Nintendo are going after anyone hosting Switch roms now. I have issues with their handling of rom sites before but when they're charging $30 and hosting games for actively sold consoles, it's a lot more understandable compared to previous cases.
Don't misunderstand me.no there's not, but i see that's where the thread is headed now.
preservation isn't about offering free roms to pirates.
roms of pokemon games or super mario world aren't in danger of getting lost.
Motherfucking Nintendo, I love you but leave fucking roms of old systems alone when you fuckers won't even provide a service for them.
Of course, is this is paid then lol, but they have done shit like this before for other stuff and it sucks.
this post is super dumb on so many levelsMotherfucking Nintendo, I love you but leave fucking roms of old systems alone when you fuckers won't even provide a service for them.
Of course, is this is paid then lol, but they have done shit like this before for other stuff and it sucks.
Oh ok. Yeah Im mainly talking for games of long past generations. Im not down with modern game piracy at all.Agreed for ROMs of games no longer for official sale, but this site was offering Switch and 3DS ROMs. Let them burn
yeah. the argument for preservation fails when you go to these websites and see the most downloaded games are always super popular stuff that never in a million years would be in danger of being lost. it's not like these rom sites are exclusively offering obscure roms of games by companies no one ever heard of.Don't misunderstand me.
I'm not saying it's a good argument.
I'm saying someone can make the point without being ridiculously transparent.
But here that's quite clearly not the case.
And seriously there's no reason to have any fear of Nintendo games being lost.
they do their archival well and proved it times and again.
It's scummy to be profiting off of piracy for sure, but paying to pirate doesn't entirely defeat the point... it could still be cheaper, more convenient and offer a better selection than legit channels, and safer/more convenient than other illicit channels.Paying to pirate stuff kinda defeats the whole purpose of pirating stuff. It's really scummy to make people pay for that, man. Good on Nintendo.
but you're down with pirating old games?Oh ok. Yeah Im mainly talking for games of long past generations. Im not down with modern game piracy at all.
eh, I'd wager the bulk of 'customers' are folks who aren't very internet savvy but want an easy way to download games. I'd assume people who run rom sites know where to get these things for free and downloading games one by one from a crappy file host sounds less than ideal.
It was always a smokescreen if you ask me.yeah. the argument for preservation fails when you go to these websites and see the most downloaded games are always super popular stuff that never in a million years would be in danger of being lost. it's not like these rom sites are exclusively offering obscure roms of games by companies no one ever heard of.
yepp.It was always a smokescreen if you ask me.
Under the pretense of trying to archive old game they're really just providing SMB, SMW and other uber popular games for free.
It's certainly convenient to use but let's not kid ourselves in what it really is.
i'd say any website offering roms (new/old) for piracy should be taken down regardless of the servicer being free/paid/or donation optional.
GabeN famously said that piracy is a service problem. And he was right.
Still not cool especially when offering current system games.
Motherfucking Nintendo, I love you but leave fucking roms of old systems alone when you fuckers won't even provide a service for them.
Of course, is this is paid then lol, but they have done shit like this before for other stuff and it sucks.
If preservation was the issue, people would be creating museums en masse to cover that problem.Preservation is a BS excuse.. there are preservation society's out there and preservation Does not mean " free for download "
And even the "old roms" excuse doesn't fly anymore when the "old roms" are actively part of their strategy now.There are Nintendo Switch games on that site, not just "old roms"
yeah, saying rom sites help preservation is actually disrespectful to people who care about and work towards preserving old video games. those people don't feel the need to offer the games for free.Preservation is a BS excuse.. there are preservation society's out there and preservation Does not mean " free for download "
What's even the point of downloading games illegally if you're gonna pay lol.
Preservation is a BS excuse.. there are preservation society's out there and preservation Does not mean " free for download "
precisely. it's so disappointing seeing people equate what rom sites do with what people like you are doing.Preservation is not putting ROMs on a public server for download. Preservation is taking steps to ensure that data won't be lost due to a single harddrive crash.
The company is seeking damages in the amount of $150,000 for each copyright infringement, and up to $2 million for each trademark infringement.
$30 for unlimited games probably sounds sweet af if you don't know how to find them for free.What's even the point of downloading games illegally if you're gonna pay lol.
not much better if the money is going into the owner's pocket. I know a lot of torrent sites (etc.) are run by volunteers who take donations for hosting costs but feel it's taboo and legally dangerous (I should say, more legally dangerous) to personally profit from it.
Will you give it a rest? The thread wasn't about that until you decided to continuously reply to the same user again and again. "I see where the thread is going now", well, if you keep turning it in that direction, what would you expect?precisely. it's so disappointing seeing people equate what rom sites do with what people like you are doing.
For example, I belong to one. We preserved Sonic Xtreme. One condition of our ability to preserve the project is that the source code could never be publicly released. But it's preserved, it's in no danger of ever being lost again, multiple backups exist, no longer sitting on rotting harddrives.
Preservation is not putting ROMs on a public server for download. Preservation is taking steps to ensure that data won't be lost due to a single harddrive crash.
ignore my posts if they bother you?Will you give it a rest? The thread wasn't about that until you decided to continuously reply to the same user again and again. "I see where the thread is going now", well, if you keep turning it in that direction, what would you expect?
yeah, saying rom sites help preservation is actually disrespectful to people who care about and work towards preserving old video games. those people don't feel the need to offer the games for free.
death threats?! yikes.The same kind of people who call rom sites, "presevation," are the same kind of people who sent death threats for not releasing the Sonic Xtreme source code.
Probably about 95% of the $150,000 for each copyright infringement is paid to the lawyers.
This is the legalese way of saying "Suing them into literal oblivion."
I'm that other user, neither or us are advocating for piracy or something.Will you give it a rest? The thread wasn't about that until you decided to continuously reply to the same user again and again. "I see where the thread is going now", well, if you keep turning it in that direction, what would you expect?
I won't lie, I'd really like to see the source code but it's not my choice to make and there's a lot of commercial games I'd like to see the code but it doesn't mean that I get to see it too.The same kind of people who call rom sites, "presevation," are the same kind of people who sent death threats for not releasing the Sonic Xtreme source code.
pictures of my house, names of my family members, etc.
No love at all for the ROM scene
That's not the only point. Often it's also the only or most convenient way to get the thing you want, like if you want to play Switch or 3DS games on your PC, or if you want to be able to cheat or copy save files, etc
Yup they are asking for something like this with something like that. Stupid.
For example, I belong to one. We preserved Sonic Xtreme. One condition of our ability to preserve the project is that the source code could never be publicly released. But it's preserved, it's in no danger of ever being lost again, multiple backups exist, no longer sitting on rotting harddrives.
Preservation is not putting ROMs on a public server for download. Preservation is taking steps to ensure that data won't be lost due to a single harddrive crash.