Let's talk about reproduction cartridges. I was doing some research, and it seems like a pretty fun thing to experiment with, you have the benefits of running the game on original hardware, and you save a ton of money instead of buying some games that sell for like $400 a piece. Plus, you get all the benefits of playing on the original hardware.
Do you think there's any ethical issues with selling repro carts? Ones that are clearly labeled as such?
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Let's talk about one of the drawbacks: it's copyright infringement so it's illegal.
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Yeah, but there are plenty of people that do this online, no one stops 'em and it doesn't seem like anyone cares about it.
I bet you think Miranda Rights is dumb too
Now I'm imagining user being pulled over, arrested and while being read his rights he interrupts the cop and tells him "do I look like some kind of cuck? Fuck off back to 4chan, faggot."
The cop, saddened, leaves and lets user go on his way.
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Might as well be saying "Do you think there's any ethical issues with selling pirated games? Ones that are clearly labeled as such?"
I guess the reason though why companies don't really care about Repo carts is because the companies don't stand to make money from them; the games, in their original printing made their money and don't stand to make a lot more, especially since market trends have shifted greatly since then. The fact that the market for these things is a very small niche could also be a factor.
Yes, I understand that well. Essentially the only reasonable way most people can play these is by using flash carts, repros, or emulators.
I would think small, local stores would be interested in selling otherwise high demand games with a lot of prestige behind them for cheap. Say, Chrono Trigger for like, $30 or $40 instead of $80, $110.
I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about the Chinese mass producing "blank" PCBs for reproductions.