Switch 2 emulator Eden-NX2 went public on October 29, booting Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza on Windows PCs, though performance is still rough.
  • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    While I agree, the “consoles” from Valve are still PCs with an open platform. A “true” console is a closed walled garden, where only they control it (unless hacked off course). The systems they put out are most console like than any PC before, while still remaining the open platform of it. I just don’t call them a game console.

    • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Modern gaming consoles are just PCs with a weird OS and case. It’s not like the days of yore where every console had custom motherboards and infrastructure

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        When I say “true” console, I’m not speaking about the architecture. As said a true console is locked down in the operating system and eco system. What makes a PC a PC is the open platform and not depending on a single hardware manufacturer and eco system.

        I know that you can install Linux and Steam on Playstation 5 and play Steam games native without emulation, because its just PC hardware. Also that’s one of the reasons why on PC we don’t need to emulate everything from the PS5, because it can just run most of the CPU directly.