@zackshutt: PS5 Exclusives Are Coming To PC Anyway

jafar :

gta6 on pc then?

Wilhelm :

Playstation is taking down that guy in minutes

dooeysdiner :

Wait so bloodborne on pc!!?

johny_739 :

Sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window

JJkronos🇲🇽 :

saidieqn :

As a systems engineer and advanced programmer, the PlayStation 5 is fundamentally a custom gaming PC with a highly specialized software stack: it uses an AMD Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU—both of which share the x86-64 architecture of modern desktop PCs—running a proprietary OS based on a heavily modified FreeBSD 11.0 kernel optimized for real-time gaming workloads, with custom scheduling and memory management, while PS5 games are compiled into a custom ELF-based format (often called "SELF" or "PRX" files) that includes console-specific metadata and relocations, and rely on Sony's proprietary system libraries (PRX modules) for hardware access, graphics, and system calls. AnyPS5 is not a traditional emulator; it is a compatibility layer and binary translator that converts PS5 game executables to run natively on Windows or Linux by first taking the PS5's custom ELF/SELF executable and rewriting its headers, relocations, and metadata to match the target OS's native executable format (e.g., PE for Windows, ELF for Linux), then replacing PS5-specific system calls and PRX library references with PC-compatible equivalents—translating calls to Sony's graphics API into Vulkan or DirectX calls—before recompiling the console's custom GPU shaders into SPIR-V for Vulkan compatibility, and finally emulating the PS5's memory layout and scheduling behavior using PC OS primitives to meet the game's runtime expectations. This approach is possible because the shared x86-64 architecture means there is no need for slow, resource-heavy full CPU emulation; instead, the challenge is entirely about bridging the OS and hardware-specific gaps, similar to how Proton runs Windows games on Linux, though AnyPS5 is in very early development, currently only able to reach the main menu or early gameplay for some games, with public builds planned only after the first successful full launch of a game.

LydesZ :

"turns out you can play PS5 games on your PC" "zero games run"

Capa :

I CANNOT wait to play wolverine ✌️

Needfury :

exclusives shouldn't be a thing to begin with

Lord Licá :

At this point we will get GTA 6 on pc on release day

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wait does that work for GTA VI

Den Heffe :

if Sony loses money on hardware why not just launch their own PC platform? 👍

Apple boi :

love the schedule community yall work hard 🙏

Mir :

LOL same as the xbox project, they got fable 2 running on pc

NOREAM :

At any cost playstation emulator must run gta6, can't afford a ps5

Sasha braus :

Similar to wine?

keinam34 :

Wow, crazy!!! Love it!

Migs :

"Turns out that you can run PS5 games on your pc"

𝟏𝟔 :

i remember playing spiderman 2 a month after the ps5 release because some pirates ported it 😭 same will happen with gta 6

SharpEmu :

AnyPS5 is actually crazy

vexoose :

Bookmarking this for when it is working

ΓΑΒΡΙΗΛ :

What about PS5 Bloodborne? Also on PC?

tactiic :

if I don't get Shadow of the Colossus on PC soon I'm going to commit a crime

SamueleumaS :

are there even any good PlayStation exclusives that aren't already on pc?

Decipio :

I just want this for switch 2 games, PlayStation doesn’t have that good of exclusives to do all that anyways