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We're in danger of losing 87% of games and it's only getting worse.
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I don't think emulation is going anywhere. Well, it may become more illegal than it already is, but that's not going to stop many people from continuing. We are already too good at file/software sharing and preservation.
The 'legal' part of emulation (with precedent) is the development of emulator software through reverse engineering a console system. The angle Nintendo+co is most likely to attack is that emulator software allows users to circumvent first-party security restrictions that are meant to make games run only on authorized hardware, thus violating the DMCA.
@ganoo_slash_linux The problem with emulation isn't the emulator part, but the games itself. My main concern are games and systems that will be streaming only in the future. This would make it impossible to preserve the interactive games.
There is a whole lot of mobile games that as far as I know already have been lost to the shutdown of servers and can't be brought back at all. It's just tragic.
Not just mobile games. There are tons of console and PC games lost the same way.
@ampersandrew ... and Arcade games.
Arcade games that stop running without an internet connection?
@ampersandrew My bad. I should have checked who you reply to. Was thinking of a different thread.
I doubt that it will ever become the main way to consume games for several reasons.
@moon_matter It does not need to be the main way. I'm just concerned about those specific titles that are streaming only, or some publisher who only publish games this way.