r/pcmasterrace • u/3nnb • 9d ago

News/Article The PS5 system itself is running on pc

Recently, we have seen massive developments in PS5 emulators (such as shadPS4 and Kyty), and how rapidly they have progressed in a short period.

​Now, developers have successfully booted the actual PS5 system software on PC.

​If this momentum continues in the future, it will eventually allow players to run PS5 exclusives directly on PC, marking the end of the era of console exclusivity.

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u/CheckMateFluff Desktop AMD R9 5950X 4.3 Ghz, 16GB DDR4 3000mhz, RTX 5060TI 16gb 9d ago

If its on GitHub, it wont matter, and anybody can now use the same tools to decompile and do what they did. It's an unprecedented time.

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u/GimmeSomeSugar 9d ago

Really? I've heard it's actually really easy to remove content from the internet after it's been widely distributed...

/s

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u/naivety_is_innocence 8d ago

I understand the trick is to draw lots of attention to it. That way, the entire population knows exactly what NOT to look at

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u/Misery_Division 9d ago

Sorry I'm a bit clueless, why won't it matter if it's on GitHub?

And how come GitHub allows what is more or less cracked software to be posted?

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u/Dvelasquera171 9d ago

The software on GitHub is neither cracked nor copyrighted by Sony.

Think of GitHub as a toolbox, the code inside it as the tools and manuals. Then think of the PS5 software and firmware as a piece of wood you get from somewhere else. There is nothing in that toolbox that belongs to Sony.

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u/Misery_Division 9d ago

But isn't the ps5 software code literally Sonys property? I'm sure I'm missing something, just can't figure out what

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u/National_Airline1 9d ago

Think like this for emulation you need 2 steps

1 the game 2 the machine

The game is completely illegal to copy But the mschine itself its not a ps5 it doesnt use ps5 code but it can run ps5 games but as long as it doesnt have SONY owned code its a grey legal zone since Nintendo did got his way with enougth money one time.

Its "on you" to get the game files.

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u/HeyItzEman Ryzen 7 5800x, RTX 3080, 16 GB 3200MHz RAM 8d ago

Oh is the way this becomes wide spread for emulating any ps5 game that people “obtain the game files” aka pirates them?

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u/punchanaziisethical 8d ago

Won't even need to pirate, thats the beauty of it dropping on GitHub and becoming open source. You dont need to pirate current games you emulate, they're all widely available on Google. You may need a little technical know-how currently but in the near future could be as simple as emulating a ps2 game is now. You download the emulator and you download the rom/iso. Plug and play baby.

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u/ThisHatRightHere 8d ago

Just so you’re aware, downloading a rom without having purchased a license for the game previous is pirating.

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u/HeyItzEman Ryzen 7 5800x, RTX 3080, 16 GB 3200MHz RAM 8d ago

I’m confused. If I wanted to emulate ghost of yotei for example, you’re saying I wouldn’t need to pirate to obtain the game files even though the game costs money?

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u/gjallerhorns_only 8d ago

It's perfectly legal for you to rip the files from a version you paid for and then to run those files in an emulator. But yes, a lot of people will pirate the files to use with the emulator.

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u/Yukas911 7d ago

You can't say things like "it's perfectly legal", that's irresponsible. People live in different countries that have different laws.

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u/Paralystic 8d ago

So are you saying they recreated Sonys software system with ai? Is that how emulators work? Theyre just homegrown software systems made to work like the original?

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u/ThisHatRightHere 8d ago

From a legal perspective, at least in the US, this isn't really the case.

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u/National_Airline1 8d ago

Then what happened to bleem! ? They won the legal battle but got thrown into bankrupt because of the insane amount of fees.

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u/Dvelasquera171 9d ago

Yes but like I said, the PS5 code is the thing you "get from somewhere else". Sony can't sue the toolbox.

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u/Dvelasquera171 8d ago

That's not how any of this *actually* works. This thread is us trying to simplify things man. Lmao

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u/TengenToppa Steam ID Here 8d ago

i think you can download the updates from sony, and that has the firmware, which is what you need anyway

or at least that would be one idea of how to get it

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u/Commentator-X 8d ago

It's not Sony's code on GitHub, it's unique code that is capable of interacting with Sonys code. And it's on GitHub so anyone can download the code.

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u/CLow48 8d ago

Reverse engineering tools are not illegal, reverse engineering copyrighted software is.

Think of it like a gun. A gun alone can be very legal, a gun used for nefarious purposes is illegal.

The person who made the tool to do the thing is equivalent to a gun manufacturer in this scenario. Github is a gun store.

Nothing in the tooling is owned by playstation, and if generic enough it can be said that its not intentionally built for defrauding Sony.

The same way that browsing pirate bay is legal, and even many torrents from there are legal, but if you use it a certain way, thats illegal for only you and the people distributing illegal material.

If this dev was also dropping the raw PS5 OS, with the tool to crack it open, that would likely be illegal.

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u/ghost3012 9d ago

Because they’re not posting cracked software? Its a legitimate emulation software. Until you use the emulator to emulate a game that you don’t own or isn’t released for the platform, you’re not doing anything illegal

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u/Dapper_Woodpecker621 8d ago

I just went and downloaded it; it's sitting on my desktop in a folder named “Sony Big Mad”. I probably won't do anything with it, but I could if I wanted to and that's what matters.

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u/ARCHISMAN- 9d ago

Which repo?

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u/gigglefarting 8d ago

What if I told you that disseminating software via GitHub is still disseminating software, and the person doing it could still get in trouble

Might be impossible to take it out of circulation once people start getting it, but not impossible to get the person who hosted it in trouble