The option to sell things second hand is enshrined within law and vigorously upheld. To that end imagining what would happen if second hand did not exist is possible I guess but of no practical use at all -- it is there, it has essentially always been there, it probably always will be there, it considered a perfectly moral act* and will have been there from the start and can predicted to be so too. Imagining what might have happened if someone actually knew security on the other hand can be done. It is extremely hard to determine with numbers what any effects might have been, and may vary with time/outside factors, game, company and style of hacks available, to say nothing of potential positives (a bunch of pirates may make for an alive server sort of thing**), and in any case resists a simplistic analysis but something could be said.Wouldnt the second hand sales also kill a console? Basically 1 sale can lead up to 5 sales afterwards with no income for nintendo/ the third party.
So you're just agreeing with the fact that piracy doesn't affect overall sales numbers,
but retroroms sites grown fast like mushrooms afrer after rainy day tho... Ninty CAN 'T FIGHT them all.No, but Nintendo killing retro romsites will.
They earn cash from buying the console and accessoires. Furthermore I bet most people on GBAtemp purchased games in the past so they have sponsored nintendo. Wouldnt the second hand sales also kill a console? Basically 1 sale can lead up to 5 sales afterwards with no income for nintendo/ the third party.
what these anti-piracy elitists don't realize is that in a lot of cases people either can afford the system as a one time purchase or got one as a gift, but can't afford a steady stream of games, so like... they have no other option than to pirate
even more so with games nowadays always getting more and more expensive
lol so if you cant aford it you steal it? that is a very good point to teach everyone i got a car i dont have gas money i can just steal gas and im entitled to do so because i own a car but cant afford the gas...what these anti-piracy elitists don't realize is that in a lot of cases people either can afford the system as a one time purchase or got one as a gift, but can't afford a steady stream of games, so like... they have no other option than to pirate
even more so with games nowadays always getting more and more expensive
what these anti-piracy elitists don't realize is that in a lot of cases people either can afford the system as a one time purchase or got one as a gift, but can't afford a steady stream of games, so like... they have no other option than to pirate
even more so with games nowadays always getting more and more expensive
I hate to feed his argument, because the way he's going about it is truly awful, but look at the link in my post above yoursWhat you can't do is pretend that you have proof that there is no consequence to piracy.