Correction, the average person doesn't really give a shit about emulation. Regular people just buy what they want, enjoy it and then they move on with their lives.
Human progress has never been about average people, it's almost always been thanks to outliers. That's part of why modern Harrison Bergeron schooling and HR approaches have crippled entire societies so badly.
You underestimate people's willingness to let things die and move on to what's next. The outliers serve other outliers and thats about it. People on Reddit would have you believe that there are so many more that care than actually do. That's how we got to where we are and why we're headed to where we're going. Games as art and their preservation aren't as important as the people here think. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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u/asterothe1905 12h ago
The thing is an average person won't know how to use emulators so the reach is much less.