Originally Posted by
Drageuth
I can totally agree with what he says. I don't download or emulate any of the systems that he's talking about, but I used to emulate NES games before I would purchase them off eBay, just to see if I liked it or if I should get one that I actually enjoyed first before going out of my way to add a terrible title to my collection.
I can agree with the Nintendo DS flash carts, as well. While I own an Acekard 2i, for me it's more of a trial basis thing. I've so far put six games that I was actually really excited about onto my Acekard, and am thankful that I had the chance to download them and try them out on the actual hardware first, because otherwise I would have been massively disappointed in my purchases. All but one of them I did not enjoy at all.
I don't personally agree with people who only download games of the newer systems. Yes, I understand that money is tight, etc, etc, but I have always been of the opinion that most people live way above their means and spend more money on stuff that they do not need, rather than stuff that they actually do need. If you can't afford to purchase the games, then you shouldn't even bother purchasing the hardware. At least, that's my opinion. When it comes to software and stuff that is no longer on the market and there is no other way to get it other than pawn shops or eBay, I see no problems downloading those and using them, because like he said: the developer gets none of the money whatsoever.
For the most part, though, I believe that piracy is piracy. I don't think there should be a line in the sand where one kind of piracy is good and one kind is bad. I think it is all considered piracy, whether you can still purchase the software or not. That's not to say that I'll condemn anyone for downloading stuff, or that I don't do the same thing, but I consider all piracy as piracy. There is no gray area in that, in my opinion.
Not really sure if that was coherent or not. Fuck.