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>By the way, I also find it really interesting that video games are software, a special kind of software that we assign a very particular type of value to that'
by hnaccy 8y ago
>By the way, I also find it really interesting that video games are software, a special kind of software that we assign a very particular type of value to that's not really monetary. We want to keep them alive and enjoy them so long after their time has passed. It's so much different than, say, a copy of Photoshop 2.11 or Winamp 3.
Creative works are valued longer because new creative works don't function as replacements. There's only one Canterbury Tales or Super Mario World.
An old photoshop copy is more like an old almanac, it is a tool.
- cr0sh 8y ago> An old photoshop copy is more like an old almanac, it is a tool. Sometimes, though, the old tool is better than a new one. For instance, if I have a choice between a Craftsman wrench from say, 1970, vs a brand new one from today - guess which one I'm going to choose? Software can be like this as well; indeed, there are some DOS apps out there for which there isn't a good replacement available (though they can be niche - which is probably why).
- StellarTabi 8y agoThere's a lot of software that used 20MB at the most in the XP days, but doesn't run on windows 10 or is missing some random new 2010+ era feature and just needs a patch, but now the only modern version of this software is a minimum-viable-product SaaS monthly subscription.