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[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Retro gaming and media rips.

You can literally pop a ps2 game and just play with pcsx2, don't even have to rip it. Given the recent pushes towards "you'll own nothing and fuck you if you don't like it" it isn't surprising to me that a company is offering a path back to media ownership.

Based on the specs for the machine, that's the goal as well. I wouldn't consider a 16 GB kit sufficient for much else than a media/web machine anymore, and that's the default on the advertised rig

[–] theoriginalcows@lemmings.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

One of the good things about emulating is not having to manage a bunch of discs.

Also, you still own media whether it's on a disc or a disk. Laypeople think having media they can 'see' matters, but it really doesn't.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You should read the EULAs you sign when you Buy digital media.

If it isn't on a physical device that someone can't take away, you don't own it, and even then you still have DRM in the way of you and the data you bought and paid for. That's why game consoles are being sold without disc trays, and why services like game pass are being pushed so hard. The writing has been on the wall for years, and ubisoft's director even said it out loud.

Emulation from backup file still requires somebody rip the game, and if you download that you're stuck in a legal gray area, even if you own a physical copy of the game. For some, that's a dealbreaker.

[–] theoriginalcows@lemmings.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't care what EULAs or the law says.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Then my comment wasn't for you 😊

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