This was something I discussed in our local group recently, but from the context of emulation. I think we're going to talk about the current generation of gaming as a "dark age" where games can't be emulated or saved from oblivion. So many games ship with a zero day patch you can't play without, or are always hooked into an online server that will go away some day. That means that some day when all of these systems are long gone and no longer supported by their maker's networks, these games will simply be unobtainable and unplayable. Even in the situation where you have physical hardware and copies, you might not be able to play. Even Switch cartridges don't contain all of a game, and requires an initial download to install the missing content from the online network.<br><br>Even worse, which version are you playing, if you do manage to save it? What was the ideal patch number? What patched versions are saved and available for download? <br><br>There's going to be a lot of lost games from the 36/ps3 era through the current console generations.