The console isn't copyrighted, you can't pirate it. Using an emulator of a console you don't own is perfectly legal.It means that if you don't own the console but instead play on an emu, you're pirating both the game and the console (Assuming you also don't own the game. I see little reasons to buy games when you don't even have a console to play it on.)
"Pirating" might not be the most accurate term but you know what I mean.
And i've bought games for consoles i don't own before. I also still have games for consoles i no longer own. I don't think that's as rare as you might think.









