FaithRaven on 14 February 2008
| GlingGling said: Piracy is a natural part of the economy. There are always people who don't want to spend the money but want the product. And before the VC there was legitimate need for the "piracy" of NES and SNES (and other consoles that generation). The fact is emulation shouldn't be illegal nor should homebrew (modchips, firmware hacks, dspass), but distribution should. I bought an NES and The Legend of Zelda, but my NES and cartridge have long since turned to dust. I feel I have the right to still play the game (though Nintendo my feel differently). The problem is, once again, distribution is always going to be there in some form (back before the internet people used to sell VHS and cassette tapes downtown). There is always going to be that crowd of people. Everyone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Nintendo is complaining like a mofo and people who don't want to pay for games aren't. I consider that balance. Think of piracy as the virus and Nintendo as the anti-virus. Can you really imagine the world of computing without virus/anti-virus? |
I'm sure that they are aware that piracy will always be there. I'm also sure that they are aware that piracy helps them in a way. All they are trying to do is to limit it's growth.
A decent % of piracy is acceptable, but if it would explode to a very high % it would be bad for both developers and players. So they are just trying to keep the % as low as they can. You can't blame them for this.
