You wouldnt understand unless you try it yourself. Playing the latest up to date games and old classics on the same package is pretty awesome especially if its on a portable.

Also a gamer should never "just move on" , a gamer should embrace all games, old and new. Along with that, not sure what you meant by "Its a waste of money", I doubt emulation is the main reason why anyone would buy a 3DS/PSVita since you can pretty much do it on the older portables and on a PC.

All 3 consoles (and I guess portables excluding NDS/PSP) is doing the same thing via their own download service (i.e. xbl, psn, vc) AND their charging you for it as well even though you can technically get the games for free in another way lawl or for cheaper online.

Okay 2 things confuse me about this

#1 Good SNES games? not to be funny but maybe it's time to move on with the times? SNES was awesome but seriously? It was God knows how long ago, since the SNES there have been hundreds of excellent games out and this is just the handhelds alone. Maybe it's time to just move with the times and embrace the new games. There were these consoles recently called the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox maybe it's time to advance? I've never understand people who buy a brand new console just so they can play their old collection. I can understand what the idea of having a unfied handheld to play all your "faves" but the whole point of a new console is to play new games. Exactly how will a touch pad or a gyroscope help with a SNES game? At no time does the game show off the skills of the handheld that you spent money on.

#2 Which brings me to my second point: You have a psp which does all that. why then are you keen to "upgrade" only to then go backwards and play the exact same SNES games via an emulator. To me, this seems like a waste of money.

lastly if you find hacking more fun than "playing most games" I'm gonna say you're playing all the wrong games...

One day you will get it...or not. I can't explain to you why people replay older games.

I've owned every system ever made (Other than Neo Geo and Jaguar but those were covered with emulators and roms) and have done my share of gaming for a lifetime. I get as much enjoyment replaying classic games I've played before as most new AAA games...more enjoyment in lot of cases. 

Your coment comes off as being very preachy and almost insulting, but I'm not in a mood to argue.

I don't even get what you guys are arguing about, but he has a point. Why the hell would you buy and hack a PS Vita just for a SNES emulator? Especially when you can already do that on a PSP.

I know what you mean though, I seem to get more enjoyment out of classics and emulators than I do out of a new game.

One day you will get it...or not. I can't explain to you why people replay older games.

I've owned every system ever made (Other than Neo Geo and Jaguar but those were covered with emulators and roms) and have done my share of gaming for a lifetime. I get as much enjoyment replaying classic games I've played before as most new AAA games...more enjoyment in lot of cases. 

Your coment comes off as being very preachy and almost insulting, but I'm not in a mood to argue.

I wouldn't do it just to play a Snes emulator but replaying Zelda and Battletoads with the new gorgeus PSV oled screen sounds pretty good to me.

Maybe Vita can offer a Dreamcast emulator. Smooth n64 and PS1 emulation with enhanced graphics... Maybe even something like PS2 down the road. Homebrew scene is also of interest to me.