I seriously considered leaving the site over this. But despite it's flaws this is still the best place to talk bout video games on the internet. There's not so many people that threads are a thousand pages long before you get a chance to read them. Most of the userbase are fans of Nintendo and Sony. One thing I am doing is withdrawing my supporter status and going back to using adblock. If I knew of a relatively active forum where people weren't allowed to discuss emulation of games that are still on store shelves I'd go there. But none exist. 

Well, you seem to be having a fun time on this thread, so I'd say it's not as gloomy as you make it out to be.

That's because this thread, isn't that thread. Notice how I haven't even posted in that thread? Now that I've been digging into my Terranigma Repro I'd love to talk about it there, but I'm not going to, (because bringing up how it's fair game for a Repro due to it's age, and lack of release in the states is banned from the discussion). If I can't say everything I want to say in a thread, about a topic, then it's pointless to bother. I mean, imagine a future thread on Super Mario Odyssey, where you can't even point out that one level that you didn't like. 

Oh, so reproductions are fine? I am not entirely sure that it's PC gaming that you have a problem with, not the piracy and emulation.

C'mon man. I said it all the way back in Zero's thread on BotW back in May. Emulation is fine so long as you aren't using it to pirate games that are on store shelves. Repro carts aren't exactly emulation, but the same principle applies. Eventually patents run out and things become public domain. I'm a firm believer that piracy of anything over a decade old is just fine, since there's hardly any money to be made off of it. If these Persona 5, and BotW emulation threads were made in 2021 when Switch and PS4 are last gen, I wouldn't have an issue with it at all. 

So, you're the one who gets to the decide the arbitary cut-off for what's acceptable and what isn't? 

But it isn't arbitary. And it's not just my position. Extra Credits holds the same views on it as I do. 

And Extra Credits are just some other people on the internet, much like you and I.

Extra Credits also made the argument that the Vita failed because it was too good.

So let me get this straight. If a patreon page were to go up asking for donations for a Switch emulator on PC, and it got funded, and tomorrow morning Switch had an emulator for PC working perfectly, you wouldn't have a problem with that? Keep in mind that the Wii U was only a little over two years old when Cemu was launched. A third of the best games on Wii U had either just released at that time, or had yet to come out.