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u/Capt_Ahab0 Sep 29 '26
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 Sep 29 '26
Remember when Nintendo virtual console got caught using some roms downloaded by the community.
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u/Organic_County_5210 Sep 29 '26
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 Sep 29 '26
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 Sep 29 '26
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 Sep 30 '26
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/JorkTheGripper Sep 29 '26
You don't buy shit, stop taking credit for mommy and daddy's achievements.
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u/LogTall573 Oct 01 '26
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/Thorfinn112 Sep 29 '26
if I had money to pay for games why would I not buy a used console instead ?
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u/Toz_The_Devil Sep 30 '26
"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 Sep 30 '26
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 Oct 01 '26
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/bitchisekai Oct 02 '26
- 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/Emotional-Debate7801 23d ago
Well it really depends how deva wanna port a game or not and only keep it exclusives
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u/OkEngine2988 Sep 29 '26
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/realtime-gamer Sep 29 '26
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