The developers behind ShadPS4 are geniuses. They solved the "memory invalidation" problem that plagued PS4 emulation for years. Given the trajectory, I predict that by , we will see Infamous: Second Son running at a locked 30fps (original console speed) on high-end PCs.
The PS4 shares 8GB of GDDR5 between the CPU and GPU. This unified pool is fast. PC emulation requires splitting this into system RAM and VRAM, then constantly syncing them. Infamous Second Son streams the open-world city aggressively. The emulator cannot keep up with the texture streaming, leading to invisible geometry and eventual memory leaks. infamous second son emulator pc
Here is what testers are reporting in Q2/Q3 2026: The developers behind ShadPS4 are geniuses
A compatibility-layer style emulator that focuses on running smaller titles and 2D games, though it is slowly expanding its 3D library. The PS4 shares 8GB of GDDR5 between the CPU and GPU