Community The Emulation Thread - When That PC Port Just Ain't Happening

[Knurek]

I only just learned that PS4 emulation has made major strides recently. Which got me thinking, once that matures, what would I actually want to use it for?

Generally, emulators used to be important for me for JRPGs, and that was pretty much it. But I cannot think of a single JRPG of any relevance that is PS4 exclusive. Is there one I'm missing, or is that era simply completely over?

Dragon's Crown Pro, Sakura Wars and uhh, Bloodborne?
(and also 13 Sentinels which isn't an JRPG, but it's a good game)

 

[Alextended]

Only such exclusives nowadays is when Nintendo moneyhats/develops one. Ie Mario JRPG, collabs like the Rabbids, funding projects like Astral Chain etc. Pretty much every other is 'console excusive' at best meaning they get a PC port because no moneyhatting is enough to confine huge projects to one system.

 

[Durante]

Yeah Nintendo does have a pretty good amount of JRPG exclusives still (also second party or whatever Monolith is), but PS used to be the platform for that and has completely lost that distinction.

Dragon's Crown Pro, Sakura Wars and uhh, Bloodborne?
(and also 13 Sentinels which isn't an JRPG, but it's a good game)

New Sakura Wars! Now that's something I'd actually want to try given near-unlimited time.

 

[Kvik]

PS used to be the platform for that and has completely lost that distinction

It's good for us since almost all JRPG series can be found on PC, but yeah, there is very little to be found on PS4 in terms of notable JRPGs that aren't already available on PC.

From my own collection, I got stuff like Exist Archive, Grand Kingdom, Full Metal Panic and most pre-Steam SRW and Vanillaware games, but it's mostly just sitting there collecting dust and I'm keeping it around just to rip games once the emulator matures and/or there's a fan translation.

 

[Cacher]

PLAY SAKURA WARS