Games

It's still baffling to know that 87% of nearly all games are on the verge of or already had been forgotten because the industry operates on this mantra of "if we don't think it'll turn a profit, don't bother with it and if anyone pirates it we'll still profit through lawsuits!". If they truly have had it their way and no opposition gets in between them, they would happily have let so many libraries die out. And then we'll only be left with regurgitated bundles that they hand pick themselves, to release.

Your nostalgia is just simply another marketing strategy.

Alarmist headline.

The honest one:

NPO Game Preservation Society wants your donations to keep them afloat.

shit like this is why piracy will always be a net positive

Currently, in our bank account, we have £2100 (around $2800). It's not even enough to pay the rent for one month," explains Joseph Redon, head of the Japanese Game Preservation Society. He's describing the end of the non-profit organisation he set up in 2011 with the aim of properly safeguarding Japanese gaming history before it is lost forever.

I don't understand why can't they put all the software to different torrent trackers. There are enthusiast seeders who will keep distributing stuff