Windows 10: A gamer's dream Windows 10 on PS4?

Hello!

I noticed that the PlayStation 4 has similar specifications to a PC, so I wonder if there would be a way to install Windows 10 on it. Of course I would try that on a spare disk, so if it doesn't work I would just connect the original disk back and forget about it. I know that probably Sony has disabled booting from the BD drive and the key combination to enter BIOS or change boot order is restricted to authorized technicians only. But we could partially install Windows 10 64-bit on a spare hard disk, using the imagex utility as described here. This is like running the setup and just before the first restart. So when we put the disk in the PS4, it will hopefully boot and resume Windows 10 Setup to the next stage. As for drivers, if Windows Update cannot find them all, we could try the latest chipset and graphics drivers directly from AMD. If successful the gamer would play either PS4 games booting from the original disk, or PC games booting from the spare into Windows 10. He could even use it as a normal PC.

Yes, it sounds crazy, but what do your think?

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windows 10 gaming

i love windows , like windows 10 pro, can i expect a gamer edition like: windows 10 gamer

 

What does Microsoft have against gamers ?

The best Version ever was XP a very gamer friendly OS . Why cant it stay on the market for Gamers or adapt windows 10 to be more gamer friendly .

 

What do you mean no? Could you please explain why you think this is not possible? Have you tried it? I think it might be possible since PS4 hardware is very similar to a PC and since using the imagex utility bypasses the need to boot from the BD-ROM drive which is probably disabled. Of course there may be other thing I haven't though of, that's the purpose of this thread. To see all possibilities and judge if it can it can't be done. I would just try that, if I had my own PS4 and post the results here, but I haven't. However, I am more than curious to find out (as I believe many others are). *Smile

 

Why do you wanna do that? for what purpose? It's a complete waste of energy if you don't have a good reason. You are better off buying a $70 windows 10 tablet and connect it to a bigger monitor.
I have a PS4 but I have never thought of a good reason why I would even consider the idea.

 

Um, drivers will be your issue. Dont think they make drivers for the PS4 hardware to run Windows 10.

Then, the cpu has a protected pipeline capable of only running sonys encypted code with their private keys.

 

The only thing gamers dream of right now is the Oculus Rift.

 

I want to find out if it is possible. I would do it for the challenge and for economic reasons! It would be great for a parent to just buy a PS4 to their children (and also use it as a PC) than buy both a PS4 and a PC. As for drivers, I bet they are standard AMD stuff, so I would install latest APU or whatever driver and would be OK. In worst case I would have to manually force/install the closest model.

 

Knock yourself out. Like I said, unless you find an exoit around the protected execution in the CPU, you are already dead in the water. Google your question and the only answer you will find is no, or NO, or NO NO, NO

 

Are you just trying to find reasons for your dad to get you a PS4? It wouldn't be economical. But it is a known fact the games and graphics are better on PCs. So there you go, get a normal PC with Windows 10 and your problem is solved.

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No, you will not get this to work. Yes, you are wasting time on the internet posting about it *Smile

 

I'm leaning toward agreeing with Badrobot, It actually would be cheaper to buy a PC (albeit an older one) to play games, check out my system, it runs most games on medium settings at 1080p which is better than PS4 already, and i'm sure there are PC's out there at a better pricepoint with better specs.

 

The point here is to find out if installing Windows 10 on a PS4, using any method, is possible. I know the obvious, to buy a new PC. I just want to know. I wish I had a PS4 to try myself, but I don't have, and I certainly don't buy just to test it. Anyone having a PS4 can disconnect the original HDD, put a spare and try. If it doesn't work, then no harm done. Connect back the original disk and that's it. But if it does work, it would be interesting to share the experience here. I know almost everyone on Google says it doesn't work, but the problem is they haven't tried! Just speculating. So I have a remote hope it can be done.

 

You honestly believe that in the 2 years the PS4 has been on the market this has never been tried, and there's a chance some random person today is now going to pop in a different HDD (which people do all the time) and it might work with Windows or any other OS? You really believe that? Follow your thought process out to the logical conclusion.

Or are you just trolling? Because you aren't making any sense whatsoever.

 

I'm not messing with my PS4, but I can speculate that it probably is running some homegrown sony version of linux. Back in the days when the original xbox came out, I gandered a bit into it since it was also a PC in that time. Guess what, it also ran linux, an MS version of BSD if I recall. The best I could do is run a hacked version so I could run XBMC for my "entertainment" purposes. Consoles are strictly for console gaming, nothing more. Sure you can view the web and other very simple tasks, but that's all they will ever be capable of. If anyone is going to run windows on a console, it will be on the xbox, but its not powerful enough, and no one will really want to buy a console + pc for $1000+ when it's geared towards casual consumers.