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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So pretend that an emulator is the program needed to run the game (like steam) and the ROM is the actual game. The emulator emulates the system. You basically need both. The rims are just straight copies of the physical cartridge or disc, but your PC doesn’t know how to read them. That’s what the emulator is for

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