04-03-2009, 08:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2009, 08:29 PM by echosierra.)
The whole point of emulation (for me, at least) is to preserve the games that I can't play on the original consoles conveniently. It has never been about emulating the current generation system on the hardware I own now.
It's true that console designers are releasing more powerful hardware less often, but that only expands the amount of time it takes to get consumer hardware that can emulate it. We're going to have some crazy hardware available in 10 years, and I'm entirely certain it will be able to emulate the PS3 at full speeds with an appropriately coded emulator. Designers are limited to hardware and speeds available now, emulation users have no such limits.
Emulation is getting more exciting, not slowing down. You can already emulate everything up to an including N64/PSX on a netbook, extrapolating (lamely) would give that GCN/PS2 as the limit in 10 years.
e: No, they will not develop a PSP emulator. If you can't see why that would be a horrifically hard thing to do, please don't suggest it.
It's true that console designers are releasing more powerful hardware less often, but that only expands the amount of time it takes to get consumer hardware that can emulate it. We're going to have some crazy hardware available in 10 years, and I'm entirely certain it will be able to emulate the PS3 at full speeds with an appropriately coded emulator. Designers are limited to hardware and speeds available now, emulation users have no such limits.
Emulation is getting more exciting, not slowing down. You can already emulate everything up to an including N64/PSX on a netbook, extrapolating (lamely) would give that GCN/PS2 as the limit in 10 years.
e: No, they will not develop a PSP emulator. If you can't see why that would be a horrifically hard thing to do, please don't suggest it.
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