Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Why emulate, when you can play it on PC |
Henry-San, I believe you misunderstood. Let me state my case as such;
The PS1 to PS2 artitechtures both used similar artitechures. As such, not only did this make the transition easier for the developers who had prior knowledge for creating games for the next system, but it also paved the way for gamers who didn't have a PS1 for various reasons to still play their games on PS2; without worry. This is what I meant as hardware emulation.
For the software emulation, let us use the best current example; the Xbox One. Microsoft stated that well over 100 games will be avaliable from the Xbox 360 era. Games such as Lost Odessey would be on this list. However, certain video games may not be there. Let us take The Last Remnant for example. While it was a great game, there is no gurantee that said game will be on the list. This also applies to other 360 exclusives that may not make it onto the One's backwards compatibility list. Every game that individual may have wanted to play due to unavaliability (Shadow Complex) or potential missed oppurtunity might not make the list due to various reasons.
To conclude, I do concur with your PC statement... to a degree. I do like the emulation aspect that the PC provides, but we are physical beings in a physical world. We need to able to own physcial content; regardless of medium. However, in the same aspect, obtaining a game like Snatcher or Super Turrican 2 is nigh-impossible, so emulation is the next best option. As such, there is a silver lining for both.
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