Handheld emulation effected the sale of handheld ?

MagicDust · February 13th, 2008

We all know that emulators effected to console some way or else we wont see sony buy VGS or UltraHLE went deep in cloud.

But is it effect to handheld ?

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · February 13th, 2008

No, not really.
Infact all emulation usually does not have that great an effect on consoles/handhelds as it takes quite a while for the emulation to progress to a playable level.
There are still tons of PS2 games with errors or that don't run quite right. There are still quite a few DS games with errors or that don't run quite right.

If you want perfection then the real deal is still the best way to go (and the only legal way anyways as you need the real deal to dump games or bios files from).

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**Hard core Rikki** · February 13th, 2008

thats more of a moral stance than a real impact. some prefer that emus not be programmed/released during the console's lifespan, for obvious reasons (after all, the nostalgia factor plays a significant role in that as well, though the now-generalized backward compatibility in many/most new consoles is eroding the logic of it slightly, as older games now tend to age better than before the 'nextgen' era began)

btw, how ridiculous would it not look to have gba emulators on the DS, just for fun's sake ? ;P

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**Cid Highwind** · February 13th, 2008

When it's possible to run homebrew code, such as emulators, on a handheld, this in most cases also means you are able to boot downloaded images. That's the main selling point really.

I bougth my Dreamcast and PSP for homebrew though, I made sure that I got myself one of the old fat PSPs so that I could downgrade it to run emulators. Same for Dreamcast, I knew it would run all my old NES game, so I bought it. Best purchase ever.

As for the emulation of handheld consoles on your PSP: That's only for those who really have no money, or loser kids who are just too desperate to invest something in their own hobby. I don't think it affects sales too much, emulation, especially of handhelds, is just too underground for that.

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Paratech · February 13th, 2008

I don't find portable games as fun on PCs as on portable gaming systems.
I had a Game Boy Player before I purchased a game Boy Advance, though, and I rarely used it.

I play games on my Game Boy Advance SP quite a bit though, and I like to backup all my Game Boy Advance games to my PC.

I may eventually buy the memory unit that lets you play dumped Game Boy Advance games in case my cartridges break.

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**Kellicros** · February 13th, 2008

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I don't find portable games as fun on PCs as on portable gaming systems.

I agree, I think the sole reason of handhelds being portable is enough to keep their sales up regardless of emulators' existence.

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cloudvii · February 19th, 2008

Still. Emulation sure has affected sales in my opinion. Iirc, GBA was emulated after 6 monthes from the handheld release. If you were a father, would you get your son even if you know it can be emulated perfectly on a 500 MHZ PC? Maybe you would but not everyone would

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ShadowPlayer · February 19th, 2008

When you have handheld you can go with it anywhere but with emulator,I don't think you can

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Paratech · February 20th, 2008

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Originally Posted by cloudvii

Still. Emulation sure has affected sales in my opinion. Iirc, GBA was emulated after 6 monthes from the handheld release. If you were a father, would you get your son even if you know it can be emulated perfectly on a 500 MHZ PC? Maybe you would but not everyone would

At the time, 500mhz portable computers were expensive. Portable computers are still expensive, and not everyone has the tech knowledge to install an emulator, download the ROMs, and setup the emulator, plus to upgrade the emulator and to deal with the fact not all games will work.

I think spending $99 is a better idea!

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February 13th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,344	No, not really. Infact all emulation usually does not have that great an effect on consoles/handhelds as it takes quite a while for the emulation to progress to a playable level. There are still tons of PS2 games with errors or that don't run quite right. There are still quite a few DS games with errors or that don't run quite right. If you want perfection then the real deal is still the best way to go (and the only legal way anyways as you need the real deal to dump games or bios files from). __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,545	When it's possible to run homebrew code, such as emulators, on a handheld, this in most cases also means you are able to boot downloaded images. That's the main selling point really. I bougth my Dreamcast and PSP for homebrew though, I made sure that I got myself one of the old fat PSPs so that I could downgrade it to run emulators. Same for Dreamcast, I knew it would run all my old NES game, so I bought it. Best purchase ever. As for the emulation of handheld consoles on your PSP: That's only for those who really have no money, or loser kids who are just too desperate to invest something in their own hobby. I don't think it affects sales too much, emulation, especially of handhelds, is just too underground for that. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,131	I don't find portable games as fun on PCs as on portable gaming systems. I had a Game Boy Player before I purchased a game Boy Advance, though, and I rarely used it. I play games on my Game Boy Advance SP quite a bit though, and I like to backup all my Game Boy Advance games to my PC. I may eventually buy the memory unit that lets you play dumped Game Boy Advance games in case my cartridges break. __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,241	Still. Emulation sure has affected sales in my opinion. Iirc, GBA was emulated after 6 monthes from the handheld release. If you were a father, would you get your son even if you know it can be emulated perfectly on a 500 MHZ PC? Maybe you would but not everyone would __________________ Fekra Online magazine Fekra Magazine Fekra Magazine readers Facebook group

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