[wmf]

Gamers know that piracy and emulation will rescue lost games.

[aeturnum]

The point the article is making is that people assume that a game having physical media means its fully functional - but that's often not the case. Most games made recently rely on access to centralized servers to make the game playable in a concrete way. Emulation will help - but unlike previous generations having physical media won't be enough.

[wolvoleo]

For now yes. But what when the industry moves to streaming? It's the ultimate copy protection because you never even get the game code.