By your logic, do you think Nintendo should re-released Earthbound on the Virtual Console for 100$?
No! They don't, because the game don't have that value. The reason why the game is so expensive is because you have to pay for the box, tha manual, the cartridge. You need to paid for all of this.
Actually, the EarthBound cartridges that are going for $100+ on eBay are just the cartridge. If you have the manual (which was a player's guide) or especially the box in reasonably good condition, the price goes way up. And you obviously weren't listening when I pointed out that this is ten times the price for other games made out of the same materials. Some especially cheap SNES games on eBay can be found for $5.
Yes, it's true that Nintendo wouldn't be able to sell EarthBound on Virtual Console for $100, but that's not just because people aren't receiving a physical cartridge (or box, or manual). The reason the game is so expensive is because it's so rare despite high demand. If Nintendo sells it on Virtual Console, the rarity would disappear (and those cartridges would become worth rather less, though they'd still carry more value than an average game cartridge due to the prestige factor). Also, most people who would pay that much for a copy of EarthBound have the game already, so who would Nintendo be selling those $100 copies to?
What the fuck was that? Did i really need someone else on my back now?
People wouldn't be "on your back" if you weren't wrong. Do you think we're just out to get you? Are you that paranoid? It's not about getting on your back. It's about trying to get you not to fuck people over. Gee, God forbid I do such a thing.
The reason why people pay for a reproduction cartridge, it's because of the material with which the cartridge is made of, but also the handcraft. But the sowftare SHOULD NOT be sold itself, because it's based on a copyright property.
Let's see. An empty NES cartridge from retrousb.com costs $5. A circuit board to put in the cartridge costs $4. At that point, all that's missing is the ROM chips and the software on them. Do you really think it takes another $40 or so to put chips on those circuit boards and ship the package out? (Hint: No.)
I think that this should move to it's own topic, since I'm sure most of this has no relation to reviewing the last game you played.
Probably. Too late now until a mod steps in, though.
Stopping a guy from making a fan-translated cartridge or a hack is like stopping a youtuber from making an Abridged series, or a modder from making a mod. Its impossible because you can't do anything about it as a person. And the companies don't much care. Hell, some mods became full on games, like Half Life and Team Fortress. But the owner of the games they modded off of said NOTHING, though they used THEIR engine and THEIR gear to make said mods.
Half-Life? Half-Life wasn't a mod, dummy. It was built using the Quake engine, but Valve paid good money to license it. As for Team Fortress, yes, it did begin life as a Quake mod, but your analogy is invalid. This isn't like Robin Walker and co. making a mod and giving it out for free, which they did. This is like Robin Walker and co. making a mod, giving it out for free, then somebody else who had no connection to the project burning CDs that contained both Quake (since it's needed for TF to run) and the mod and selling them for more than the price of manufacturing and distribution, and keeping the profit for himself.
FINALLY! Someone who is not here to get on my back and threat me like a fucking criminal.
Ever consider that you're being treated like one because you are one? You're talking about pirating a game. Pirating is criminal even by the literal definition of the word!
Face it, Alextendo. Your ideas of right and wrong here have a lot less to do with any kind of logic and more to do with personal convenience. The sorts of acrobatics you're going through to defend your decision to put money in the hands of pirates is fucking astounding, and a slap in the face to the community I'm a part of.
I didn't want to talk about it, but he couldn't let it go and need to get on my back for this.
Do you think people are supposed to let things go when you take a shit on them and what they stand for? By the way, I was trying to be nice when this started. The first person to really get angry and start cussing? That was you.
I'm sure he hasn't forgotten how to read just yet.
That's not all I haven't forgotten, Reed.
