Is emulating acceptable?

[SvennoJ]

VGPolyglot said:

SvennoJ said:

That's only true in the first order. Part of the money paid for a used copy went back to the original buyer which most likely resulted in facilitating another game purchase, money returned into the game industry. Only internet providers and maybe advertisers make money from downloading.

A lot of games are out of print, though in the first place, so there is no way to pay for it in a way that the publisher gets the money.

Depends if the publisher is still in the business. The business as a whole still gains something from used copies, yet gains nothing from piracy. If the games are so old that they're out of print and the publisher is out of the business, they likely won't cost more than a dollar either. How cheap can you be :)

But yeah, I know, it's easier to google a download instead of waiting for it to come to GoG, mini Nes/SNes, VC, PS Now, Remasters, Rare replay or other collections. It's funny how the games that are always featured on emulators are never the ones in danger to disappear in obscurity.