My own personal woe of the CEX lottery was buying an official N64 expansion pak last year. It came boxed (not that I'm not that bothered about the box) and thought, ah this is fairly interesting.. I unboxed it to find there was no expansion pak, but just the original jumper pak. So yeah whoever accepted the trade, was clearly not very well trained, considering the box has a red top on the expansion pak.. COME ON.
It's all about licences/royalties.. who gets their cut as far as preserving a lot of games that a lot of us would like to purchase again. I can't see that ever changing, without a lot of effort in removing certain images, and music. Even then it kind of tarnishes the experience.. who really plays Crazy Taxi without all the original music? In the end preserving should be all backed up on servers, a lot like they are on archive.org, but then of course it's a grey area of piracy...
Some of the comments on this article are a bit odd. I think you're reading way too much into it, and he isn't having a dig at the hobby we all enjoy. He's just saying he got so engrossed in the game, when really he hasn't got the time to sink x hours into gaming. Fair enough really.
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Re: Playing The CeX Retro Lottery
My own personal woe of the CEX lottery was buying an official N64 expansion pak last year. It came boxed (not that I'm not that bothered about the box) and thought, ah this is fairly interesting.. I unboxed it to find there was no expansion pak, but just the original jumper pak. So yeah whoever accepted the trade, was clearly not very well trained, considering the box has a red top on the expansion pak.. COME ON.
Re: Shocking Study Reveals 87% Of Classic Games Are "Critically Endangered"
It's all about licences/royalties.. who gets their cut as far as preserving a lot of games that a lot of us would like to purchase again. I can't see that ever changing, without a lot of effort in removing certain images, and music. Even then it kind of tarnishes the experience.. who really plays Crazy Taxi without all the original music?
In the end preserving should be all backed up on servers, a lot like they are on archive.org, but then of course it's a grey area of piracy...
Re: It's Official, Jonathan Ross Has The Best Office In The World
@SonOfDracula Don't be the bitter person.
Re: It's Official, Jonathan Ross Has The Best Office In The World
More people need to watch and subscribe to Leicester Toy shop. Their Toy Shop On Tour is fantastic!
Re: The Last Of Us Star Says Banjo-Kazooie Was So Good It Made Him Quit Video Games
Some of the comments on this article are a bit odd. I think you're reading way too much into it, and he isn't having a dig at the hobby we all enjoy. He's just saying he got so engrossed in the game, when really he hasn't got the time to sink x hours into gaming. Fair enough really.