Author Topic: RIP Emulators and ROMs (Read 13462 times)

mod-man · August 10, 2018, 07:52:16 PM

companies have a right to protect their IPs and i respect that, but i also dont really see what nintendo gains from doing this. what money are they getting back? what rights are they protecting? what dumbforget is going around believing Erik the Actor or Zeth64 is the actual mastermind behind the entire zelda franchise?

99% of people buying old nintendo games are buying them literally anywhere but nintendo. ebay, yard sales, old ass game stores that probably dont share their revenue with nintendo......

not to mention: what god like romhack has stolen business from nintendo before? maybe if nintendo gave a stuff about their twilight princess HD port, they wouldnt have to worry about a dedicated group of people actually raping their texture edit with actual model updates, new levels/enemies, new textures, bumpmaps, speculars/shaders etc.

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DurkaDude · August 10, 2018, 07:54:55 PM

The whole "potential sales" surrounding ROM's is complete and utter bullstuff. If I want to play an obscure GBA game from 2004 it's probably not available for purchase anywhere except places like Vintage Stock, Craigslist, Ebay, etc and even then it can take forever to find something for a half decent price. Nintendo doesn't even see any profit from secondhand sales and 99% of the ROM's they're suing for aren't even available for purchase on their certified console emulator (forgot what it was called) so there's literally no other way for them to make money from older games aside from suing websites that host ROMS.

Literally none of the game developers will see a cent from these lawsuits. Nintendo is turning into EA.

Tactical Nuke · August 10, 2018, 07:58:00 PM

oh no people are suing people for stealing their intellectual property!!!!1!1!!11!! this is so sad

TOBY · August 10, 2018, 07:58:18 PM

i said it best

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbrgtTYFeQy/?taken-by=rock_hard_toby

FelipeO_O_ · August 10, 2018, 08:03:07 PM

Quote from: Insert Name Here� on August 10, 2018, 07:35:31 PM

Imo emulation is a necessary evil, even though it's technically piracy.

I see emulation as preservation, yeah emulation may be "evil" in a political sense, but see that the aim of emulation is to honour the legacy of the games which, without emulation, would have been forgotten by the time or remained in obscurity

Figure · August 10, 2018, 08:08:55 PM

nintendo needs the bux yo

Insert Name Here� · August 10, 2018, 08:29:13 PM

Quote from: Figure on August 10, 2018, 08:08:55 PM

nintendo needs the bux yo

what money are they going to get from games that aren't even being produced anymore

Figure · August 10, 2018, 08:40:30 PM

Quote from: Insert Name Here� on August 10, 2018, 08:29:13 PM

what money are they going to get from games that aren't even being produced anymore

vbux

Verification · August 10, 2018, 08:42:35 PM

Ross Scott explained this kinda perfectly

--oops wrong video nevermind this--

YouKnowWhoAgain · August 10, 2018, 08:51:28 PM

selling copy of pcsx2 dm me if you want download link

Master Matthew� · August 10, 2018, 09:20:49 PM

Wow, loving hell nintendo.
You keep making it harder and harder for me to want to support anything from ya.
I'm loving tempted to just toss my switch, but you already have the money from that.

at this point, I'm going to swear off nintendo, it's over.
Roms, understandable, somewhat.
Romhacks, well unless they're just the patch file, again understandable.
Emulators, you dumb mother forgeters.
EMULATION
IS
LEGAL

This is throwing weight around, even though emulation is legal, they can sue any company for any reason so long as they are bigger than them.

beachbum111111 · August 10, 2018, 09:30:28 PM

forget Nintendo

Nigel The Protagonist · August 10, 2018, 09:38:43 PM

Quote from: beachbum111111 on August 10, 2018, 09:30:28 PM

forget Nintendo

Masterlegodude · August 10, 2018, 09:41:37 PM

Oh yeah, i guess that also means RIP to corrupting and repainting Nintendo games when Nintendo goes all out on this

Thanks, Reggie

FelipeO_O_ · August 10, 2018, 09:43:41 PM

And Whoever supports this is way more devil than nintendo law suits