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elektranine on 12 December 2015
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This is so surreal we now have m$ biased gaming media not only telling us what we should buy but also directly advocating copyright infringement.

Its like the twilight zone, where is their articles about "dont buy" xbox one 'exclusives' when you could just wait for them to come out on PC and "download" them in order to play them for 'free'.

In many countries there is no way for you to legally play PS2 games on anything other than a PS2 console or a product licensed by sony to play ps2 discs.

And since PC Gamer's main audience is the United States they are directly encouraging people to break the DMCA among other laws but only for sony products.

Where are their articles directly advocating copyright infringement for Nintendo or Microsoft products or is it only 'OK' to steal from Sony.

 

There is no way to do any of this legally:

  • You cant use any software or hardware device that direclty enables copyright infringement. In fact in most countries it is illegal to even possess such software. The PS2 emulator would have to be incapable of playing any non-origional PS2 game. I.E. no ISOs no backups.
  • And the emulator cannot function without the sony developed PS2 bios. This makes it illegal everyday of the week. No you cannot dump the PS2 bios over LAN that is illegal as it requires tools that violate copyright protection schemes. You would have to somehow remove the bios chip from the console and then use very expensive hardware to dump it.
Bottom line: Dont do it - Support the developers who worked on the games, many of whome will get royalties from the sales.
zero129 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Thread should be renamed "why you should steal PS2 games instead of buying them legally on PS4". Personally, I would argue that it's better to buy the real games and play them on a CRT on a real PS2 but, that's for another thread lol.

Why should it be named that? .

Have you even read the OP instead of just the thread title??.

It talks about using your "Own" PS2 discs in the PC something you cant do on the PS4..

Now please explain to me why i should "Rebuy" PS2 games i already own just to play them on the PS4?, when its much more simpler for me to pop that disc into my PC or rip it to my HDD and play it on my PC?. I payed the original cost for the game. Many of my PS2 games i own since they where brand new, so why should i be forced to re buy them again?.

And if i choose not to re buy them again, but instead play them on my PC. Why should i have to have Console users such as you and Vita telling me im a pirate??..

This thread has nothing to do with Piracy so it would be nice if some users didnt try bringing it off topic by bringing that into it.

You obviously dont understand anything that you are talking about. Piracy == Copyright infringement. Piracy is what this thread is about. You cannot legally play PS2 games on your PC. In doing so you are committing copyright infringement AKA piracy.