How long before we see PS4 and XBOne emulators?

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Both consoles run on x86 architecture so in theory it should be way easier to emulate than the PS3 and XB360.
From what are heard
Both have 8 core CPUs but only 6 cores are used for games
Both have 8 gigs of RAM, PS4 has 5 gigs dedicated to gaming XBOne has around 4.5 gigs
An Issue might be the way the RAM Integration on both Consoles
Another major Issue as far as PS4 goes is the GDDR5 RAM which in a couple of years we should start seeing overclocked DRR4 RAM reaching similar speeds to the speed of the PS' GDDR5 RAM
 
You probably mean PS4 in the title :p

Don't think that it will take too long, but of what benefit would such emulators be? For a few console exclusives, perhaps.
 
You probably mean PS4 in the title :p

Don't think that it will take too long, but of what benefit would such emulators be? For a few console exclusives, perhaps.
Damn should proofread heading before posting next time
 
You bring up a good point with regards to memory management. The XBone's memory management is a lot more complicated than the PS4's.

My guess is we'll get PS4 first.
 
It probably won't take long, but how stable will they be? As far as I know, the PS3 and 360 emulators that are available now are still very unstable.
 
You bring up a good point with regards to memory management. The XBone's memory management is a lot more complicated than the PS4's.

My guess is we'll get PS4 first.

Doubt it.
$ony has better security and is normally more difficult to emulate
 
It probably won't take long, but how stable will they be? As far as I know, the PS3 and 360 emulators that are available now are still very unstable.

Mostly because they are trying to emulate non-x86 hardware on x86 hardware. Both new consoles are x86 based, so there is much less to emulate and more to run natively.
 
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