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jimmy2x2x:
On the whole the most essential parts of the loop, emulators and rom images, are acquired (rightly or wrongly) free, as in you don't pay directly for them.

So what products or services are making money from the community?

Front ends
Themes for front ends
Cabinet makers
Parts suppliers

who else?

Blanka:
I think only part suppliers. And I believe there is just enough interest in the world for a few off them to earn their bread completely (maybe just Ultimarc, GGG and maybe a few others).
All the rest is hobbyism or historian work.

jimmy2x2x:
I think you are right, not many depend entirely on the community.

I might have got this wrong, but are there 'Media Merchants' who sell access to download screenshots and video clips too?

hypernova:
I made some dough when I sold my NES, SNES, and N64 stuff after it was faithfully emulated, and thus I didn't need the clutter anymore to play the classics. :)

WhereEaglesDare:

--- Quote from: hypernova on October 10, 2010, 12:32:12 pm ---I made some dough when I sold my NES, SNES, and N64 stuff after it was faithfully emulated, and thus I didn't need the clutter anymore to play the classics. :)

--- End quote ---


What do you think of this?

If emulation never picked up then the pace at which new hardware and consoles come out now would be slower.  The PSP is a good example of this.  They came out with newer and better models over time and one of the reasons was to try to stop emulation on the console.  Same for PS3 and XBOX.  Nintendo stuck with carts and proprietary disc formats much longer than the competitors in order to try to slow or stop emulation on their consoles and of their games.  So, in conclusion I think any modern console gamer may benefit (even though not financially) from the multitude of new hardware improvements that may have been initially brought about in order to hinder hacker.

Some people will say that the DRM doesn't help gameplay one bit, but if it wasn't for the motivation to stop the hacking of consoles we may still be using Nintendo 64s and Playstation 1s.  And can you imagine God of War 3 on Playstation 1? 

What weird and sick world that would be.

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