Why is an emulator required to play Playstation/Xbox/Nintendo games on a PC?

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After all, doesn’t a PC contain all of the same components as video game consoles? (Hard drive, GPU and CPU, etc.)

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PCs and game consoles both contain CPUs, yes, but they speak different languages. You need an emulator to translate back and forth between console-speak and PC-speak.

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