Impulsivity said:
Kasz, I can find no mention on anything about virtual console that implies that the development teams are paid in any way. I would be very very surprised if the dev teams were paid since that is very uncommon even with new games (except for the higher ups). Most of the programers, designers and the like don't get any royalties.
Now the companies ARE getting paid, Nintendo is making money off the purchase, Sega is ect. I really have no problem with them not making more money off a 20 year old game personally, if the original dev team was getting a payment that would be different but I sincerely doubt that is the case. As it stands it seems that a lot of the money goes to Nintendo, some to the bottom line of the original publisher and nothing to those who made the game when it was released.
In a lot of cases you would be hard pressed to find more then a handful of people who worked for the company selling the VC game when the VC game was originally released. Find me a single developer on the VC list who has the same company leaders as it did 20 years ago, much less the same programing staff. If you think 10 dollars is fine for a 20 year old game then great, pay for it. You're not on any moral high ground though, there is a difference between piracy and buying for new games, but for decade old games that just isn't the case.
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No no... I do have a moral highground. You're just too caught up in your self justifications to realize it.
You'd be better off admitting what you are doing rather then try and rationalize it.
