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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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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The console manufacturers are not kind enough to hand out the full documentation, schematics and source code of the hardware and software.

We don’t know exactly how the consoles work.

So the emulator developers need to research the consoles on their own to find how they work.

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