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Cerebralbore101 on 26 August 2017
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setsunatenshi said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Your list of working consoles is anecdotal evidence. 

My stance was always that emulators for modern games and systems should be illegal.

PS3 is last gen and thus still modern. Especially when games like Persona 5, Trails of Cold Steel, etc. are still coming out for it. Emulators violate copyright law as clear as day. If you make a living by accepting patreon donations in exchange for working on an emulator for a modern system you are a criminal. 

I meant that playing PS1 games on an emulator is fine ethically. Legally it may be another story depending on whether or not the patent on the bios is still valid. If the patent/s on the PS1 ran out, and you own the disk, then it is legal. 

If you own a game you don't need to buy it again. Most people's hardware still works to this day. If you choose to play your original copy on an emulator (something that only really exists for a single console), and the bios patent/s ran out you should be ok. 

 

 

Are you disputing that hardware given enough time and use WILL fail? Of course my personal circumstances are anectodal, but it conveys the exact point we are debating. When the hardware dies, i still own my games and I have every right to play it anywhere I want.

 

The other assertions you made are also incorrect and several other people pointed them out as well so I'll refrain from repeating them.

 

Dispite you personal opinions on this subject, the fact is emulation exists and thankfully will always exist.

 

100 years from now, today's games should still live on thanks to it.

There are five different Mom'n Pop game shops in my city. They sell everything from Atari to PS4. There are shops like this all across the world.If hardware failed as quickly as you thought they would all be out of bussiness by now. Yes in 60 year's time there will be very few working systems, but not absolutely no working systems. The Mona Lisa survived hundreds of years. Original game carts and disks should be just fine. Not to mention the code for most games hasn't been lost. You won't need an emulator to grab the original code off the net, and 3D print a PS1 in 2074. Hell, by then I'm sure you would be able to just insert a disk or cart into a device and extract all the code from there no problem.