Truscape

Gabe Newell famously participated in an interview about the same subject when porting The Orange Box, and as a result handed the port off to EA (which ended up running like dogshit compared to all other platforms).

Of course, and I’m not knocking the FEX project. I’m just pointing out that there is no native solution to running programs built for other hardware architectures (other than a port adapted from source).

The PS3’s CELL is just so egregiously unique that it has a massive emulation overhead compared to ARM or any other more common/simple hardware architecture - less understood overall, and less understood in how it can be translated to x86 compared to ARM->x86.

This is not apples to apples whatsoever. Following this logic I can run ARM programs natively on x86 hardware thanks to android using the Linux kernel in its development.

You will need a compatibility layer regardless for different hardware architectures from your own. This includes the PS3’s CELL based hardware (which is why RPCS3 needs so much power to emulate the system at good speeds). Now if you ran Linux on your PS3, there is a possibility to do this (but then you’d have to emulate x86 games on your PS3).

Sandpaper and reflashing solve the two ways that’s performed though.

Electronic component fencing has been a thing for a while (especially to regimes who aren’t supposed to have them)

Don’t let your memes be dreams

It’s not very viable compared to just generic handhelds and mini-PCs that can run emulators or pirated PC/android games.

It’s common for very low cost machines like famiclones tho.

DRM-Free files that the user can archive on their own media, in their own format, as they wish.

The ability to distribute media without shipping physical goods allows for much smaller productions to have wide releases and in some cases to make their games cheaper than otherwise required (cough, switch tax). The issue is the DRM preventing the user from making their own backups, rather than the physical product (although steam does allow you to make backups and copies of your library folder which is cool).

“Company accused of putting sawdust in their baked goods furious at ingredient labelling standards; more at 11.”