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Being made officially DRM-free would allow pushing back to the notion ownership though. Piracy however, is just more ammunition for companies to take away that notion.
Still requires people to go to shady websites with bad advertisement and maybe even virus infected sites. Then download games for free and have a bad feeling about it. But that is not even the worst part. They have to know which emulator to download (hopefully from a safe place), know how to install and configure it. Also no integrated features like achievements (I know about RetroAchivements…, but that is another thing) or Cloud saves. The versions on GOG offer some additional features and options like No encounter rates or battle assist in example.
All in all, I personally prefer playing the games on emulators and download Roms since early 2000s without feeling bad about it. In fact I feel good. But not everyone is me.
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. It’s true. I’ve been playing with emulated games for as long as I can remember, but none of my friends are even able to unzip a file without me following them step by step. I’m also active in the Pokémon homebrew community, and let me tell you, the amount of tech illiteracy from people is astonishing. Even with a step-by-step guide, even simple things like downloading a game ROM and patching it is a herculean effort for some.
These releases allow people who are not accustomed to the sort of things to legally buy, own and play old games. And as for me, even though I have the entire catalogue of PS1 games+emulator on my hard disk, I sometimes appreciate being able to quickly download and boot the game from a launcher I already have installed on my pc without the hassle of whipping out the hard disk, and that is enough for me to warrant spending a few pennies.
Wouldn’t the originals just be either NES or SNES roms? If you want those, they’ve been available for decades on various websites.
some people would like to buy them
Being made officially DRM-free would allow pushing back to the notion ownership though. Piracy however, is just more ammunition for companies to take away that notion.
Still requires people to go to shady websites with bad advertisement and maybe even virus infected sites. Then download games for free and have a bad feeling about it. But that is not even the worst part. They have to know which emulator to download (hopefully from a safe place), know how to install and configure it. Also no integrated features like achievements (I know about RetroAchivements…, but that is another thing) or Cloud saves. The versions on GOG offer some additional features and options like No encounter rates or battle assist in example.
All in all, I personally prefer playing the games on emulators and download Roms since early 2000s without feeling bad about it. In fact I feel good. But not everyone is me.
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. It’s true. I’ve been playing with emulated games for as long as I can remember, but none of my friends are even able to unzip a file without me following them step by step. I’m also active in the Pokémon homebrew community, and let me tell you, the amount of tech illiteracy from people is astonishing. Even with a step-by-step guide, even simple things like downloading a game ROM and patching it is a herculean effort for some.
These releases allow people who are not accustomed to the sort of things to legally buy, own and play old games. And as for me, even though I have the entire catalogue of PS1 games+emulator on my hard disk, I sometimes appreciate being able to quickly download and boot the game from a launcher I already have installed on my pc without the hassle of whipping out the hard disk, and that is enough for me to warrant spending a few pennies.