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Publishers Have Finally Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About Retro Games (www.forbes.com)

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 137 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (11 children)

TL;DR - Here's the relevant quote:

"there would be a significant risk that preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes."

So lemme get this straight... You don't want people to have fun with your games? That's why you blocked them from being preserved and why you don't bother selling them in any capacity? Are you dumb?

Acknowledging the demand, but doing nothing to capitalize on it, is pretty fucking stupid. People already pirate a lot of retro shit because it is literally the only way to obtain them. You wanna stop most of that? Fucking sell them somewhere.

[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

They don’t want old games cutting into their profit.

Ubisoft can use me as an example. The only games from them I’ve purchased in the last six months are Assassin’s Creed 1, Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2, Splinter Cell and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

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