Bandorr said:
Sure. If you buy the game. And really the point of the games is to get you to buy their console. And their controllers. And their services etc. What percent of people that will "emulate" these games - own a PS3/Ps4? What percentage will even bother to buy the game? That percent that doesn't? Is pirating it. |
Wow, that's a really rough simplification. Anyway, I'd say emulators are somewhat comparable to unofficial coffee pods for coffee makers, or the similar thing for printers, etc. Do you consider that too piracy? Those companies aren't somehow entitled to their other products being bought too. An emulator is more like a competitor than an illegal replacement. The unfortunate thing about emulators, of course, is that they make other, illegal acts easy, but that's probably not their intention (at least usually).
Piracy is a form of copyright infringement and nothing else. It's the act and not its results.
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