Nemeski@lemm.ee to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agoSony is trying to patent a 'universal' rewind button that could fix your worst gaming catastropheswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down13
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkSony is trying to patent a 'universal' rewind button that could fix your worst gaming catastropheswww.pcgamer.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 days agoSounds like something only a small number of devs would implement. Unless they are confident they can fuck with the memory space of all games without issues. I expect a PS5 game is a bit more complicated than a saved state on an SNES. Right?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoWe’re already capable of snapshotting memory state, I suppose this is just the next step of that. Maybe writing to a memory buffer etc
Sounds like something only a small number of devs would implement. Unless they are confident they can fuck with the memory space of all games without issues. I expect a PS5 game is a bit more complicated than a saved state on an SNES.
Right?
We’re already capable of snapshotting memory state, I suppose this is just the next step of that. Maybe writing to a memory buffer etc