Quote Originally Posted by skaar View Post
The controller is the most important thing for me - I can play NES half the devices in my home, but can only use the controller in a limited few of them.

Emulation's biggest curse is the what I call MP3 syndrome - so many games, so little effort, and no desire to stick to one title. "Aw dammit died again." = Savestate, toggle game, come back to it later (maybe)

I just can't stick with games that way. Which is why I hit next on my ipod way too much.
That's a very interesting analogy, and it actually fits really well. When you buy a CD or a game, you play it, read the manual, many times over to get a true feel for the game. And sometimes even if you don't like the game or song at first, you might end up liking it later. For emulators, you merely grab one single rom (or in music, some mp3) and play it once or so, either liking it or not liking it, but you miss out on everything included with that song or game if you had bought it new. It's just not the same.

I'm pro-hardware all the way.