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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 weeks ago

Stupid thing is, if they sold it, people would still buy it, even if it was easy to pirate.

[-] somtwo@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, fucking sell snes games built in a small emulator. Done. This is why I hate people going to "business school" they don't know how any one business actually works they just enshitify everything

[-] ElmarsonTheThird@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

There was the Snes mini a few years ago, that had a few select games on it. It was sold out everywhere instantly, to noone's surprise. No N64 mini ever made it to production, to everyone's surprise.

[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They do. It's called Nintendo Switch Online and is managed over a subscription service. They're never going to just sell you a game anymore. They're going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life.