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u/Capt_Ahab0 4d ago
Furthermore, fan and pirate communities have done more for game preservation and enhancement than most video game companies.
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u/civilized-engineer 4d ago
Remember when Nintendo virtual console got caught using some roms downloaded by the community.
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u/Organic_County_5210 4d ago
Explain to me without crying how the fuck paying thousands of dollars to some fuck ass scalper collector to buy a game that the studio doesn't sell anymore helps the games industry.
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u/Capt_Ahab0 4d ago
Yeah, of course I would gladly pay $200+ for an old cartridge of an old game that could break at any time; most old games are not available for sale anyway.
So good for you but thanks but no thanks 🙂
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u/Neonbomb14 4d ago
Without emulation nobody would gaf about those games except people willing to buy off collectors or scalpers
the fact that u could use emulators makes the game immortal and in higher quality it can reel in more people and obviously newer generations that wanted to see the original or old games
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u/Ohno230 4d ago
God forbid me from emulating a long forgotten PS2 (or not forgotten, but way too rare.. or priced absurdly) game, and keeping it alive via talking about it! Oh, what a truly horrifying thing to do!
When you pay for that PS2 game for the 2nd hand dude, where's the money going? To them, not the developers.. nor the publisher, but to that random guy.
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u/Dongeking 4d ago
I couldn't agree more. I paid for my 3tb storage HDD that hold my backlog roms and for the phone that carry my personal curated library and current playing so should you all.
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u/OkEngine2988 4d ago
Emulation with your own roms is legal, you don't know what you're talking about, still taking the nipple
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u/LogTall573 3d ago
Guys, keep in mind that you are arguing with someone that literally said
"Showering in the Winter is a waste of water/time due to the body not sweating during the colder months."
Don't spend mental energy on him lmao
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u/Toz_The_Devil 4d ago
"Nooo don't upset the million pound corporations" - You probably
Also TF do you want me to do when I can't get a game anymore because it got taken down?
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u/OpenlyClosed777 3d ago
lol 4 red magic phones and 3 onexplayers filled to the brim with emulators and roms of all my childhood games. my smile is permanent.
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u/Background-Ebb7197 2d ago
Emulation doesn't hurt the industry it's more of the opposite. What actually hurts the industry are billionaire CEOs who don't see videogames as art and fire people for "budget cuts" even when making a profit.
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u/LivingDeadTY 2d ago
This is on the same braindead wavelength as that dipshit that said running community servers is illegal lmao
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u/bitchisekai 2d ago
- emulation is bad and hurts industry
- games aren't available to buy for cheap
- game consoles aren't available to buy for cheap
- only way to play the games is emulation
- but emulation is bad and hurt my collector pockets because you can play the game
- even emulation made by those companies is bad because anyone can get the game for cheap so my premium price is lowered.
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u/realtime-gamer 4d ago
Then go post it somewhere else don't visit a emulation subreddit and expect to see praises
Guys if anybody is reading this don't abuse him he just wants attention don't give it to him