- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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Have you ever come across the idea of making digital backups of the physical media you owned?
making digital backups
So you’re in favour of digital ownership then?
Yes, I am.
You need to understand that an online library on Steam et al is not ownership.
Having the files on your own harddrive, without any dependencies to external services, that is digital ownership.
What good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them.
I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything.
What is the backup for?
You can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.
Is PS2 emulation that accurate now?
It is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?
Yes. Not 100% perfect for all games, but close.
Yeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin).
PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.
You can make a backup of your Steam games too. A good portion of them can be copied out of the Steam folder and run completely independently. If you want to retain your steam games permanently, you are a free to hack them up as physical media.
A good portion, yes. The rest you’ll have to crack.
So just like the DRM on physical media, only with fewer steps and no additional equipment.
