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Anon is worried about AAA sales (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not a great metric since systems from before 2000 can be emulated on newer hardware, and in fact that's the most common way for people to play old games.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I actually don't know that it excludes emulation (or to what extent it excludes it). Like I wouldn't personally count emulating an NES game on a Switch, but when I pop an actual PS2 DVD into my computer, burn it to an ISO, and play it on PCSX2 – when I own two functioning PS2s, dumped the BIOS, and help work on the emulator – I would probably ultimately answer "yes" to this question.

But it also seems clear that the person writing it knew almost nothing about retro gaming to have not clarified this even a little.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It says "gaming systems released before 2000", not games. You're right about them not seeming to know much about retro gaming; focusing on the hardware rather than the games is an odd decision.