@roadrunner343 yeah I got that. It’s just a shame that the only legal way to acquire games from this is buying old used copies (and giving no money to the companies who made them).
@Hikaru it’s not about cost here. Whether I buy carts used or went with ROMs, neither action supports the devs. Neither choice gives money to them. If I bought this, after the initial purchase it no longer matters where I get the games from because there is no way to purchase games from them (and, unlike the SNES Classic, it doesn’t come with games). Just seems odd to me, that’s all.
@tguk911 so there’s no legal way to buy games for this that supports the devs? Considering the games are all out of production, you only can get used copies or pirate?
@Kalmaro In the rare cases I have gone as far as to download a ROM because I absolutely could not purchase a copy of the game (I think Super Mario RPG is one example, wanted to replay it and it seemed unlikely for a VC release), when it actually got a release I purchased it on principle even though I didn't wanna play it at that moment. In my mind, I owe them the cost of the game because they actually chose to make it available. What I did resulted in the company making money off the game. Conversely, instead of downloading the ROM I could've bought it off eBay and payed way more money and Nintendo wouldn't have gotten a cent. Or are you saying you think the sale of used games should be illegal too? Because unless you are, you're saying that either I shouldn't have access to the game unless I'm willing to pay someone other than the developer for said game. I'm all for anti-piracy but it doesn't make sense if the game is no longer available, as then it's just supporting those trying to get rich off selling the hard to get cartridges.
@AlwaysGreener yes but it's also not a comparable example, it's way more extreme. Do I believe piracy is okay? No, especially when the publisher offers a legal way to buy it from them. (If a game is not in print and the only way to purchase it is some overpriced used copy that the developer and publisher cannot even profit, well I wouldn't judge one for pirating then because at least no one is suffering a loss other than some person on eBay who shouldn't have such leverage on a product they didn't make.) But in the case of where you are literally taking something from another person, as in they paid for it and you deprived them of it, that shouldn't even be a grey area.
@AlwaysGreener did you just make an argument that it's okay to steal someone's car if it's rare? Once someone purchases something that's their belonging, and no court of law is going to side with stealing something like a car for ANY reason.
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Re: Feature: The Console Wars Are Back With The Analogue Mega Sg, The First FPGA Sega Console
@roadrunner343 yeah I got that. It’s just a shame that the only legal way to acquire games from this is buying old used copies (and giving no money to the companies who made them).
Re: Feature: The Console Wars Are Back With The Analogue Mega Sg, The First FPGA Sega Console
@Hikaru it’s not about cost here. Whether I buy carts used or went with ROMs, neither action supports the devs. Neither choice gives money to them. If I bought this, after the initial purchase it no longer matters where I get the games from because there is no way to purchase games from them (and, unlike the SNES Classic, it doesn’t come with games). Just seems odd to me, that’s all.
Re: Feature: The Console Wars Are Back With The Analogue Mega Sg, The First FPGA Sega Console
@roadrunner343 I don’t have original carts as I never owned any Sega systems.
Re: Feature: The Console Wars Are Back With The Analogue Mega Sg, The First FPGA Sega Console
@tguk911 so there’s no legal way to buy games for this that supports the devs? Considering the games are all out of production, you only can get used copies or pirate?
Re: Feature: The Console Wars Are Back With The Analogue Mega Sg, The First FPGA Sega Console
Wait, so this thing doesn’t have preinstalled games, does it? You have to buy a bunch of old Sega cartridges to play on it?
Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@Kalmaro In the rare cases I have gone as far as to download a ROM because I absolutely could not purchase a copy of the game (I think Super Mario RPG is one example, wanted to replay it and it seemed unlikely for a VC release), when it actually got a release I purchased it on principle even though I didn't wanna play it at that moment. In my mind, I owe them the cost of the game because they actually chose to make it available. What I did resulted in the company making money off the game. Conversely, instead of downloading the ROM I could've bought it off eBay and payed way more money and Nintendo wouldn't have gotten a cent. Or are you saying you think the sale of used games should be illegal too? Because unless you are, you're saying that either I shouldn't have access to the game unless I'm willing to pay someone other than the developer for said game. I'm all for anti-piracy but it doesn't make sense if the game is no longer available, as then it's just supporting those trying to get rich off selling the hard to get cartridges.
Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@AlwaysGreener yes but it's also not a comparable example, it's way more extreme. Do I believe piracy is okay? No, especially when the publisher offers a legal way to buy it from them. (If a game is not in print and the only way to purchase it is some overpriced used copy that the developer and publisher cannot even profit, well I wouldn't judge one for pirating then because at least no one is suffering a loss other than some person on eBay who shouldn't have such leverage on a product they didn't make.) But in the case of where you are literally taking something from another person, as in they paid for it and you deprived them of it, that shouldn't even be a grey area.
Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@AlwaysGreener did you just make an argument that it's okay to steal someone's car if it's rare? Once someone purchases something that's their belonging, and no court of law is going to side with stealing something like a car for ANY reason.