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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Stupid thing is, if they sold it, people would still buy it, even if it was easy to pirate.

[–] somtwo 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yes, fucking sell snes games built in a small emulator. Done. This is why I hate people going to "business school" they don't know how any one business actually works they just enshitify everything

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

There was the Snes mini a few years ago, that had a few select games on it. It was sold out everywhere instantly, to noone's surprise. No N64 mini ever made it to production, to everyone's surprise.

[–] ShortFuse 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They do. It's called Nintendo Switch Online and is managed over a subscription service. They're never going to just sell you a game anymore. They're going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

They're going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life.

Pay up or skill up. $ is the price for ignorance.

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