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--- systems:ps4 [2025/07/09 15:01] – created lbrpdx
+++ systems:ps4 [2026/08/16 11:56] (current) – [ROMs] fix path exemple modhack
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-====== PS4 ======
+<WRAP group>
+<WRAP round box twothirds column>
+{{ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fabricecaruso/es-theme-carbon/master/art/logos/ps4.svg?nolink&h=300 |}}
+====== Sony PlayStation 4 ======
+The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in Europe, South America, and Australia, and on February 22, 2014, in Japan. A console of the eighth generation, it competes with Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch.
+This system scrapes metadata for the ''ps4'' group and loads the ''ps4'' set from the currently selected theme, if available.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP third column>{{ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fabricecaruso/es-theme-carbon/master/art/consoles/ps4.png?nolink&350 |}}
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+===== Quick reference =====
+  * **Emulator:** ShadPS4
+  * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/ps4''
+  * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.ps4 .zar''
+===== ROMs =====
+First extract your .PKG file manually on your PC using a tool such as PKG Extractor. Then copy the extracted game folder into ''/userdata/roms/ps4''.
+Then in the new installation directory for the installed game, create a file with a ''.ps4'' extension so EmularionStation will see it.
+i.e. <code>/userdata/roms/ps4/CUSA03173/Bloodborne.ps4</code>
+Afterwards you can launch the game from EmulationStation accordingly.
+DLC content will be stored in: ''/userdata/roms/ps4/DLC''
+<WRAP center round info>Very important: To play games you may need the system modules from your PS4 that has been jailbroken.
+The log file may give an indication of any required system modules.
+Place the decrypted system module files in: **/userdata/system/configs/shadps4/sys_modules**</WRAP>
+----
+Since **version 44**, EmulationStation also directly recognizes a folder whose name ends with ''.ps4'' without needing to create a .ps4 file inside it.e.g. <code>/userdata/roms/ps4/Bloodborne.ps4/</code>
+Also since version 44, '''.zar''' files are supported. To compress an already-extracted game folder, use ZArchive [https://github.com/Exzap/ZArchive] or directly the context menu in Batocera's file manager.
+i.e. <code>/userdata/roms/ps4/Bloodborne.zar</code>
+===== Emulators =====
+PS4 emulation is very experiemental & requires a highly specified x86_64 PC.
+Ideally your CPU supports the AVX2 instruction set and your GPU must support Vulkan 1.3 or later.
+==== ShadPS4 ====
+For compatibility check: https://shadps4.net/compatibility/
+===== Controls =====
+Here are the Sony PlayStation 4's controls shown on a [[:configure_a_controller|Batocera Retropad]]:
+{{https://raw.githubusercontent.com/batocera-linux/batocera-controller-overlays/master/solid-4k/psx.png}}
+===== Troubleshooting =====
+For further troubleshooting, refer to the [[:support|generic support pages]].