Re: The future of emulation?
Posted by oldschoolrocker on .
Good questions. Because Nintendo is the only company that I"ve heard of doing something like this (as in selling downloads of old games for an actual system) most otehr emulators would still be okay legit-wise because thy're not owned by Nintendo. If emulators came out for the Wii *snicker stupidest name ever* there might be controllers available for computer emulators to have the motion detector thing. ANd for the emulators for the NDS you can use the mouse as the Stylus.
So... the Wii ("wheeeeee!" aka "dabbayoo two"). Virtual Console. Millions of people playing older games. What of the Emulator market?
Why would people get an emulator if they can already play all their favorite old (Nintendo) games? People might use emulators for savestates and slow-down to make the game easier, like game-genies or cheat codes. If Nintendo charges for playing the old games ("buying" them), emulators would be a free alternative. Will emulators actually become more popular? Which means more ROM downloading (pirating?)... Will the pirating cause the eventual legal downfall of emulators?
Assuming emulation continues into future years, there is still the hurdle of motion-sensitivity (Wii controller) and touch-reactions (Nintendo DS). I can't throw my computer around, and it doesn't do much when I poke it.
Why would people get an emulator if they can already play all their favorite old (Nintendo) games? People might use emulators for savestates and slow-down to make the game easier, like game-genies or cheat codes. If Nintendo charges for playing the old games ("buying" them), emulators would be a free alternative. Will emulators actually become more popular? Which means more ROM downloading (pirating?)... Will the pirating cause the eventual legal downfall of emulators?
Assuming emulation continues into future years, there is still the hurdle of motion-sensitivity (Wii controller) and touch-reactions (Nintendo DS). I can't throw my computer around, and it doesn't do much when I poke it.