eli5 If video game consoles are essentially just weaker computers, why did it take so long for PCs to get 7th gen console emulators, why are we only just getting 8th gen emulators, and how long until we see 9th gen emulators?
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Consoles are specifically built to do just one thing, and do it well. Computers are all-purpose, and that fact alone gives consoles an edge.
And emulating other hardware can be complex, imagine a powerful PC emulating a mechanic calculator, by simulating the physics of the turning cogs. That would be several orders of magnitude slower than just digitally calculating the same thing.
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