Azuren said:
Interesting spin, except no. Just the software or hardware that allows you to play a digitally stolen game on an otherwise legitimate piece of hardware. Keep trying, though. I feel like I'm arguing with a mugger on whether or not mugging people is okay.
It's not. |
I just think it's crazy to make emulators illegal just because they can be used for piracy. That's like banning DVD writers because you could make illegal copies with it. Emulators just as homebrew on consoles are just a tool. What you do with it as a whole different story.
Emulators are in fact important to preserve games of the past. Without them, the majority of games from the past would be lost forever soon enough. There will be a time when the last Amiga or C64 will cease to function. Without emulators we would have no way whatsoever to play the games from those machines, even if we have legitimate copies. Because of that I very much welcome emulators. I use them on a daily basis for playing some good old DOS games on my modern computer. No piracy involved. So why the heck should I suffer just because some other people use emulators for piracy? That's just nuts. That's like banning cars because some idiots use them to kill people. With that mindset MP3 would have also been declared illegal back in the day when music was only available on CDs. Sure, most people used MP3 for piracy in the 90s. But not everybody. Plus everyone profited from the tech that came with it. Streaming services today wouldn't be possible without the groundwork from MP3. In the same way virtual console wouldn't be possible today without the work from the developers of emulators. Even Nintendo themselves use tech from open source emulators and ROMs from the internet.
The gains are simply bigger than the losses on this one.
唯一無二のRolStoppableに認められた、VGCの任天堂ファミリーの正式メンバーです。光栄に思います。
