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The original was posted on /r/android by /u/Ol-Sinnerman on 2023-08-07 02:38:43+00:00.

I posted this in r/BlueStacks, and I figure there’s a high likelihood they’ll delete it, but I wanted to post it here so anyone can read it. This was after dealing with their support for a week and a half trying to fix BlueStacks so I could test out android applications through their emulation software, and try out the programs through emulation of Android.

"At one point, I used Bluestacks frequently. I really enjoyed the software. I loved using it.

I don’t know why or how, but recently, Bluestacks has actively slowed my computer to a crawl just to run it. About 3 months ago. I did a meme stream where I ran 11 apps in separate instances at the same time. None of those instances worked, so I uninstalled, purged all of the winreg files, and reinstalled.

I can’t even download games or keep them launched anymore. This application has become complete trash, and I’m unsure why. Going through this reddit to find solutions leads to the Bluestacks team going “Open a ticket, do it the proper way”, but the ticket process doesn’t help.

I did eventually find the solution, though, to the problem. Setting the CPU from 4 cores on my 8 core to 2 cores fixed everything. It’s a shame that the support staff simply said “Yep, can’t replicate this” and called it quits. I literally ran 11 separate instances as a joke for a stream and it ran flawlessly, but running 1 can lead to problems now."

I’m also going to add that Bluestacks itself has had many complaints recently. I think the emulator is going to hell, and it’s upsetting to me. I can no longer download programs without the original .apk file, so in order to download anything, I require the .apk file because of a weird error I get on the PlayStore.

Anyway, this isn’t just to rant, it’s to talk about the fall of a great emulator, and ask everyone for their thoughts on Google Play Games’ new Beta for the computer.