"Roms: The Wave of the Future"

One of the most controversial subjects out there in the gaming world is about emulation. Emulation is where you're able to play video games on your computer via an emulator, or program that simulates the game on a personal computer. You can play any game by simply downloading a file, and then loading it in the emulation program. The files, or games, that you download are called roms. Roms are technically illegal since they violate copyright laws just as MP3s do.

You see, roms are exactly like MP3s. Rather than going out and buying a music CD, you can simply download the songs on the internet. The same thing happens with roms. Rather than gamers going out and buying the games off of ebay or another source, they can simply download every single game and play them when they feel like it. This is why developers and gaming companies hate roms. They cause less and less people to go and buy their actual game which costs money. As of right now, roms are illegal. You are only allowed to test a rom for 24 hours, and then you're suppose to delete it. Most people don't follow this method.

That's why I believe developers will start making roms and then sell them to gamers so that they can play them on their PC. You see, in the future, there is going to be a law made by the government that will ban all roms from the Internet. Thus, roms will sort of become a collector's item. Because of this, people who have rare roms will be able to sell them to make money. Now imagine if developers simply took one of their new games, and then created a rom version that could be bought off the internet for a measly $10. They would make such a big profit, and expand the industry without spending millions on producing CD-ROMs for the computer version. The industry would prosper, gamers would be happy, and everyone would be happy-happy-joy-joy.

It could be so easy if we never had to buy a single game or console again. We could simply sell the old consoles, make one "universal" system, and then have developers make a rom for this system. In fact, we could eliminate all gaming consoles, replace them with PCs, and everyone would be happy. Of course, with all the computer illiterate people out there, this will never happen. But still, the bright and so gleaming future is in our hands.

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