PlayStation 5 emulators
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| Developer | Sony |
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| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Ninth generation |
| Release date | 2020 |
| Predecessor | PlayStation 4 |
| Emulated | ✗ |
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in 2018 as the successor to the PlayStation 4, the PS5 was released by Sony on November 12, 2020, in most countries.
The platform launched in two varieties: a base model with an Ultra HD Blu-ray-compatible optical disc drive that retailed for $499 and a Digital Edition lacking this drive that retailed for $399, serving as a lower-cost variant for consumers who prefer to buy games through digital download.
It uses a custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 processor running at 3.5GHz, supported by 16GB/256-bit GDDR6 Ram, with 512MB of DDR4 RAM (used as SSD controller cache). It is also the first PlayStation console to use an SSD for storage.
The console’s architecture is very similar to that of a PS4, so a PS4 emulator may support PS5 in the future, similar to how Dolphin supports Wii while originally being a GameCube emulator.
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Emulators
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Hardware features and peripherals |
Enhancements | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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| PC / x86 | |||||||
| Kyty | 
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git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Comparisons
- Kyty
- A compatibility layer for the PS4 and PS5 by InoriRus, the creator of Short Waves. It's in the early stages of development. Can boot some lightweight PS4 games and PS5 homebrews with graphical output.
Enhancements
| Name | Emulator name (N/A) | ||
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| Graphics | Resizable Internal Resolution | ||
| Texture Replacement | |||
| Ultrawide hack Widescreen already supported on PlayStation 5 system. But there is no support by system for render games in other ratios such as ultrawide 21:9 or super ultrawide 32:9. |
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| Ray-tracing Ray-tracing already supported on PlayStation 5 system. But there are ways to improve path-tracing implementation even further like increasing ray length or more rays per light source etc. |
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| Pre-rendering AA (MSAA, SSAA) |
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| Super-resolution techniques (DLSS, XeSS and FSR 2+) |
Requires access to the depth buffer and temporal data like motion-vectors so it's quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future. | ||
| Performance | Overclock | ||
| Internal Framerate Hack | |||
| Frame generation techniques (DLSS-G, ExtraSS and FMF) |
Implementing frame generation technique in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future. Input latency will be the most important factor when it comes to frame generation. | ||
| Post-Processing | Post-rendering AA (FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA) |
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| Post-rendering scaling (Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and FSR 1) |
FSR 2 is already supported on PlayStation 5. | ||
| Filters | |||
| Shader Chain | |||
| TAS features | Macros/Scripts/Lua | ||
| Rewind | |||
| Fast-Forward/Turbo Speed | |||
| Savestates | |||
| Movie recording/playback | |||
| Controls | Mouse Injector Compatible | ||
| Input lag-mitigating technique | |||
| Quality of life | Streamable compression format | ||
| Built-in Graphics mod editor/manager | |||
| Built-in Cheat Manager | |||
| Per-Game Profiles | |||
| Command Line Options | |||
| Built-in Custom resolution/CRTSwitchRes For using this on Windows OS you need CRT Emudriver. Another option is using EDID editor tool such as "Custom Resolution Utility". |
N/A Eighth gen home consoles and beyond only have digital video output anyway. | ||
| RetroAchievements | |||
| Free Look Free Look is a enhancement feature that allows manipulation of the in-game camera. |
While freecam would be technically possible, it will require per-game patches. Said patches would require a significant amount of time to reverse the game's engine, which means that only someone talented with enough dedication to a single game could do it. | ||
| Debug Features | |||
Hardware features and peripherals
| Hardware features | Emulator name (N/A) | |
|---|---|---|
| System software | Home screen | |
| Backwards compatibility |
PlayStation 2 emulation (incl. PS2 Classics) |
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| PlayStation emulation (incl. PSOne Classics) |
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| PSP emulation for Digital PSP titles | ||
| PlayStation 4 | ||
| PlayStation Network | ||
| Tempest Engine 3D audio technology | ||
| Adaptive triggers | ||
| Controller's haptic feedback | ||
| Controller's speaker support | ||
| Microphone support | ||
| Motion controls | ||
| Touchpad | ||
| Light Bar | ||
| DS Edge's Back Buttons mapping | ||
| Blu-ray drive | ||
| PS4 Save File Transfer | ||
| Peripherals | ||
| Controller | DualSense | |
| DualShock 4 | ||
| WebCam | PlayStation Camera | |
| HD Camera | ||
| Motion | PlayStation VR2 | |
| PlayStation VR | ||
| PlayStation Move | ||
| Aim Controller | ||
| Remote Control | ||
| Pulse 3D wireless headset | ||
| Rock Band peripherals | ||
Blu-ray drive
PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles supports BDMV and DVD Video. However it does not have the capability to play Video CDs, additionally, the format is not supported by the consoles system software.
- See this dedicated page for more information about home media playback support for emulation softwares.
- Also see psdevwiki: multimedia support
