Is emulation mostly a broke boi activity?

[bogey_j]

Keep in mind I’m not talking about backwards compatibility, but emulators for PC like pcsx2, xemu, dolphin, etc

Dudes talk about game preservation but let’s keep it reality: it’s mostly about having thousands of free games at your fingertips

At the height of my broke-boyism, emulation was a godsend Always had something to play


Now that I got money and can buy any game/console I want, I don’t give a fukk about dusty ass emulation. I’d rather play the game the way it was meant to be played or play the official remaster on my shiny new PS5 or PC

 

[Rekkapryde]

@Mowgli

 

[Rice N Beans]

Nothing exactly broke about revisiting the classics.

You can get a better experience on emulation, too, on top of modernization.

 

[Mowgli]

Mostly a I dont give a fukk what the op thinks activity

 

[NZA]

you could argue that fightcade has created a platform that is even better than what you get with the official re-releases.

also, emulation is still a problem solver if you want to play something that isn't getting localized in the region you live in.

 

[BurstWicks]

No. There's a sizable portion of gamers (myself included) that believe anything made after 2000 fukking sucks. Theres tons of modern f2p games thatll do the job just fine if its about having something to play. But there's the sort of care and love in games pre-2000 that is non-existent today.

Like back then their main concern was truly making a great game.. nowadays its more about adhering to algorithms that say something along the lines of "if you can keep a player playing for x amount of time, then hes likely to spend y amount of dollars.. so figure out how to keep him hooked for x amount of time" .. shyt is deplorable

 

[feelosofer]

No the cost of anything from PS2 on back espcially fighting games and RPGs has skyrocketed to the get the physical copies. Plus now you have clone systems and emulation stations. It's the only way to play lot of games now. So yes, emulation does preserve a lot of gaming history.

 

[daze23]

what a weird take

 

[melraH]

Fightcade done change the game, me and my boyz from HS (we use to cut class to go play KOF 95, MK2/3,samsho2/ssf2T)

Been running monthly tournaments and weekend practice runs since the pandemic on fightcade and nulldcBear.

them old snk games play smooth as butter online. And we had leagues on Ps3/ps4/xbox live and fightcade just plays better

 

[BBG]

BBG ain't nothing to be ashamed of nikka we eating outchea could've bought a switch for $300, OR I could emulate it on my phone for better graphics with an even easier method of docking (screen mirror on the OLED)


Experiencing BOTW for the first time, brehs... It's glorious

 

[Fatboi1]

Yeah it's for broke nikkas.

I buy every single game at $70 a pop and beat it in 3 days then talk about it online.

 

[Family Lives Matter]

What a retard

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Yall on one today with these wacky ass threads. Next thing I am going to read that you are a "c00n" for sleeping on your side.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

On another note, this MacBook M1 is like the gawd level emulation machine. Once the PS3 emulator is actually stable issa wrap.

 

[Wink Beaufield]

No the cost of anything from PS2 on back espcially fighting games and RPGs has skyrocketed to the get the physical copies. Plus now you have clone systems and emulation stations. It's the only way to play lot of games now. So yes, emulation does preserve a lot of gaming history.

shyt, them PSP, Nintendo DS/3DS RPGs shooting up in price too. Them one off Atlus RPGs will run your pockets.