saying "just use an emulator" about console games also feels really stupid to me because the whole appeal is the console. sure maybe i could find a switch emulator that Nintendo hasn't struck down but i can't take that on a train with me and it won't have the same controls. i would rather Nintendo just not charge me half a month's rent for that either
no literally. like i understand and agree piracy is preservation we need piracy to continue to keep what would otherwise be dead media in motion. it isnt a thing against piracy. but emulation is also not the answer every single time when criticizing company's bad policies or pricing points. emulation does preserve games and its important technology for when a console enters the end of its life cycle and it becomes more expensive to maintain the upkeep of that console than it is to get a pc that can run its content functionally. im sooo frustrated with the state of modern gaming that any criticisms of legal ways to acquire the games is met with piracy, notably something you should not be loud about to companies you are pirating from. when working in areas deemed "illegal" many people tend to keep on the downlow to avoid attracting attention. this is for good reason and is fair as a method of avoiding scrutiny or punishment. anyway do you all remember when xbox came out with mandatory internet enabled or it wouldnt run? and the backlash was so bad they reverted that? yeah. i think consumers need to do backlash like that again.
