A lot of it can also just being having control of the stuff you purchase. If you have a copy of the game that you control, they cannot take it away from you and you have the ability to emulate it to beyond the restrictions of the original hardware.
Maybe a few.
But let’s stop lying, people mostly emulate because they don’t want to pay.
NovaVeles@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
True. Im still playing digimon world on my ps1 disk, but i also have an identical rip on my PC if it dies one day.
Also a lot easier to rom hack a file than a disk/console
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
I don’t want to pay for a console just to play a few exclusive and then have regionlocked store. Not having some great indies like Stardew in my country’s store, and i have to go a great length to buy games, that is not going to happen. I’ll just get a steamdeck or equivalent and emulate the exclusive.
TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d gladly pay, if that were an option. But maybe I’m not like most people.
bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or don’t have over 200€ to spend on videogames.