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The rightsholder wants to be able to sell the game to you again on a new platform to keep collecting revenue off it
by kevingadd 5y ago
The rightsholder wants to be able to sell the game to you again on a new platform to keep collecting revenue off it
- jjav 5y agoIf that's the motivation, it's pretty misguided, since it is a completely different motivation to buy. I buy (or pirate if I can't) the old games for nostalgia fun, not so much for the gameplay or graphics. I then also buy the new game for the modern experience & gameplay.
- kadoban 5y agoThey want to have the option to resell you the exact same game emulated on the new systems too, see Wii Virtual Console I think it was called, and NES classic system, all of those.
- aeturnum 5y agoPeople getting ROMs to play on another device doesn't stop them from doing that any more than the original systems and game carts stop them.