Libraries' attempts and proposed plans for archiving older games don't strike a chord with the ESA, which still thinks it remains publishers' burden.
      • overload@sopuli.xyz
        17·
        1 year ago

        I remember ps3 emulation a few years ago was determined too hardware intensive, nowadays it can be done on mid level hardware. PS4 and Xbox One is going to happen, just depends on when.

        • LinyosT@sopuli.xyz
          6·
          1 year ago

          There are already PS4 emulators. Though they’re extremely early and work a lot closer to how Wine/Proton do rather than traditional emulation IIRC.

          • overload@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            1 year ago

            Aren’t we at the stage where getting the game to boot to the start menu is a big deal? I would imagine getting games running is a bit further off.

            • millie@beehaw.org
              English
              2·
              1 year ago

              If they’re bring ripped and preserved, it doesn’t really matter if they work yet, in an archival sense.

          • senseamidmadness@beehaw.org
            2·
            1 year ago

            Yep. The PS4 and Xbone are both very close to off-the-shelf AMD APU’s as far as I remember; you could buy very similar processors for desktop use. Emulation would require a ton more power than the original chips, and the original chips are so close to desktop processors that it’s more efficient and feasible to reverse-engineer the proprietary API’s those console chips use.

          • overload@sopuli.xyz
            3·
            1 year ago

            Yeah I will say I was expecting PS4 emulation to be more developed. Still it will be the fastest way to get Bloodborne 60fps for the masses.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    16·
    1 year ago

    The big one for me is: how do we preserve online games? The ones with a server-side component?

    Even bnetd had issues, although I think that time is over; but what about when we the public never had access to the game core in the first place?

    • Hathaway@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      We need devs, like the maker of the Falcon 4 game to “leak” source code. Its the only reason the worlds premier combat flight sim run on a game released in the 90’s.

      Should I be talking about a game that released the same year I was born? No. I’m so glad someone kept it all.

  • Kissaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    ESA - European Speedrunner Assembly

    /me gets confused by comments and content.

    Electronic Software Association

    Ah…

  • Dippy@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    Well this is disappointing. I wonder what % of games will be lost media in 15 years

    • millie@beehaw.org
      English
      6·
      1 year ago

      Only the ones that don’t get cracked.

      Thankfully there’s a small army of anti-capitalist heroes preserving media through the era of corporate destruction of literally everything.