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===Potential roadblocks===
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==Emulation issues==
Due to the PS5's x86 architecture and FreeBSD-based operating system, emulators for the device will, by and large, be very unconventional. Despite the x86's instruction set being huge<ref>{{cite web | url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86_instruction_listings | title= x86 instruction listings | Wikipedia}}</ref>, a trait that would typically lead to years of development time by emulators, it opens the ability for pre-existing hypervisors to do the heavy lifting, eliminating the need for a recompiler. There is also, as of this time, little to no documentation on the GPU used in the PS5's APU, and it will require a complete re-implementation by emulator developers.
In recent years many [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/pc-games/ PlayStation 5 exclusive titles are now being ported to PC] with [[#Enhancements|enhancements]], so similar to [[PlayStation_4_emulators#Emulation_issues|PlayStation 4 (Pro)]], [[Xbox One emulators#Emulation issues|Xbox One (X|S)]] and [[Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S#Emulation issues|Xbox Series X|S]] situations this '''could''' lead to a decreased interest in development. Having said that, there are still considerable amount of games exclusive to those consoles, this includes games for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S that haven't been ported and titles lacking enhanced/next-gen update for PC. See [[List of notable ports]] page.
===Fake emulators===
:*[https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps5/Main_Page PS5 Developer Wiki]
:*Open source projects (FreeBSD, AMDGPU drivers, etc.): [https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/releng/9.1 FreeBSD system calls], [https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/pal GPUOpen-Drivers]
==External links==
*DigitalFoundry: [https://youtu.be/bKQ6NeTjccA PlayStation 5 Backwards Compatibility Tested]
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