[Coolsvilleman]

It just occurred to me today. We don't have an xbox emulator yet anywhere near the ps2, gamecube emulators. Wow! Considering it should have been the easiest system to emulate from a purely theoretical standpoint thats quite surprising. It was, after-all, basically a pc.

But I digress. It got me thinking.

So what is the future of emulation. Current generation pc's will never be able to emulate a PS3. Possibly in 10 years but even that is doubtful. The Wii is just basically a gamecube on steroids and the xbox360 is again, another pc. You would think that making a Wii or xbox360 emulator would be the easiest. Though I don't think I'd call the xbox360 one an emulator. Possibly and interpreter.

So what are peoples thoughts, will emulation simply die out due to the ever increasing technical requirements? Is it even worth emulating these systems since they are basically computers anyhow? Will someone ever develop the ULTIMATE emulator that can emulate many systems (not unlike mame) to perfection? Will you be the next "emulator idol" ... I mean programmer.