More than 47 million pirated copies of games including and Mario Bros. and Street Fighter II were seized in raids across Italy.
    • Escew@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      Apparently the ones being pirated in this ring. My point is people still want retro gaming consoles and games. If the IP holders aren’t selling them, what do they expect people to do?

      • Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Pirate them and emulate them, not pay for this crap that doesn’t even meet safety standards.

      • ABCDE@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Emulate, I guess. I can play Mario Bros and Sonic no worries on my PC and Switch.

      • ABCDE@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Right, and that’s not going to change unless it some anthology pack, but many are being sold digitally.

      • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        2 months ago

        “Physical copies” is a big ask, considering they would also have to be selling the hardware to run those games.

        To your credit, they aren’t actually selling most of their back catalog anymore, since their e-shops that sold games for the WiiU/3DS are closed down, and with them, the Virtual Console died. Now we’ve only got a subscription-based library to play a much more limited selection of old games.

        Either way, it’s not Nintendo’s fault you pirate games. You want to play old games, and you don’t want to pay too much money for them, so you pirate them. Let’s be real.