They made this game to cause controversy and sell more copies thanks to the controversy, Acclaim at the time tried this many times, and they screwed up.
"No such thing as bad publicity" is a fallacy, of course there's such thing as bad publicity, and trying to intentionally cause controversy to sell your stuff not always works, it usually requires quality.
@Tasuki One day, all N64 consoles will stop working, by that time, you will be old or dead, but what about future generations?
We need emulators and those replica consoles to keep videogame history alive, unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 was not properly analysed yet and we still can't make a proper N64 clone, in the 1980s, it was already possible to clone the NES/Famicom, a good N64 clone would not need an emulator, it would be a N64 replica, but I think not even Nintendo can make one.
@tendonerd Yes, TV shows also suffered through this because there was no such thing as shows getting all their episodes on DVDs, it was impractical with VHS tapes that only got a few episodes, the contracts only covered actual TV broadcasts, not home video.
And it seems like the cycle is repeating, even shows made during the DVD era, are from a time there was no streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime.
But I still claim that videogame companies are even worse, at least in most cases, TV companies can still broadcast these shows on traditional TV channels with the original music, meaning they had a lifelong contract at least for that.
@HeadPirate Why are you so rude? You didn't understand what I said in my original post, I know this happens because contracts made between companies, not actual laws that dictate that licenses for videogames and movies work differently, and I think I said that pretty clear when I finished my post saying "companies need to demand a lifelong license that allows licensed games to be preserved".
And your post is even worse later, I never blamed the rights holder for this, I think I made pretty clear that videogame companies are responsible for this, not movie/TV/comic/sports companies, you're assuming a bunch of things I never said and there's nothing in that post that even hints I meant that, and even if I was blaming them, this has nothing to do with the situation we have now, blaming the owners of the license for this doesn't mean that videogame companies will keep asking for a temporary license.
Videogame licensing needs to change, if you paid for the license for a movie, show, comic, sports league or celebrity to use in a videogame, 20 or 30 years later, even if you don't have the license anymore, you should still be allowed to sell that game unchanged, you just won't have the rights to use it in another videogame, that's how most Hollywood movies work.
This is even more important now, since games are sold in digital stores, and the end of the license means the whole game is removed, and this isn't a problem of physical vs. digital because the physical copies are rotting away, videogames should not be treated the same way as licensed toys, companies need to demand a lifelong license that allows licensed games to be preserved.
When the original Atari died, it was a sad day for videogames, but when Atari III dies, it will be a time for celebration, besides, it's just another company that bought the name of another and pretends its the same thing.
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Re: The Making Of: BMX XXX - "We Were Building This Beautiful Skate Park And Ended Up With A Strip Club"
They made this game to cause controversy and sell more copies thanks to the controversy, Acclaim at the time tried this many times, and they screwed up.
"No such thing as bad publicity" is a fallacy, of course there's such thing as bad publicity, and trying to intentionally cause controversy to sell your stuff not always works, it usually requires quality.
Re: Exclusive: Polymega's Next Module Brings Nintendo 64 Support
@Tasuki One day, all N64 consoles will stop working, by that time, you will be old or dead, but what about future generations?
We need emulators and those replica consoles to keep videogame history alive, unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 was not properly analysed yet and we still can't make a proper N64 clone, in the 1980s, it was already possible to clone the NES/Famicom, a good N64 clone would not need an emulator, it would be a N64 replica, but I think not even Nintendo can make one.
Re: Random: What Happens When You Remove Charles Barkley From His Own Video Game?
@tendonerd Yes, TV shows also suffered through this because there was no such thing as shows getting all their episodes on DVDs, it was impractical with VHS tapes that only got a few episodes, the contracts only covered actual TV broadcasts, not home video.
And it seems like the cycle is repeating, even shows made during the DVD era, are from a time there was no streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime.
But I still claim that videogame companies are even worse, at least in most cases, TV companies can still broadcast these shows on traditional TV channels with the original music, meaning they had a lifelong contract at least for that.
Re: Random: What Happens When You Remove Charles Barkley From His Own Video Game?
@HeadPirate Why are you so rude? You didn't understand what I said in my original post, I know this happens because contracts made between companies, not actual laws that dictate that licenses for videogames and movies work differently, and I think I said that pretty clear when I finished my post saying "companies need to demand a lifelong license that allows licensed games to be preserved".
And your post is even worse later, I never blamed the rights holder for this, I think I made pretty clear that videogame companies are responsible for this, not movie/TV/comic/sports companies, you're assuming a bunch of things I never said and there's nothing in that post that even hints I meant that, and even if I was blaming them, this has nothing to do with the situation we have now, blaming the owners of the license for this doesn't mean that videogame companies will keep asking for a temporary license.
Re: Random: What Happens When You Remove Charles Barkley From His Own Video Game?
Videogame licensing needs to change, if you paid for the license for a movie, show, comic, sports league or celebrity to use in a videogame, 20 or 30 years later, even if you don't have the license anymore, you should still be allowed to sell that game unchanged, you just won't have the rights to use it in another videogame, that's how most Hollywood movies work.
This is even more important now, since games are sold in digital stores, and the end of the license means the whole game is removed, and this isn't a problem of physical vs. digital because the physical copies are rotting away, videogames should not be treated the same way as licensed toys, companies need to demand a lifelong license that allows licensed games to be preserved.
Re: Atari's Attempt To Relaunch The VCS Has Just Hit Another Brick Wall
How long will it take for Atari to die?
When the original Atari died, it was a sad day for videogames, but when Atari III dies, it will be a time for celebration, besides, it's just another company that bought the name of another and pretends its the same thing.