I won't be defending Nintendo because their issue with joy-stick drifting, their unwillingness to fix their design flaw, and their constant efforts to stop video game preservation really pisses me off.
But emulators are hit or miss, specially if you aren't tech-savvy enough to fix specific problems, and depends on the people's preferences:
- they need to install and configure an emulator, which isn't fool proof
- go through the hoops of downloading ROMs from sometimes sketchy sources
- configuring each game to work well
- self troubleshooting any issues they might have with some games
- not wanting to play their games online (which in Nintendo's case the online experience is truly lacking)
- not have any moral issues with piracy for games that are currently selling in both physical and digital format and are widely available
Nintendo's Switch is due for a very necessary upgrade, but the console is still widely available, very convenient with minimal setup and troubleshooting, and very plug and play. With the added benefit that you get to support developers to continue making the games.
But emulators are hit or miss, specially if you aren't tech-savvy enough to fix specific problems, and depends on the people's preferences:
- they need to install and configure an emulator, which isn't fool proof
- go through the hoops of downloading ROMs from sometimes sketchy sources
- configuring each game to work well
- self troubleshooting any issues they might have with some games
- not wanting to play their games online (which in Nintendo's case the online experience is truly lacking)
- not have any moral issues with piracy for games that are currently selling in both physical and digital format and are widely available
Nintendo's Switch is due for a very necessary upgrade, but the console is still widely available, very convenient with minimal setup and troubleshooting, and very plug and play. With the added benefit that you get to support developers to continue making the games.