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True. Just depends on device and how committed people are to doing that lol. As a casual gamer (PC barely ever anymore and Nintendo switch, then I have emulators with a bunch of Nintendo classics) I wouldn't bother. I don't even know how to do that for a Nintendo switch.
So yeah it's an option but in terms of the discussion about Gen z people not shelling out for video games, I think part of the decline has been from casual users who aren't either shelling out $ and aren't interested in enough to pirate 😅 I'm a millennial.
I assume to pirate and transfer to a Nintendo switch (I don't have 2, just the original) there's an initial set up cost?
I tend to stick to the emulator my brother got me with all our 90s(ish) childhood games lol. I don't know if those exist yet for more modern games - or at least not at the cost of the classics!