{"id":630484,"date":"2026-09-28T22:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630484\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:46:09","slug":"watch-a-youtuber-emulate-playstation-5-games-on-an-xbox-series-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/630484\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a YouTuber Emulate PlayStation 5 Games on an Xbox Series X"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ultimate console crossover just went from a gamer\u2019s pipe dream to reality. Modder Devran Cosmo Uenal recently posted a video on YouTube<\/a> in which he plays a PlayStation 5<\/a> emulator on an Xbox Series X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cXbox backward compatibility is getting out of hand \u2026 now we\u2019re adding PlayStation 5 to the list,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Uenal said in the video that he ran an experimental Xbox port of the open-source PlayStation 5 emulator KytyPS5<\/a>. That emulator \u2014 which is itself a heavily modified version of another emulator \u2014 is meant to be run on PC, so getting it to run on Xbox took some effort.<\/p>\n

Uenal didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Uenal\u2019s video shows that he has the option to play PlayStation 5 versions of Gex Trilogy<\/a>, Hellboy Web of Wyrd<\/a>, Marvel Cosmic Invasion<\/a> and Quake 2<\/a> on an Xbox Series X. These games aren\u2019t graphically intense, like Marvel\u2019s Wolverine<\/a> or Ghost of Yotei<\/a>, and less intense, smaller games are usually the first to be emulated. The games are also already available on Xbox, so you don\u2019t need an emulator to play them.<\/p>\n

Uenal plays Quake 2 in that video, and it runs at 20 to 40 frames per second for most of the video, with a few significant stutters. After watching this video, I booted up Quake 2 on Xbox Game Pass\u2019s<\/a> cloud streaming and didn\u2019t experience any lag or other issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s early days, and compatibility is limited,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Representatives for Xbox and PlayStation didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

In another video<\/a>, Uenal shows the PlayStation 5 user interface screen running on an Xbox, and you can see the option to play the PlayStation version of Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to tech and gaming website BGR<\/a>, GTA 5 is \u201csurprisingly playable\u201d on the PC version of KytyPS5, so we could see a video in the future of Uenal playing a PlayStation version of GTA 5 on an Xbox. We might even get that before Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Emulators are software that can mimic other hardware. In this case, the software allows you to play PlayStation 5 games on Xbox. According to Indiana law firm McNeely Law<\/a>, emulators themselves aren\u2019t illegal. However, their potential for playing pirated games raises legal concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may be legal in certain, limited circumstances for a gamer to re-create a game they have purchased into a file playable by their emulator, it is generally illegal to share or download any video game files for use via emulator,\u201d the law firm wrote online.<\/p>\n

Because emulators fall into a legal gray area, I don\u2019t recommend using them. Don\u2019t get yourself in trouble just to play a nearly 30-year-old game like Quake 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him hanging out with his wife, son and dog. You can reach him at zmcauliffe@cnet.com.
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