@Heavyarms55 though I also disagree with the "games should be public domain" and "games should be free after 10 years", I will hold my point of piracy/game preservation being important, and necessary. And the idea of a game museum was already created, as someone menioned before, you had a nive idea, and someone actually did it!! Nice for the gaming community
I rarely pirate, but when it's needed because something is out of my reach, or way too expensive, I have to.
@Heavyarms55 As much as I love Nintendo, and gaming in general, we should agree that piracy/preservation of games is a need. What do you get from missing out on a good game that is either:
not available
available, but way too expensive (cough Pokémon games, Magician's Quest Mysterious Times, any rare game basically)
region-locked
What do you get from not playing them just because you think piracy = bad? Do you think Nintendo will salute people who proclaim about not supporting downloading a rom? Will you get a trophy? We need to preserve those games. Because people, somewhere, want to play them.
If it wasn't for emulation and rom websites, I couldn't have played Magician's quest. I AM planning on someday buying the game (though it'll take long since it's a rare one), but only because I played it before through piracy.
It's because they can't own the damn game in the first place.
Or it isn't available in their country.
They might not even have enough money to buy it (my case currently with Pokémon Spulsilver and Magician's Quest).
Everyone should experience the happiness from playing a game they want. Nintendo doesn't care about us, or our feelings. They want money. They don't know if you are or not playing their 10-year-old+ games legitimately or not, nor do the developers.
Things will one day disappear, just like us. Why live a sad life because the company wants your money no matter what?
Having said that, yes I do own the games I wanted most, but some expensive (Magicians Quest, you know the drill) or region-locked ones (MOTHER 3) I can't buy. So I download them from websites)(in MOTHER 3's case, that's the only way to get the english translation since it never had an official one)
Oh and about the "cartridges will deteriorate" thing, I'll backup my cartridge's roms and save files into an SD card, I read in one of your comments that you also do it, so I'm glad we can agree that that isn't a problem at least.
Don't take this as personal, or as me attacking you, that isn't my intention, I'm just giving my opinion on your comments. Peace
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Re: PSA: Yes, Your DS And 3DS Cartridges Will Eventually Deteriorate, But Don't Panic
@Heavyarms55 though I also disagree with the "games should be public domain" and "games should be free after 10 years", I will hold my point of piracy/game preservation being important, and necessary. And the idea of a game museum was already created, as someone menioned before, you had a nive idea, and someone actually did it!! Nice for the gaming community
I rarely pirate, but when it's needed because something is out of my reach, or way too expensive, I have to.
Re: PSA: Yes, Your DS And 3DS Cartridges Will Eventually Deteriorate, But Don't Panic
@Sejha exactly
Re: PSA: Yes, Your DS And 3DS Cartridges Will Eventually Deteriorate, But Don't Panic
@Heavyarms55 As much as I love Nintendo, and gaming in general, we should agree that piracy/preservation of games is a need. What do you get from missing out on a good game that is either:
What do you get from not playing them just because you think piracy = bad? Do you think Nintendo will salute people who proclaim about not supporting downloading a rom? Will you get a trophy? We need to preserve those games. Because people, somewhere, want to play them.
If it wasn't for emulation and rom websites, I couldn't have played Magician's quest. I AM planning on someday buying the game (though it'll take long since it's a rare one), but only because I played it before through piracy.
It's because they can't own the damn game in the first place.
Or it isn't available in their country.
They might not even have enough money to buy it (my case currently with Pokémon Spulsilver and Magician's Quest).
Everyone should experience the happiness from playing a game they want. Nintendo doesn't care about us, or our feelings. They want money. They don't know if you are or not playing their 10-year-old+ games legitimately or not, nor do the developers.
Things will one day disappear, just like us. Why live a sad life because the company wants your money no matter what?
Having said that, yes I do own the games I wanted most, but some expensive (Magicians Quest, you know the drill) or region-locked ones (MOTHER 3) I can't buy. So I download them from websites)(in MOTHER 3's case, that's the only way to get the english translation since it never had an official one)
Oh and about the "cartridges will deteriorate" thing, I'll backup my cartridge's roms and save files into an SD card, I read in one of your comments that you also do it, so I'm glad we can agree that that isn't a problem at least.
Don't take this as personal, or as me attacking you, that isn't my intention, I'm just giving my opinion on your comments. Peace