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whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 days agoYes, the survey summary below shows no exceptions for physical hardware vs emulation in the question
Comment on I'm doing my part!
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 days agoYes, the survey summary below shows no exceptions for physical hardware vs emulation in the question
samus12345@lemm.ee 4 days ago
The percentage should be way, way higher, then, since lost of people use the emulators on Nintendo Switch Online.
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 days ago
A lot of people using official channel emulators probably don’t think of it as emulation. I have one of the original style PS3 systems where it had PS2 hardware to play the older games. Does that count as emulation or using an older system? Hard to say where one draws the line.
samus12345@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I’ve been tinkering with Canoe (the emulator the SNES Classsic and NSO both use) for years, so it’s very much emulation to me. Compatibility is so-so, but performance on weak hardware is really good, better than any unofficial SNES emulator. The launch PS3 does not count as emulation for PS2, but every version after does.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s May 2024 data from 2022 respondents, biased towards people willing to respond to pretty long consumer surveys. I have similar suspicions you’d see a higher % from a larger sample size or reporting from video game platform and store owners who can differentiate that better than your average consumer.