Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

[Green098]

VGPolyglot said:

Green098 said:

I never gave second hand games much thought, but renting games makes a far bigger impact both ways (the renter and the creator). Purchase the game once then make thousands off it by lending it to people for money which none goes to the actual creator of the game. That's always felt wrong to me, it's basically just earning money off someone elses hard work. And there is obviously a case for this, it's why it is illegal to rent video games in Japan.

So, you think if a person makes a house and someone else buys it, that they shouldn't be able to rent the house out because the person that originally made the house doesn't profit off of it?

Are these game developer's selling their games for hundreds of thousands a copy? And one game can be rented to hundreds in a lifetime to people who will never go and buy the actual the game itself and contributing the developer, people who rent a house are most likely going to end up buying one for themselves at some point.

If the game developer leased some sort of special rentable copy of the game to retailers for a much higher price or in which they get a cut of the earnings then that would create a much smaller negative impact on the developer and they themselves would willingly allow for for their game to be rented.

Anyways the money the game developers spent developing a game is often millions, and then sold for $60. The money the builder put's into to building the house is a lot less than the amount it is sold for, unlike the game developers who risk and invest millions in the creation of game.

The renter buys game for $60 and makes that money back and huge profits quickly.

The house renter invests hundreds of thousands to slowly earn money over time.