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super_etecoon on 04 May 2023
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CaptainExplosion said:
super_etecoon said:

I've bought the classic games so many times...and yet never play them to get my money's worth.  I love the subscription option.  I pay $80, give free subscriptions to a good friend, my girlfriend, and her son.  I get tons of DLC and don't have to worry about buying a bunch of games from the past that I'll just play once or twice.  This isn't really the thread to have this discussion in, but for me, the "I'm pirating because Nintendo made me do it" is just a cop out.  Pirate's are gonna pirate.  Just man up and be a pirate about it.

No, because I don't wanna go to prison.

I wasn't advocating piracy.  Far from it.  I just don't like it when pirates act like what they are doing is noble and that they have no choice because of the "evil companies" whose products they desire.  Again, I know this isn't exactly the thread to have a piracy debate (although it is very relevant to Zelda considering the past few weeks).  The price and availability of games in 2023 is staggering compared to the pricing and availability in 1990.  I could barely afford a game a year, and renting a game would set you back almost the same price.  That's if the video store even had the game you wanted to play.  Could Nintendo do a better job of curating their legacy?  No doubt.  But there are many considerations to be made regarding whether the code still exists, what music would need to be relicensed, and the fact that every gen they were basically asking people to rebuy legacy software.  I may not own all the titles on these subscription services, but dang I have a lot of titles to play that I didn't pay for.  And not even just Nintendo titles.  It's crazy good.