| Azuren said: Emulation is a tool of piracy for when the pirate can't even be bothered to buy the console. The kind of gamer who is so dead set on not owning the console to begin with is likely going to have a beefy PC.
As for your last part, I'll counter by saying that a substantial amount of the use of console mods and emulation is for piracy. A quick peek into any forum discussing it will reveal as much.
As for most emulator enthusiasts actually owning their games, they just want to play better versions? Bullshit. If you actually do what you say you do, fine. I've no place to call you a liar- you might be the one person who actually does. But to sit there and tell me that most do? I'm sorry, but that's simply an insult. |
@Bolded for some people
I personally can't wait the 5-10+ years it takes for emulators to release after the initial release of a console, so I end up long having accrued my collection of games before it is possible to emulate them.
@Initialize And I told you, a "beefy" pc is not enough. The system requirements for PC gaming and modern console emulation are very different. PC gaming is GPU heavy, emulation is CPU heavy. The person would have to design their PC specifically for emulation, or they are part of that 1% of PC gamers who don't care about costs and have an overclockable CPU anyway. Go to any Dolphin or PCSX2 forum and you'll find that the majority of posts are about how the games just don't run very well on their PC's that run graphically demanding PC title x, y, and z.
@ Rest
I chose the phrase "emulator enthusiasts" for a reason. These are the people who like to emulate because of how it makes the experiences of their games better. Emulation is not some niche exclusive to pirates. Go to Digital Foundry's videos on the best ways to play Retro games, and they'd often mention emulation as the best option. Obviously Digital Foundry a professional publication isn't going to be endorsing piracy. They are able to discern the difference between piracy and emulation. Now that isn't to say that the person who really wants to play that odd game, but doesn't have the platform is other than you described, but they aren't the ones buying the "beefy" pc's with emulation as one of the things on their mind. They are the ones downloading a GBA, N64 or PS emulator on their cell phone to play Pokemon, Ocarina of Time, or Crash Bandicoot (games released decades ago on platforms that are long dead.)
