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The PlayStation 5 Pro is back in the conversation as gaming coverage is dominated by Final Fantasy 7 news, including comments from director Naoki Hamaguchi about the game's materia, music, outfits and the returning Great Glacier stamina trial. Other outlets are debating how long players need to catch up before the new content, and whether its focus on Sephiroth and Vincent is the right call.
- 2AnyPS5 project runs PS5 games natively on PC without emulation▼Open-source AnyPS5 dumps emulation to run PlayStation 5 console games natively on PC — AMD Zen 2 architecture enables Proton-like binary translation for Windows and Linux
A new open-source project called AnyPS5 aims to run PlayStation 5 games directly on Windows and Linux PCs without traditional emulation. Because the PS5 uses AMD's Zen 2 x86-64 architecture, the same family as modern PC processors, the tool can use Proton-style binary translation instead of emulating foreign hardware. Observers compare the approach to how Proton lets Windows games run on Linux, and debate its accuracy and performance potential.
- 3Sony patents PlayStation controller that takes credit card payments●Sony patents PlayStation controller that accepts credit card payments
Sony has filed a patent for a PlayStation controller that would accept credit card payments, allowing players to make purchases directly through the gamepad. The filing was reported by Video Games Chronicle. The technology could enable in-game shopping or microtransactions without leaving a game, though a patent filing does not guarantee the feature will reach consumer hardware.