is Emulation killing the gaming industry?

[SvennoJ]

Emulating is not killing anything, yet I wonder what will happen in the future with this subject.

Most old games are hard to get nowadays, yet still have plenty collector's value. Last week I saw Link to the past for $110 for example. Yes, you can still find a lot of games if you take the effort, but the internet grants instant gratification, for free. That's hard to compete with.

Fast forward to today, most games are available digitally now and have no reason to expire. Does this mean the end of emulation from last gen onwards? No more excuse for ps3, 360, wii emulators, until the systems can't be found anymore. However with BC that excuse doesn't fly either.

Btw copyright on published games in 95 years... It will be a while until games legally hit public domain.