| Bofferbrauer2 said: By that, I mean something akin to what GOG is doing with their GOG Preservation Program, so making sure that the games are still working on newer hardware an OS in their original form (so no remaster or anything that would change programming) even when they're not for sale anymore - and probably also to be able to redownload the games even if they're not offered for sale anymore. |
It's basically Steam's deal, meaning it's only ever going to be available to those who already own the game over there. The only difference between Steam/GoG in that same regard, is that GoG will "keep it up to date" (Not really specified if they will keep this updated for future OS's, but I'll have to hold them to that).
While I do like the approach Steam/GoG do with that, I still want an actual proper archive system that everyone has access to, not just "those who bought X game in 2016-2023", because that's a windowed timespan, and only has a select amount of users with access to said archive. We need an archive that Nintendo and other publishers have zero control over and zero power to disrupt said archive (Yes I know it's IP ownership, but if they are going to straight up neglect and charge for archiving, then that's not really proper archiving and you're just treating it as a means to gouge customers, thus you should lose that power when you do that cough charging for emulation/online check for emulation cough).
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
