no reason whatsoever to play the consoles versions, and there’s not even one game on PS4 which I might want on PC.
Even back to the Gamecube era, emulation was starting to be irrelevant. Just look at the number of Gamecube games which are on PC…
The last console I emulated was the Nintendo DS, because it had lots of incredible RPGs.
3DS is completely irrelevant, because most games are exactly the same as the DS, but with the stupid 3D effect… And it’s starting to get very tiring to see Nintendo releasing the same games over and over…
Emulation hasn’t lost its meaning. It is still the same as it was.
Emulation of PS4 and emulation of all consoles is for their exclusive games. Emulation is not really for the games that you can get on PC that you already own.PS4 has lots of exclusive games. That would really be the main reason to emulate.And to emulate console exclusives with higher frame rates and resolutions.That’s the endgame.
You may not want to emulate PS4 or other consoles exclusives but other people do want to. That doesn’t change the meaning of or the reason for emulating consoles. You can’t be oblivious to these facts, those have always been the reasons to emulate consoles. As long as their are console exclusive games their will always be emulation of those consoles.
The only thing that has changed is that there are no PS4 or other console exclusives that you want to emulate and there is nothing wrong with that?Peoples tastes change as they grow older, I fully understand that. My tastes have changed to.
You made Vanna cry when you hacked her channel.