>>56519189>Not exactly since a ton of people with legal copies also use emulators too.>a tonIt's a laughably tiny minority and we both know it.
People make claims about legal copies and "if you like it, buy it" pirate code, but no one in their right mind pirates and plays a game, then buys a physical copy of the game for a console they don't even own.
Sure I own a legal copy of pokemon red and have emulated it afterwards. I also have emulated rudora no hihou despite never owning a copy. It comes to a matter of simple convenience, not legality. Stingier individuals will even throw convenience in the bin and go to great efforts to play for free.
But those who actually do it full-on legal, making backups of their own roms and keys and BIOSes and whatnot are a tiny, tiny fraction of the entire hacking and emulation scene.