[consteval]

I would imagine the games don't disappear from existence the very moment a new console is released.

The reality is that emulating and dumping current games is almost exclusively used for piracy purposes. Naturally, this isn't true for something like the N64.

[devmor]

That is not the reality, that is your personal opinion.

[consteval]

It also happens to be the reality. I won't entertain delusions that switch emulation is not primarily used for piracy.

I mean really, archival? The games are in every Walmart, Target, and GameStop in the country. Within a 5-mile radius of you at any given time there's dozens of games. Get real.

[naikrovek]

Agree.

Pirates never openly admit they are pirating. What, everyone with an emulator is an archivist? Give me a break.

What does an emulator have to do with preservation, anyway? Nothing. You don’t need an emulator to preserve a game. You need an emulator to play a game that you can’t get the hardware for anymore, and the Switch is very much still on store shelves, so the “archiving” excuse evaporates as soon as it is uttered.

Pirates will however say they are doing all kinds of legitimate things in order to keep pirating. I include all those fools who pirate everything they play as a matter of principle, as if that is a legitimately defensible position in reality.