I used to be really into collecting games, but when it came time to move out I realized I had way too much stuff lol. I also didn't even want to play half the shit that I have, so I got rid of a lot of it. I probably buy a couple games a year now, but if it's a console game I'd much prefer it to be a physical copy
I'm sure that I'm in the minority here, but for JRPGs in particular I think I'll always want a physical copy. Last year I bought 13 Sentinels, SMT Nocturne, and SMT V. I wish physical copies for PS2 era games weren't so ridiculously expensive, cause there are a lot of hidden gems I never played. I can emulate them, but I want the cool box too 😞
Digital seems more and more appealing since you always have to contend with failing hardware to play it on. My ps2 tries it's best to play some games but sometimes it's just like dying laser scanner noises :yea:
emulate instead, then you get to play at a higher resolution. it really makes ps2 and gamecube games look so good.
Seconded.
A Mediatek S905x4 TV box for $50 running EmuElec can handle almost anything.
https://github.com/EmuELEC/EmuELEC/wiki
i just use my PC, that looks complicated as fuck
It is not too bad. I just like having a small device that plugs into my living room TV without fans that can play games and stream movies.
makes sense. id thought about making a Pi setup of some kind, but a lot of what i emulate requires too much power now. i like my upscaled PS2 and GC games, and ive started emulating PS3 now that i have a better video card
The next gen Mediatek processors for TV boxes based off the Dimensity phone SOCs will be coming later this year. So if you want to wait you can.
The 2.5mhz+ ARM Cores combined with the Mali G77/G78's GPUs - around a NV 1050 TI to NV 1060 in performance - should be enough for most PS3 emulation.
Should be gettable for under $100 by next Xmas if the chip shortgages work themselves out somehow.
If you have a fat PS2 you can slap a hard drive in there and load everything off that instead.