You can make many backup copies of your rom collection. Not so with old discs that are not reading, or carts suffering from bitrot or physical damage.

With retro gaming; emulation IS the way forward. Physical media is more of a display piece for nostalgia maniacs, or an investment for speculators.

That’s what was said when Windows 8 launched, and then again when support ended for Windows 7, and again when extended support ended for Windows 7.

The only thing that ever really had an effect on Linux user numbers was the Steam Deck.

I like to think those internal communications were “goddamnit this torrents got no fucking seeders too!”