There was talk of Nintendo remedying the issue when it was first brought up, way back when the Wii and Virtual Console were new hat. I believe Nintendo has the programmers who could address the issue with software updates. It's not like I'm the first person to raise this point. Raising the same point in the future is fair; companies adapt and make changes and improvements all the time. Well, most companies.
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Originally Posted by Angrist
But with the current situation... If I want to play a game, I'll find a used copy for the same price... but I'll be able to sell it later on.
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Used NES/SNES/N64 games? I don't find the pursuit to be worthwhile. I could spend hours of my life hunting a game down on Ebay. Or I could spend 4 seconds emulating it.
If Nintendo had a better VC Library and at a lower price...I'd probably just buy it because I enjoy the TV setup and the nostalgia.
There is an interesting paradigm shift in gaming. Some websites now sell old computer games - often optimized to work on Vista or Win 7 - for reasonable prices. GOG comes to mind. On one hand...I love the fact that I can go and purchase the old games that defined my childhood. On the other hand, I think it raises an interesting copyright dilemma.
Are video games like books? Will there be a library of video games someday?
I guess my question is: emulating a video game doesn't require labor costs, kind of like digital books. If I bought a paperback Mark Twain book, even if he is dead, there are still publishing costs and paper costs.
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ZERO manufacturing costs to copy software. Well...not exactly zero...bandwidth and server space....but nearly zero. So the question is, should I pay for a Mark Twain book if it is digitally available? Mark Twain is dead. He doesn't receive a penny for his work. And the old publisher model is outdated. Sorry paper company, go fuck yourself. Let's save some trees.
If there is no middle man (paper, book, binding, publishing rights, shipping costs) and Mark Twain is dead...who gets money for the digital copy of the book? And why should they get money? Does his family get money? Do the publishers? What's the dillio?