Genuinely baffled that there are people out there that think emulation is “wrong”. Emulation is a civic good, full stop. To assert some kind of moral high ground against emulation is absurd.

These multi-billion dollar corporations cannot be trusted to maintain their digital storefronts or the ability to play games into the future. This has been shown time and time again as Nintendo et al. have shuttered eshops, dropped support for consoles, and removed titles from circulation. Video game history and its preservation fully depend on emulation efforts from the community.