is Emulation killing the gaming industry?

[JRPGfan]

CladInShadows said:
Yeah, no. Emulation is barely a pimple on the ass of the video gaming industry. If you think it's killing the industry, you need to be brought back to reality. I swear that a lot of the emulation detractors really have no idea what they're talking about.

1. Emulation takes such computing power that it's nearly impossible to keep up with the technology of today's games. Currently, we're only able to emulate PS2/Wii level games. Technology that stopped being cutting edge 10 years ago. And even that isn't perfect emulation on all games. We won't be able to emulate 7th gen games for many years. And 8th gen? We're not gonna see that for a LONG time. Please tell me how much money Sunsoft is losing by me going and downloading Journey to Silius for the NES. I'll wait. I bet that really killed the games industry.

2. There's this idiotic mindset that emulation is synonymous with piracy. It isn't. Right now I'm playing Dragon Quest 8 on my PC, with my physical copy sitting on my shelf, and my original fat PS3 (with PS2 capabilities). Same thing with the original Xenoblade. My disc and Wii are sitting there on my shelf. I've given Nintendo, Sony, Square-Enix, and Monolith my money already. Why do I play it on the PC instead of original hardware? I can give you 1080 reasons. And anyone getting an NES classic better be down with emulation, because that's all it is. And virtual console, and many games found on today's digital stores, etc. All emulation, with no piracy.

3. The vast majority of games being emulated and/or pirated are no longer available from the original developer/publisher, meant to be played on hardware that is no longer sold new. If you go buy your physical copy of Dragon Quest 8 right now (perfectly legal), and grab a used PS2 to play it on, Square doesn't doesn't get a single penny. Neither does Sony. Some dude on ebay does. I'm not condoning piracy. I like to own the games I emulate. But I'm just being realistic when it comes to the financial impact it has on the industry. Publishers see no money no matter how you play these old games.

This is exactly how I see it.