I think this discussion isn't going anywhere and should just stop here. It's getting pointless. So a small recap of my ideas...
Facts:
- Ps2 emulation is getting good
- Gamecube and wii emulation is getting good
- xbox-xbox360 emulation isn't going anywhere cause there's not much point t it. Most games get ported to or are proted from pc so...
Other facts:
- A game's graphic isn' t everything. In fact, it's only a small part. The only people who judge a game by graphics and go "Ohhhh" "Ahhhh" by seeing highly detailed textures are 13 years old kids. And people whose brain never developed beyond 13 years old.
- You do not emulate a game to pirate it, you emulate a game because you want features (savegames, screenshots, savestates..) and because you want to keep the console "alive" after its natural life duration.
- Emulation will get slower maybe, but it will not die. There IS a limit to graphics in consoles and Pcs. Once that limit is reached, and it WILL be reached in not so many years (that is, complete graphical realism), the power required for the consoles will tend to stop increasing.
And now, everyone's favorite. Predictions. I will say right now that predictions are pointless. Let us see a few "predictions"...
- 13 years ago the internet as a public phenomenon did NOT exist. Now, a world without internet is unthinkable.
- Moore's law states that every 18 months the processors performance doubles. This has always been true up to now. This means that in 5 years we could have CPUs with 8 times the performance of current CPUs, and the same goes for video cards.
- Experts reckon we will have full immersion, fully shared virtual reality in 20 years. And THAT will change the world forever, once again.
- And intel says that by 2050 they will have the first true artificial intelligence, a lot smarter than any human who ever lived
- And finally, last but not least,we could all be dead in 6 months if a huge asteroid hits the earth, or a global nuclear war starts.
End of the story people, nobody knows the future, and in this day and age, the age of informatics, nobody can really predict anything. So, stop worrying and just take things as they come.
Cause being here worried, or feeling down thinking about the future, is absolutely useless. You should just live and enjoy your life, that's it....
If you don't, you'll miss out every good thing that happens to you
PS2 emulation is progressing, and it should be enough for you. And this topic has already gone enough off-topic as it is XD