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stupid opinion piece... emulation is probably the only real way old games will ever remain playable for future generations. what kind of lost revenue is being had exactly by emulation?

i have full collections of games from the 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit eras taking terabytes of space in one of my hard drives. sure every now and then I might feel like playing 1 or 2 of those games just for nostalgia's sake, but most importantly, I want to be sure that no matter what happens in the future, if I or any of my (possible) kids will want to know what it was like back then, I have access to most if not all legacy games without having to buy a new house to store original hardware and software that sooner or later will stop working anyway.

does that stop me from spending probably much more money in gaming per year than 99% of the population? hell no