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FINALLY. Was so disappointed how hard Nintendo tried to protect this console when the DS, 3DS and Wii were pretty much open season from the first few months. This is great news, should boost hardware sales tremendously and give people the opportunity to play so many classic emulator games on a portable screen. Nintendo was stupid for not releasing the virtual console in time. Now they will regret it.



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The U.S. needs new laws protecting game consoles from piracy. Developing an emulator for a current gen system should classify as a copyright violation. Hacking/Cracking a current gen system should count as corporate espionage. Both offenses should come with heavy fines and/or jailtime.



Cerebralbore101 said:
The U.S. needs new laws protecting game consoles from piracy. Developing an emulator for a current gen system should classify as a copyright violation. Hacking/Cracking a current gen system should count as corporate espionage. Both offenses should come with heavy fines and/or jailtime.

Wow what a wonderful Orwellian police state we'd live in if you were in power.



Spindel said:
I’m mostly worried about cheating in online games like Splatoon. I hope nintendo has something in the pipeline to combat this.

I also think indies will be hit harder by piracy than the bigger studios. But to be frank I don’t think priacy will be that big of a porblem. Sure some people will have the entire library pirated but the average owner will probably not pirate.

To come with a doom and gloom scenario while ignoring that, for example, the DS still sold well and a lot of software despite the existance of the R4 (and other similar devices) is just silly.

PSP ”failed” more because of UMD than piracy.

PSP didnt fail, only software sales did. Without piracy the hardware would have failed to. I bought one only because it can be hacked and pretty much everyone else I know did too.  



contestgamer said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
The U.S. needs new laws protecting game consoles from piracy. Developing an emulator for a current gen system should classify as a copyright violation. Hacking/Cracking a current gen system should count as corporate espionage. Both offenses should come with heavy fines and/or jailtime.

Wow what a wonderful Orwellian police state we'd live in if you were in power.

Yes, because laws with teeth to prevent theft is Orwellian. 



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Cerebralbore101 said:
contestgamer said:

Wow what a wonderful Orwellian police state we'd live in if you were in power.

Yes, because laws with teeth to prevent theft is Orwellian. 

theft, lol. This is digital. You want to lock people up for "stealing" some duplicate copies of code.



contestgamer said:
FINALLY. Was so disappointed how hard Nintendo tried to protect this console when the DS, 3DS and Wii were pretty much open season from the first few months. This is great news, should boost hardware sales tremendously and give people the opportunity to play so many classic emulator games on a portable screen. Nintendo was stupid for not releasing the virtual console in time. Now they will regret it.

It’s hard to tell because we don’t know how Nintendo will implement something virtual console related. Plus, even if it causes more hardware sales, would the majority really care to put in the time to hack their consoles?



contestgamer said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Yes, because laws with teeth to prevent theft is Orwellian. 

theft, lol. This is digital. You want to lock people up for "stealing" some duplicate copies of code.

Theft, lol. Books are just ideas put to paper. You want to lock people up for "stealing" duplicate copies of books? - Some guy that didn't understand copyright laws circa 1805. 

Theft, lol. Inventions are just new ideas, and discoveries put to use. You want to lock people up for "stealing" ideas and discoveries? 

Theft, lol. Identity is just a meaningless designation given to an individual at birth. You want to lock people up for "stealing" an arbitrary designation? 

We can do this all day. Just because something isn't physical, doesn't mean it doesn't deserve protection under the law. 



Azuren said:
Fucking pirates.

Really? Take it easy. 



Cerebralbore101 said:
The U.S. needs new laws protecting game consoles from piracy. Developing an emulator for a current gen system should classify as a copyright violation. Hacking/Cracking a current gen system should count as corporate espionage. Both offenses should come with heavy fines and/or jailtime.

U.S.A is already leading word for most incarcerated people per capita. You wish for more policing. Be careful, what you wish for.