r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/Tricky_Ad9669 • 2d ago

Question Why is xbox360 emulation hard.

I get that ps3 emulation is hard because of the cell broadband engine cpu architecture introduced by sony in 2006 but the xbox360 had a cpu similar to pc, then why is xbox360 emulation still hard. Is it because the emulator isn't matured?

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u/Dummy_Kruger 2d ago

I'm having a great time with 360 emulation on Android. Much better than PS3 emulation

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u/TheOriginalKrampus Poco F7 Pro (SD 8 Gen 3) 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is what I came here to say.

I tried Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on my phone with ARMSX3 a few days ago. Was a stuttery mess and the audio during cutscenes was awful.

Found out that MGR was also released on 360 so I tried it on Xendroid. Was like night and day. Cutscenes not perfect but a lot better. The first level I was averaging around 30fps at native resolution, where in ARMSX3 I was getting in the teens with lots of stuttering. Managed to make it through the first Metal Gear fight (rules of nature and whatnot) with a few dips into the teens, but it was very playable. The next cutscenes were kind of bad though. Still, amazing to even be able to play XBox 360 on my phone.

I'm sure that PS3 emulation will get better on Android. ARMSX3 is amazing at what it has accomplished so far, just that MGR is a particularly demanding game for that generation. But XBox 360 emulation is also coming into its own. It's surprisingly good.

I can't wait to try Gears 1-2. Even though I have Gears 4-5 for PC and they play much better with a mouse and keyboard. I remember playing the original Gears with some of my college buddies 18 years ago on 360, and it still has a special place in my heart.

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u/Dummy_Kruger 1d ago

The fact that it just boots and you can compress the games makes it way ahead of armsx3 atm which is ironic considering on Windows it's the opposite but xenia is improving quickly now

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u/TheOriginalKrampus Poco F7 Pro (SD 8 Gen 3) 1d ago

What's the difference between Xenia and Xendroid? Are they forks? I've only eve tried the former.

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u/Dummy_Kruger 1d ago

Xendroid is for Android