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‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games

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      Except it's totally not. Maybe the only 100% legal in every single country way, but not the only way by half. Fuck Nintendo. Fuck $80+ for a game. And fuck the switch 2.

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        Except it's totally not. Maybe the only 100% legal in every single country way, but not the only way by half. Fuck Nintendo. Fuck $80+ for a game. And fuck the switch 2.

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        What other legal way is there that doesn't require you to pay full price for the game?

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          What other legal way is there that doesn't require you to pay full price for the game?

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          In the case of them rereleasing old games without doing a remaster, in Canada at least, it is legal to have a digital back up for any game you own, and running it in an emulator is legal.

          (Edit: I'm implying here that classic games are $80 on the Nintendo store, they are not. Still legal to have digital backups of modern games, still legal to emulate them as long as you own a physical copy.)

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            In the case of them rereleasing old games without doing a remaster, in Canada at least, it is legal to have a digital back up for any game you own, and running it in an emulator is legal.

            (Edit: I'm implying here that classic games are $80 on the Nintendo store, they are not. Still legal to have digital backups of modern games, still legal to emulate them as long as you own a physical copy.)

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            But then you still have to buy the game.

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              Give it 3 months after launch and there will be an emulator that won't be able to play games, but already have something like a black boot screen.

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                But then you still have to buy the game.

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                Sure, but it wouldn't be $80 for most of them. (Edit: classic games on the Nintendo store are not $80, statement retracted. The general sentiment stands.)

                Game deals is in New Westminster. Not necessarily great prices, but you can get Super Mario Cart for $60. And that's a proper reseller, definitely get a better deal for a loose cart online.....it doesn't even have to be working. Get a better deal on one that isn't functional, physical media degradation is one of the reasons why you're able to keep digital copies.

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                  Give it 3 months after launch and there will be an emulator that won't be able to play games, but already have something like a black boot screen.

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                  It would be funny if the reason Nintendo went after the Switch emulators because Switch 2 is the same, and you get playable games in days.

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                    Sure, but it wouldn't be $80 for most of them. (Edit: classic games on the Nintendo store are not $80, statement retracted. The general sentiment stands.)

                    Game deals is in New Westminster. Not necessarily great prices, but you can get Super Mario Cart for $60. And that's a proper reseller, definitely get a better deal for a loose cart online.....it doesn't even have to be working. Get a better deal on one that isn't functional, physical media degradation is one of the reasons why you're able to keep digital copies.

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                    I thought we were talking about Switch 2 games?

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                      I thought we were talking about Switch 2 games?

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                      You think they're going to sell repackaged SNES and N64 games for less than that?(Edit: incorrect, they are in fact less than $80) How bout switch 1 games? Those are "modern" so significantly cheaper, still legal to have a backup, still legal to emulate....and will be run in an emulator on the switch 2, no native backwards compatibility.
                      As for switch 2 games....just waiting for a while getting them 2nd hand means they'll be cheaper, if you can actually get a hardcopy, and all the things I just said still apply....

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